# Summary ## [[The Slaughter of Malladrana]] [[Amalie Adin]], a tall, slender, [[Drow]] Woman in a dark coat walks, an [[Investigator]] of the [[Malladrana Department of Investigation]] walks the streets of the bustling and crime-ridden [[The Xoctl Underdark|Underdark]] Metropolis of [[Stalag City]], [[Malladrana]]. As she walks, her mind wanders, turning a memory of her time as a [[Diener]] at [[The Rose Cottage]], of unveiling a corpse to find.. her sister, [[Rhyldris Adin]], brutally dismembered. Amalie is taken aback, the memory is somehow wrong, Rhyldris is alive, after all. Amalie's attention is pulled back to reality, finding herself at her desk in the [[Malladrana Department of Investigation|MDI]]'s [[MDI Office (Entertainment District)|Entertainment District Office]] with the office [[Scribe]], [[Vylen]] trying to get her attention. Vylen delivers to Amalie files relevant to the [[Richter]] case before asking permission to leave early to go on a date to the [[Rush]] game at the local [[The Malladrana Mayhem Stadium|Rush Stadium]] tonight, the local team [[Malladrana Mayhem]] will be playing the [[Ranawahr Scorpions]]. Amalie's sister, Rhyldris is the captain of Malladrana Mayhem. Amalie pokes fun at Vylen, asking him who he will be cheering for, and Vylen insists it will be her sister. As Amalie's rival, [[Garyr]] goes on bragging about the new [[Flashbug (Device)|Flashbug Device]] that he's been issued two the junior investigators [[Lip|"Lip"]] and [[D'Angelo Rhomdazza|D'Angelo]] outside her office, Amalie flips through the files of the Richter case. She learns that Richter was a man who worked at the Malladrana Mayhem Stadium doing all kinds of different jobs. Junior Investigators discovered that several other people employed at the stadium had not been showing up for work, and perhaps had disappeared. As Amalie finishes reviewing the case notes [[Uliel]], the office [[Secretary]] arrives with a new tip that there are an unusually large number of [[Ranawahr Scorpions]] fans arriving in town for the game tonight. Garyr and Amalie agree that there are many strange happenings around the game tonight, and decide to go investigate at the stadium with their juniors in tow. The group walks through the [[Entertainment District]] and [[Red Light District]] on their ascent to the stadium, as it seems the entire city is closing up shop to go see the game. They stop by [[Myk's Bodega]] and Amalie shoots the shit with the chaotic [[Myk]] before buying [[Mushroom Burger|Mushroom Burgers]], [[Crystal Candy]] and [[Silk Ale]] to go. As they leave, Amalie receives a [[Sending]] from Uriel, urging her to go back to the office. She tells Garyr she will catch up with them at the stadium and descends back into the Entertainment District. Amalie arrives back at the office, finding the front door smashed in. She sneaks up the stairs, peering through the entrance to the office, she sees, Uliel dead, beheaded, slumped over her desk. [[Jahn]], another investigator, impaled onto the wall by a spear and [[Kahylehb Mizzeret|Kahylehb]], another junior currently being held aloft by two hulking [[Orc|Orcs]] who demand to know where "she" is. Amalie takes advantage of the element of surprise and fires a crossbow bolt at the Orc holding up Kahylehb, critically injuring him and forcing him to drop the Drow. The Orcs rush Amalie at the door, but she quickly dispatches the wounded Orc with her [[Scimitar]]. Kahylehb uses the [[Flashbug (Device)|Flashbug]] to blind the other Orc, giving Amalie an opening to swiftly kill the other Orc. Kahylehb tells Amalie that the Orcs came looking for her based on a bounty that had been placed on her head and began killing everyone after Uliel sent Amalie a sending. Amalie sends Kahylehb away while she inspects the scene. In private she casts [[Speak with Dead]] to speak with Uliel, who corroborates Kahylehb's story. Amalie begins to connect the missing persons at the stadium, the arrival of these orcs wearing [[Ranawahr Scorpions]] gear, and the game occurring imminently between Malladrana Mayhem and the Ranawahr Scorpions with unusually high attendance. Amalie and Kahylehb leave to reunite with Garyr and his fellows at the stadium. At the stadium, Garyr is questioning the [[Stadium Security Guy|Head of Security]] who seems unconcerned with what happens to the employees outside of work. Garyr is getting increasingly angry as Amalie pulls him away and catches him up on what has transpired. The two conclude that, given a bounty on Amalie, somebody will likely try to do something to hurt Rhyldris, Amalie's sister. Amalie threatens to kill the head of security if he does not mobilize his security force to protect her sister, and he relents when it becomes clear her threat is serious. Amalie and Garyr split up, with Amalie taking Kahylehb and D'Angelo to protect Rhyldris and Garyr taking "Lip" to investigate the Ranawahr Scorpions, who seem to be playing dirty with no referee intervening. Amalie grills the security on the field for doing nothing to stop the clearly illegal and violent plays, but they absolve themselves of responsibility, placing the blame on the ref. As halftime approaches a rhythmic chant begins in the stands. As the timer reaches zero and halftime begins, chaos erupts as several thousand Orcs in Ranawahr Scorpion garb begin slaughtering the Drow around them. Rhyldris and Amalie are stunned and shocked by the sudden breakout of violence until it becomes clear that the Ranawahr Scorpions players intend to join in on the slaughter. Amalie shoots and maims one of the players rushing Rhyldris with a knife and Rhyldris, along with Amalie's group, run into the locker rooms, leaving Garyr and "Lip" behind. In the tunnels beneath the stadium the group are discovered by three Orcs and a bloody combat breaks out, with the Drow all nearly being killed in the process before D'Angelo and Amalie manage to dispatch the Orcs. The group continues to flee through the tunnels and escapes the city on [[The Web]], unsure if, or when they will ever return. Several days of travel south later, the group finds themselves exiting [[The Xoctl Underdark]] into the jungles of [[Xoctl]]. The group is in awe of the flora and fauna of the alien surface world. As the group prepares to make camp in this strange new world, Amalie wonders if she made the right choices. --- # Adventure Log ## [[13 Marpenoth 1488]], [[Malladrana]] [[Amalie Adin]] is a slender, tall [[Drow]] Woman with pale blue skin in a hooded black trench coat. Diamond buttons line her coat. Her pointed heels feature a matching embellishment. She has defined collarbones and a [[Amalie's Malladrana Mayhem Necklace]] featuring the logo of [[Malladrana Mayhem]], the local [[Rush]] team, encrusted in diamonds. She Finds herself on the corner of two streets in [[Stalag City]], the lower city of the deep cavernous [[Underdark]] city of [[Malladrana]]. A city riddled with crime, and conspiracy, heading towards the [[MDI Office (Entertainment District)]], sandwich in hand. Amalie daydreams as she walks and at least in her mind finds herself back in [[The Rose Cottage]]... >[[Selesyd]] solemnly looks down at a covered corpse in the dimly lit room. He asks Amalie if she's sure she wants to see the body. Amalie is unphased: > >*"Show me the body."* > > Selesyd reveals the top half of the body, revealing the mangled corpse of [[Rhyldris Adin]], Amalie's younger sister. > > What? That's not how the memory is supposed to go... > > Amalie begins to hear a completely different voice from Selesyd's mouth, calling out to her again and again until she returns to reality.... Amalie finds herself at [[MDI Office (Entertainment District)|Her Office]] as [[Vylen]] calls out to her, trying to get her attention. On her desk, Amalie has a [[Rhyldris Adin Bobblehead]] and ashtray on her desk. There are several filing cabinets nearby, meticulously organized and labeled. The walls of her office are bare, save for a [[Malladrana Mayhem]] poster. Amalie picks up a cigarette and takes a drag. Vylen delivers files Amalie had asked for previously on the [[Richter]] (?) case. Vylen asks to leave early to catch the [[Rush]] game at [[The Malladrana Mayhem Stadium]]. Amalie asks who's playing, and Vylen replies that, of course, it's [[Rhyldris Adin|Rhyldris]], her sister. Vylen mumbles on for a bit about a date he wanted to take to the game while Amalie stares at him until he eventually departs promising to be in early tomorrow to make up for it. Amalie demands he root for her sister, which he agrees to before rushing away. Outside [[Garyr]], armed to the teeth, is talking to two [[Investigator|Junior Investigators]]. Garyr is showing off a new [[Flashbug (Device)|Flashbug Device]] for blinding their enemies. As Garyr goes on bragging, Amalie takes a look at the files that Vylen had delivered: - Victim: [[Richter]]. Mid 50s, Male, Average height and weight. Worked at [[The Malladrana Mayhem Stadium]] doing a bunch of different jobs. - Junior Investigators did an initial round of questioning, finding that while this is the first murder, several other people employed at the stadium have not been showing up for work. As Amalie thumbs through the documents, [[Uliel]] pins a recently received tip to the board at the center of the office, explaining that there has been an unusually large influx of [[Ranawahr Scorpions]] fans. She leaves it up to Amalie on whether or not to look into it. Garyr interjects to say he's taking the juniors out, and the two trade verbal banter before Amalie says she's coming along too. Uliel says she will close up shop and the four investigators leave. They walk through the [[Red Light District]] as people throughout the city begin to shuffle towards [[The Malladrana Mayhem Stadium]]. the acoustic pipes throughout the city are blaring advertisements and hyping the population up for the upcoming game. It's been a great season for [[Malladrana Mayhem]], who has already secured their place in the [[Cavern Cup of 1488|Cavern Cup]]. Today they are facing the [[Ranawahr Scorpions]], who are vying for a place in the cup. [[Minor Illusion|Minor Illusions]] and [[Major Image|Major Images]] are displayed throughout the city featuring highlights from previous games. Amalie is excited to see her sister play and somewhat drops her stoic persona. Amalie stops by [[Myk's Bodega]]. [[Myk]] greets Amalie warmly before demanding she buy something. Amalie orders [[Mushroom Burger|Mushroom Burgers]], [[Silk Ale]], and [[Crystal Candy]]. Amalie asks Myk to move to [[The Hanging City]] and open a bodega there, but he refuses saying they can't handle his "stuff" up there. Amalie relents and pays him. As they walk up to the stadium, Amalie receives a [[Sending]] from [[Uliel]] demanding Amalie returns to the office now. Amalie notices that only she got the message. Amalie splits up from Garyr and his juniors and turns back towards the office as the streets become increasingly empty. Amalie returns to the [[MDI Office (Entertainment District)]] to find the door to the building smashed open. Amalie looks closely at the door ([[Investigation]]). A large being slammed into the door, breaking the lock with brute force. Not a Drow. Amalie cautiously enters the building, sneaking up to the third floor where the office is. The door to the MDI Office has also been smashed in, but the door is closed. Inside she can see [[Uliel]], beheaded, splayed across her desk, a Junior investigator, [[Jahn]] impaled against the wall by a spear. Another junior investigator, [[Kahylehb Mizzeret|Kahylehb]] being held up by two large [[Orc|Orcs]] in [[Ranawahr Scorpions]] gear, insisting he doesn't know where "she" is. Amalie pulls out her [[Hand Crossbow]] and fires at the Orc holding the junior investigator up, piercing his side and bringing him to [[Death's Door]]. Combat begins! - The Orc Amalie shot lets go of Kahylehb and approaches and tries to punch Amalie, but Amalie ducks out of the way. - Kahylehb grabs the [[Flashbug (Device)]] Garyr left behind earlier, triggering it and blinding the two orcs as Amalie averts her eyes. - Amalie unsheathes her [[Scimitar]] and attacks at the blinded Orc on death's door, killing him. Amalie pulls out her Hand Crossbow again and takes an extra attack on the other Orc, hitting him and rendering him [[Bloodied]]. - The remaining Orc pulls out his [[Spear]] and charges the door, attempting to attack Amalie through the door. Amalie dodges out of the way as the Orc struggles to pull the spear out of the door. - Kahylehb cowers under a nearby table. - Amalie attacks the remaining Orc with her scimitar, jumping up on the spear, doing a front flip and coming down with her blade on the Orc Persona 5 "All Out Attack" style, carving through the orc. Combat ends. Kahylehb comes out from his hiding place in a panic. Amalie has him calm down and explain what happened: The Orcs appeared suddenly as everyone was packing up to leave, killing everyone else without warning or question before presenting a [[Amalie's Wanted Poster|Wanted Poster]] showing Amalie: wanted dead or alive. The Orcs apparently had Uliel send for Amalie before killing her. Amalie deduces that to get a bounty out on her, someone would have had to go through one of the crime families of Malladrana, knowing she's part of [[The Chelicerae Family]]. Someone wants to send a message. Amalie asks Kahylehb to leave the room for a moment so she can do something. Caleb obliges without questioning. Amalie gets [[Jahn]] off the wall, resisting the urge to vomit. Amalie draws a chalk outline around Jahn and Uliel. Amalie cleans her hands, puts some gloves on, takes out [[Amalie's Lighter|Her Lighter]] and lights a cigarette. She takes three puffs and exhales, casting [[Speak with Dead]]. The smoke draws out Uliel's spirit as Amalie asks her questions: 1. "Did they tell you why they wanted me?" "No. They did not tell me why they wanted you." 2. "Did they tell you to call me?" "They asked me to bring Amalie Adin to the office." 3. "Did you recognize them?" "I did not recognize them. I don't recognize any Orcs." Amalie thinks on why Orcs, who are almost never seen in the Underdark, would have been sent to kill her instead of Drow. 4. "Is there anything you want me to do for you? Your family? Your friends?" "Make sure my body gets to my friends." 5. "Do you want to be buried or cremated?" "Burn me up. Also make sure my clothes don't go to some douchebag." Amalie replies "I got you." as the spell ends. Amalie investigates the corpses of the Orcs, and finds 8 [[Gold]], 6 [[Silver]], and 4 [[Copper]]. Amalie begins to connect the missing persons at the stadium, the arrival of these orcs wearing [[Ranawahr Scorpions]] gear, and the game occurring imminently between Malladrana Mayhem and the Ranawahr Scorpions with unusually high attendance. Amalie draws a picture of the scene but it ends up quite poorly. Amalie fetches Kahylehb and heads back towards the stadium, finding the streets mostly empty as they travel. Amalie tells Kahylehb to get used to seeing dead bodies, as he's clearly shaken. Amalie insists it's normal. Kahylehb is unconvinced and continues to hyperventilate. Amalie asks him to hyperventilate about the death of his colleagues on his own time. As they approach the stadium they hear the announcers commentating on the game, describing yet another goal by [[Rhyldris Adin]] before she is tackled off her platform roughly to the ground below by one of the Scorpions players, an illegal move. The game continues on despite the Scorpions dirty playing. Amalie approaches the ticket collector and presents her season pass. Kahylehb doesn't have a ticket. Amalie asks to be let in anyway, and the ticket collector agrees on the condition he can bum a smoke, Amalie agrees. The duo heads out onto the concourse and meets up with Garyr and his juniors as they are questioning the [[Stadium Security Guy]]. They learn that 5 other people have gone missing, but the security guy insists it's not his problem and that he stays out of the personal business of the employees. Garyr isn't having it. Amalie takes Garyr aside and asks him what he has learned, but Amalie insists he was about to get the guy to crack. Garyr eventually relents he didn't have anything. Garyr insists something is going on, and Amalie agrees. Amalie catches Garyr up on what happened at the office, [[Jahn]] and [[Uliel]]'s deaths, the Orcs in Ranawahr Gear, and the Bounty on Amalie. Garyr at first doesn't remember who [[Jahn]] is and Amalie reminds him that it is the *other* intern, not to be confused with [[Jahekhob]]. He is impressed that Amalie killed two Orcs and is sad about Uliel's death. The two turn their attention back to the happenings at the stadium. Amalie agrees with Garyr that the security guy has probably been paid off in some way, and surmises that those after her will go after [[Rhyldris Adin|Rhyldris]] in some way. Garyr tries to get the security guy to stop the game, or at least do _something_ about the impending threat. Amalie threatens to blow the security guy's brains out if he doesn't get moving ([[Intimidation]]). The guy is unphased and says he's just going to go watch the game, so Amalie pulls out her hand crossbow and points it AT HIS HEAD. The guy gets the message and finally calls his guys into the arena on high alert. The investigators decide to split up, one group, [[Garyr]] and [[Lip|"Lip"]] heading to the Ranawahr Scorpion lockers, while [[D'Angelo Rhomdazza|D'Angelo]], [[Kahylehb Mizzeret|Kahylehb]] and Amalie will more directly defend Rhyldris. Amalie enters into the main chamber of the stadium. The crowd roars as another goal is scored. The score is 10-8 with the Scorpions in the lead. Rhyldris jukes, spins, swings under the platform and throws the ball into the cradle, scoring another point as the crowd cheers her name. Amalie and her group descend onto the turf, near the Mayhem benches as Garyr and his group approach the other side. Amalie looks out into the crowd and sees a huge number of fans in yellow, the Ranawahr Scorpion away-game colors. Security approaches Amalie and asks her why she's here and she complains about the foul play of the other team going unpunished. Security apologizes but tells Amalie she needs to go talk to the refs. Amalie lays low and observes for the next minute or two. Mayhem scores again, the game is tied. As the clock counts down to half-time, a rhythmic stomping and guttural chant grows in the stands until the moment when halftime begins, and everything goes quiet. A moment later, chaos breaks out as twenty thousand orcs in Ranawahr garb stand up and begin massacring the Drow in the stands as they attempt to flee. Rhyldris and Amalie lock eyes in the chaos. Rhyldris is shocked and confused, unaware of the Ranawahr scorpion player rushing her from behind. Amalie draws her hand crossbow and fires at the assailant. The player falls to the ground, [[Dagger]] in hand. The team and Amalie flee through the locker room. Across the field, Garyr is nearly surrounded by Orcs. Amalie leaves Garyr to fight and follows her sister. In the locker rooms, Amalie puts on some more nondescript clothing to disguise herself. She and Rhyldris discuss what to do next, and Amalie points out their powerlessness in the situation, not to mention they're being hunted by some other family. They need to leave Malladrana. Rhyldris agrees. They leave through tunnels, heading right towards the loading docks, when they come face to face with three orcs. Combat begins! - One of the orcs throws his [[Handaxe]] at Amalie, wounding her. - Amalie fires her Hand Crossbow at the orc that attacked her and misses. She tries to hide behind a stack of boxes. - D'Angelo attacks with his Hand Crossbow and misses. - Another Orc throws a handaxe at Rhyldris, nearly killing her. - The third Orc throws his axe at Rhyldris but misses. - Rhyldris on [[Death's Door]], hides behind cover. - Kahylehb fires his crossbow at the center Orc, hitting them. - The middle orc runs forward. - Amalie peeks out and shoots at the Orc on the right, hitting them. - D'Angelo takes a shot at the same Orc and hits. - The Orc on the left runs forward. - The middle Orc runs forward and gets close to D'Angelo and Kahylehb but doesn't have time to attack. - Rhyldris retreats and hides behind cover further away. - Kahylehb attacks the Orc near him and D'Angelo with his Scimitar, bringing him to [[Death's Door]]. - One of the Orcs closes the distance with Amalie and attacks with his spear, hitting her. - Amalie swings her scimitar at the orc who hit her, he deflects the attack. Amalie drinks a bottle of [[Poison]], which seems to heal her. - D'Angelo hits the Orc near him with a scimitar attack, killing him, before running to put himself between Amalie and the Orc. - One of the remaining Orcs approaches Kahylehb and attacks him with a spear, hitting him in the stomach. - Rhyldris throws a dagger at the Orc attacking Amalie, nearly killing him. - Kahylehb swings his scimitar at the orc who attacked him and is deflected. - The Orc near Amalie and D'Angelo attacks D'Angelo, nearly killing him. - Amalie fires at the Orc near Kahylehb and hits him in the back. - D'Angelo swings at the Orc and misses, he swings again and kills the Orc. - The Orc near Kahylehb stabs him with the spear again, knocking him unconscious before approaching Amalie and D'Angelo. - Rhyldris ([[Medicine]]) stabilizes Kahylehb. - Amalie swings her scimitar at the Orc and misses. She swings again and hits, stabbing him through the neck and killing him. Combat ends. Kahylehb is still unconscious, and everyone is wounded. D'Angelo manages to carry Kahylehb on his shoulders and the group heads out of the stadium as butchering continues in the stadium behind them. Amalie considers that given the Orc's seeming alliance with Ranawahr to the north, they should flee south. The group slowly makes their way to the [[Web Station (Stadium)|Web Station]] nearby, getting on the next [[Giant Centipede]] out of town. Rhyldris and Amalie discuss leaving Malladrana and if they're ever coming back. Amalie doesn't know if they're ever coming back, they aren't really even sure what's going on. Eventually, the giant centipede departs. ## [[14 Marpenoth 1488]], [[The Web]] The group continues traveling on the Web going south. They stop for a moment at a [[Web Station (Other City)|Web Station]] in [[Another Drow City]], but do not get off. ## [[15 Marpenoth 1488]], [[The Web]] The group continues traveling on the Web going south. ## [[16 Marpenoth 1488]], [[The Web]] The group continues traveling on the Web going south. They eventually arrive at [[The Southmost Web Station]] and disembark. ## [[17 Marpenoth 1488]], [[Underdark Entrance (South)]] The group travels through the Underdark on foot. Amalie asks if the group is ready. She's never been to the surface. Everyone puts their sunglasses on. The group hikes through a tunnel before eventually coming to an [[Underdark Entrance (South)|Exit]] to the underdark. The group sees trees, and surface animals, and birds for the first time. It continues as far as the eye can see. It is dusk. Everyone is in awe, and afraid of this unfamiliar world. Amalie hopes that she made the right choice as the group makes camp. The adventure continues in [[Retreat to Vevososova]].