We last left our heroes chasing ghosts knee deep in a rancid swamp after surviving an onslaught by lightning throwing glowing orbs. As the rest if the party catches up Harl explained to Gareths barrage of questions that basically equated to "What the hell is going on?" that the the lady is the ghost of Harl's murdered fiance and that Gladriel is in some type of trouble and how Harl will not fail to save her twice. Gareth in the conversation points out that the orbs were focused on attacking Harl and the rest of the party quickly comes with a plan to keep Harl surrounded to help migrate their focus on Harl. It was at this point that the screams of Gladriel echo though the swamp and the party takes off in the direction of the screams as their travels through the muck of the swamp seem to keep Gladriel right on the edge of their vision.
As the party wades deeper into the swamp, Skeletons and strange pale gaunt figures rise up from the muck in what seems like an endless swarm. The parties plan not only works out to protect Harl but creates a distinct advantage as some of the skeletons and gaunt figures ignore the other party members to try to attack Harl. As the party destroys what appears to be the last wave of undead, the pause to catch their breath and Gladriel appears out in the distance and calls out for help. Harl responds by yelling to her to come closer so they can protect Gladriel. As Gladriel starts towards Harl, the two ethereal figures rise form the ground, grab Gladriel, and run off with Gladriel once again.
The party takes chase after Gladriel and her captures through the muck with Harl leading the charge. Everyone draws in an halt when the break through some bush to discover a falling apart house in the middle of the swamp that Harl secretly recognizes as the house of the people he murdered all those years ago.
As the pause continues, the ghost of Gladriel appears at the front door once again pleading for help before being violently pulled inside by unseen hands. Without a second thought, Harl takes off and rest of the party does not have a choice but to follow behind confused. Gareth grabs Harl's shoulder before Harl crosses the threshold and says, "We need a plan." Harl responds quickly as Harl keeps moving, "I will not fail to save her again."
The party enters the tun down hobble and sees a living room full of dust, rotting furniture, and mold. Gladriel is seen cowing in the corner as ghostly little boy walks down the hall followed by his ghostly mother as the little boy exclaims "I will not let you hurt my family again..." Harl responds with a blubbery barely coherent stream of words that was roughly heard as a string of apologies and something about being overcome with grief. During Harl's incoherent rant, the two ghostly figures attacked Harl and the rest of the party were able to assist Harl in destroying the ghosts but the party noticed that tears never left Harl's face.
After the ghost's destruction, before anyone could even breath a "What the hell", a dark raspy voice full of murderous intent echoes throughout the building as a solid figure of man walks down the hall into the living room. Harl eyes goes wide as he states, "Liam!" Liam responds with a charge and yell of "You will join my family!"
During the ensuring chaos and battle, Prince Claren fell to the might of Liam and as Harl tried to come to Prince Claren's rescue - Harl was knocked into the wall loosing consciousness...
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PLAYERS NOTES: This was a crazy and chaotic session as my characters backstory was brought into the forefront of the game and none of the other characters knows the parts of my character's history as this quest - for lack of a better word focused on. A lot of the other characters and players were confused as they had no idea what was going on except for my character's vague answers and desperation to help the ghost of the fiance. This left the characters and players deciding to assist their fellow comrade or not let him run away into the swamp by himself.
