Bandaluthia Session 15

Bandaluthia: Session 15

After such a dramatic evening the Animals took a day off to relax and sort through loose ends. The house had a cleaner sorted (Coolio’s rescued sister) a gardener was found and large pies were delivered for hungry halflings. The Animals then ordered in an Indalan takeaway and much of the evening was spent digressing about all sorts of stuff and nonsense.
The following day saw the Animals concentrate their focus on Donis Hathers. He is the key to their contract. Some of the Animals went off to scout the Sword of Orlathry pub, while others gathered information from other sources. Dave and Brother Vincenza were the most successful of these sources and between them they dished up Intel about the other five who are banded with Hathers. One of Dave’s runners had found the Blades near the docks and the Animals left for investigation. Here they found a familiar taxi driver, Bernhard, the one who took the credit for killing six of the Harkers assassins
Just near Bergkamp’s Bridge is The Mako where, the now deceased, Doogle and some of the other, still alive, animals had been involved in a few slayings (with some torture and throat slitting, well let’s say just, for the Hell of it!) and so it was Qu and Hollenlord who posted themselves in there. The others stayed near a tea room in the cab. True to Dave’s Intel, came Hathers and his gang. He looked livid. The Animals and Water Rats had cost him dearly and it was evident from his expression. They followed him back to the Sword at a very safe distance.
The Animals took Bernhard into their confidence and got him to employ some of his mates to hang around the Sword and to note where Hathers and his gang went. The Animals followed Hathers and his mate, Felix, to 164B Feyergas Avenue. The Animals staked out the house for several hours. Ratsel stayed to watch alone whilst the others went to investigate another of the leads supplied by other sources. The Seacat. This proved to be fruitless, as the pub was so rough and with out barstools (these give handy weapons to the punters after 9 in the evening) the halflings could see very little and Hollenlord was attracting the wrong kind of attention. They left very soon after someone knocked Shaniqua and then blamed her.
Later that evening Hathers and a lady left 164B and set off down the road. Ratsel appeared as a halforc sailor and started to shout obscenities at the couple. Just up ahead, the rest of the Animals saw Hathers and hid down a side road in anticipation of an ambush. Hathers reacted to the halforc’s jibes and turned to address him. Qu sensed a fight and in his inexperience interrupted Ratsel plans of a trap by shooting Hathers in the back. Qu’s brilliance with his infusions caused Hathers some considerable pain. Ratsel then turned invisible. This was just too much for Hathers and he took off. The Animals cautiously gave chase, but none seemed to want to catch him, at least not on their own.

So, the animals find out a way to earn 50k. But have they alerted their prey to their intentions? Will they have an easier opportunity to slay Hathers? Will Qu manage to sort out his premature shortcomings? Will Ratsel ever stand and stay to fight? Will Coolio ever get rid of the guilt of pie theft? Will Shaniqua continue to pay 15 platinum a day to keep her horse in truffles? Will Hollenlord ever be allowed to act on his whims?

Find out next time in Bandaluthia.