Session 13: The Clan's Blood Is My Blood (Act II)

Key Plot Developments
Tremble, Pix, and Bogtooth get ready for bed at the K'Gaust summer villa. Tremble finds a small mouse in a hole in the wall; he befriends the rodent by offering it scraps from the K'Gaust feast. Tremble names the mouse, who loves food and avoids physical exertion, Squii.

Back at Miss Anna's grove, Trix, having sold his soul, calls on Ichabod for a daily favor: bring his family together. Ichabod, satiated with the soul of a cleric of Pelor, happily obliges.

As the Bogteam prepares for bed, Ichabod appears in raven form before each of them in turn. He requests for their consent in teleporting them across the Underdark to Trix. Each goblin agrees, but they fear both Wilenet's disappointment and the Matron Mother's vengeance if they depart without leaving a note. Tremble rushes to Wilenet's room, but is stopped by a guard, who won't allow him to disturb her sleep. He hastily scribbles a letter for his new friend. Pix and Bogtooth write their own missives to the Matron Mother and her family.

Finally, in an explosion of red and black energy, the goblins are teleported just outside of Miss Anna's grove. For the first time since the Demogorgon ravaged Sloobludop, the clan is back together.

Pyrite, still maddened by the Gresyl wine and languishing under the Demogorgon's initial curse, immediately attacks Pix. The goblins, confused by the spell and Pyrite's behavior, attempt to talk her down, but she doesn't relent. They restrain Pyrite and Trix taps into his newfound power to remove her madness. He's horrified to see that his normally bright magic now registers as dark blue and purple--the color of Twilight.

Trix privately expresses his abject despair to Shuushar, who commends him for making such a self-sacrificial decision. He immediately regrets bringing his family together, thinking that he just pulled his younger brother and sister (he ignores Bogtooth) from a safer situation into the realm of a demon.

Bogtooth and Pix meet Lemon, who immediately appreciates Bogtooth's confidence. Pix speaks with Trix about how he was able to bring everyone together; bound by the Ichabond, he is unable to say anything but compliments towards the devil's bargain. The devil appears to him, asking him to take the reunited group to Gracklstugh, the city of duergar, in order to help assist him in a matter with the land's rule (the Deepking). Trix is forced to agreed.

Tremble seeks out his old friend, Glyn. Glyn, completely drunk on Gresyl wine, insists that Tremble pledge himself to the Dark Prince. He wears Annarei's gift (an onyx necklace). Tremble refuses, hoping to make Glyn see reason after Glyn sobers up. Anna is patient with Tremble, but snaps at him after he is dismissive towards the Dark Prince.

Glyn chooses to sleep in Miss Anna's chamber, which she graciously allows. Pyrite blames Anna for her madness, throws away her necklace, and plans to trap Suortin (an obviously effective bodyguard) by triggering a cave-in outside of Suortin's corner before breakfast is served. Then, she hopes to get her family's approval in storming Miss Anna's chambers and tearing Glyn's necklace away. She's not sure of what the necklace does, but assumes it has something to do with a bond to a demon lord.

Tremble confides in Squii. Trix confides in Shuushar. Pix confides in Bogtooth. Pyrite confides in her growing Hook Horror pet.

Glyn, sleeping in the same room as Miss Anna, is finally at peace. The onyx necklace around his neck glows as he becomes attuned to a strange new magic...

New NPCs

 * 1) Squii, Tremble's pet mouse

Memorable Quotations
"Tremble: Glyn, come with us! The clan's blood is my blood, right?""Glyn: That's why you have to stay here! It's safe here! Nothing is trying to kill us. No Demogorgon is trying to crush us or trick us or eat us. Miss Anna's nice. She's good. And maybe I've had enough of getting shoved in front of everyone else and attacked by some new demon. Don't you want what's best for me?"Bogtooth (quickly writing to the Matron Mother): MATRON, PATRON AND WILENET! TY FOR EVERYTHING! DON'T FORGET BOGTOOTH THE GOBLIN AND THE OTHERS! THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO SHOWERS SUCK AND ILVARA SUCKS F*CK HER BUT YOU GUYS ARE F*CKING SICK AS! BYE SORRY FOR LEAVIN' SO FAST! STUFF CAME UP!"Bogtooth: I'm Bogtooth. I'm the leader.""Lemon: That's amazing. Can I be Bogtooth?""Bogtooth: Sure!""Lemon: Can I be the leader?""Bogtooth: Nah. That's my job. You can be the leader when I'm not around.""Lemon: Okay. I'm LemonGlynBogtooth. I'm the leader sometimes."