We are still in the Hunting Grounds and running away from the scene of the sacrifice. \u00a0Jenkins’ spirit is following us. \u00a0We see some people to the side of the path, and hear screams, but we heed Grey Owl’s advice and keep moving to the exit.<\/p>\n
We finally get back to the gate. \u00a0Jenkins’ spirit thanks us for freeing him, but says he cannot leave. \u00a0He can answer our questions for a few minutes.\u00a0 He says that once the mine dried up and after his wife died, strange things started to happen in town. \u00a0A group of people said they wanted to leave, led by Lorelei, the madame of the brothel at the Paradise Hotel. Jenkins tried to convince her to stay, but he was also worried about the future. \u00a0He gave her the town papers, which was a contract between him and the townspeople to share all of the mine\u2019s wealth. \u00a0He put the papers in a strong box, and only his daughter Dolly knew about Lorelei taking it. The group of 60 people left and went south toward Spar City.<\/p>\n
A week later he was walking home late at night, and the man with glowing eyes rode Jenkins down.\u00a0 \u00a0He didn’t kill him but someohow infected him with a magical curse. After that he sickened and eventually died. \u00a0Thaddeus asks what so special about the papers. \u00a0Jenkins explains how the town was founded — he came out West in the early 1860s with a land investor from out East named Otto Stauss. \u00a0They found silver and started mining, but it took years to get the town growing. \u00a0They started the compound in those years and hired miners.\u00a0 Jenkins’ idea was to share any wealth from the mine with everyone in town, but Stauss was not a fan. The town papers were signed anyway. After the mine didn’t produce for a long period Strauss got tired of waiting and eventually left, but Jenkins and his family stayed. Stauss\u2019s son stayed on but moved to a shack SE of town. \u00a0The papers were re-written to remove Stauss as one of the founders. Jenkins kept on and brought in the sheriff, reverend and others. \u00a0Then about 1875 they found ghost rock and silver and things started going well. \u00a0Then in 1879 his wife died, the mine slowed and dried up, and people started leaving.\u00a0 More criminals came into town and caused more problems. \u00a0Finally he asks us to at least save some of his family if we can’t save the city.<\/p>\n
We fall out of the portal into the shore near the pond. \u00a0Grey Owl welcomes us back. \u00a0We ask about a shack to the SE, and he says he is aware of one. \u00a0We thank him and start heading back to town.<\/p>\n
On the way back we hear gunfire off the side of the road and up on a low rise. \u00a0We go in to investigate, and it appears that a battle is going on between two forces. \u00a0Most of the party starts up the hill while Lucille and Thaddeus continue down the road. \u00a0Lucille casts a spell and charms one of the men to put down his gun and walk toward her. \u00a0Maverick casts speed and the rest of the party moves up the hill. \u00a0We see \u00a0group of Soapy\u2019s cowboys attacking a group of people dressed in stitched-together clothing, probably drifters. Fossar shovel f***s two of them and Maverick shoots another. \u00a0Jimmy throws knives but misses. \u00a0The bad guys shoot at the drifters and one falls.\u00a0 We all move in.<\/p>\n
Maverick drops the last two cowboys. \u00a0Magnus runs up to the drifter who dropped and dismounts. \u00a0Charlotte convinces another one to lower his gun, but that one sees Jimmy and calls out to him. \u00a0It is Glenn and the Dust Boys. They greet each other warmly.\u00a0 Magnus heals the one who was hit.<\/p>\n
Maverick searches the bodies and we find $45, and an assortment of rifles, pistols, and shotguns. \u00a0Glenn, a big talker, tells us that they roamed through here and they jumped these cowboys. \u00a0They almost had them….<\/p>\n
Magnus invites the group to come to Paradise Falls, as we have dealt with the criminal element. Glenn says that they also killed a few that they saw fleeing the town. The Dust Boys agree to accompany us back to town, maybe. \u00a0They are a little scared of us, especially Magnus’ gadgets and Fossar’s shovel (and missing eyes). \u00a0Glenn also tells us that Jimmy was found half mauled to death, and being pursued by some large unnatural creature. He took Jimmy into the Dust Boys group after he recovered, and gave him his name. They leave.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lucille reanimates one of the corpses, and it starts piling the other corpses. \u00a0The zombie then takes a torch and goes and lays on the pile. \u00a0The corpses start burning and we head back to town.<\/p>\n
It is now completely dark, and our only light comes from a magic rock Lucille has. \u00a0We hear a strange noise from the side of the trail, like something eating to the left of the trail. \u00a0Fossar vaults off his horse and runs toward the noise. \u00a0He sees a tall obese grotesque humanoid creature that is eating a pile of dead bodies. \u00a0The creature moves toward him, but Fossar swings quickly and connects. \u00a0The ghoul shakes it off and attacks back but misses. \u00a0We all move up on the trail, but can’t see into the dark forest.<\/p>\n
Jimmy runs into he trees and throws a lasso over the ghoul, pulling him off his feet. \u00a0The ghoul jumps up and bites Fossar, wounding him.\u00a0 Lucille uses Mind Rider to see where Fossar is and what he’s doing. Fossar swings back and drops the ghoul, spraying gore everywhere. \u00a0Lucille rapidly drops mind rider, as that is some disgusting shit.<\/p>\n
A moment later, a man with a horse and cart comes out of the darkness, and calls out. \u00a0He tells us that his name is Augustus, and he is lost on the trail. \u00a0He is coming from Spar City. \u00a0Charlotte convinces him to come with us to Paradise Falls. \u00a0We finally roll into town well past midnight. \u00a0Some people are still awake and cleaning up the town. \u00a0Lucille goes to the sheriff’s office and the rest of us head to our saloon. \u00a0Maverick and Magnus talk to Augustus, and Magnus intimidates him.\u00a0 Augustus tells us that he came from the west from Silverton. \u00a0When he got to Spar City it had been decimated, and the only building still standing is the church. \u00a0There are bones and gore everywhere, so he left in haste. \u00a0We all retire for the night.<\/p>\n
The next morning Magnus and others go to talk to Rusty.\u00a0 Lucille, meanwhile, is busy painting meaningless voodoo symbols on all the buildings in town (just for effect). Magnus tells him that we saw his father and he gave us a lead on the papers, and also what we learned from Augustus.<\/p>\n
Maverick heads to the compound to talk to Jenkins’ daughter. Her husband Jed answers the door then calls for Dolly. \u00a0When Maverick start to tell her he talked to the ghost of her dead father, she closes the door in his face.<\/p>\n
Thaddeus asks Augustus for more detail about Spar City. \u00a0Augustus says that the church was barricaded and appeared to be fortified. \u00a0The rest of the town was destroyed by combat, with claw marks in the destroyed buildings. \u00a0He saw horse and wagon tracks in town, along with fresh dead people as well as skeletons.\u00a0 With Thaddeus’ knowledge, he determines that Augustus is a total fraud snake oil salesman. Thaddeus lets him know that he is on to him, and Augustus makes a hasty departure. \u00a0Spar City is 14 miles, or 1\/2day \u00a0away by horse.<\/p>\n
At noon, we head to the town meeting. The posse is all there except for Jimmy, Charlotte and Fossar, and Ollie O’Malley, Robert Ford and Bat Masterson are there too.\u00a0 Rusty tells us that 15 townspeople died and 5 women were raped. \u00a0Ollie’s Bar, the Yellow Canary, The Dancing Club, a hotel, and several homes were destroyed, and many other buildings were damaged. \u00a0Currently the Grand Hotel is being used as a triage ward for the injured.\u00a0 Magnus promises to help heal anyone else who is injured. Robert Ford volunteers to lead the rebuilding effort, along with some miners and the blacksmith, who he says remains neutral and passive about almost everything. He is pretty sure that he can get him engaged. \u00a0Bat Masterson says that the supply chain is imperative, so we should find out what happened to the supply depot west of town in Clear Creek. \u00a0We tell them about Spar City, and volunteer to go there and save the remaining townspeople (if there are any). \u00a0We need to be back in a week, so that then we can work on the supply chain. \u00a0Magnus tells them that we saw zombie miners in the mine, and warns them to stay away from there.\u00a0 He wonders if the missing townspeople could be there instead of Spar City, but they don’t think so — the mine was in operation until last month. Rusty then calls for a vote for Sheriff, and nominates Robert Ford. \u00a0The posse tries to convince Lucille to let there be a vote, since she will be leaving town to help with the rescue effort.<\/p>\n
Poker Alice and Lawrence walk in and Alice says she should be the sheriff. \u00a0We all vote for Robert, except for Lucille, Lawrence, and Charlotte who vote for Alice. \u00a0Magnus tries to talk her into staying, but she walks away.\u00a0 He goes after her and says that she really helped during the siege and that the town needs her. She still grumbles but promises to help protect the town while the posse is gone. Robert takes the badge, and we get ready to head to Spar City early in the morning. Horses for everyone and two wagons are procured to hold the townspeople we are bringing back.<\/p>\n
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We are still in the Hunting Grounds and running away from the scene of the sacrifice. \u00a0Jenkins’ spirit is following us. \u00a0We see some people to the side of the path, and hear screams, but we heed Grey Owl’s advice and keep moving to the exit. We finally get back to the gate. \u00a0Jenkins’ spirit … Continue reading Episode 11 – MILFs-Marms I\u2019d Love to Fancy<\/span>