A Company of Fools Episode Twenty Three in brief

In the early hours of the morning following the briefing session the combined adventuring groups some of whom where heavily disguised as adherents of the temple of the care giver as they where wanted men and women made there way to the quarantine cordon around the Shambles and thence to down the tunnel that Lori dug into the strange underground kitchen where they sorted themselves out into an escape group who where lead into the adjacent library and an assault group who would clear the temple of the Rot lord.

The assault  group left the underground kitchen where the care givers set up a dressing station into the complex and after some tentative scouting decided to first divest themselves of the two volatile bombs they had been given to destroy the festering pits before working their way through the rest of the place.  This they managed to do over coming a cross bow trap and some sort of pit trap they never investigated this in too much detail.. Before being confronted by a small horde of shambling axe wielding skeleton. These they fended off until, the young priest of the care giver with them managed to focus his divine gift and send them off in flight as the company hacked at them.

Pushing on with haste, especially when they saw the siege crossbow had been removed form the trap.  They entered a room at the end of the passage via a hastily shut door and confronted six of the massive harbour rats and a lone humanoid figure in a ragged poncho style cloak crouched franticly cranking the heavy bow.

Having some small element of surprise the company rushed into action. the charge being lead by Aeltred who dashed through the startled rats to confront their presumed master only to find him protected by some sort of magic shield and a general fight ensued... to be continued and concluded in episode twenty four in two weeks time.

a full write up and other supporting articles should follow over the week end