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Unferð wrote: Finally (ho-hum), guests start arriving at the manor outside the city walls. Among the illustrious visitors are the Lord Chancellor Carch, the Governor of Pardge, all church leaders and the Head of the Apothecary Guild. Invited are: Toros, Ishantar, Umayr. They are about to get to know the great backstabbers of their time, I guess.

Note: If this is too much like narrating, I'll stop. It's simply that the banquet was my idea and it would be only half as much fun if only the player characters turned up. For the other important roles, there's nobody else, it seems.

While all this is going on, Inspector Ropk'tar and his men follow a mysterious trail of broken branches and scorched grass through the swamps of Innsmouth. Inspector Ropk'tar and his men go walking through the forest, following the trail of broken branches, when suddenly, the ground gives out, and the three fall into a pit. Looking up, they see that they are surrounded by men in black cloaks. Their faces remained unseen.

One spoke in a hideous, gargly voice that brought to mind the denizens of the deep. "It seems our next sacrifices to the mighty C'thulhu have approached us with willingness in their hearts. Fear not, for you shall soon feel no pain. You shall become the playthings of the ancient one."

The priests thenremoved their hoods. What was seen beneath caused the unfortunate sargeant and his men to go mad in terror.

And that echoing scream was the last anyone ever heard of the sergeant.

Meanwhile, at the dinner party...

A mysterious figure approaches the leader of the Hordes. He was a queer individual. He was tall, with pale skin, abnormally large eyes, abnormally small ears, and curious wrinkles on his neck. This curious stock was becoming more and more common through the swamp, most commonly in Innsmouth.

"Greetings, exalted lord. We have heard much about you, and about the more... exotic wares you have for sale. We would like to buy some of your slaves. More specifically, your female Malkash slaves. All of them, if at all possible."