The Party discovered a dwarf chained inside the blue beam of light, who Val notices immediately is Khoumrock Blackthane. After making quick work of the lone Will-o-the-Wisp in the room, Penelope uses the key she found to quickly free Khoumrock. As soon as he is freed, the blue light disappears.
The party discovers that Khoumrock was captured on his way back to town by Volluk, who the party slayed last session. While he was being held captive, he saw an elf sneaking around. He looked scared, but the elf didn’t stay with or help Khoumrock, and Khoumrock was in no position to talk.
The party determines that the Gauntlight will be dormant at least for a few weeks. This is fortunate because when they get back to town they discover that Carman Rajani has successfully called for an emergency election for town mayor on the grounds that Oseph Menhemes hasn’t been doing an adequate job in keeping the town safe as demonstrated by the graveyard attack and Khoumrock’s capture. He calls in the favor owed to him by the party to work on his election campaign.
While the election is taking place, Oseph calls upon the party to help his daughter Dorianna Menhemes who hasn’t been sleeping. Over the course of two visits, the party learns about the Motley Man, who has been in Dorianna’s dreams. She is convinced that she and the Motley Man are going to run off and go on adventures together. On the second visit, the party discovers a large ruby in one of Dorianna’s toys and inform Oseph to keep a very close eye on her so she doesn’t run away.
Additionally, while helping with the election effort, the party learned the following about the Gauntlight:
- Floor five is home to gladatorial arena and the infrastructure to support it
- There are two main factions: one led by seugathis, a second by a devil
- There is a spectral NPC who worked primarily with teleportation magic and there is indication that he’s still alive but trapped.
Ultimately, the party managed to sway enough of the town and with the help of the party’s tiebreaking votes, Carman was elected mayor.