Demon Prince (Date 1/9/30)

A young lieutenant by the name of Kenny Ismort, had taken upon his own authority to secure the injured gnoll in his tent and stood vigilant guard outside pretending he didn’t see the stinkeyes being shot at him by his own men. They claimed not to have heard the story that the prince and the Marshall had befriended a group of gnolls, and that this band’s actions seemed to indicate these might be those very creatures. They had not hurt anyone in their approach and when met with force had retreated rather than retaliate. The one he protected had clearly to his ear barked out the name “Marty”, though no one else agreed. We would see what the Prince said. If the Prince ever came!

The prince arrived with his men and proved the young lieutenant right, even gave him a special acknowledgment and asked that he follow up with him in town later.  Marty healed the wounded gnoll, who bowed in reverence to Strom, then the party gathered him up and headed into the woods to find the others. They found them hiding in a thicket fearing attack from a creature they called, The Demon Prince. Attacks had decimated BarBarks village, first bugs, then storms, then demons. Now only six of them remained. They blamed their old priestess, and begged for asylum.

The attack came shortly after the party’s arrival. The Demon Prince proved to be a grotesque humanoid with a monstrous fly’s head dressed as a filthy mockery of a Malwanese noble. Its powers attacked the mind, but once it’s minions were defeated it fled.

A brief discussion was had, and eventually it was decided to take the gnolls to Coronado’s Ferry. They set them up on the far side of the village. The party cleared out a warehouse by the dock to serve as their clubhouse, while the gnolls cleared several collapsed buildings on the periphery of the town as a place for their camp. After a few days, a contingent of soldiers, settlers and businessmen including Giuseppe and Mjelde arrived to begin the town’s reconstruction. Lex pointed out his claimed territory, peaceful introductions were made with the gnolls, and the Prince’s entourage gathered to head home.