The Kingmaker's Cairn, Session 2

 In which the party...

• Explores the western wing of Lady Jamandi's manor.
• Uses Ethex's bandit puppet as a scout before he chokes on smoke and dies to get a layout of the wing.
• Quickly follows Ethex, who uses his spell Ooze Form to lead them safely through the smoke quickly.
• Discover Tartuccio lying presumably dead, and takes him to a restorative shrine they discover, where he wakes and starts seizing before going unconscious, but alive.
• Leave the gnome to rest as they discover Jaethal tied up and gagged by a contingent of bandits.
• Take out the bandits, including the second in command of the bandits and free Jaethal, who joins the party.
• Discover Lady Jamandi facing up again 2 giants and help her fend off more bandits.
• Face down the bandit leader of the "Black Tears" and her minions in combat.
• Nearly lose Linzi, Ethex, and Jaethal in fierce combat against the Black Tears leader's forces before the leader and her minions are finally slain.
• Heal up with numerous healing potions and aid as they accompany Lady Jamandi out of the wing.
• Receive a charter from Lady Jamandi to explore the Stolen Lands, and told to go meet with one Oleg to deal with his own bandit problem.
• Watch 3 other parties - the Iron Wraiths, arrogant warriors; Baron Hannis Drelev and company, a cruel noble; and one Maegar Varn and company, an optimistic knight receive their own seperate charters to explore.
• Discover Tartuccio alive and with the 2 other hostages left from last night, Harrim the dwarf and Valerie the paladin, taking the charter and breaking off from the party to deal with the Stolen lands' problems on their own.
• Set out from Lady Jamandi's manor into the wilds to explore the Stolen Lands.

Party: Sybil the thief, Yslin the ranger, Cannora the elf, Ethex the magic user, Amiri the barbarian, Linzi the halfling, Jaethal the elf.