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{{Infobox expedition log
| title = Into the Dark (Blighted City 20)
| date = 6/12/24
| storyteller = Dag
| tier_of_play = Master
| player_characters = [[Siltmean the Craftrat]], [[Pomba Bright-Eyed]], [[Victoria Honeystride]], [[Clam]], [[Sheeri of the Frozen Wastes]], [[Miles Ender]]
| rewards = 300 xp, 3000 gp, Flaying Knife, Nexian Sealing Blade (Greater), Shadow Signet, Shadow Essence, Shadow Ash Formula, Shadow Ash, Thousand-Pains Fulu (Stone), Thousand-Pains Fulu (Blade), Thousand-Pains Fulu (Needle)
| result = Successful (so far)
| author = Siltmean
| downtime_days = 7
}}
== Log ==
'''The Palace Infiltration'''
*Head into the palace over the walls
*Gave Gecko Gloves to Victoria and Sheeri
*Armor to Miles
*Traverse the darkness with Sheeri's light spells
*Shadowy orb-like creature named "Beto-Beto" approaches us
*Offers to escort us through palace
*Decline via Sheeri scaring it off with a light spell
*Note: Beto-Beto's presence is unsettling
*As of time of writing creature is still alive, sticking to darkness
*Keep moving
*Boat? On swampy water
*Sheeri, Victoria and Pomba head in
*I watch the door
*Clam and Miles check surrounding area, keep Beto-Beto at bay
*Sheeri, Victoria, Pomba encounter new creature inside
*Tiny, one-eyed creature made of muscle and metal blades, ball-shaped
*Upon approach, it rushes forward to cut them with its body
*Team kills it quickly
*Sheeri identifies creature as an "Augur", type of Velstrac fiend
*Name comes from minor visionary powers?
*Everyone heads further in

'''An Unhealthy Obsession With Pain'''
*Move past ransacked room
*Hear language I recognize, can't hear words properly
*I sneak up using camouflage, Clam and Miles explore other rooms
*Rest head up to door, meet blue people with chains and piercing all about
*Based on appearances and dark area, surmised language was Sakvroth, language of those who dwell in the Darklands
*Victoria recognizes symbols in room as symbols of Zon-Kuthon
*The men seem obsessed with pain in general
*Hear them speak in Sakvroth of a "Boss" and choosing not to tell them about us yet
*Victoria seemingly befriends them
*Goes to talk about pain
*Clam and Miles join group
*One asks Sheeri to turn off lights, makes them uncomfortable
*Denied for obvious reasons
*Men identified as "Evangelists", another type of Velstrac fiend
*Want to lead us to their "benefactors"
*Group heads to meet them
*I stay hidden and follow behind
*One tries to convince Victoria to stay behind
*For their own safety
*Victoria denies
*We go to deeper room
*Large audience area in open light
*No outright weakness to light from looks of it
*Just natural displeasure?
*As we enter Evangelist tells giant spike-adorned man we're intruders in Sakvroth
*Fight breaks out
*Massive fiend casts a couple of spells and leaves further into the building
*Face several Evangelists and pierced creatures
*Both seem to heal if not struck by silver, based on keen blows of our monks
*Pierced creatures can impose a confusing darkness
*Chaotic battle
*Struggle but come out the victors
*Take some equipment from area, including large sword that seems to scream at presence of undead
*Not particularly of use in Lancaster
*Silvered blade may be of much bigger use, however
*Nobody here particularly inclined toward the weapon
*Looks like it's my responsibility to put it to use 
*Just until we finish this job