Pain : 4 The Company found some usable robes in the temple of Tyr to disguise themselves as followers of the water goddess Ishtia, they also returned to base with the bones of the high priest, Oyvind Uberg, and successfully revived him. Oyvind and Ashia were able to provide rumours that the Red Redemptionists had found an artifact of power and were studying it, our heroes set off, they cunningly tricked their way into the Pride Of Pain Festhall, launched an attack, killed a high ranking priest of Kossuth, an Uruk-Hai warlord and assorted RR's and found the artifact. A black gate that radiates a palpable aura of evil, it was being studied by three scribes, further questioning revealed the Black Gate might be linked to six White Gates scattered throughout the city, after finding the known and rumoured location of the gates they set off to the first known location, the Redemption Brewery. All was going well, they sneaked into the brewery, rogue turned assassin Psyche returned dripping with (someone else's) blood from a scouting mission to proclaim, "There's nobody (alive) in there." Then they found the White Gate in a sealed room, and its guardians, two Effigy's. A desperate and rather panicky fight ensued with the burning undead making good use of their possession and energy draining abilities, with an SR 28 the Effigy's were able to shrug off most magical attacks until the mage Callran managed to trap them in a Wall Of Force. Saragon removed one of the Cinder Gems from his intelligent Gemsword and unlocked the Gate with it, in a searing pulse of beautific light the undead were burned away. The Company returned to base and prepared for their next assault, on the Flames of Kossuth warehouse............ Psyche reached 13th lvl Rogue.