NOTE: I am three sessions behind on my adventure notes for this campaign, so am doing a major story dump without the usual supporting links and formatting.
Recap:
The party had tracked down what they believe to be the Red Plume mercenaries’ main stronghold in the Dutchy of Passau, being a ruined temple complex that had been repaired and strengthened. When they arrived they could feel that the structure was warded and hard to detect from the outside, as well as being protected from many forms of subtle magical attack. Inside they found that all the red plumes were dead, and the structure itself was haunted with the central altar room was dedicated to a dog-headed demon with four arms that many of the magical members of the party had heard rumors about. One Red Plume lieutenant was at the altar in the form of a ghost, wielding his magical sword, and both Sir Bel and Trouble could feel the presence of a champion in the back of the building. rianwyn recognized the sword as having been stolen from the Amber Temple and also realized who had escaped from the broken prison as a result.
Battle in the Megaron
As soon as Arianwyn mentioned that she was fine locking the sword in her vault with the ghost still trapped by it, he vanished and one of the corpses started to stand and attack
