The Magnificents #4

The group fought against the Tiefling and Rotten, with the Tiefling summoning shadows to fight for them.

• Eventually the group figured out that Rotten was being controlled by the Tiefling and broke Rotten from under the control, who then joined them in their fight

The Tiefling, who Rotten called "The Word," attempted to escape into a black, ichor dripping, portal, but was mortally wounded as they fell in.

With the Word gone into the portal, the group decided to sit down somewhere and hear how Rotten ended up under their control, although the portal remained open.

Back at The Gangplank the group heard how Rotten was first mate to Captain Dash Pearl on the Ocean Shape. They shipwrecked on an island when a creature from the sea and its crab minions attacked and killed the entire crew except for Rotten and the Word, who they'd picked up in Trine.

Rotten claims the Word took over his mind and they took a life boat back to Cypress, although the island appeared on no maps, so he'd have a hard time getting back. But a ship's worth of elven magic items from South Lyr'Lowain were on board.

The group reported to the woman at The Victorious the next day to inform her of her daughters demise. Rotten knew Dash's mother, calling her Dolly Pearl, and promised to launch an expedition to retrieve Dash's body

The rest of the group decided to bid Rotten farewell and, with 10 gold in hand, went to deal with the ichor in Bojangle's room

• As they left, Dahlia noticed a skeletal minotaur with raven feathers waving to her in the window from the street below, before he disappeared