We confront Marten. He fade into darkness- room darker than normal, magic folks say it because of magical runes on the pillars. It tough fight, especially with Marten's men on the upper balconies trying to pepper us with arrows and spells. We fall back to defensive position in back corner so the archers and mages had to jump down to get to us. Eventually we kill them all, no mercy or prisoners this time. We loot building and find Marten's notes on "blackmail" material: **ulric averhard**\\ fact: old, hard headed\\ strong rumor: unfaithful to wife, wife knows, doesn't know wife knows\\ rumor: hates monsters, will kill all before surrendering\\ vague rumor: paid by lord of ruins for info\\ rumor: opposes kadorn as young upstart who doesn't respect elders\\ **werner von ursling**\\ fact: retired merc captain turned business\\ strong rumor: mostly concerned with military aspect of conquest of Phlan\\ rumor: served in merc unit hired by lord of ruins\\ rumor: hates zhentarim\\ rumor: strong contact with other mercs\\ vague rumor: unit wiped out by enemy mages, only survivor, grudge against mages\\ **bishop ratio:**\\ fact: highest ranking religious member in phlan\\ vague rumor: frontman for powerful high priest who never leaves temple\\ strong rumor: pressure to do something about undead\\ rumor: opposed to temple's policy to sell miracles and items. rather do it in exchange for good work\\ **kadorna:**\\ fact: last know surviving member of house kadorna (known for textiles)\\ strong rumor: rising star in city politics\\ rumor: no known mate\\ rumor: vindictive, remembers when he is double crossed\\ fact: contacted welcomers for info on pool of radiance\\ fact: hired a number of mercs through welcomers (he did not know)\\ vague rumor: using mercs to find pool of radiance\\ **the boss:**\\ strong rumor: human, or something takes form of human\\ vague rumor: dragon? skeptical because metallic dragon\\ fact: holds audience of vallejo castle, guarded by big stupid monsters with occasional small human leaders rumor: doesn't spend full time in VC\\ fact: magical maze in castle wall, properties unknown. passwords are needed to get past castle gates, change regularly\\ rumor: has been sending messages to monsters in wilderness to recruit as new units\\ vague rumor: recruiting in prep to retake civilized section of Phlan\\