Session 4 - A Warning Unheeded Report

General Summary

The session begins in the middle of combat. The party finally found their luck to dispatch the demon and fey creatures. With this they had cleared the church grounds of all traces of demons. Farnham decided adventuring wasn't for him and decided to help Nellyn care for the church and become a follower of Abadar.
  The party decided to investigate the Mad Muggers next to which they headed through town towards the tavern which gives them their namesake. However, on the way there they ran into some old accomplices. Performers from the Celestial Menagerie were performing to a crowd and began to taunt the party into a competition to outperform each other. Siegmund was uninterested in this challenge, even after Daring Danika indicated Mistress Dusklight had captured his family. This left the rest of the party to take on the challengers. Venn was able to outperform Danika but the others struggled to make their tricks work without the aid of the circus workers and the ultimately walked away without the crowds praise.
  They made their way to the Mad Mug. Upon arrival, four members of the gang were on the front porch and began harassing the party. Hopped up on chewing tobacco and Monster energy drinks, these dumb hicks decided to challenge the party which ended up being a mistake. After the monkey goblin with stones for hands put the children to sleep, they headed inside to confront the gangs leader, Pruana. To their surprise, she ended being very amicable and not at all standoffish about the beating that happened outside.
  The party was able to get on her good side and she offered information in exchange for gold. Ignar offered up a golden ring to which she happily accepted. She told them about her gang seeing a halfling witch sneaking around town. They followed her back to the Lindell farm outside of town. They tried to get closer but found a massive plant creature that nearly killed Kyle, the lead douchebag from out front. Before running away they noticed small fire creatures from within the barn. That was all the information she had on the matter and asked the party to vacate the bar so she could tend to the savaged gang members.
  After this encounter the party decided to head straight towards the Lindell barn to investigate, assuming the sheriff might be held captive out there. On the way they are stopped by Daring Danika who wasn't satisfied by the earlier embarrassment of the party and decided to get aggressive with them. The party easily dispatched her and her robot companion but took pity on her pet lion and decided to take it back to their circus and use it in future shows. Upon arriving at the circus camp they concluded that they should rest up before going to the barn.
  The next day they headed out towards the barn prepared for a fight. They looked around the outside and saw a back entrance. They decided to split up and enter the barn from both sides to get the tactical advantage. Unfortunately for Siegmund, they failed to notice the massive flytrap by the barn entrance. As Siegmund pulled the bar from the door, he was lashed at by the flytraps leaves, grabbed, and swallowed whole. He was knocked unconscious immediately and suffocated within the flytrap before his allies could attempt to rescue him, killing him permanently. Ignar and Konrik entered the barn on the other side, unaware of their companions demise, and nearly met their own demise to a swarm of mephits hiding inside. Konrik was able to drag Ignar out and resuscitate him before they both ran as quickly from the building as possible. Venn tried to help Siegmund as best he could but realized the futility quickly and ran for his life.