Brigan 10

Dearest Diary,
 
At last! My latest machination has finally come into fruition. The Ogre reluctantly agreed to fund my expedition to the Tenebrous (although one might consider "fund" to be a generous term regarding that pittance that I was able to get out of him). The tipping point seemed to be a group of obnoxious adventurers (quite the tautology) that kept badgering the Ogre about one of his artifacts. I suppose at that point, he simply wanted both of us gone as quickly as possible. I bet he thinks he's quite clever having "discovered" such an easy solution to two annoyances.
 
The adventurers were clearly fooled by my performance as well, considering how eager they were to agree to aid me in the expedition. A backup con, in case their grift with the mask doesn't work out? They got their hands on some scholar's research notes on the topic, so it's a committed con, if nothing else. Well, I wish them luck. I've gotten what I wanted, so I'll be busy packing what I can take with me and hiding the rest, lest those harpies in the enchantment department come into my office and pick it clean.