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NakedArseMan

On returning Sinnabar after looting the last place, whatever that was, the party discovers a party in full swing.

Apparently a local lord has arrived to attend their regular vigil in a deserted manor on the hill. After a brief procession, and handing out LOTS and LOTS of gold to the citizens, they are apparently destined to sleep on their pile of treasure, alone, unattended, all night.

On arrival, we discovered a deserted building in terrible repair and the party enters...

Generally not through the front door however, deciding to wander around the back and drop in through the roof, avoid EVERY SINGLE trap set in the mansion.

Cell does try the direct route though, and discovers a man hiding on the balcony who they eventually recognize as Naked-Arse-Man Snuller, whom they had met in Shallack Inn, in flagrante delicto with some other guy whose name was never established.

Apparently, with deep seated resentment that his treasure map was nicked, old Snuller sold his soul multiple times using some sort of runic trick and tried to attack the party at every opportunity. Ranting and raving as he summoned various enemies by pulling tattoos off his body, all specifically suited to be the individual party members worse nightmares we discover the depts of his planning:

• Attracted ghosts to Shellack using an ancient ritual and the blood of his beloved who turned on him when others found out (after players outed them).
• Hired Sahreg to retrieve the map from the Shipwright and deliver it at Skull Tavern but the party followed him there and chased Sahreg down and took the map back!
• Attracted a Roc at the pirate tavern and drew the players there but party ignored the entire thing and wandered off with some drunk he had paid to play the part!
• Sold soul again to attract a Kraken to the pirate port of Shellack but the damn thing never turned up (as far as he could tell)
• Found and convinced Captain Slythe to abandon his promise to the Hags for support from one of the demons he sold a soul to, then made sure the Hags found out about it and destroyed the ship but the DAMN PARTY came back OWNING THE SHIP
• Found a way to attach runes to attract massive sharks to the ship and sink her. but the party RETURNED ANYWAY!

His final trap is here, on Sinnabar

Incredibly annoyed that the party had split and he could not have a nice monolog, Snuller spawned some toy soldiers tailored against Cell weaknesses. The toys do some nasty damage and Cell gaps it trying to kill Snuller on the stairs.

Meanwhile the party crosses the roof and Styx lowers himself down and nearly eviscerates old Snuller with his first taunting shot. In return, spider swarms are summoned as his idea of Styxs worst nightmare.

The battle progressed, and Androids are spawned against Tony once he is spotted, but the enemies and Snuller are rapidly overwhelmed by superior firepower and he is driven back, bleeding, into the library.

Finding some magical sigils the party destroys them, slowly breaking Snullers magic soul hiding trick

Cell is eventually dropped after being swarmed by the various badies, he is dragged off by a surviving android who starts tinkering with his innards.

The party (Ignoring one set of very resilient toy soldiers) follows him in to see him draw summoning circle in his own blood. A final lethal shot tears his jaw off but the body, still animated by hate and spells, continues.

The summon continues, and one, then two, and finally three demons all appear claiming ownership to his soul... which causes some issues since there he only has one soul. Lots of arguing between demons, and the party uses some sophistry to convince the demons that Snuller has screwed them over BADLY (Turns out Tonys patron was one of the demons, and they two have a nice chat and promise to get together over tea one day)

Fletcher tries facetime his Hag patrons for assistance but gets an answering machine and some head-map for where to deliver the rod too.

Fletcher then gets torn to pieces by the toys everyone had forgotten about and nut punched to death but the hags drag him back to existence once more and give him a gag gift.

Afterward we all get a nice fruit basket from the demons for the help and a warning to shut the hell up about any mis-trades that might or might not have occurred