Mestifo and the 3 Manitous

Session One (11-10-2017) Part I

Cis, Anne-Marie, Faye, Vincent, Cecil, and Moritimer were all having a good time listening to the beautiful, ebony, singer Delilah Starr at New Orleans most famous bar The Old Absinthe House. Fat Dan, the owner, was slinging drinks while the servers were busy attending to the patrons. The bar was already filled with smoke from pipes, cigars, and cigarettes. But the smoke increased to a point where it was hard to see and then he appeared. Mesitfo.

A tall, dark cloaked figure with a van-dyke beard appeared out of the fog while everyone else had been frozen except for the heroes. He introduced himself and insulted almost everyone there with dramatic flair. He had a tendency to laugh maniacally at times and then he got back to business at hand. He mentioned Faye Watson's past transgressions and blamed her for the release of 3 Manitous. He warns that if these Manitous continue to be left alone that great dread will come to this plane of existence and everything the they know and ever loved will be in a world of darkness and decay. 

He gives them an iron rod and a brief explanation on how to use it to capture the Manitou in the rod:

1. Rod will vibrate when near an inhabited human
2. Must capture the possessed human in a circle of salt
3. Say the enchanted word that only Faye knows while pointing the rod at the creature in the circle of salt.
4. Return the Rod to Mesitifo for him to transfer the Manitou safely away. 
5. Only one Manitou at a time can be captured in the rod.

With that he disappears and time starts ticking again. The rest of the patrons continue to move and they had no idea what just transpired. Over the next few days you start inquiring about the first Manitou that is supposedly in New Orleans. You check the papers and find nothing of real interest except for some missing people cases and an explosion out in the oil refineries near Lake Pontchartrain which killed several Hexaco workers. Anne-Marie Hille thought of looking for clues at a Voodoo establishment. While Cis decided to hit the books an learn more about these Manitous

The Dead Frog located in the Treme district was a well known back street Voodoo parlor. The place was empty except for an old black blind woman working the counter. Even though she was blind she could sense that a woman(Anne) and a man(Moritimer) was standing in her presence. She said she could help but needed only Anne to come back into the room with Moritimer to stay behind. She took a piece of Anne's hair and threw in many other ingredients into the cauldron that was black as night and said a few incantations. The old woman immediately became possessed with the Manitou...her eyes went from all white to all black. She spoke with a demonic voice and asked who was looking for the demon? The Manitou warned them to stay away or it will hurt all the people they ever cared for. With that it left the old woman's body as soon as Moritimer can rushing to the back room to see what was happening. 

Meanwhile, Cis and the others basically struck out researching the Manitous at the library. Only found a story from 2nd Lt. Matt Hazard of the 5th regiment Calvary about a Cheyenne war chief that could of been possessed by one of these devils and committed atrocious acts of violence by scalping a small town of settlers. The Calvary hunted the Indian down and shot him over 20 times. Lt. Hazard recollects that a weird mist came out of the eyes and nose of the Indian when it died.

You all met at Wolfs restaurant to collaborate on what you found while enjoying a Po' Boy. Cecil's old Navy buddy, Bubba Franks introduced himself and enjoyed your company. You asked him of any weird happenings in the area and just mentions his aunt who is extremely religious of bedding down with a few men who is very unlike her. You decide to check up on her to see if she is possessed with the Manitou.

Bubba's Aunt is very nice and offered you tea. You use the Rod on her and you get nothing. She does mention though she has seen a white fellow with a top hat and well dressed taking a few black boys with him which she thought was extremely odd...she mentioned the two boys looked to be in a haze when they walked by her while she was sitting on the porch.

Meanwhile...Delilah Starr has gone missing...see part II.