Not a hilarious role-playing incident but it was very emotional.
Cast:
Derryth (my PC) - an elven druid/sorcerer/geomancer
Fang (another PC) - Derryth's half-elven son, a CG ranger
Lann (NPC) - Derryth's half-fomor, demonblooded daughter, an unholy soldier of the Spider Goddess
The party had gone to the mystical isle of Avalaon and spent five days there. My PC, Derryth, an danaan elven geomancer, had left behind her four year old half-elven son and her infant half-fomor (and demonblooded) daughter in the care of their fathers. When we returned through the mists, we discovered five decades had passed on the mortal realm.
The war between the goodly folk and the evil fomor had gone badly in our absence. Fifty years of war had driven the Danaan from Erin. Derryth's clan, led by her now adult demonic daughter Lann, were reviled as traitors. My PC's son Fang had followed his father's footsteps and sworn bloody revenge against all fomor particularly the demonic general who had slain his father (Lann).
After a botched mission to rescue some prisoners, Derryth was taken captive by Lann, who intended to hand my geomancer over to the high priest of the Spider Queen (Lann's father). Fang and another PC charged in to slaughter fomori. He had an arrow of slaying with Lann's name on it (literally). During the battle, Fang shot Lann and killed his half-sister outright before being cut down by the guards.
In the space of a day, Derryth lost her children, regained them as adults only to lose them again when they practically slew each other in front of her. She wasn't rescued and the surviving fomori handed her over to the high priest. He was going to sacrifice her until Derryth said "death would be a mercy". He found a better way to torment her instead.
It was a great game but I was very upset at how it ended. Two PCs dead, one retired and the survivors with no idea of what happened.
Nihil est ab omni partum beatum.
(Nothing is an unmixed blessing)