Session 15

Date: 4/22/2018

Attending: Jake, Dave, Wes, Joey, Aaron, Justin

Absent: None

Start Time: 7:30 p.m.

The party discusses what the possible implication of the heel tattoo on Ostar’s body. They determine that it is magical, only being revealed upon death or at the will of the wearer.

They loot the various bodies and then free the citizens of Evershade who have been held captive in the Last Wood Inn. It seems the mercenaries surprised the town during a festival and were able to capture the children. The leader had the troll eat one child – a woman named Alise’s boy – to demonstrate their willingness to harm the kids. They have been captured for about 3 weeks.

The party meets Mola the dairy farmer, Knarls the proprietor of the Last Wood Inn, Herm a local alchemist and enchanter, and Father Ellis, a Chovailian Priest. Mola in particular draws the party’s attention because he is quite muscular – if run to fat a bit – and carries himself with confidence. They end up staying the night with Mola at his farmstead.

Soromir and Jace talk to Herm and commission him to improve their weapons, which agrees to do at the vastly discounted price of 1,500 gp each. Soromir hands over his longsword and Jace his shortsword – Herm says the shortsword will take 2 days, the longsword 3-5.

Meanwhile Orenthal investigates the Inn. The sign out front is in dwarven runes – but no one in the village speaks dwarven. Asking the proprietor – who bought the inn from a previous owner, who also purchased it – Knarls takes Orenthal in and shows him where runes are located in the building. He also takes him down to the basement and shows him a section of the wall, about 2 foot square, where if you throw a handful of iron tacks against the stone it sticks in a pattern than forms dwarven runes as well. Orenthal detects magic but it is not magical.

Further conversing he asks Knarls about the Temple to Nerull nearby and finds out that it was dwarves who were running it, and there were things with large metal boots according to rumor. He confirms the tales from Riverwood that the temple had been cleaned out about 20 or more years ago.

He also mentioned that a little over a month ago he saw figures moving through the woods, avoiding the town and pushing a large cart.

In the morning Khalo summons a new animal companion, the dire badger Mome Rath, while Orenthal summons a familiar – the Raven Icarus. They then set out to find the source of the river contamination, and convince Mola to accompany them.

The party travels for three days through the woods. Over the campfire one night they find out that Mola was a slave and a pit fighter, owned by Baron Vaselus of Lemia.

On the fourth day the river ends, flowing out of a hole in the ground. Khalo asks Mome Rath to follow the scent of the tainted river water and he leads the party about 50 yards from the river exit and begins to dig. Under the snow is a wooden trap door (destroyed by Mome Rath’s digging) and a ladder leading down.

End of Session

600 XP; 100 to Wes, 100 to Joey for blogging