Honorbound: Episode 26

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==Recap==
=== Jade Run ===
Hamara begins to track down the magic box. She catches up to the party in Jade Run, and is waiting at Luceille's normal breakfast table. Luceille starts dragging Kang away, but Hamara convinces them to stay. They engage in a brief conversation with the innkeeper about food. The party decides to camp out a few nights until the full moon so they can open the magic box. They go shopping for a tent, a few bedrolls, some rope, and a donkey. They move far away from the city so that they won't be bothered. They catch some fish by the river. During the night, Hamara sees the sound of wolves, and then sees three sets of eyes at the edge of the fire. Hamara then hears some bone-breaking sounds, and then hears footsteps. Hamara sees a man covered in fur with a wolf snout look over the tent at her. One of the creatures moves up to Kang and two move towards Hamara. One of the creatures grabs for Hamara and misses while the other fails to bite her. A claw slashes into Hamara as the last creature sticks his nose in the tent, stepping right over Kang. The creature bites Luceille as Kang springs into action, stabbing the Wolfwere in the back. Hamara casts Moonbeam on the Wolfwere in front of her and casts Shillelagh on her staff. Luceille grabs the box and stabs the Wolfwere in the tent, and then disengages and rushes away from the action. The Wolfwere in front of Hamara takes damage in the Moonbeam and shifts back into a wolf. The Wolfweres chase after the box and one takes a hit from Kang. Luceille takes two hits from the monsters and goes unconscious. One of the Wolfweres grabs the box as Kang hits it and knocks him into the river. Hamara moves the Moonbeam to the Wolfwere in the river and steps next to the Wolfwere over Luceille. The Wolfwere in the river takes damage from the Moonbeam and shifts into a wolf, dropping the box in the water. The box starts floating down the river. The Wolfwere threatens the party as one of the wolves puts it's jaws over Luceille's throat. Kang hits the wolf as it bites Luceille. Hamara takes a bite from the wolf as she moves the Moonbeam to the last Wolfwere that hasn't shapeshifted. Hamara casts Healing Word and brings Luceille back up. Luceille stands and misses the wolf next to her, and then goes after the wolf chasing the box. That wolf shifts back into a Wolfwere and threatens Luceille. Hamara takes a claw attack from the Wolfwere as it takes damage from the Moonbeam. Kang chases after Luceille and kills the Wolfwere in front of her. Hamara Wildshapes into a bear and mauls one of the Werewolves in front of her. Luceille dives into the river and retrieves the box. The Wolfwere in the Moonbeam takes damage and both remaining creatures start running. Kang dives into the river to follow Luceille. Hamara moves the Moonbeam onto one of the fleeing creatures and starts giving chase. Luceille and Kang swim back to shore as the Moonbeam kills the Wolfwere. Hamara chases after the last wolf, shifts out of bear form and shoots the wolf with several arrows. The wolf goes down as the rest of the party attempts to salvage what's left of the camp.   
Hamara drags the bodies back to camp. The party finds a piece of parchment with the faces of the party on them. Hamara skins a high quality wolf pelt. She then calms down the donkey, who was tied to the tree the whole time. She casts Speak with Animals to speak to it, and Kang imitates the sounds. The party returns to the city, as Luceille attempts to conceal Kang to get past the guards. Luceille bribes the guard and they are able to find an inn. They enter a tavern and try to get a drink, and have issues with the bartender being afraid of Kang. As they sit down, they discuss shape-shifting and Wolfweres, with Hamara providing a lot of the details. Hamara and Luceille discuss how to lay low for a few days, while Kang sleeps outside in the rain. Luceille and Hamara attempt to disguise themselves. That night, Hamara starts to feel sick. She attempts to determine whats wrong, and pricks her finger to draw some blood. She soon thereafter falls into a bout of maniacal laughter, and convulses on the ground. When Luceille describes to her what happened, Hamara determines that she has Cackle Fever. Luceille goes back to the tavern and drops some Thieves Cant to find a safehouse, but the price is too expensive. They decide to hole up in an inn room for a few days and wait things out. They move to another inn, pick up a few things to set some traps, and talk to the innkeeper. The man has a hook for a hand. The party attempts to rent the whole second floor of the inn, and the innkeeper trys to charge them double the price. Luceille offers him an extra gold for his silence, and the innkeeper tells them that they have bought his silence unless someone pays him more. Kang immediately reaches out to grab the innkeeper and is rebuffed. Kang draws a spear and threatens to cut out the innkeepers tongue. Hamara casts Shillelagh and faces off against two bouncers by the door. Luceille attempts to diffuse the situation, but the innkeeper threatens to call the guard. She grabs the innkeeper by the throat and threatens him with a dagger. The innkeeper finally relents and rents the rooms. The party moves upstairs and Hamara turns into a weasel to go listen to the innkeeper. She is unable to hear anything. She finds the cash box and picks the lock, stealing two gold coins from it.
The party preps the upstairs floor, clearing the rooms and placing caltrops on the floor to deter invaders. Luceille sets up a string and a bell as an alarm at the top of the staircase. Hamara returns and the party starts to rest. Luceille and Hamara start feeling really tired as they wake up. Hamara prepares Lesser Restoration to try and reverse the effect, but it is unsuccessful in curing the condition. They do temporarily feel better after the casting. 
== Experience ==
The party gains 500 XP. Hamara levels to 4 and gains 6 HP (27 Total).
== Recap ==
The party starts trying to rest. As they board up the window in one of the rooms, they hear glass breaking down the hallway. The party prepares actions, but nothing happens. Kang searches the rooms and sees an arrow with a piece of parchment embedded in the wall.  The notes says "They are coming tonight, a real one. Be ready", signed a friend. The party continues to rest. There is talk about getting silvered weapons, but no one goes through with it due to cost and skepticism. Hamara continues to cast Lesser Restoration to alleviate the Cackle Fever on herself and Luceille. That night, the party hears a scream from downstairs and footsteps on the stairs. They hear sound in the hallway and then something starts bashing in the door. Part of the door breaks open as Kang stabs something through the door, while Luceille fires an arrow. Neither weapon penetrates the skin of the creature, as the door continues to come down. The party sees a large boar in the hallway and rats behind it. 
Hamara casts Moonbeam in the doorway. The Wereboar knocks down the door as Luceille tosses a flask of oil onto it. Kang tries to shove the Wereboar back, but fails. Two of the rats in the Moonbeam shift back into humans, wielding shortswords and hand crossbows. The Wererats fire at Kang, landing many hits and dealing a lot of damage. Luceille throws a candle at the Wereboar and sets it on fire. The Wereboar takes damage from the Moonbeam and changes into a human. The Wereboar smashes Kang with its maul and gets knocked unconscious. The Wereboar moves up to Hamara and demands the box. Hamara casts Healing Word on Kang and brings him back up, while moving the Moonbeam to the Wererats. Kang gets up and stabs the Wereboar, trying to disarm him, failing, and doing no damage. The other two Wererats take damage from the Moonbeam and turn back into humans. The Wererats shoot Kang again and he goes down. The other Wererats fire at Hamara and miss. Luceille throws her last oil flask onto the still burning Wereboar, and hides under the bed. The Wereboar hits Hamara and she loses concentration on the Moonbeam. Hamara casts Healing Word and brings Kang back up, and then recasts Moonbeam directly on top of Kang to hit as many Were creatures as possible. Kang takes damage from the Moonbeam and falls unconscious again. The Wererats all take damage from the Moonbeam as they shoot at Hamara, with only one hitting. Luceille dumps ball bearings all over the floor. The Wereboar smashes Hamara and she goes unconscious. The Wereboar once again demands the box from Luceille. The Wererats point their hand crossbows at Luceille. Luceille tries to push the Wererat out of the door to escape, and two crossbow bolts land home. The Wererat goes flying out of the way as Luceille picks her way through the caltrops and attempts to escape down the hallway. The Wereboar slips on the ball bearings and falls on top of the unconscious Kang. The Wererats fire bolts down the hallway at Luceille with one hitting. Luceille dashes down the stairs and runs out into the street, escaping. Hamara stabilizes, but Kang bleeds out and dies.   
Luceille pulls the box out while she runs. The moonlight shines on it, the constellations flare, and it opens. Inside she finds a small purple bag. She opens it and peers inside, seeing only blackness. She continues to run away as she tries to pour the bags contents out into her hand. A 2-foot wooden shaft starts pouring out of the bag. Luceille grabs the wooden shaft and pulls it out, revealing a spear. The head emits green light, and there are carved runes on the shaft. Luceille looks over her shoulder and sees no one. She stops for a second to further explore the contents of the bag, and finds only a single coin. On one side of the coin there is a black robed man with the symbol of a mouth with sharp teeth and a drop of blood in between them. On the other side of the coin is a werewolf. Luceille puts everything back in the bag and keeps running.
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