Save or Die: Outcasts: Episode 09

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==Synopsis==
After fighting off plainsmen on horseback, the party resume their search for Shadow Mage Sigris Shadowhand's tower. They head south and make it to the village of Wikish. Sigris Shadowhand's descendant warns the party that the tomb has been looted, but gives directions. The party arrive at the tomb and descend into it.
==Recap==
===Fight with the Riders===
The party is on the road south of Roseluck in the grasslands. A group of 4 plainsmen on horseback are bearing down on Auguste while the rest of the party wait in ambush. Auguste sets his glaive to receive charge.
Arachis casts on 2 of the riders, making them fall off their horses. The 2 plainsmen wake up after landing violently to the ground as their mounts race away from them. Grau (as a bear) leaps out of his cover at a horse, but doesn't make much of an impact on the massive speeding beast. Ren waits for the enemy to be in a better position before making his melee attack.
The first rider reaches Auguste and both the rider and Auguste it one-another with their spears, but in the attack the plainsmen's horse is killed and the plainsmen is knocked to the ground. The fallen plainsmen begs for mercy as Ren comes out of cover and attacks him.
The other 3 plainsmen flee the battlefield as the last is surrendering to the party. Arachis tries to a fleeing horse but the horse is out of range before the spell goes off.
The captured plainsman explains that his people are native to these plains and hate the Army of Voraci and thought that Auguste was one of them. The Voraci Empire destroyed their villages. The party let Mickey the Plainsman go after Ren takes some jewellery from him.
Auguste loots a saddle from the dead horse. The party advice him to leave it behind because of its weight, but Auguste insists he keep it. But he is slowed down by it that he eventually gives up on it.
With the fight over, the party resume their journey to the village of Wikish to search the tomb of Sigris Shadowhand.
===Pipari===
Thursday 18 April 1523 The party arrive back at Pipari. The party head into the market square. The town's market day is Sunday, but there are still stores open.
Arachis wants a staff to use as a walking stick to help travel the swamp. The party split up into 2 groups. Grau and Auguste head to the "Rods of all Ages" store to look into getting Arachis his staff. They find a staff with a raven's head with onyx-gems for 14 gp. Grau wants to buy a slop trough, the Mega Feeder 5000, that is made for pigs and fill it with meat pies for himself, but it costs 100 gp.
Meanwhile Arachis explains his spell to Ren and how it can be used for his thieving ways.
The party meet back up. After the new staff is gifted to Arachis, the group head to the tavern, the Lazy Sheep and rest. The next day they head into the Maw to cross back into the Hornstead Kingdom.
===Market Day Heist===
Sunday 21 April the arrive in Keygate. As it is a market day Arachis and Ren test out the spell. Renatus chooses a target, 3 young rich women, to pickpocket, which goes successfully. Back at the tavern, with Auguste and Arachis, Ren counts the money and gets 42 sp and 88 gp. Given the amount of gold stolen the party decide to leave town and not stay the night. Auguste goes out in search of Grau and finds him at the pie shop.
===Walking to Wikish===
The party reach Jaeden after 4 days, then head on the road south to Valebrook. From Valebrook there will be a trail that leads to the village Wikish.
On the road to Valebrook Ren gives Arachis his cut from the heist.
Saturday 28 April the party arrive at Valebrook and Ren decides to head inside alone to find out the local rumors.
Ren hears about the Central Kingdoms confederation that is defending against the Army of Voraci on the front lines. He also hears that in the deep woods a has been spotted recently.
Ren returns to the party and talks about hunting down a unicorn, but Grau is adamantly against it.
On Tuesday 2 May, the day Velthara rises in the sky, they party arrives at a village that has an problem. 2 Ankheg have burrowed out of the ground in a nearby field. The villagers offers the party 500 silver to deal with the problem. The party (except Grau) is very reluctant to fight the giant acid-spitting insects. After Grau is informed that one acid spit could kill him instantly, he agrees they shouldn't deal with them. The party keep traveling.
===Wikish===
4 May, the party arrive at their current journey's end the village of Wikish, to visit Sigris Shadowhand's tomb. Wikish is a village of less than 500 people, not much farming is done here, but plenty of hunting is. There is only one tavern in the village with no private rooms. Grau shapeshifts back into a bear while asleep so cannot take this arrangement, so will sleep out in the woods. Auguste agrees to stay with Grau outside of town.
In the tavern Arachis asks about Hallis, Shadow Mage Sigris Shadowhand's great-great-grandson. It turns out he is 65 year old tanner.
The party go visit Hallis. Arachis pays Hallis 10 gold then starts asking questions. Hallis says that many mages have come to him for this information, but his Great-Great-Grandfather's tomb has already been looted. Hallis gives the information he can, and clarifies that his Great-Great-Grandfather was born 234 years ago.
The tomb is in a temple to Felumbra in a region the swamp as enveloped. The staircase is inside a sarcophagus on the surface in one of 4 ruined buildings.
The party rest the night before heading into the swamp.
===Sigris Shadowhand's Tomb===
5 May. The party head into the nearby forest beside the swamp, following the directions they were given. The tomb is half a day away from Wikish.
The party arrive at the 4 ruined building without issue. It is at the edge of the swamp in the ancient location of the village that had been swalloed by the Devouring Marsh.
They easily find the sarcophagus that is the entrance, but decide to look around outside before heading down. August has a theory that the wizard tower can be located nearby as an inverted tower.
As the party walk around they are ambushed by a pair of coming out of the nearby swamp-water and attack Auguste. The party join the fight as a 3 more bullywug emerge. Ren kills one with one attack. Auguste kills another. Grau finishes off the last two with his bear claws. The last bullywug retreats.
The party then loot the bullywugs of their eyes, which can be sold as spell reagents. Arachis doesn't tell them the proper way to preserve the bullywug eyes, and instead continues to explore the ruins.
The party then get to work moving the sarcophagus and head down the staircase and down into the tomb itself.
==Experience==
No experience given this episode.
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