Something Wicket This Way Comes

* As we exit the mill we hear the church bells ring three times. We’re all taken aback for a moment.
** Martha is nervous, Signe puts her revolver in her pocket for easy access, Alec says they’re not good with weapons, William also makes a weapon readily available. Cyrus thinks this doesn’t bode well.
* We cautiously make our way to the church. All the candles are out in the homes of the town as we go.
** The front door is open and it’s dark inside. 
** We light some candles and look around.
* Signe and Cyrus look for O’Gowan but he’s not in his room. 
** There is a note on his desk about Mary stopping by and asking about the details of the business deal he was trying to negotiate. He’s wary about the tone in her voice; he knows she’s not a God-fearing woman. 
** Cyrus notices a worn part on the floor that looks to be from many years of pacing in one spot.
* Martha and Alec go out to the second floor and investigate the church bell rope. They don’t find anything out of the ordinary. Alec starts feeling hopeless, like they aren’t getting anywhere with this, like there’s no point. Martha notices the lack of footprints in the dust.
** No one has been here to ring the bell
* William stands around fiddling with a large white claw as if he’s waiting for something to happen.
* Signe and Cyrus search the rectory. 
** Signe is still frustrated from the encounter with Mary, and being a bit aggressive. Cyrus calms her a little but looks a bit scared.
** She finds a note about Mary questioning O’Gowan about the Hammarstrom deal. 
** His coat is missing
** No extra clues in the church registry (like a pattern of deaths to signify a ritual sacrifice)
* Signe shares the info with everyone, Alec doesn’t seem to care and wants to leave. 
** She decides she wants to search the church roof where the bell access is. William accompanies her.
*** She sees a candle go out in the Chamberlain house
*** No one has been up here in a really long time
*** Can’t see anyone walking in down, everything is dark, but a murder of crows is disturbed.
* Meanwhile inside, a large raven taps on the window, getting Martha’s attention. It wants her to follow and she does.
** She gets Alec and Cyrus to follow too.
** The raven keeps hopping and tapping on gravestones, trying to lead them somewhere. 
** It stops at Caiden Keegan’s grave. 
** The bird looks into the woods and we hear rustling in the trees.
** Martha hears a far off 4-beat drumming sound.
*** Like the sound of horse hooves galloping
* William hangs the lantern in a tree to act as a distraction, we hide in the bushes.
* Suddenly an extremely large creature gallops into the clearing. There are quick shadowy movements, flashes of red. It’s running back and forth.
** Signe and Martha are huddled together, they see two red eyes and are terrified!
* We retreat back to the town hall for respite.
** Tensions are a little high and people are on edge except for William who didn’t see anything in the forest. Alec and Signe are snappy at each other. 
* We manage to get some rest but are awoken by a knock on the door. It’s Mary, Dorothy, Caelin, and Dewey. They are here to have a meeting and we’re ushered out. 
* Alec listens in on their conversation:
** They wonder if they should just be done with this whole thing and sell. Mary is still adamant that they don’t. 
* William demands to know what everyone saw in the woods and Signe fills him in. 
** While in a forty yard stare she notices crows are sitting on the edge of the church roof.
* They hurry that way. . . and find the destroyed corpse of Father O’Gowan.
** Body parts lay strewn on the church steps
** Alec takes Martha away to find flowers and Willa Kincaid. 
* Cyrus, Signe, and William investigate the “body”.
** Definitely O’Gowan
** Looks like he was running trying to escape into the church but was caught before he could get through the door. 
** His fist is clutching a note of medieval text, talking of a place beneath Grindstone where a fell guardian rests.