Invisibilithieves

**Invisibilithieves** was the seventh chapter of Rime of the Frostmaiden.

## Synopsis

Gwen Parmanak, Rextopher Stanners, Rurik, and Ruedolf Bluemoon woke up to the sound of Perilou Fishfinger and Garret talking. The adventurers overheard how a Red Wizard of Thay had attempted to hire Perilou and Garret a few weeks ago, but they elected to ignore it, having enough on their plate. They then set out towards Caer Konig.

After a short while, the party noticed a warm glow in the distance. They investigated, and found a building occupied by Urku and his followers. Urku had found the building, and had been happily living there. He gave the party some stew in clingfilm-wrapped tupperware containers for the road.

A few hours of travelling later, the party came across a particularly flat patch of snow. Unable to detect anything awry, they were sprung upon by a floating box with flaming blades. After defeating the box, they agreed to let Garret and Perilou ride ahead to Caer Konig, while they investigated the site. Ruedolf examined the box, identifying it as some sort of sentient trap. The group found a hidden bunker, from which someone could have observed the box and the combat. There were tracks coming out from the bunker, which led to the tracks of a sled and large animal a little ways away. Rextopher sent Twinkles to follow those tracks, while the party continued on to Caer Konig.

Arriving in Caer Konig, they met the town speaker, Trovus, as he sprung awake in a snowdrift. Trovus told the party of a recent spree of thefts, seemingly carried out by invisible thieves. Notably, the thefts were not of particularly valuable objects- two goats had been taken, as well as a magical lantern from the Northern Light inn, some pearls from Frozenfar Expeditions, some food, and some pieces of glass. The party decided this was a quest they could probably do in their downtime while waiting for Torrga to arrive, and so agreed to help Trovus.

Going first to the Northern Light inn, they learned from Allie and Cori Shorard that the lantern changed colour but wasn't particularly valuable aside from that. The shopkeeper at Frozenfar Expeditions meanwhile noted how stealthy the thieves were- he was a light sleeper, and usually heard anyone entering the shop- right under his bedroom. There was a consensus among everyone that the thieves seemed to slip in, take their prize, and head north out of town, leaving only footprints behind. The footprints appeared to match those of a dwarf.

The party then went to the ruined caer from which the town got its name. There, the ghosts of human and orcs seemed to be locked in an eternal replay of the battle which had destroyed the fortress, which was pretty horrifying. The party then went to the pub.

As they drank, Rextopher, Ruedolf, Rurik, and Gwen agreed that they would patrol the town that night. They also all discussed Rextopher's nightmares, as he told them of a recurring nightmare of him being snatched away from his wife and kids by strange creatures. Twinkles also told them of his own story of being forced to leave some far away realm by the giant brain who ruled it for drug use.

After Rextopher failed to buy an all-purpose dog from Frozenfar Expeditions, the party began their patrol. After not seeing anything for a few hours, Rextopher heard a disturbance, and noticed some footprints being formed in the snow. He then **called out a greeting to the invisible thief the party was trying to catch**. The thief obviously ran away, and so Rextopher rounded up the party to go after them.

The party followed the thief's tracks until they reached some sled tracks, similar to those left near where they fought the box trap earlier. They then followed these tracks, passing a dead eagle on an icy altar along the way.

The party eventually reached a stone fortress, built into the base of Kelvin's Cairn. After resting for a few hours in Rextopher's portable hut, they decided to sneak into the stronghold via a frozen river which seemed to run under the fortress. Ruedolf spotted some duergar manning an outpost, and advised everyone to be sneaky. Rextopher and Rurik soon got into an argument however, which alerted some sort of guard animal on the floor above them. Rextopher then decided that he could be stealthy if he wanted to, and cast a darkness spell, which would hide the party, as well as the well they were under. Deciding the barking and the conspicuously obscured well would cause enough suspicion anyway, Rurik decided to fly up the well and cast thunderwave at anyone coming to investigate them, presumably alerting the entire stronghold to their presence in the process.

## NPCs

* Boy
* Garret
* Perilou Fishfinger
* Urku
* Trovus
* Allie Shorard
* Cori Shorard
* Urthild
* Torrga (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Kelvin's Cairn
* Caer Konig
	+ The Northern Light
	+ Frozenfar Expeditions
	+ Hook, Line, And Sinker