Game 91

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*This is the night of the Seventh Day, rain has not started.*

We are still at the Moonstone Mask Inn.

* Aziola knocks on Rowan’s door. “I think this would be the best time.” Aziola pulls out a diamond and hands it to Rowan. “Since I don’t have a concept of what money is, I think it would be better if you hold onto this.” She hands him a diamond worth 8,000 gold. Rowan stashes it somewhere amongst his pack of things.

* Otto wakes up in the middle of the night. There is a gentle breeze coming in through an open window. Otto, after making sure the room is empty, secures the window and returns to bed.We decide to turn in earl but

* As the others bed down, Ereb goes out into the night to pick pockets. He finds a merchant and ends up grabbing a small trunk from the merchants carriage and ends up with 1378 gold pieces, a 700g Agate, and an 8g green gem, and a sand colored 70g pearl. Everyone else takes a long rest. We head over to the Thieves Den after a quick meal.

**The Dog's Den**

In the morning we make our way to the hide out. Ereb scans the area for other people. He sees some folk milling about, but no one that catches his eye. He sees a man bouncing a ball to himself.

At the Thieves Den, Ereb chats with a guy on the roof and tries to convince him we are here to help Danny escape his chains. He says he doesn't know Danny and whistles. A flower seller comes to Ereb and offers three choices of color. Ereb chooses yellow and pays her a gold piece for a 2 copper flower. She nods to an empty ruined building. We head over there and find a somewhat cleared out area and Ereb looks for a trap door. He reaches through the ground and finds a handle as the trap door had an illusion on it. After opening the door there is a ladder leading downward.

--dungeon map--

Aziola turns into a rat and explores. After finding a couple fellows in one of the hallways we wor out a way to ambush them. We take one down easy and Ereb chases the other one and takes the keys. Ereb then says *“The raven has come for the dog. Where is he!?”* and attempts to intimidate him. The intimidation is not successful and he is dead shortly later.

We then head back to the other door, and attempt to use the keys on the door and are successful. We find a storage room and keep moving. Ereb senses conjuration on the door. We come to a Library room with a chest in it. Broheim finds maps with times, dates, and locations from the underdark on them. We find some other info that says 800 barrels of pickled herring shipped from Leilon. Rowan notices the chest. Rowan loosens the chest lock and Broheim uses the key he found and it unlocks. Inside is 4 sets of +1 leather Drow Armor. After the Library room we go into what seems to be a Thieves Hoard filled with lots of treasure.Broheim finds a magic cannon that has no primer. Rowan finds Potion of Barkskin (300gp) and 1400gp. Otto finds a chest full of Sharite.  Ereb finds oil of invisibility(300gp), a black dog statue, Scroll of Shadow Conjuration, and Scroll of Calm Emotions. Ereb finds a black bottle that seems extremely charged with magic. Ereb recognizes the Blood of Kiaran’salee. Otto attempts to break the Sharite with his hammer but is unsuccessful. Rowan uses his sword and is successful. Rowan cuts out a piece and Otto takes it with him. We explore the rest of the den and come to a barracks style room where Ereb kills a sleeping guy. We come to a meeting room next with 10 fellows inside. We roll Initiative.

**---callen's notes --**

E “We’re here on business.”

M “Aye. What business is that.”

E “Letting a friend go from captivity. Danny’s in a bit of a bind. We’re here to help”

M “Can’t say I know a Danny”

E “Fair enough.”

The man whistles loudly. A woman comes out from behind a building and walks by us.

W “Flowers. Would you like some flowers? I’m selling.” Ereb selects a yellow flower. The woman calls it a beautiful color and gestures to the building. We make our way over to the entrance. Ereb, after some searching, finds evidence of a trap door that leads to a ladder going down.

…

In library, Brohain finds 12 locations within the underdark mentioned. Over and over, pickled herring appears. There are also pages that appear to be unintelligible chicken scratch.

In a book with fine chicken scratch, it mentions 800 barrels of pickled herring coming from Leilon. There is also a golden key contained within this tome.

Inside the tome, Brohain finds a key.

\*In four of the crates, there are fourl different types of sharite.

…

**Runa's Vision of the Blight**

After a fight with a torturer, we find Runa in a cell. She has been infected by the blight. Otto attempts to cauterize a fresh, blighted, wound with sacred flame. Then Rowan enters her dream after she falls unconscious.

He finds a young girl in the woods collecting berries. There are several tangles of tree trunks. There is something familiar about this forest , but Rowan can’t quite put his finger on it. He follows the laughter further ahead, and sees in the distance she has run out ahead, but can’t see her as the forest grows darker around him.

The girl begins to call out “Hello? Can you hear me? Can you help me?”

Rowan begins to play.

“I think I’ve heard that song before. Something’s not right here. There you are. WE have to be quick. It’s almost time.”

“For what?”

“Dinner.” She grabs him by his shirt and begins leadings him further in. Rowan feels the presence of eyes. She spots a cabin and says

Ru “THat’s funny. Father wasn’t supposed to come home for another couple of days.”

There is a man inside the cabin, short. A halfling or dwarf? Wreathed in shadow. Rowan draws the moon sword.

M “Come here, little Runa, let me help you.”

Ro “No. Stay back.”

Ru “Wait. Your not him. Where’s Papa?”

M “It’s fine Runa. It’s me.” The man is covered in shadow.

Ro “This creature is not your father.”

Ru “Of course it’s not father. It’s his friend.”

M “Runa. Something’s happened. THere’s been an accident. No… not an accident.”

Ru “No. Where’s Mama and Papa.”

M “IT’s fine.” tendrils begin to come off the man. “Don’t be afraid.”

Ru “What’s wrong with Mama and Papa.”

M “They were met by men on the road. Bandits, Runa.”

Runa begins to scream. As she does, it’s form begins to pulse and grow stronger.

Rowan begins to move toward the shadow, but Runa stops him.

“He’s my master.” This time, the voice is from an adult Runa. The form continues to grow.

“Runa. Your parents wouldn’t want you to live like this.”

“Yes Runa, they would want revenge.”

Ru “Revenge?”

M “Yes… yes… yes…”

Ro “You have to find a better master.”

M “I can help you, Runa. Teach you to never be afraid. Never… never… never…”

Ru “But I am afraid.”

Ro “Sometimes you have to push through the fear.”

M “Runa. You need US. need us… need us…”

Ru, looking at Rowan “I don’t want to be alone.”

Ro “You’ll never be alone. You just need to find people who share your desires and dreams.”

M “Like us… us… us…”

Ro “They don’t share your desires and dreams. THey prey on you to sustain their own.”

Ru “What dreams? Wait… I remember. There was something before…”

Ro “You have to find a way to seek true justice.”

M “You want justice? I can show you justice.”

Ro “This creature will only show you vengeance.”

Ru “What’s the difference?” She narrows in vision.

M “We can help you gain in power. Power to enact your justice.”

Ru “I don’t understand.

Ro “Look I dont have a lot of experience with courts, and thieves, and criminals. Im just a guy with an instrument. But the hard part is that I dont think your parents will come back. But you can live with them in your heart.”

Ru “Live with them in my heart.” And she reaches for an amulet of Pelor around her neck “That’s right. That’s what was before.”

The smoke in the room begins to clear, and it reveals a chapel. There is a younger Runa living there.

M “No. NO NO NO NO!”

Runa is still smiling, but her brow furrows. Her parents stand by her in white smoke.

M “NO NO NO NO NO!”

The smoke begins to settle down into the candles of the chapple.

M “Remember! VENGEANCE! JUSTICE! Justice”

Ru “Wait!”

With that, Rowan feels the strength of a steel d

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