Assassination Attempt

## Summary

Warwick starts celebrating their victory with Krik. As the ravens are tearing apart the needleblights, one of them taps on the door with his beak. It appears to be the leader of the flock so Edmund thanks it for the help. The raven dances around happily so Salem gets Kvak to dance much to his annoyance.

The ravens turn out to be the people who asked the group for help. They thanks the group for their help. Edmund asks about Blinsky as they have two missing children on their hands. Edmund, Salem and Talice check the rocking horse out and fill Edmund in on Warwick's killing. Warwick checks out the magic flower that flows in one direction no matter which way he twists it.

The owners of the winery tell them that the three green gems that gave the winery their grapes have been stolen. One of the stones is in Berez but the other two are in unknown locations. Edmund and Talice examine the body while Krik and Salem harvest bones from the other bodies. Edmund is offered the skull while Talice studies the staff Salem got from the first druid they found.

They begin to bury the bodies and rest for a bit attuning to the staff. Edmund and Warwick have a talk and come to a mutual understanding. They leave the winery and head back to Vallaki. The guards are relieved to have their allies back as the party heads to the Burgomaster's house. Everyone in the mansion is worried because of a threatening letter. After some head puns, the burgomaster leaves felling queasy leaving his wife to deal with identifying the druid head. The dog named Daisy will accompany them in the meantime.

The party heads to the Blue Water Inn with more head puns. Warwick finds someone who wants to talk with him while Edmund regales the children with a story of how it happened. It turns out the spy's boss was the one who sent the threatening letter to the Burgomaster and the spy left them. Warwick tries lying to Krik but he doesn't buy it so Warwick comes clean. Meanwhile Rictavio agrees to give Talice a companion after one more mission.

After a long night's rest, Warwick reveals the assassination attempt to the party and they decide to head to the burgomaster's place again. They find the front door open and one of the dogs dead so they hurry inside. They find the Burgomaster and a maid in the room with an assassin. The assassin kills the maid so Warwick backflips over the table and staggers the assassin. Talice finds another assassin upstairs and takes a shot at it. These assassins use poison which is a big risk to both Talice and Warwick but Sorin holds his ground even pulling of a decapitation. They end up killing all three assassins.

The Burgomaster pulls off a surprise attack on Krik accidentally while Warwick fills up a poisonous flask. While examining the house for more assassins they find the Burgomaster's son, Victor, in the attic. At Krik's insistence, the Burgomaster joins them. Salem is impressed at Victor's knowledge especially in electrical traps that shocked Edmund.

Warwick does have a plan to track down the assassins to make sure the burgomaster is safe but he needed to think if his safety was worth it. Salem is more interested in the teleportation spell which isn't complete but a good idea. The burgomaster asks Salem to teach his son magic and he agrees.

The party has a short rest as Krik makes another bone arch. Some more assassins arrive shortly afterwards looking for a negotiation. They note that they were given faulty information and that they're honorable. They promise to not to go after the Burgomaster and his family again. It turned out they were hired by Lady Wacther who want to be the next Burgomaster. The party bury the remaining bodies and let the Burgomaster know of his safety.

## Notable Events

* Keyframe was unable to make it to this session
* The stones keeping the winery in business are revealed to be stolen
* The Burgomaster is revealed to be targeted for assassination
* The party saves the Burgomaster and locate his son
* Salem Perdurabo becomes a teacher