Baron of the Unfed

A frantic noblewoman named Ansis seeks a company of adventurers to thwart the monstrous plan of Alis the Lich Baron.

## Adventurers Attending

* Bok
* Niún
* Peace
* Ser Laurence Stoneheart

## Mission Notes

Beefington seemed to be in a lazier mood than usual as he nailed a quest to the quest board. Looking at the date on it the quest seemed to be days old. An Elven Noblewoman by the name of Ansis Krisna is seeking help from the guild as her home, Moonmire Manor, is under attack from a Lich and his hoard of zombies.

Getting supplies and teleporting to the guild teleportation circle hidden in a cave near Gnometown, in order to get there a couple days quicker. Two days later they arrive at Moonmire Manor estate, a quite small manor house that looks like it was set up for utility more than show. Walking up to the front door it becomes very obvious that someone had been hacking at the door to try and get in. Niún and Ser Laurence Stoneheart decide to check around the building and notice the back door where the service entrance hasn't been touched by the attackers.

Knocking on the door, the butler Jeffery opens the door and hesitantly to greet the party. Showing them in to Lady Ansis Krisna who they start questioning about what might be going on. For the last week and a half a Lich has been attacking the house with a hoard of zombies while proclaiming Alis the Lich Baron will kill her and take her soul. Beyond that she had no idea why she would have been targeted by this Lich. Going through all the standard and non-standard questions, Peace comes to the conclusion it is definitely a drug related issue. It comes to light that Lady Krisna is the only member of the family still alive as her father died in a drunken duel and her mother during complications during childbirth.

Ser Laurence Stoneheart Casts Detect Magic and attempts to run across the entire house to see if anything shows up as magic, getting to the kitchen a pot of powder gives off a transmutation magic. Asking Jeffery who had been doing his best to keep up with Ser Laurence Stoneheart states that it’s his secret weapon…in the fight against bland food.

Niún starts setting up traps around the front of the house while causing ample property damage in pursuit of safety. Bok finds a quiet spot to contemplate things while getting in contact with Kelemvor. Once setting up traps Niún goes back to Lady Krisna to ask some very personal questions while also asking for a shrub as extra payment. Deeply insulted Lady Krisna causing her to massively rethink her asking the Guild for help and paying so much for the pleasure.

Peace heads upstairs to look to see if the land was built on anything that might be causing this or if anything in the family’s past might cause a lich to attack on the off chance it wasn’t a drug thing. Looking around in the study there didn’t seem to be anything that leans towards this but there are a few locked draws. Asking for the key Peace heads back up the stairs with Ser Laurence Stoneheart and found old business contracts, one of which was with the man who had killed Lady Krisna’s father.

Lady Krisna is questioned further and shows that she is at her end with all the questions and would like to be left alone. Telling the party to speak to Jeffery and he will sort them out with dinner. The party rested up until an hour before the nightly routine happens.

Seeing a figure call out form up a hill declaring that ‘Alis the Lich Baron is here for the souls of all that are inside prepare for a fright’ as a bunch of zombies come charging down with great axes.Bok feels off about them as they were oddly spry for undead, these feelings are compounded when turn undead doesn’t have any effect on them. Peace had called lightning from the sky then turned into an owl to lay in wait. Niún perched from an upper window starts peppering the hoard that started surrounding Bok and Ser Laurence Stoneheart.

The last couple realise the plan isn’t going their way and start to scatter along with Alis the Lich Baron who Peace in owl form starts pursuing. The lich reaches above his head and plucks a feather out of nowhere, throwing it to the ground with a Diatryma appearing there before carrying the lich away on its back. Peace follows the lich back to a cave and keeps watch to see if he reappears.

Back at the estate the rest of the party checked the bodies and the zombies seemed to be malnutritioned thugs who had an illusion over them. Niún found a pin on most of the bodies, the pins were of two masks one silver with a sad face, the other gold with a laughing face.

Using Speak with Dead Bok manages to get the info that their boss is called Opulence but not much else.

## Loot

* Standard Session Xp & Gold
* Masque Charm x6 (2 each)
* 7 thug corpses for Bok to cast Speak with Dead in downtime chat - Derek already used up.

## Rumours

* What did Opulence want and who is he?
* Check out the hideout Peace found