Adventure 4

**Real World Date: 11/13/2016**

**In Game Dates: October 4th, 5000 M.E. - October 11th, 5000 M.E.**

**XP: 275 (Total: 971)**

## Travel to Dulin

 **Location** | On The Road to Dulin

The party travels northwest on the main road towards the city of Dulin. As they travel through a brief patch of rocky hills, they are ambushed by Bugbears. The party gets pretty beat up during the encounter, but they manage to dispatch the Bugbears. They take a short rest and regroup before continuing on.

On the road they meet a man with a cart of turnips. Really expensive turnips. Wrax convinces him to give a free sample, which he promptly spits out. Erevan partakes in a small sack of turnips, but the rest of the party take a hard pass before they move on.

## Outside Dulin

Upon reaching the city of Dulin, the party sees a large crowd of refugees camping outside the city. The line of people requesting entrance to the city is long, and as the sun sets, many of them realize they need to camp for the night. Thorgrim has a brief conversation with several Centaurs who are among the refugees and they tell of their encounters with the Elves of the Veryd Forest.

The party approaches the gates and are told they need a reason for admittance. The guards are particularly wary of Erevan. A large Olminarian man named Tariq Akhallah is also trying to get into the city. Using their sealed letter from Rathas Jelmoor they gain admittance. Tariq fills out the proper paperwork and heads inside with the party.

## The Red Dragon Inn

The city is crowded, filled with refugees. Very few inns have rooms, except the Red Dragon Inn so they all head that direction. Tariq explains to the party that he is gathering books, knowledge, and wisdom for his monastery that was recently attacked and damaged by some local monsters.

They reach the inn, which is pretty crowded. They have three rooms available, and the Innkeeper is overcharging them. The party gets them, as they need them. Tariq and Erevan share a room. The group decides to sit in the bar and eat and drink before heading to bed, except Wrax who heads up to the room.

## The Dead Body is Really Bringing Down the Mood

Wrax has a knock on his door. It's some warrior with a rolled up map. He says Wrax will know what to do with it and walks away. As the warrior walks away, two figures are walking the other way in the hallway. They block his exit, then quickly pull daggers and stab him repeatedly, his body dropping to the floor, dead. Wrax hears the voice of his **patron** warning him this is the consequence for failing him.

The two figures flee and disappear quickly. The guards are called and the rest of the party rush upstairs to find Wrax holding a dead body, covered in blood. As the authorities question everyone, get eye witness accounts, they eventually clear everyone in the Inn. After the guards leave with the body, everyone decides to go to sleep, the mood definitely ruined by the dead body.

## Some Research

The next day the party does a little shopping in the city. Rhagnar does a little repairs to his armor with the **Cobalt Ore** he had. Thorgrim gets some much needed upgrades to their Wagon. Aust and Erevan join Tariq Akhallah in the city library to look at some books.

Aust does research on magical effects. He finds reference in a book about a similar charm/enchantment that may have caused a riot centuries ago, although the book says eyewitnesses saw the charmed people had **orange** eyes instead of the blue that plagues the Veryd Forest. The book mentions other instances of **red** eyes, but nothing about blue.

Erevan researches some various items that may cause the charm/enchantment in the Veryd Forest. He discovers that any necromantic effects (which have slowly began on the effected Elves in the Veryd Forest) are usually associated with the god, Olum. A particualr item, called the **Skull of Olum**, was used by a cult centuries ago, and it automatically raised any dead as undead in a certain radius around it, but it was destroyed.

Erevan attempts to do more research about Olum and his followers and goes into a restricted section. However, it seems like any resembling a coherent thought is lost in the ramblings in most of the books and he couldn't find anything in a reasonable amount of time. He finds Tariq who is still reading, and is planning on staying much longer. Erevan bids him goodbye and gives him the bag of turnips he purchased as a gift.

## Attending a Concert

The party gets in their Wagon and continues on the road. While they travel they notice a group gathered on the side of the road. A bardic troupe, called **Orvil and the Draconic Symphonic**, is performing with an excited crowd around them. There is beer and revelry and the group decides to stop and join. Aust and Wrax decide to stay in the wagon.

The troupe consists of Kokrios the Tiefling lead singer, Orvil the Halfling lute player, Xander the Human drummer, and Theodosia the Half-Elf flute player. Kokrios briefly chats with Erevan about them heading to Dulin next. Theodosia flirts with Rhagnar, who is more concerned with drinking beer than her, so she walks away disappointed.

## Moving On

 **Location** | On the Road to Xon

The party continues on for a few days, getting into a forested area near the city of Xon. As they reach a bend in the road, a Dryad accompanied by four Satyrs emerges from the forested area and attacks. The tree tied to the Dryad had been damaged, angering the Dryad and her companions. The party take a while to fight them, but they manage to dispatch the creatures and loot the bodies and a small hole inside the tree.

The party heal themselves and move on to the city of Xon...