Whilst in Pilferreach

The party started the morning by
speaking to the owner of the small in they had spent the night at in the
southern district of Pilferreach. They asked about Brand and the order, he
informed them that they frequent the town regularly. They then found a guard
for more information and discovered that several of the order were currently
celebrating the winter holidays at the Thistle Bush Inn, a renowned brewery and
coach-house in the northern district, Erebos sprinted into the distance and the
party attempted to catch up. The coach house was a large looking mead hall,
with a bar running along the longest wall, large barrels towered behind several
bartenders trying to complete the orders of crowd of patrons in this very busy
inn.

Erebos purchased a barrel of the Dragons
Breath Ale which caused him to burp small spits of fire. Arlo purchase a mug of
Medusa's Curse Ale which caused him to space out and become slightly stoned.
Food was then ordered and a large party of the Order were found drinking at a
table. Then, Melvor was spotted, Drogon cast minor illusion to turn Melvor's ale
to resemble blood, he spit it out immediately and poured it on the floor, much
to the disamay of his friends, he then proceeded to go to the bar to order
another drink and met Erebos, they caught up and we told where Brand was, in a
location called Sentry House on the west side of Pilferreach.

The party finished their food and
drink and went to speak to Brand, after meeting with the house master Brannigan
they showed her the Box of Deneir which stunned her to silence. She offer to
lead the party to the head of her order as long as they deliver some supplies
and escort two other members of the order Felix and Morgrove. The head of the
order resided west towards the ruined tower, they made preparations and met
outside of Sentry House.

Brand informed the party a change of
plans and rode off on her own, leaving Felix and Morgrove to lead the party
west. During the travels the party slept in a barn offered by a farmer as the
winter weather had started to turn. However in the night, they were attacked by
a Wereboar and is Orc accomplices, being surrounded and out numbered Drogon
used Thunderwave which knocked back several enemies but also caused significant
damage to the barn, almost killing Ansem and causing the barn to start
collapsing, the party managed to get clear, but a horse escaped, Drogon's cart
was crushed and the supplies destroyed.

The party met Brand on the outskirts
of a forest which circled around the Ruined Tower. She said not to ask any
questions and to just go with it and walked her horse forward past two sigil
stones and then disappeared. Felix told the party to "get a load of
this" and moved the cart forward following Brand, as the party went pass
the sigil stones they saw the Tower shift into a large wizards tower with a
large fort around it consisting of strong wooden and stone bastions. It was a
hive of activity providing accommodation for at least 300 members of the order.

The party were lead inside and then
allowed a meeting with the Head of the Order. They discovered that he was not a
human but a beholder called Baraka All Eyed, still wearing a set of robes with
a large monocle. He offer the party some seats and playfully asked their
reasons for being here. Ansem asked about the Orcus Arcanum and was told it
resided in Cania, home of Mephistopheles in his great library. However getting
there is nigh impossible, however Baraka said there was one way to get in
easily, however the party will have to deal with the creeping corruption close
to Falfayre and to return with its dealers staff.

He also told the party of the
locations for the Box of Denier's original contents, the Deck of Many things. 5
cards in 4 locations, Outside Perinoss, Oxenburt, Narvaa and Westerthorne. 2
However can only be retrieved by someone of pure good heart.

The
party then decided to make preparations to head further north and then from
there west towards Falfayre.