Session 1 - Below the Grave

The two pairs have separately made their way to Jedaburgh -- a small town with a wooden and stone wall around it. There is a northern road and a north eastern road both with gates. The buildings are plain and well built, smaller houses are made of wood and thatch while some larger have a stone foundation. Further away from the gates as the edge of the fence moves away from the houses, there seems to be room for small crops and herds of livestock.

Thorn and Aradravan have gone to The Celestial Grave, a temple of the Raven Queen, and are speaking with Malia (an orc priest of the Raven Queen). He informs the two that the head Matron has been looking for fighters to help with a problem.

The Celestial Grave is made entirely of a white stone and has it's name carved above the doorway. The temple is open plan and has three main ‘rooms’, two at the front where there is an offering bowl and empty space where chairs would be unstacked and arranged in rows or circles. In the centre there is a small podium where a leader could stand. Behind that is a large section, a painted stone statue of the Raven Queen with a wooden Raven on each of her shoulders is at the far back. In front of the statue is a 2 by 3 metre pool full of a crimson liquid. Patterns are engraved on the wall to decorate the interior and a few doors on the edges of this main section that possibly lead off to chambers for the clerics.

Faelyn and Choz, with Vie guiding the wagon, and enter The Shepards Hall and book themselves rooms. The barkeep there Hymm, informs them that the temple is looking for hired swords to investigate a problem. The three are drawn to the marble building and enter.

Inquiring with Malia, the two groups decide to help out with whatever is below the Temple and are called to a meeting with Matron Finde Birlond. Finde tells them of an inability to communicate with the Raven Queen, soft screeches and scratching coming and the growing temperature coming from the basement. She offers them 25 silver pieces for completion

Following the end of the meeting Aradravan uses his Divine Sense, finding out that Thorn, Faelyn, Choz and Vie all have some sort of divine or celestial influence.

The group go below the temple and are met with imps and quickly dispose of them before exploring the rest of the basement and find a reflective pool.

The porcelain mask image of the Raven Queen appears under the surface and thanks them for disposing of the creatures that slipping through her connection to the material plane. She informs them that she is sending an important old friend to the surface and that they are to be his ward.

The party hurries to the temple entrance as the crimson pool begins to bubble as the heat rises. Pulling himself out from pool, with the help of Faelyn and Choz, is a tall muscular man. He has thick hair covering his chest and arms and two yellow slit pupil eyes. As he stands in front of the party he mutters *"Hello"* and looks around the space absentmindedly.

Matron Finde Birlond pays the party their reward as Malia leads the man and group to a small guest chamber.

The party tries to speak with the man but he only answers in grunts or with silence. As Vie seems to be showing some care for the man, Choz questions her if he knows him which she states that she does not.