The Second Party

The Second Party is an adventuring party formed in the autumn of 904 PW in the town of Guildsworth.

## Basic Information

### Goals

* Investigate the Black-Clad Figure
* Survive

## Membership

### Active Members

* Aster
* Brune Copperbottom
* Elwin Blinkspire
* Lunari
* Marcelle
* Orazio
* Reynard de Fer

## History

### Guildsworth

#### Foundation at Guildsworth

The Second Party initially met in autumn of 904 PW in the Guildsworth tavern, forced to sit together at the only available table. All of them appeared to be there due to the Harvest Festival, one way or another. As the Harvest Festival approached, so too did a full moon. This left Lunari, one of the travelers, agitated and aroused the suspicions of Brune. Enlisting the help of Reynard, the two observed Lunari transform into a werehyena, before she promptly went off towards the town. Though initially worried that Lunari would assault the Guildsworth townspeople, the truth was that Lunari had picked up on a greater threat-one that revealed itself before the others. As the Harvest Festival had just begun, a mysterious black-clad magician wreaked havoc by raising 2 zombies from the graveyard, turning 3 townspeople into zombies, and attacking the remaining townspeople with them. After the heroes bested these zombies, he brought in 2 zombie giants which were promptly defeated. The black-clad man then mysteriously disappeared from the scene.

In the aftermath of this attack, the Guildsworth guard, led by their captain Clyde, suspected the seven heroes to be colluding with the black-clad figure and put them under house arrest. Many of the heroes attempted to assist with the investigation. Notably, Brune, revealing himself to be an investigator from Nova Aurora, took control of the investigation. The party discovered that a great deal of preparation went into the smuggling of the zombie giants, and the zombies from the graveyard both had died recently and been raised recently. With no more leads to be found in Guildsworth, the party decided to leave the town, but faced an obstacle in the town guard.

#### Departure from Guildsworth

The mayor still feared that the seven heroes were colluding with the black-clad figure, and attempted to shut down all traffic into or out of the area. Reynard, Brune, and Elwin went to his manor (which redoubled as a town hall) to treat with him. They were only successful after Reynard and Brune charmed him through magical means, a success that they used to extort the mayor for additional funding to hunt the black-clad figure. This funding amounted to 700 gold pieces from the town's treasury, which they distributed amongst themselves; they also discovered that the mayor was simultaneously embezzling and could not manage his finances, so took an additional 800 gold pieces which they gave to the townsfolk. While distributing the funds, the mayor realized that Brune had used charm magic on him, Reynard went to assuage his concerns and entertain him. At some point while Reynard was there, the mayor spontaneously died of a heart attack.

## Members

The seven original members of the Second Party were

* Aster
* Brune Copperbottom
* Elwin Blinkspire
* Lunari
* Marcelle
* Orazio
* Reynard de Fer