Be a Good Old Chap-el

18th July 2023

## Adventurers Attending

* Hilda
* Xerxes Kaalahdiil
* Star Watcher
* Karl
* Hralden
* Archie (Temp)

## Mission Notes

The mission began with a request from the Guild to investigate an old chapel. Hamer took them most of the way but was instructed to stop as some enchanted dwarves walked past. These dwarves only said in unison "The light".

In Silver Peak they found a deserted town. The shop had nothing worth investigating. Outside the chapel the Guild found some Boggles after a Gargoyle swooped down to remove one. These were defeated reasonably easily. The chapel had a bright light source from somewhere in it.

Inside the chapel they found a layer of soot over everything but no footprints. Inside storerooms, offices and studies nothing of interest or clues were found. An Animated Chained Library did try and attack Star Watcher but the party left it well alone.

Going past some more charmed dwarves the party found a puzzle. It was putting tokens in the right slots. This took a while to solve and while most of the party tried to solve Karl snuck off to attack the Animated Chained Library again.

This was the last most of the party saw of him alive. His death will be noted in the Book of the Dead.

The puzzle was solved and up some stairs the party found a group of magic users in a corridor. This caused a hard battle but one the guild won. This caused the light to vanish as the magic users were defeated.

In the room behind this the party found paperwork written in common, dwarfish and giff. This seemed to indicate a plan to disrupt major industries in the East Ridings including fishing, mining, logging and shipping.

Karl's body was buried by the Guild and flowers placed on the grave by Hilda's new Staff of Flowers.

## Loot

* Standard Level Xp & Gold
* Staff of Flowers - Hilda

## Rumours

* Where were the dwarves heading after being charmed?
* Who is targeting industries and why?

## Player Diaries

Xerxes Entry
*This entry is once again written by Xerxes’ friend, Hralden, following his verbal instruction. Luckily, Xerxes has now begun the process of learning how to write himself.*

> Two steps forward, one step back. Whilst I have finished my fourth Guild mission, I feel like I have failed, despite a success overall. We had to investigate a chapel in a Dwarven mining town called Silver Peaks. With me today were all members I’d worked with before, apart from Archie, a small Wizard with a hat.
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> Travel to Silver Peaks was the most peaceful journey yet, apart from the groups of Dwarves walking away from the town, murmuring “The Light” in unison, which was… unnerving. We guessed that whoever or whatever had enchanted them was at the chapel, so we pressed on. The town was all but abandoned, dust on shelves and such. Up at the chapel, there was some small creatures that secreted oil and were aggressive, so we put them down, with the help of a Gargoyle. The chapel itself was almost entirely empty, which was confusing at first. There was a bookcase that attacked anybody who took a book from it, so we let it be, for the moment. This would change soon.
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> We saw more Dwarves, still enchanted, further ahead, and then a door with a puzzle that I did not understand, so I relaxed a bit to let the clever people sort it out. Unfortunately, my laxness got the better of me, because Karl grabbed a Dwarf to experiment with the bookcase. I was appalled at his behaviour; this was an innocent person, no? It was our job to help these people, not harm them. I warned him against the rash action, and he did not listen, and so he paid the ultimate price for it; the bookcase killed him before Hilda and I could kill it. Perhaps if I was stronger, or more emphatic…? No. He made his choice.
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> We solved the puzzle door after resting, and I was immediately attacked by someone; though Star Watcher and Hilda knocked her out immediately, so we left her there. Up the stairs, we found a group of mages having a “meeting.” Archie seemed to think they were behind it, and, fair enough, they looked a bit suspicious, and avoided answering our questions, so we did battle. It was a hard-fought win, and I was again drained of my strength in the battle – I hope this isn’t a common thing for adventurers, and that I am just unlucky.
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> The light coming from the top of the chapel dimmed after we killed them, so it must have been them who were casting this enchanting light. We found records of their plans in the next room, which was shocking. They had large plans to disrupt entire industries in the East Ridings! It seemed they had started with mining by enthralling these miners. I can only hope they are not part of a larger cult or army, because this is a dishonourable way to conduct war. I also found a kit for calligraphy supplies; so I’m going to talk with Hralden or Hilda about teaching me to write, so I can make my own journal entries, rather than dictating them to Hralden.
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> We buried Karl and performed funerary rites, as is my duty as his comrade and as a Grimm in training. Hilda had a staff that made flowers, so she sprouted some at his grave. I will ensure his name is put into the Book of the Dead at the Guild. He deserves that much, atleast.
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> I returned to the Guild with Hralden and the rest to give over this report afterwards, and I also offered to get drinks for everyone.
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