Crossroads Episode 2: The Silvered Hide

## Synopsis

11-12 Highsun 1258 IC

The party stand outside the broken tower in Svaesti. Tasya and Stünislav rush over to the tanning rack that stands outside. The pattern in the fur looks to be that of Magda but they cannot be sure, Tasya decides to look for an entrance to the tower.

Finding the door Wyrm checks for traps finding a particularly complicated one, The party work together to disable it but are unable to. They hear someone inside and come up with a better plan to gain access.

Wrym casts illusitory object to creates a chest, knocks on the door and hides inside as the party hide nearby. Cerin ducks into the shadow realm.

An argentati butcher answers and Wyrm leaps fromt he chest in order to gain entrance to the tower, the party scramble and combat ensues as they force their way into the tower and confront the butcher.

Tasya spots a table in the room surrounded by dismembered bodies parts, The markings appear to be Magda's but the head is missing seemingly took for trophy. Tasya removes the blood amulet and places it with the body.

During this time the party manage to knock the butcher unconscious and Wyrm disposes of the butcher's weapons in case he wakes up.

Cerin arrives out of the shadow realm and tells the party something about this place is wrong and to be wary.

Beatrix tries to detect magic and is still met with nothing so she decides to investigate the room for anything peculiar, she realises that the tower appeared to be broken, crumbling and open to the elements outside, but inside the tower is whole, complete and undamaged. She experiments and tries to produce flame and succeeds, then tries to cast light on a stone from the tower but produces dancing lights. The tower itself seems to be affected by a kind of wild magic.

Meanwhile the party restrain the butcher to interrogate him. Stünislav and Tasya take lead on this as the butcher only speaks Mütvian.

The butcher claims his organisation has been hired by the local prince to rid the area of evil and monsters. Showing distain for his captors in an act of defiance he spits on the body of Magda and then in Stünislav's direction.

Stünislav raises his sword and slams it down cutting off the butchers leg before picking up the severed leg and draping it across the butcher's lap.

Wyrm decides to cauterize the wound intentionally adding to the butcher's pain but keeping him alive. Wyrm turns and sees Stünislav's eyes have turned completely black.

Stünislav hears the voice of his father, encouraging the harm of an "innocent" and claims the butcher is now his and with that the flame Wyrm produced engulfs the butchers body and consumes it.

The party take sometime to try and figure what is going in this place and Beatrix feels a presence over her left shoulder and casts detect magic again in it's direction, finally it succeeds and the image of the tower dissipates around them revealing different portals, odd devices and happenings.

A voice echoes around them "I want to know exactly what you are doing in my home....."

*Synopsis written by Caffinated Viking*

## The Party

* Beatrix Qiroris - Lvl 6 Half-Elf Wizard
* Kreel - Lvl 6 Tengu Witch
* Stünislav Marekoi - Lvl 6 Tiefling Redeemer
* Tasya Marinov - Lvl 6 Human Fighter
* Wyrm - Lvl 6 Goblin Rogue