A West Station Warrant

## The Prologue

After the heroes left Lord Gnakweem's Estate, they split up. Due-Rag went north in search for clues to the whereabouts of Whisperkeep and took with him Dirt, Gitasu and Looloo. Alfie, Eca and Father, however, traveled east into the dense forests of Pacware Wilds where they were met by a sorority of woodland nymphs with A Forest's Request.

Shortly after, Nonakryse and her sorority of nymphs, grateful for Alfie's help, brought the two parties together by offering them both tree portals to just outside West Station. She told each of them that the answers they seek are just beyond the wall.

## The Quest

After reuniting just outside the massive gate, our heroes decided to go to Gormer's Taps & Tools in the hopes of unloading some loot in exchange for some coin and mead. There, they met Gormer and his daughter Ava, two dwarven brothers by the names of Hurrith and Fotmarlug, and a little froggy man named Pizpot. What they didn't know, is that this one of Ovrin's many "bounty bars," or taverns that contain books full of warrants for mercenaries and bounty hunters to browse. Our heroes each have a page in the bounty book that lay on Gormer's bar. All eight bounties were declared by someone named Aath Scuzcast in a town called Oldgrasp.

While the heroes were occupied, Gormer sent his daughter up to fetch a barrel of "special mead," which is code for her to cast Whisper and alert The Hangman that some fresh bounties have arrived. As the heroes were tasting the mead, The Hangman arrived with his two associates, Biakx and Ozcozz(and his pet giant ant lion Tazum), to try and capture the heroes, a plan which ultimately resulted in his death.

After besting the Hangman, the heroes ventured to the gate entrance, passing along a young halfling woman named Raddy who was speaking to a crowd about the civil war happening in Crifall and trying to recruit adventurers to join the rebellion, a group of ragtag fighters called The Crifallen.

When they reached the gate, they saw that there were warrants out for their arrest. With no apparent way through the gate, they decided to pay a smuggler named Sneebus for a map to to a secret passage under the wall. When they got to the trap door, two men came out running in fear.

The heroes entered the underpass. While looting some barrels they found some strange metallic trap cuffs that belong to someone named Brugra the Bawdy. Thankfully, they were able to avoid the cuffs attaching to their wrists.

They saw the cavern run amok by Gibbering Mouthers. They discovered that an agent of the Vilestep, a new sub-sect born from the ashes of the Nightbreath, broke into the Underpass prison and created a summoning circle of Mouthers which began to eat all the prisoners alive. Gitasu found this agent—Esu Vilestep—seemingly mad, hiding in the cave. He said, "The Vilestep is here. The Vilestep is here. We have arrived! It’s finally our time!" Esu had a suicide bomb trap planned, but Gitasu disarmed it and put Esu out of his misery.

Deeper in the cave system, Looloo was confronted by a group of Lizardfolk bandits led by the aforementioned Brugra. Surrounded, she surrendered and Brugra was able to recognize her from his bounty book. She attacked and fight broke out. Then, two guards entered the Underpass. Eca, disguised as a guard, was able to convince the guards that the heroes were friendly adventurers who actually caught Brugra and were ready to turn him in. Unfortunately, Pizpot accidentally led the guards to notice that they all have a bounty on their heads. Another fight broke out and the heroes bested the guards. Gitasu slit both the guards' throats and tattoo was magically burnt into his neck, marking him as a Guard Killer with a body count of two.

While they were negotiating the splitting of loot, Brugra mysteriously escaped his bindings and snuck away. Due-Rag had Cash sniff the trace on Brugra’s Blade of Binding and they followed Cash out of the Underpass and into a dark thicket ways away from the West Station. The only things they found were the two horses that once belonged to the guards and their wagon carrying a disturbing individual named Demsas bound by chains. He explained that he is a dark paladin from Gerzen and he requested that the heroes free him and in return, he can provide gold and even heal their diseases.

## The Epilogue

The heroes stole the guards' horses, kept Demsas bound, and decided to follow Cash as he chased after Brugra's trial.