The Four Hoors Men

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The Four Hoors Men is a group that formed due to common circumstance and lack of other opportunities which has since decided to work together full-time adventuring together. They have achieved a number of feats and seek greater glory in the future.

## Members

There are four members in The Four Hoors Men

### Aelar Antash

Aelar is a Wood Elf Ranger known for his strong morals and his love of the shawm.

### Augustin

Augustin is a powerful Tiefling Sorcerer eternally an outsider and on the search for more knowledge of the arcane arts.

### Rossalt of Devonia

Rossalt is a Human Blood Hunter known for his cold demeanour and mercenary attitude.

### Vaelas Hastagar

Vaelas is a self-obsessed Human Paladin who yearns to spread his glory and his legend.

## Biography

### Meeting & Hrolk's Cave

The group met through attaining employment assisting Bromin Goldseeker in escorting a cart from Dawngarde to Dalcrest. They were instructed to beet Bromin in the town who went out ahead when they found the horses of Bromin & his bodyguard Bastien on the road. This turned out to be an ambush from a group of goblins. Defeating these goblins, the group followed their trail to a nearby cave. They entered the cave and defeated the bugbear Hrolk inside, as well as returned shortly after to defeat Groose and found Bastien, freeing him. Groose mentioned that Bromin was taken elsewhere on the orders of The Black Spider. Upon freeing him, they agreed to escort Bastien back to their destination town of Dalcrest, where they would then set out on the next steps to search for Bromin.

### Arrival in Dalcrest & Stonesword Threat

The group arrived in Dalcrest and cashed in their job to deliver the goods, as well as explored the town and made a few new contacts and transactions. After some discussions with townsfolk, they agreed that they should help the town with the stoneswords, a group of thugs extorting the town. They confronted and killed a group of them in town and asked around at their regular bar. They then took the situation to the townmaster, Aldrin Weber, and received no help. It wasn't until they went to the Dalcrest Miner's Exchange when they got information about their whereabouts and leader, as well as a request to kill the leader, Callixtus Bentham.

Before dealing with them, they decided they should go to the nearby homestead of Ahlyssa Hayhurst, a local midwife who may be able to supply healing potions, as there was concern from in-town that she may be in danger and that she should relocate to the town. The group met a manticore there, and decided they could not risk it staying alive, and engaged in combat with and defeated the manticore.

The group then regained their strength and delved into the stonesword hideout. Within, they found a number of challenges. They defeated the guards early on, defeated the skeletal defenses of the place, interrogated a surviving guard for information, stumbled upon prisoners, explored the cavern, confronted and killed guards on break, and searched the quarters of Callixtus, giving chase to him as he fled, but being unable to catch him before he escaped. Before leaving, they confronted the Nothic inhabiting the caves, and defeated the foe, finding a magical shortsword in their adventures. Satisfied with their work, they then exited and returned to town.

### Search for Bromin & King Nalk's Castle

After dealing with the immediate stonesword threat, they talked to a number of people in town and then picked up the hunt for Bromin. Bastien referred them to Falcon of Falcon's Hunting Lodge, and said he might know where to find the location he was taken to. The group set off to the lodge, traveling through the nearby forest. Upon reaching the lodge, Falcon agreed to help them find the goblin outpost as they have been annoying business in the forest for him. They set out and found a goblin expedition party, and interrogated them about the details of the castle.

They soon found the castle, and scouted around it, finding an area to grapple up. They grappled into the 2nd floor and got the jump on goblins in the mess hall. They used this position to sneak through the castle and confronted King Nalk. They found Nalk and Ranad negotiating the release of Bromin, arguing over the price. The group joined the negotiation, and paid the asking price for Bromin's release. They invited Ranad to discuss further once Bromin had woken, and left. Later that night, when Bromin awoke, they learned that he had stole the map from Ranad, and were later ambushed by a band of hobgoblins. During this battle, Ranad revealed himself as a doppelganger and attacked the group, and upon defeating them, the group found a contract to kill Augustin by The Black Spider.

### Working with Bromin

Having rescued Bromin, they made their way back to Dalcrest where he filled them in on the plan. He is looking to gain entrance to the Crystal Cave and reopen it, promising great profits for all of them as well as the town. He knew of an old human sorcerer which he heard knew how to get past the guardians, so the group set off to finding his remains so they could speak with the dead and learn his secrets. They secured his corpse from a local graveyard, but upon talking to a local priest, Sister Lavenna, they learned that her powers to speak with the dead were being blocked from an unknown source.

Upon digging into the details, they learned that they need to go to a lighthouse on the coast. They set travel, and on the way over decided to deal with the loose thread of King Nalk, as they believe he sent out the hobgoblin hit squad on them. They returned to the castle and defeated him and his goblin forces, and continued on towards the lighthouse. They reached the lighthouse and defeated harpies which threatened to cause issues as they scaled the cliff downwards.

Upon reaching the bottom, they met a crab who was under a spell giving higher intelligence, and he asked them to help him lift the spell so he could be a simple crab again. They accepted and ventured forth, meeting the ghost of Allura. This ghost told them of Mokruk, and how he stole a conch necklace from her, and that she can only rest after getting that back. The group agreed to set her spirit free, and ventured into the lighthouse where they met Mokruk, defeated him, and broke the lightning rods before a ship could crash into them. They found his heart at the top of the lighthouse emitting vast amounts of green light, so they stabbed the heart and destroyed it. They returned to Allura and set her spirit free, and in doing so lifted the curse on the crab.

## Achievements

The Four Hoors Men are known for a number of notable feats

* Defeated the bugbear Hrolk in his cave
* Defeated the Stoneswords harassing Dalcrest & drove them from the town
* Slain King Nalk & his goblin forces
* Defeated Mokruk & laid the spirit of Allura to rest
* Helped a crab live a simple life