Adventure 8

**Real World Date: 2/19/2017**

**In Game Dates: November 5th, 5000 M.E. - November 15th, 5000 M.E.**

**XP: 280 (Total: 2451)**

## Early To Rise

The two Dwarves awake to find Ambassador Kildrak is already up. A meeting has been called of all the representatives in the city of Sanye to meet and discuss the next move for them. Word has gotten out that the Veryd Forest has been retaken by the Verydian Elves, but they must decide what damages and reparations will be asked for. Kildrak will probably leave after this meeting and head back. The Dwarves agree to accompany him when he heads back.

The rest of the party awakens to find a procession occurring outside the inn. A contingent of the city of **Valya** have arrived, led by Lord Cedras Taff and Lady Elaine Colburne, both members of the **Holy Conclave** and high clerics of the churches of Gallant and Khanos, respectively. As the party watches the procession, Erevan is approached by Peren, who tells him that now that the Verydian Elves have retaken the forest, he is now heading north and will attempt to rebuild his life there. He thanks Erevan for saving his life and leaves.

## Um, We're On The List

Erevan, Aust, and Wrax follow the procession to see what is going on. They realize they are meeting with the rest of the representatives. They try to sneak in, but when that doesn't work, they play the "hero" card and they allow them to come in and watch the meeting, but they cannot speak.

As the meeting begins, representatives from every surrounding nation gets a chance to speak. They all seem to list the damages that have been done to them by the marauding Verydian Elves during this crisis, and they want the Elves to be held responsible. The list of deaths and destruction goes on, but two people urge caution. Kildrak says his land was not directly affected by this crisis, but that means he can see both sides and the Verydian Elves will not just simply bear the brunt of this, as they were victims, too.

Lord Cedras Taff stands and he speaks to this point as well, hoping a peaceful resolution can be had. He and Lady Elaine Colburne are merely here to oversee the transportation and containment of the Crown of Olum so that this never happens again. After the meeting ends, everyone begins to clear out. The party approaches Lord Cedras Taff and Lady Elaine Colburne, speaking to them briefly and getting a read on their intentions here. They seem genuinely concerned with resolving this peacefully and containing the artifact as soon as possible.

## Final Errand

Aust Nailo is approached at his hotel by two servants of **The First**. They assure him they aren't out to get him, and the behavior of Avar Pelegrin was wrong and he will be "corrected", whatever that means. They give him a book, giving him a task of delivering it. Aust finds the house of Ballard Seamus and knocks on the door.

When he delivers the book, Ballard is horrified and spiteful. He yells at Aust, believing him to be evil. Aust says nothing and leaves, what just happened not exactly clear.

## On The Road Again

 **Location** | On the Road to Leshon

The party then gathers and leaves, heading east towards Rondat with the Ambassador's group. They travel several days without incident, but one night they make camp on the side of the road. As they are relaxing after a long day's travel, one of the Dwarves suddenly starts acting strange and growling. He turns into a werewolf and attacks.

The party quickly deals with the beast, forcing the Dwarf to change back. One of his compatriots confesses that during their down time, a couple guards got some prostitutes. During the negotiation, one of the guards was bitten by a large dog. They didn't think anything of it because he healed fine, but apparently it wasn't just a dog. Kildrak tells one of the guards to rush quickly back to Sanye to warn them something might be on the loose in their city, but they continue on.

## Warm Welcomes

The party reaches the city. Upon entering the city, they find the **Red Dragon Inn**. It seems familiar, but they realize that it must be a chain. Thorgrim leaves the **coin** as he was instructed by Vorik. After a few hours, Vorik arrives and briefs Thorgrim about his plan to steal some documents from Arom Stonebreaker to find out what he is up to. Vorik will contact him when the opportunity presents itself.

Rhagnar, meanwhile, reports to his superior officer, Captain Wollor at the **Stone Barracks**. He says he'd like to get this discharge taken care of, and Tharak Understone is there to vouch for him. The Captain says they can do a trial by combat, which will clear him of any charges once he wins. They give him a mission to seek out a missing patrol in the Dark Catacombs. Find them, discover what happened to them, if anything, and kill anything that harmed them.

## Casual Stroll

 **Location** | Dark Catacombs

The party exits the city into the northern tunnels, heading deeper in to the mountain. They travel for about a day before they are ambushed by Duergar and creature called a Darkmantle. They fight and defeat the group, cutting off a head of a Duergar for proof. They search the area and find the remains of the patrol tucked into a small cavern. Rhagnar takes their dog tags and the party begins to head back as they head back to the city.

As they approach the city, it's apparent that something is wrong...