8 Kythorn
- The Tavern’s grand opening was a success, apart from a disruption from members of a revolutionary group called the Clearsight Seekers, and included visits by Volo & Floon, most of your neighbors, and Ranaer Neverember, accompanied by Esvele Rosnar. Shhh-Twhipp talked to the mysterious dark elf, Fel’rekt Lafeen
9 Kythorn
- Tart, Shhh-Thwipp, and Thiel headed to the City of the Dead to begin the process of interring the bodies from the basement, and Thiel checked in with Jalaster.
- Zerrick learned that the House of Gond had decoded the Nimblewright’s message, but when he arrived, he learned that Thiel had already been there with a well-dressed half-orc companion. He was given his own copy of the message. (I don’t remember if he picked up the barking box on this visit or the last one, but he has a barking box).
- Once reunited with the rest of the party, they reviewed the touching last thoughts of the nimblewright, and came to the conclusion that (a) the nimblewright hid something of great value in the Cassalanter Mausoleum and (b) that the “Thiel” who picked up a copy of the message was probably Lady Gralhund in disguise.
- The party raced to the mausoleum, had a brief confrontation with Orioth the necromancer and his army of horrors, then found two dead humans in robes, together with a dying woman dressed similarly.
- They stabilized her, and learned that her name was Vaelle Lurval, and that she had been brought into the Cult of Asmodeus by her boyfriend, Holiver Tornrudder. They had assisted Lady Gralhund in locating some object, but then the Lady and her bodyguard turned on them, killing Holliver and the second cultist, and leaving Vaelle for dead. In return for your help avenging the betrayal, Vaelle offered to guide the party to the safehouse where the group had been instructed to take the treasure – an abandoned mill in the trade district.
- On the way out of the mausoleum, Violet’s see invisible spell located an imp spying on the party, and Tart swiftly dispatched it with a guiding bolt.
- Resources used so far: Tart: 1 turn undead, 1 1st level spell. Violet: 2 1st level spells, 1 2d level spell. Somebody: enough healing to revive Vaelle
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