Patience, 91 Letum 1999 GR
Terday, 37 Autumn
Colours 204 LE
The ghost of Clara quickly fades, and so the Scribe decides to
cast 'legend lore' on the necklace. He discovers that it is more
than 10,000 *years* old and is one of twelve such artefacts created
by the elven goddess Sehanine. If an elf wearing the necklace dies
through violence, the necklace catches their soul to prevent it
from being lost. If the necklace is then taken to Arvandor the soul
can be released into the afterlife. Evidently the necklace was in
Tam's possession for some time, but what he did with it was not
of legendary important. According to Clara the necklace was given
to her one thousand years ago by her father. The Scribe wishes he
could remember where he has seen the necklace before!
During the night, Lycaon bemoans taking a soul. He seems to regret
it. Lord Revda with nothing better to do, cleans the house and tidies
all the dead bodies into the back garden. Jirokichi is up early
to continue searching for Greta's wealth. He hears a knock at the
door. It is a severe looking human woman (probably younger than
she looks) who introduces herself as Frederica Rathmore: Greta's
housekeeper. She has come for her mistress's body, but on learning
that Greta is still alive she demands to be taken to her.
Frederica is very forceful, and Jirokichi complies. She meets the
other PCs, and doesn't seem remotely fazed by the death knight or
the barghest. She has a cool head this one! Frederica explains that
she was ordered to flee the house the previous evening. She doesn't
know why the Banshee Knights attacked, and didn't even know they
were Banshee Knights. However, she suspects that they were looking
for something in the house and not someone. Within a few minutes
the party have decided to take Frederica into their confidence and
she is offering suggestions about what to do next, and how to better
protect Greta. She then goes to look after Greta.
The party discuss ways of putting Fisk out of business but eventually
dismiss them. Jirokichi tells Sillander that he wants to invest
in rebuilding the Darkmantle (although he doesn't tell Sillander
that he is going to use the sea-kin's own money to do it). Sillander
departs to go back to the theatre and secure a surveyor. The Scribe
says that he also needs the services of a surveyor.
The party now splits up. The Scribe and Gazahi will go and retrieve
the body of Amulkan'set. Meanwhile the other four will go and confront
Fisk.
The Scribe and Gazahi head into Chapel Gate to the inn where Amulkan'set
was staying. It is a hovel and quite a dangerous place (fortunately
Gazahi is a dangerous person). Amulkan'set's body is hidden in the
toilet (a wooden seat over a chute that sends waste into the street).
Gazahi attacked his quarry while he was on the toilet and put a
sneak attack into his bottom. The Scribe despairs at the sort of
company he is keeping.
On their way back to Greta's house with Amulkan'set the pair are
ambushed. Although the pair of assailants are quickly despatched
by Gazahi, they attack with a deadly sonic attack. The Scribe and
Gazahi now have three bodies to struggle back into Oldgate with.
Fisk holds fourteen yards of prime real estate on the banks of the
Fallow Flow. The area is defended by a high wall and ogre guards.
Fisk is human, although he seems quite heavily tainted, and half
his face is paralysed. The party are not allowed to enter the compound
and Fisk doesn't come out. He stands on the wall and speaks down
to them. He seems confident, but the presence of the death knight
and barghest obvious unsettles him.
Fisk says that he always sends one of his servants to take the Grey
Minstrel his water every day *except* yesterday. On that day, the
sea-kin boy Darmel came to collect it. Fisk doesn't know why and
says that he thought it was suspicious at the time. Lord Revda warns
that if Fisk is lying then there will be deadly consequences. They
then depart to confront Darmel. Lycaon tells Revda that he thinks
Fisk was lying.
The party of four arrive at the home of Darmel. The home is slung
under the piers of Wharfgate and half flooded. As Lycaon enters
Darmel's father attacks with a mace. Lycaon grabs him and inadvertently
cleaves the man's skull in. Raegar hears commotion in an adjacent
room and runs into to discover Darmel's mother who puts an arrow
in his chest. Raegar is still badly wounded from the fight with
the kytons and collapses. Revda is a little annoyed at this stage
and runs the mother through. Then he goes to look for Darmel.
He sees a disturbance in the water and catches sight of Darmel fleeing
into the water through a hatch in the floor. He jumps after Darmel
and grabs him. However, he is far from buoyant and sinks to the
bottom of the fetid bay. Lycaon and Jirokichi (carrying Raegar)
meet Revda at the shore half an hour later which is the time it
takes for the death knight to walk back to the bank through the
silt. Unfortunately, by this time Darmel has drowned.
So when the party reconvenes at Greta's house they have four dead
bodies between them. Lord Revda smells terrible and his armour is
covered in scum. He is not very pleased. The Scribe revives Raegar
who is extremely embarrassed at his poor showing. The Scribe casts
Speak with Dead on Darmel and they ascertain he was innocent and
knows nothing about the poisoning. All fingers are pointing at Fisk.
However, Raegar is in a very bad way and the Scribe hasn't got the
spells to heal him. He proposes going to his 'source' for more healing
magic (and a speak with dead spell as he seems to be needing that
with alarming regularity). The Scribe, Gazahi, Raegar and the recently
returned Clara depart the city to meet with Kessler - a being who
dwells in a copse of razor pines a mile outside Tharkis. It is getting
dark and a number of worrying howls can be heard in the valley.
The three do not meet Kessler. He is merely a voice in the trees.
He agrees to obtain the spells for the Scribe and also to accept
payment for them on this occasion. The Scribe and the others return
to Tharkis to visit Mourngrim Manor (home of the Scribe) to get
the 2000 Kor to pay Kessler.
Meanwhile Revda and Jirokichi do some reconnaissance. They believe
that they would be better off ambushing Fisk on his way between
his work in Wharfgate and his home in Oldgate. They wait at the
gate between Wharfgate and Oldgate for him - even if he varies his
route he must come through this gate. They count four ogres protecting
Fisk as well as another hooded man. Revda is seen by them.
Because Mourngrim Manor is filled with the undead Raegar and Gazahi
remain outside. The Scribe and Clara enter the overgrown grounds
of the place and meet the gardener Easterley (now a ghoul). They
then enter the crumbling and decayed castle. Clara can see why the
Scribe needs a surveyor.
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