Session 14: All the Meat
General Summary
Arriving at Staerdale in the early morning, the party went in search of an official of the town to both give a report of the bandit encampment in the Marlhill Forest and to ask if any jobs may be available for them and their new companions. They were given direction to the bailiff's office and after a brief conversation with the bailiff and then a longer, and quieter, one with his assistant they managed to line up jobs for the former captives with the local brewery and a scouting quest for themselves. They told the bailiff's assistant everything they knew about the bandits in the forest, and he started the process of writing up the requisite keyna. Meanwhile, Stimple was haggling with a caravan driver to get Jenkins passage on board, and with help from the party secured it as well as places for Isola and Jassin. The caravan leaves at dawn the next day. They then proceeded to get some hot food and then headed down to the river to bathe. During this Iza fell into the river, immediately going limp and floating in slow-moving waters. The others managed to drag her out and after a few moments she gasped back to consciousness. What exactly happened only she knows, but she spoke of a deep voice demanding that she returned what she took from it. Karu and Astrelh then went to sell the few spare belongings they had in return for desperately needed funds, while Fjarldt, Iza and the others went to the Worm and Fly Inn to secure lodging for the night. There they ran into Skrandus and Brakhur again and sat down for a well-needed mug of Violet Gold.
Session Log - Karu
After an intense get away everyone was hungry and tired, we had no food no money and everyone was feeling pretty down. But our spirits raised once we saw signs of staredale in the distance. Stimple told us they didn’t really like magic though so we had to be a little careful. Purple eyes put her big grey cloak over her head trying to be a gnome again. she’s really good at it! So we finally made it into the town but didn’t have any gold to our name so the first thing we had to do was go get some. I don’t get why we couldn’t just stay in the woods and get food ourselves but the others know better than me. So we walked through the streets filled with wooden houses until we saw a stone one. I guess people with money live in stone houses? We all had to sit down and wait in this dark room. Horn head and metal man wanted to talk to someone upstairs so me and Purple eyes decided to go explore the town while they did the talking. We went to this nice market and felt this really nice smell coming from a stall with two half orcs in it! They were really nice but they didn’t really speak Eld, they actually spoke the same language as that red woman from the bandit camp… Lucky for us Purple eyes actually found some coin and we could eat these nice bread bowls with ALL THE MEAT in them! We strolled back to the stone house and waited for the others. They came down and said we had to take care of some lost sheep, we just have to wait for the evening to speak to the stone house people again! But before we left Isola told us that she needs to go back home! She says she owes her uncle and she needs to work for him. Her uncle should be able to take care of himself! we all had a big group hug and left to go get some food. Purple eyes and me never told them we ate while they did the business stuff. After another bread bowl we looked around and realized that we were the dirtiest people in town so we decided to go get washed in the river up north! We all made our way up, me and Horn head sprint into the river and splashed everything around! Metal man took his time getting out of his clothes and purple eyes didn’t even get in! She used her magic to get water out of the river and washing her clothes on land! Then i saw a grin across horn heads face and he puts his snout in the water and breathes fire! splashing purple eyes! HAHAHA! Purple eyes then made a big ice cube around Horn head, THIS IS SO FUN! I want to prank them too, so i mold the earth under purple eyes to tilt her down into the river. Hahaha I’m a genious! We’re were all laughing but i notice that purple eyes hasn’t surfaced yet. We all looked at each other and try to get her up as fast as possible. We got her out and she was ice cold. I got my deer skin and wrapped her up like a cocoon. As she woke up she started talking about something in the water chasing her… It sounded super scary! She told us she fell off her ship a long time ago and that ...thing… came after her and said she stole something from it? We all calm down and make our way to the inn to get warm...
Rewards Granted
A small pouch of coins (2gp, 24sp, 63cp) as an up front payment.
Missions/Quests Completed
Given task from the bailiff to provide a report (with evidence) of why several flocks of sheep have gone missing to the north. He has promised a payment of 20gp (minus the up front payment) for the report, and an additional 150gp if the party deals with the source of the problem.
Notes
As part of the information for the keyna the bailiff's assistant asked for the name and place of registration of each member of the group (for those not born in Elderin they are noted as non-registered and their home nation/clan/house is taken). As Iza had so successfully pretended to be a shy orphan who no-one knew where she came from, and was not there to correct anyone, the bailiff's assistant decided to just register in Staerdale for simplicity.
