Blythe Mission 1 - Memories of Holyhead

 

Objective

Destroy the food / drink supplies of Blythe. Obtain samples if possible.
 
 

Observations

-discovered an abandoned cabin 3 hrs SE of Southern Outpost. Possibly a good location for short rests, storm shelter, etc.
  -these aren't just zombies anymore. Damn things think
  -Blyhe has both patrols and *mundane* traps surrounding city perimeter
 

Follow up

mission incomplete, needs repeating
 

Preparation Details

 
 

Operation Details

We TP'd to Southeren outpost and made out best way to Blythe, essentially a direct SE heading.
 
 
  Confirmed travel in the Southern Darkness is literally that and vision needs to be accounted for. If one doesn't have Darkvision, then means of light and sight out to be considered and planned for.
 
 
  Approximately 3 hrs SE we discovered and abandoned cabin. Recon suggests it was a typical family that was either taken captive or worse.
  Front door was clear broken in to before our approach but from dust and such it appears to have be abandoned for months. Would serve as acceptable shelter for short rests, warm ups, shelter from the storms, etc.
 
 
  Additional 3 hrs further we encountered what was likely exterior patrol. Two undead variants with toxic bial internals and a larger winged multi armed creature.
  Notes on the winged creature. When it gets to a point of injury, like legitimate bleeding and damage, It used some of its arms to shield its torso, making the bastard harder to hit.
  Damn thing has intelligence.
  Dispatched the creatures and continued on to city proper.
 
 
  in early evening the citizens all gathered to town square for some ceremony. About a hundred entities, but ranging in size from humanoid to quite large hulking masses. Unfortunately, right next to the casks we were needed to sample or destroy
  We attempted to use the ceremony as a distraction and have a single party sneak and sample.
 
 
  Failure.
  Creatures of the city seem to have a heightened sense of scent. One of the hulks, spotted Laef, alerted the horde and literally the town square began chasing us out the way we came with a spectral voice taunting us as we retreated. They've been expecting us.
  We barely managed to stay ahead of them and ran pretty much all the way back to the Southern Outpost. About an hour away from them we used pine tree branches tied to the rear of the dogs to cover our tracks and preserve the location of the base.