Kromden- Dwarf fighter
Tendious- Human Cleric of Tempus
Garriegh “Gary”- Human Cleric of the Storm (dude worships
Thor kind of…)
Paleus- Elf warlock
A day or so after the successful demolishing of the creepy
Cult in the town of Drakka, our party of heroes was still resting after those
events. It was then that they received word that three of the remaining five
cultists had been caught. The local constable and his deputies tracked down
three new arrivals to town. Three new arrivals that just so happened to be in
possession of multi-tentacle medallions and purple robes. Hearing this a few
party members go to investigate. They find the three men named cultist are all
in prison and unconscious. It seems the constable and his men had to rough them
up a bit during their arrest. Once they wake they will be interrogated and
tried as per the local laws. The party is told that there is a 100 gold crown
bounty for the missing shop keep and his wife. Well 200 crowns was nothing to
sneeze at and the party went about trying to find a lead to the whereabouts of
the missing husband and wife cultists.
They manage to find information from the local leather
workers/hunters in town. This pair of elves had recently seen the shopkeeper
and his wife running through the swamp while carrying a lot of extra baggage.
They tried to approach them, but it only seemed to spook them and drive them
deeper into the swamp. The mention they were last seen running toward the ruins
of an old citadel on the outskirts of the deep swamp ruins. They offer to take
the party to this area. The group gears up and jumps aboard the elves’ large
swamp boat (a glorified barge) and off they go into the swamps.
A day later and they arrive near the ruins the shopkeeper
and wife. The elves tell them that is where
they we headed. The party inquires to the ruins and the elves just say
they stay away due to an “unnatural” feeling they get from the remains of the
stone structure.
It was then that from a large patch of tall swamp grass
three lizard men adorned in bone armor adorned with blue and yellow feathers,
approaches the boat. The elves explain that they know this tribe and to just
stay on the boat while they parlay with them. Several minutes later the elves
return and tell the party the local tribe is on the hunt for a traitor they
refer to as Red Feather. You know due to his head gear having red feathers
(lizard men am I right?). Anyway they are hunting for him as he has taken their
scared black rock and betrayed the tribal laws. They are offering rewards for
his capture or demise.
The party makes their
last minute preparations. The elven hunters tell them they will return to this
spot in each afternoon for the next three days to bring the party back to town.
After that they will have to work their way back on their own. The four
adventurers bid them farewell and make their way toward the semi-sunken and
grown over ruins of this long empty citadel. As they approach they notice the
trees have begun to rot and warp. Also amongst the foliage are dozens of bent
and twisted saplings with pale leaves and strange white buds. It was plant life
no one in the party had ever seen before. They chalked it up to wyrd swamp
plants and made their way to the ruined citadel on the hunt for the two
surviving cultists and the 200 crown reward.
Lovely blog. Thanks for sharing with us.
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