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Fri 27th Dec 2019 12:13

Grey Lake and Beyond

by SIMA LEES

A rainy day was upon us. We decided to move on after resting. Thrall used rocks and grass to determine the weather. We walked until we came upon Grey Lake. We found a waterlogged and bloated body of a humanoid. on the edge of the lake. the body had several puncture wounds on the torso. After examine the body we determined that he had been dead a few months. Mueller detected the presence of poison and I believe it was from a serpent of some sort. I saw a trail of booted footprints running down the east side of the lake. We decided that we would leave that investigation for another day and headed off to find a campsite further down the path.
 
After setting up camp and a fire we went to sleep. Carter woke me saying they saw a wolf at the edge of camp. I told him it was likely a scout for the pack and to wake me if he should see another wolf. Sometime later i awoke to the sound of battle as the wolf returned with its companions.
 
I opened the flap of my tent with my bow drawn and a wolf leaped out me and bit me deeply in the leg. I fired my bow and tried to run for a safer place to take a stand but another wolf ripped at me and knocked me off my feet. bleed heavily and clinging to life i did the first thing that came to mind ripping my tent down to create cover and capture the wolf in sort of trap. Thral came over to finish the job and the mighty powers of Lutehielle cleansed my wounds.
 
The next day we traveled on and came upon a deep ravine. Thrall tried to climb down but lost his footing and fell hurting his ankle. eventually we all worked are way down to help him and continued on until we came to the gate into the mountain. it was ajar and had discovered the body of an undead skeleton and and horses left tied to posts and found the dead. As we searched further Kharos and I noticed the horses and blacksmith work of that of lumber fell. Was this last years group or the group the head out days earlier.
 
We entered the gate to the crypt to search for the flame of and were confronted by the restless dead. I immediately knocked an arrow and fired a true shot destroying the foe with a single arrow. Mueller summoned the power of our D-d again decimating several foes in a burst of energy.
 
After the battle ended we say found the bodies of 2 of our fellow towns people and friends of the mayor, Gerowl and Vark who clearly met there fate vs the undead. The walls of the room were painted with intricate frescos of the people fighting battles against orcs, goblins and other invaders.
 
Thrall, Kharos moved on and we continued to search. we found nothing else unusual however i noticed they had arrows but there was no bow. who took it? Thrall returned mumbling something about time , no time! Mueller was chasing him and said the others are searching a pool for a key. I chose to follow Thrall and Braylin tired to intervene. Thrall threw the door open and rushed into the room and triggered a pit trap in the floor. i rushed in foolishly behind and found myself laying in a pile of pillows 10 feet down.