Lost & Found

I was hired a few days ago to find a missing tiefling jeweler named Nix. Paid a visit to her shop and home to look around for clues. Asked Imoen to reach out to her contacts in the city to see if they had any leads. Our investigations led us to an old tower ruin in Neverwinter Wood. We decided to visit the tower at night and bring along our newest member of the Harpers of Neverwinter, a halfling cleric of Yondalla named Henwen.
 
We made our way to Neverwinter Woods just after sunset. As we approached the tower, we noticed an eerie silence in the area and made sure to keep ourselves hidden amongst the trees. I spotted a figure at the top of the tower and decided to take a closer look. Imoen and Henwen stayed hidden behind a large bush. Unfortunately, as I snuck towards the base of the tower, I accidentally tripped on something that protruded from the ground and let out a brief yelp. The figure from the top of the tower called out to me. He revealed himself as Volgos and promised payback for thwarting his lucrative plans in Port Llast. Before I could react, I saw the dead rise from the ground around the tower.
 
Volgos kept his focus on me which meant he hadn’t spotted Henwen and Imoen. As the dead began to shamble towards me, I dashed towards an opening in their ranks and cast Protection from Good and Evil on myself. After putting a couple of strides of distance between myself and the undead, I started slinging taunts at Volgos in hopes of luring him and some of his undead minions away from the tower. One of the taunts must have hit a nerve as the necromancer made his way down the tower and took the bait.
 
Henwen and Imoen made sure to wait until Volgos was out of sight before making their way to the tower. Upon reaching the top of the tower, they found Nix sitting against the tower walls with her hands and feet bound by rope. While Imoen moved to free Nix, Henwen noticed Volgos had returned. Just as he made his way to the top of the tower, Nix, freed from her constraints, struck him down with a bolt of lightning. By the time I managed to make my way back to the tower, Volgos was dead and Nix had flown away.
 
We were all a little perplexed by what had happened. How did someone as powerful as Nix end up getting captured by Volgos? Why did Volgos capture her? Was she ever in any real danger? Could Volgos have been working with her or maybe even for her? If so, to what end? With Volgos dead and Nix gone, we decided to head back to Neverwinter to report our findings.
 
On our way back to Neverwinter, we ran into a couple of elves that were tracking Nix. They referred to her as a Storm priestess and joined us as we reported our encounter with Nix and Volgos to Lord Neverember.