The paladin offers our protection on the remainder of the journey to Woodhelm. I manage to sneak a few potions off of the alchemest and a forgery kit off of the scroll peddler. We have an uneventful rest of the journey to Woodhelm, and drop the last merchant off.
We arrive in town and head for the inn and some food. On the way, we meet a strange group of characters. One was a dwarf in a barrel. Literally clad in a barrel he claims is fused to his body. He goes by the name Klaus, and smells like Lutefisk. Probably the contents of the barrel before he wore it. He claims the town is charmed and that the bakery is responsible for this charm. Ho-kay!
When we finally get to the inn, we sit and have a nice dinner of a bird. The seasoning was done very well, and it was delicious! Wile we are eating, a stranger stops at our table and claims he knows the wereabouts of Sparkles' sire! I, for some strange reason, leap at the chance to follow him.
After dinner, we decide to go to the dragon. Rex is all scared becuase it is nearing evening and woods are scary to city boys. Nahaniel (Sparkles' sire) told us a bunch of stuff about the town and then said that the obelisk needs repair.
We head back from the forest and we encounter a glowing orb floating in the air next to a scarecrow. Rather odd. The paladin tries to detect evil and finds that the scarecrow is an undead! We attack in and find ourselves outmatched. We bravely scarper off to fight another day. The paladin really takes this zombie scarecrow thing to heart and swears vengence upon it.
We get back to town and meet with Wabnuc and Rex. We make plans to head to the obelisk in the morning.