A Flip of a Coin

General Summary

The morning started off simply enough. A hearty breakfast. Jovial Quipp Xander and his family mingling with the patrons. Given that Grass had not come down to break fast. Alton went upstairs to check on the goblin and found his room empty, the bed barely slept in and the window shutters wide open to the crisp fall breeze.
Still nothing seemed amiss. Just another day in Oaks Sweep.
Then the stranger with the half shaved head stood and sat uninvited with the cloaked woman and her three companions. A question. A wry smile. A touch, warm beyond expectation, and the hooded woman disappeared through the inn doors, her three companions following dutifully behind.
Lomea picked through the coins left by the woman. Unremarkable gold pieces except for the one bearing the sigil of Thrane. Lomea drew her blade and rushed into the street, knocking the tiefling Pomil Guyno on his ass. But once outside the paladin saw no sign of the strangers. 
As if they had disappeared into thin air.
Alton and Felton spent some time speaking with Pomil, hearing his tale about a strange dwarven invention even greater than the transport portal. After agreeing to investigate the portals and  to share an even split with the tiefling, the dwarf and halfling turned their attention to the disappearance of their goblin friend.
Lomea joined with Alton and Felton to check around the village for some connection between Grass's disappearance and the three cloaked travelers appearing suddenly in the village and leaving just as sudden. After speaking to the militia and learning that Grass had recently started a relationship with Greta the goblin herbalist, the companions investigated Greta's shop and home. They found Greta's old dog butchered and evidence that Greta needed to make a fast exit.
Felton also learned from his familiar, Mother, that the hooded woman and her companions were sailing down the coast toward Merylsward. The companions purchased three riding horses and traveled out of Oaks Sweep down the southern road. 
They stopped for the night in the town of Sand Point. Just before bedding down, an invisible stalker broke into Lomea room and attacked the party. After taking a significant beating, Lomea stuck down the stalker.
With first light the next morning, the party continued down the road. Realizing they were being chased, the companions sped to a clearing, dismounted and a fight against four massive Kresh ensued.

Report Date

18 Jul 2021