Session 2.14
General Summary
After rescuing the miners of the town of Minyard from a collapse caused by a severe earthquake, the party had paid a visit to Chairman Cole Smores of the Sm’Ores Mining Company for their reward. However, he was less than grateful for the services rendered and said that if the party wanted a reward, to go and request it from those whose lives were saved as he was not the one who had requested aid. Annoyed, the group had poached his bodyguard, an orc by the name of Duggars, and after arriving at the town Tavern, Big Rhonda’s, Fannti and the party had convinced a good portion of the townspeople to relocate to the Amethyst Isle with the prospects of mining the dormant volcano on the island. Then the party was offered a reward of 400GP pooled together from the salaries of the grateful miners as well as a mined diamond they had hidden from the Chairman worth 500GP.
Fannti and Rhorn told Garewing to keep the 400GP and use it as the startup fund for the mining operation, but had kept the diamond. Then Priestess Luna contacted Captain Spears with instructions to return to Labrie for another transport trip to isle for its new inhabitants.
Leaving Garewing in charge of this operation, the group had packed up and continued north towards Quail Hollows, and along the way, once in the Azior Forest, Rhorn and Zhorn both had heard noises from the surrounding environment from what was believed to be the Forest Timpers repeating the words “Loss” and “Loss to gain” which was relayed to the Priestess and Fannti, though neither could verify the source of the sounds.
On a separate instance during their travels the party had encountered a wagon driven by a Firbolg and his family who had warned the group that children had gone missing in the Hollows(confirming the Mayor’s report), and for his family’s safety he was relocating to Labrie to which Fannti had once again extended an invite to the family seek out Weatherby and inquire about the Amethyst Isle.
Upon reaching their destination of Quail Hollow the party had noticed the 3 famous watermills and a levee, currently under construction which the group was informed was to prevent further flooding which was caused by a large wave as a result of the tremors. In the town you first sought out Mayor Selai Parse who had provided the party with some general information on the disappearing children. She stated that the town was offering to pay 50GP per child rescued which you guys had declined.
After the meeting, the group then sought out Detective Velsey, a male silver dragonborn who had provided more details on the disappearance of the children including profiles and locations of the abductions. The first thing on your to-do list was to investigate the water and the sites of the most recent disappearances while the detectives(Grey Cloaks) and his constables continued to question the townspeople.
While on the banks of the Mongave near the water mills, Rhorn had found a pink bow thought to belong to one of the missing kids. The search up and down the shallow parts of the river yielded other items that seemingly belonged to the other missing children which corroborated the reports with actual evidence. Afterwards, the group decided to visit the first island of The Crumbs, a grouping of river islands located in the middle of the river, only to reach a dead end as the thick overgrown forest did not provide for much in terms of clues.
With darkness now covering the land, the party decided to retire for the night to debrief Detective Vesley back at the town hall. The meeting was interrupted when one of the other constables, Gendrun, reported that he was unable to question two people, a school teacher by the name of Professor Menethis as well as one of the fishermen, Revox. Both were stated to be dodging questions and have yet to be interrogated through the entirety of the process. With this new information, everyone had agreed to rest for the night, and decided to investigate Menethis first thing in the morning before classes began.
In the morning at the school house, after giving it some time, Professor Menethis did not show up so the group went to visit his home, which was a rather modest abode, and after some knocking found no signs of the school teacher in question. Rhorn broke the door down, and after rummaging through the belongings Fannti noticed some papers on the desk in a language unfamiliar to him, however, had some inkling that based on the symbols and iconography was arcane in nature.
Priestess Luna had instinctively used the See Invisibility spell and had noticed an invisible wire in the center of the home spanning from roof to floor, which she promptly triggered revealing a trap door to a basement underneath. Rhorn took the initiative and went down first to find that there was a study, and a curious looking arcane circle on the ground that was similar to the ones on the pages that Fannti had discovered on the school teacher's desk. Before getting the opportunity to further investigate Rhorn had found himself attacked by a water elemental, and the group braced for combat.
Rewards Granted
400 GP(total) - forfeited to the citizens for Mining Start Up
Diamond - 500GP
1 pt of renown
Character(s) interacted with
- Garewing
- Duggars
- Chairman Cole Smores
Report Date
18 May 2023
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