TotTRB - Episode 2 - A Conspiracy of Ravens
General Summary
With a cursed dagger in hand, questions need answering. Fern leads the group to meet with more established guild members to learn more. With the insights of Reginald and Karessa, the dagger is realized to be made with advanced metallurgy unlike any found within the Basin. The hilt bears the thorny marks of magic wielded only by the Twisten Sisters, a dangerous trio of witches known to reside in the swamps to the southwest. Separately, Alagad manages to get on the wrong side of Vizier Meisier, the guild's in house magical counsel.
Following up on the noise complaint posted on the guild job board, the group heads to Dewsberry and Spindle lane to meet with Francois Frollbie. Reports of a haunting cry emanating from his parlor have led him to requesting help. Along the way, however, they are waylaid by bandits who soon find themselves regretting their actions. Stripped of their weapons armor the brigands are sent running by the mercy of Fern, Alagad, and Havoc. But such actions make them vulnerable and the skies darken with a conspiracy of ravens descending upon them. Though successful in fighting them off, the nefarious obsidian birds continue to watch them. Twisted roots wrapped around their claws and embedded into their plumage, these ravens are the eyes and ears of Sycorax, one of the Twisten Sisters.
Heading inside the Frollbie Estate keeps them from the birds eye view and the group begins their investigation of the source of the ominous calls from beyond the grave. But their investigation leads them to believe the source of the noise is somewhere outside the Frollbie parlor. Meeting the nearest neighbor, a pianist and Meudonian Elf who explains to Fern some of the lore of her people that had been hidden from her in her exile from New Meudon.
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14 Aug 2022
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