Chapter 6: Blood on the Water
General Summary
Nyx discovered a note on the body of the mage. It stated that someone calling themselves 'The Shadow of Braxlan' was buying humanoids, dead or alive. The note pointed to a drop off location; a bandit camp in some old ruins on the nearby river by the name of Gilraine.
Half a day's trek brought them to the site. Some tense negotiations followed between Thonur and Todrun, the leader of this band. Unfortunately things turned south when the bandits noticed the 'merchandise' was still armed to the teeth, ruining the ruse. On cue Rose and Gantreal struck first, taking out some of the enemy before the battle had even began in earnest. During the fight an enemy mage nearly decimated the group with a well placed fireball. Lura returned the favor by unleashing a massive clap of thunderous sound that shattered the wall near the mage, showering her with rubble and exposing several captives within, including a silver hared elven couple who had also been crushed by the rubble. Gantreal finished off the mage and The Outsiders begin freeing the captives.
Among the captives, mourning over the bodies of the crushed elven couple was a young silver haired elven boy. Belagar helped him bury his parent and Brother Jeremiah took some time to bond with the boy, offering to train him and help him get vengeance on those who captured his family, leading to their deaths. The boy, Lianthorn Valynore, told Thonur that what he know, that he and his parents had been at the camp around 10 days. A note found on Todrun's body showed that a barge came by the camp once a fortnight to pick up the bodies so they decided they would wait on the barge.
During this time Gantreal decided to scout ahead. While doing so she found another bandit camp on the island in Lake Lonrial and snuck close enough to eavesdrop on their conversation. She found out that the barge stops here before going to the camp on The River Gilraine and comes back passing the island again. She brought that info back to the team and they began to lay their ambush.
Two days later the barge arrived at which point The Outsiders killed the guards, released the prisoners, and intimidated teh captain into leading them to a secret cave behind the waterfall that fell from Mount Braxlan into Lake Lonrial. There they found an illusion covered cave. The captain used a scroll to dispel the illusion covering the entrance and they slipped inside.
Half a day's trek brought them to the site. Some tense negotiations followed between Thonur and Todrun, the leader of this band. Unfortunately things turned south when the bandits noticed the 'merchandise' was still armed to the teeth, ruining the ruse. On cue Rose and Gantreal struck first, taking out some of the enemy before the battle had even began in earnest. During the fight an enemy mage nearly decimated the group with a well placed fireball. Lura returned the favor by unleashing a massive clap of thunderous sound that shattered the wall near the mage, showering her with rubble and exposing several captives within, including a silver hared elven couple who had also been crushed by the rubble. Gantreal finished off the mage and The Outsiders begin freeing the captives.
Among the captives, mourning over the bodies of the crushed elven couple was a young silver haired elven boy. Belagar helped him bury his parent and Brother Jeremiah took some time to bond with the boy, offering to train him and help him get vengeance on those who captured his family, leading to their deaths. The boy, Lianthorn Valynore, told Thonur that what he know, that he and his parents had been at the camp around 10 days. A note found on Todrun's body showed that a barge came by the camp once a fortnight to pick up the bodies so they decided they would wait on the barge.
During this time Gantreal decided to scout ahead. While doing so she found another bandit camp on the island in Lake Lonrial and snuck close enough to eavesdrop on their conversation. She found out that the barge stops here before going to the camp on The River Gilraine and comes back passing the island again. She brought that info back to the team and they began to lay their ambush.
Two days later the barge arrived at which point The Outsiders killed the guards, released the prisoners, and intimidated teh captain into leading them to a secret cave behind the waterfall that fell from Mount Braxlan into Lake Lonrial. There they found an illusion covered cave. The captain used a scroll to dispel the illusion covering the entrance and they slipped inside.
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