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3 Thunders 482 AR
The party finished up their trek through the White Forest to the Scarlet Citadel. They reached the ruins of the citadel in the afternoon and began inspecting the grounds for a way past the walls. They opted not to try to find the old gate and instead found the breach in the northwestern wall from when the citadel was razed almost two centuries prior.
Arodan scaled the rubble at the breach and discovered a sleeping owlbear in its nest. He quickly leapt back down to outside the wall, but the owlbear began heading to the gateway entrance to defend its territory.
Murphy and Morrigan attempted to sneak down via the northwest breach, but Morrigan disturbed some of the rubble in his leap down, making enough noise to alert the owlbear to their presence at the nest, and our level 1 party engaged the owlbear. Morrigan tried to convince the party to flee, and Razog tried to wrestle the owlbear to let the rest of the party escape into the keep, but ultimately, the party landed a few lucky hits and were able to slay the owlbear with only Razog being knocked unconscious.
Arodan stabilized Razog, while Morrigan said prayers to both Khors and Hecate for Razog's health. While the party waited for Razog to return to consciousness, Murphy butchered the owlbear's remains. They found no bezoar, but did find the hand of their previous comrade. They pocketed the ring on the hand. Arodan saved a few of the owlbear's feathers, and braided one into his hair.
Morrigan inspected the owlbear nest and found a rubble-filled staircase that descended down below the ruins into the dungeon. He and Arodan spent time removing some of the rubble, but there's still at least 4 hours of work to be done before the staircase will be at all usable.
Morrigan and Murphy then scouted out the burned out husks of the primary and secondary keeps and decided it looked too much like something lived there to camp in either keep for the night. Razog found a decent campsite in the forest for the party to sleep in, and they spent the night uneventfully aside from Arodan feeding a surprise berry to a raccoon he found.
4 Thunders, 482 AR
In the morning, Razog was able to use some of the meat Murphy had butchered from the owlbear along with some foraged eggs to make breakfast for the party before they returned to the citadel.
The party returned to the primary keep and delved down into the ground floor. While Arodan and Razog busied themselves with the doors to the Underkeep, Murphy and Morrigan scouted out the stairway down to the first level of the dungeon. Morrigan found the tripwire on the stairs and was able to temporarily disarm the trap, and the two set to work exploring the room, where they found a shield and sword laid on a table. The door stuck ajar into the Oubliette seemed like it might draw too much attention to try to open, so they set to work lockpicking the door on the north wall.
Meanwhile, Arodan and Razog finally opened both doors to the Underkeep and discovered some sort of animal nest, with a few trinkets but no creatures inside. Arodan went downstairs to tell Murphy and Morrigan what he and Razog found and startled them into opening the door they'd lockpicked.
The three discovered the cells where the Gaoler keeps his victims and found the missing Teastrainer and a small human who identified herself as the merchant Dugan Lovay. Both were severely injured and exhausted -- Lovay couldn't even really move. The party tried in vain to pick the locks on both their cells while Teastrainer explained he'd been attacked by a red-skinned ogre in the forest and brought back here, and that the ogre served a human man who likes to torture people.
Razog was able to get the bars on Lovay's cell bent enough that they would be able to pull her out of the cell, but Testrainer seemed stuck for the time being. Lovay told the party she didn't want to leave without her bodyguard Barrett, and Razog didn't want to leave without being able to rescue Teastrainer. They party gave both prisoners some food and water and decided to delve deeper into the dungeon to try to find a key.
However, the noise the party had made had grabbed the attention of the red ogre, Scar, who just arrived at the cells to see what was going on as the session ended.
Next - Session #3: "The Rescue"
3 Thunders 482 AR
The party finished up their trek through the White Forest to the Scarlet Citadel. They reached the ruins of the citadel in the afternoon and began inspecting the grounds for a way past the walls. They opted not to try to find the old gate and instead found the breach in the northwestern wall from when the citadel was razed almost two centuries prior.
Arodan scaled the rubble at the breach and discovered a sleeping owlbear in its nest. He quickly leapt back down to outside the wall, but the owlbear began heading to the gateway entrance to defend its territory.
Murphy and Morrigan attempted to sneak down via the northwest breach, but Morrigan disturbed some of the rubble in his leap down, making enough noise to alert the owlbear to their presence at the nest, and our level 1 party engaged the owlbear. Morrigan tried to convince the party to flee, and Razog tried to wrestle the owlbear to let the rest of the party escape into the keep, but ultimately, the party landed a few lucky hits and were able to slay the owlbear with only Razog being knocked unconscious.
Arodan stabilized Razog, while Morrigan said prayers to both Khors and Hecate for Razog's health. While the party waited for Razog to return to consciousness, Murphy butchered the owlbear's remains. They found no bezoar, but did find the hand of their previous comrade. They pocketed the ring on the hand. Arodan saved a few of the owlbear's feathers, and braided one into his hair.
Morrigan inspected the owlbear nest and found a rubble-filled staircase that descended down below the ruins into the dungeon. He and Arodan spent time removing some of the rubble, but there's still at least 4 hours of work to be done before the staircase will be at all usable.
Morrigan and Murphy then scouted out the burned out husks of the primary and secondary keeps and decided it looked too much like something lived there to camp in either keep for the night. Razog found a decent campsite in the forest for the party to sleep in, and they spent the night uneventfully aside from Arodan feeding a surprise berry to a raccoon he found.
4 Thunders, 482 AR
In the morning, Razog was able to use some of the meat Murphy had butchered from the owlbear along with some foraged eggs to make breakfast for the party before they returned to the citadel.
The party returned to the primary keep and delved down into the ground floor. While Arodan and Razog busied themselves with the doors to the Underkeep, Murphy and Morrigan scouted out the stairway down to the first level of the dungeon. Morrigan found the tripwire on the stairs and was able to temporarily disarm the trap, and the two set to work exploring the room, where they found a shield and sword laid on a table. The door stuck ajar into the Oubliette seemed like it might draw too much attention to try to open, so they set to work lockpicking the door on the north wall.
Meanwhile, Arodan and Razog finally opened both doors to the Underkeep and discovered some sort of animal nest, with a few trinkets but no creatures inside. Arodan went downstairs to tell Murphy and Morrigan what he and Razog found and startled them into opening the door they'd lockpicked.
The three discovered the cells where the Gaoler keeps his victims and found the missing Teastrainer and a small human who identified herself as the merchant Dugan Lovay. Both were severely injured and exhausted -- Lovay couldn't even really move. The party tried in vain to pick the locks on both their cells while Teastrainer explained he'd been attacked by a red-skinned ogre in the forest and brought back here, and that the ogre served a human man who likes to torture people.
Razog was able to get the bars on Lovay's cell bent enough that they would be able to pull her out of the cell, but Testrainer seemed stuck for the time being. Lovay told the party she didn't want to leave without her bodyguard Barrett, and Razog didn't want to leave without being able to rescue Teastrainer. They party gave both prisoners some food and water and decided to delve deeper into the dungeon to try to find a key.
However, the noise the party had made had grabbed the attention of the red ogre, Scar, who just arrived at the cells to see what was going on as the session ended.
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