Journal Entry - 03/24/20

Avarra spins a tale about the happenings of the previous day. She arrived when Otto was seconds away from killing Jonah Forge. Fortunately Avarra arrived when she did and it was in time to save him. As Otto was advancing preparing to swing the killing blow, Avarra conjured thousands of birds as a distraction and in the moment of respite, the cowardly Jonah Forge stabbed Otto through the heart. Jonah then stole his rings before his body was cold and stormed out while you were still in stunned silence.

We were hired to solve the case of the children's poisoner and thanks to our incredible detective skills, the case was solved in three days. We are accepting new cases for clients willing to pay well to make sure the job is done right.

We return to Gareth to ask about Jonah and how to best defend ourselves from being framed over the murder of Otto. He encourages to leave while we can and not worry about our reputation. After a brief discussion about blackmailing/threatening Jonah, Akmenos breaks up the conversation by asking Rhak to snap his dagger in two... We decide to wrap up our affairs in Montmouth and escort Lorelei and her daughter south. Avarra magnanimously acquiesced and we agreed to meet them at the Temple of the Dawnbringer in a couple hours.

Akmenos goes to trade his stolen property to a weapons dealer and gets 75s. Rhak then buys a hand crossbow for 75s making the weapons dealer perfectly break even, that's gotta feel good for how many gems he got out of the deal. Hal tries to give him a sword and shield for free but is unsuccessful as Avarra and Akmenos convince the vendor to pay 28 gold.

Akmenos and Avarra tell some little kids to spread the rumor that we concocted earlier and then scare all the kids off. They must be really eager to tell our heroic story!

Then the party proceeds to the trade district looking to finish getting their affairs in order so they can leave. Upon entering the general store, Rhak gets off on the wrong foot with the shopkeep thinking he was hard of hearing and shouting "GOOD DAY SIR!". But business is business so he just gouges the cost of a healer's kit and climber's kit that Rhak was looking for and makes a deal. Everyone else makes similar trades for wares and the party heads out. Akmenos and Avarra go to the Blind Witch while everyone else goes to the temple to make sure Lorelei is safe and sound. Akmenos gets one last chance to flirt with Matilda and Avarra decides the magic wares are too rich for her blood.

Mishal and Rhak have a touching RP moment where she confesses that she used to be married and losing her husband has put a lot of stress on her and it was the root of her outbreak at the Fair-Isles estate. Hal gives her a fancy looking diamond to make her feel better.

It was almost as fancy as the mask Akmenos picked up from the smith which was more exquisite than the Mona Lisa. He then proceeds to the Fletcher and buys a +1 bow and a +1 silvered bow.

We are easily able to locate Lorelei, Isabelle and their head mistress Sabine in the chapel. Rhak asks them to leave. Lorelei visibly deflates when she realizes we're not taking a vehicle or any mounts.

After the first day of travel, we rest on the side of the road and keep watch. Rhak distracts Akmenos when he's trying keep watch and Mishal and Hal dig into each others grim pasts.

*** 7 DAYS UNTIL ARMY INVASION ***

The next morning the party stumbles about a capsized wagon and two horses that likely belong to the wagon, Lorelei will be so excited! We all fan out in the area to pull a drag net around the horses but unfortunately it was just a bandit ambush and Hal got hit and grievously wounded...who would have guessed?

The team laid all the groundwork to send these bandits through the meat grinder but we are saving the grinding for next week.