106 - A Town of Two Troubles Report

General Summary

On the way to Cafeld the party must pass through the town of Westvale. Almost immediately the party began to sense something was up and began to investigate. They discovered that there were two classes of people and the upper class savagely abused those of lower stature and ensured they remained poor. The town was run by a council of 7 farmers, 6 of whom were the descendants of the original council and worked hard to oppress the working class and bring profits to the upper class. The remaining member, Arther Cuthher was a good man but lacked the ability to make any real change. Iris met a strange man named Merek, who gave her a special coin for desiring to help the poor.   Warence and Iris investigated the local temple of Bahamut and discovered a secret soup kitchen being run for the poor of the town. There they found Merek again and talked with him some more before returning.   Meanwhile, Justice became a cat, and Shade traded in her weapons for subterfuge. Overhearing more about the state of the town, the party's resolve to help strengthened. As part of their plan to track where the work camps were held Shade let herself be captured and taken to the local jail under the Westvale Adventurer's Guild.   The rest of the party went a little bit south and deployed their instant fortress. Inside, even deeper corruption was discovered through a series of accounting journals recovered by Justice. The party was unsure of how to proceed until Iris summoned all her power and attempted to commune with her god. Fortunately, she succeeds with no lasting harm and the party received some cryptic direction. Moments later, a knock at the door of the fortress is discovered to be this odd character named Alexander. Alexander speaks to the party as if he's an old friend, known them together for years. He uses Warence's first name to the surprise of the party. He gets really excited and exclaims "I did it, it really is the first time we've met!". After some weird disjoined conversation, the party rests for the night and wakes in the morning to find the landscape looks entirely different... Entirely younger.