Welcome to Marsahurst Report

General Summary

As the autumn rains fall the Five fingers of Dorwine make their way to the village of Marsahurst. Nearing the village they begin to make their way through deserted farms in various states of desolation. Finally the new stone walls of Marsahurst greet the party, as well as the Captain of the Guard, Astrid Blackhill.    With Badalona Ailendogs almost asleep in the saddle the heroes adjourn with Astrid to the inn she owns with her wife, The Viridian Mug. On their way through the village the party notices a few strange aspects. Many new buildings mix with obviously older buildings and any villagers spotted in the street and armoured and have the habit of saluting each other.    One at the inn Badalona is loaded into a hammock by the fire and Marble goes to sample one of the Inn's selection of unusual liquors. Over drinks and dinner the party is propositioned by a couple of drug-dealing dwarven miners and learn the unfortunate recent history of Marsahurst.    It has been the victim of manticores for some time (with a 135gp on each manticore killed) but that has always been something the village could deal with. Not so the predations of a pack of gnolls that have caused the outlying devastation and reduced Marsahurst from a busy small town to the walled hamlet it is today.    Now the heroes have choices - hunt manticores, track down gnolls or just let Badalona get some shut eye.