Session 3: The Investigation Continues Report
General Summary
As the investigation continued, the party was lead to a small mercantile where they found an assassin intent on killing the shop owner, a scuffle quickly ensued where the assassin succeeded on killing their target, then fleeing out the back door. The party gave chase, Aes quickly on the assassins trail. The assassin was swiftly dealt with, only Zeal taking an injury. The assassin refused to speak, bearing the pain as Aes crushed her fingers and Zeal made cuts into her arm. In an act of desperation, she pickpocketed a dagger from Zeal and sliced off her arm, trying to escape, without any success. The investigation later lead into a small, burnt down abandoned building where they found the supposed disguises of the culprit of the attacks. They reported this back to Lord O'keefe, who gave them special permission to enter the dungeons in Helmgart. On their way they discovered one of O'keefe's personal bodyguards and the guard, Karl Fritz. They had cornered a Bardic individual who jumped into a well, leading to a hideout of sorts. In this hideout they found themselves in need of 2 keys, hopefully hidden in said hideout. For the first key they fought a magically animated piece of armour which held the key within its chest. A fight ensued with spells being flung and bullets being shot. The animated armour used magical abilities to lift Aes into the air, then flinging her into Zeal which knocked them both to the ground. During this, a statue of a dragons head was releasing gouts of fire into the battlefield, hitting both Zeal and Orion in the process. Zeal finished the creature off, scoring them their first key. The second area lead to a trash heap, with a disgusting creature which held the second key in its possession. They traded their shoes and socks for the key, which the creature valued more. With a second key in their possession, they headed into an area hidden by an illusory wall, where they met a man named Old Long Logan who was the man behind the multi-coloured magical plant they discovered the day before. There he asked the party a riddle, which Aes answered correctly - Life, scoring the party another key. With their keys, they opened a giant vault door which led to a group of familiar looking enemies - the bandmates. Led by them was a Minstrel - named Alorin. Passive-aggressive negotiations followed, before leading the combat where Aes grow twice her size, and then anti-climatically being forced to dance by a magical effect created by the Minstrel. Karl Fritz joined the fight, helping by letting loose crossbow bolts on their foes. Orion ended the combat in a display of magic, using ice to bind and kill one of the bandmates and capturing the Minstrel.
