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Sat 25th Feb 2023 05:31

A Frog captured!

by Laraena Silver

We continued looking for Froglegs. The next bridge we came to seemed a bit more rickety than the others. Gazzean confirmed this, telling us to be careful crossing & to keep some distance from one another. However, most of us noticed a giant flying shape in the mist just across the bridge. Orkbolt recognized this as a Giant Dragonfly. They were known to travel in packs. Laraena started the fight with a fireball, hoping to hit any others that might be over there. Unfortunately, there turned out to only be the one Dragonfly... and an I'ikodragon, as identified by Laraena. The Dragonfly went down quickly, but the Dragon was a pain to deal with due to our lack of ways to manage flying creatures. We regrettably had to kill the Dragon, though we did find it's nest and some gems inside it. Across the bridge we found a reinforced hut. Argent knocked. When there was no answer, she pushed the doors open. Inside were 2 Grippli, one of which turned out to be Froglegs! We took them out with surprisingly little effort, capturing them both alive. We looked for the missing Clan Dagger. We did not find it & when we questioned Froglegs about it she told us that this Dwarf, Kalbo, was one of her best infiltrators. The Dwarf had fooled us! Janatimo thanked us for using restraint. Froglegs bragged she was not the biggest bad guy in town. She explained that the Magistrate was not what he seemed & was a very bad fellow! We made our way back to the Magaambya, where Janatimo asked us to take the prisoner to the Chime Keepers for justice. We then took the afternoon off!
The following day we tried to remove the disease for Orkbolt, with no success. Imryll was able to shake it off. We sent Orkbolt to see the healers at the Magaambya while the rest of us went to return the stolen goods we had retrieved from Frogleg's lair. We took another night's rest, then headed to see Janatimo. He told us that we would be better to investigate the Magistrate as we could go places in a less official manner than the faculty of the Magaambya could. He asked if we were willing and ready. We agreed and headed off to start the investigation! He also rewarded us each with a spell scroll for capturing Froglegs alive. We then went to gather information about the Magistrate. We learned that the 6 Dwarven workers supplied by the Mason's guild had not reported back. They had not been seen since they had worked for the Magistrate. We headed to the Magistrate's house to ask about these missing workers. We found 3 men waiting out front who tried to turn us away, saying the Magistrate was not well. When pressed they turned into Lizard people and attacked! We dealt with them, but they were actually pretty tough! We rested a bit afterward before continuing into the mansion.