Breakfast and Bakeries by Aldrich | World Anvil
Sat 13th Mar 2021 10:34

Breakfast and Bakeries

by Aldrich Runecarver

We attempted to search the bodies of the fiends, but they turned to soot almost immediately. Dru was able to find a metal cube on Jillia. Each side of the cube was about 6" and had a red circle on it along with various symbols, and emanated a strong magic.
 
Bevil found us shortly after our fight with Jillia and Camilla. He was upset that I had broken my bonds, and that Mirielle and Zarruk had not contacted him when we encountered the fiends. I left and went to my room for the rest of the night. (side note: Bevil serves the goddess Yondola; need to see if this will cause any conflict of interest with my deity)
 
In the morning I had an errand to run and left early before the rest of the party awoke. Eventually they all made their way to the common room of the inn, where Dru proceeded to take over the breakfast buffet in a hilariously entertaining manner. Bevil joined them a short time later, and brought them back to the great room we had been in the evening before. He informed them that the wards had been breached, and that our enemies seem to have found a way to track our movements. He had found some other items on the remains of the fiends, and placed them out on the table. One was a sphere made of what looked like rusty iron; it is some kind of ensnaring sphere which can answer a magic command to trap an enemy. There was also a red candlestick with an ornately inscribed base, a dagger with a poison blade, and a map of Barad Elion.
 
With the enemy hot on our heels, Bevil suggested that we find other accommodations; he also let us know that Sibil still has not recovered from her illness back in Wolfrest Keep. He sent Zarruk, Mirielle , and Dru back to Hot Buns Bakery to meet with Eladin.
 
When they got there and speak with Eladin, he told them he is a type of "gatekeeper" for this region (Bevil is apparently something called a "caretaker"; he makes the gates while Eladin watches over them). A group entered the gate to Barad Elion recently, bypassing Eladin's safeguards. He asked that we be his eyes in the city; he mentioned there has been some trouble with the city well, and some force is establishing itself to the south.
 
Everyone returned to the Inn, where I revealed that I am actually a Fey'ri. I keep an illusion on myself for protection, as many other races would hunt my kind down if I revealed myself. I am a knight of Silvanus and trying to prove my worth, though I am ashamed of my heritage. I also suffer from strange bouts of amnesia, where I lose all memory of events during a period of time and have no idea what triggers this change. I don't remember what happened yesterday after we left Tabor, and this morning a halfling woman named Myria Highhill confronted me, knowing what I am and wanting me to do her dirty work for her or she'll have me cast out or killed. She wants the well in the town purified and the demons around it dealt with; we are to speak to a Father Briar at the House of Ataraxia for the purification ritual, and then meet her the next day at sunset at the well. I also bring up that another soldier asked for aid in investigating a series of robberies, but the well situation seems more pressing since Myria was very insistent that it be completed or I would be in danger.
 
The group was understanding and much more supportive than I've ever experienced. We gathered our things and are now headed to the home of one of Bevil's friends named Egert in Honeyreach. However Bevil reacted strangely when I mentioned the name Father Briar. When Zarruk and I asked about it, he mentioned that he has known Briar for 300 years and had worked with him previously. Some time ago the two of them had found an ancient manuscript written in a strange language. This Father Briar became obsessed with deciphering the manuscript, but Bevil believed it could hold dark secrets (it may be best to speak with this Father Briar personally without bringing Bevil into it, at least until we know more about his involvement with Myria or any of the other strange goings on here in Barad Elion).