Midnight Raid

by Aldrich Runecarver

Tharra was waiting for us at the edge of the High Forest. We traveled back to Shadowtop Cathedral where we planned to wait until the cover of night before striking out for the bandits' camp. Along the way I asked Tharra about the lights she said she had seen the night she was captured. She confirmed that the lights were not caused by the bandits, but were something different. Dru and I both thought her description sounded eerily similar to the lights we had seen in the distance our first night at Egert's. After dealing with the bandits and the hags, it would probably be a good idea to investigate those more. We arrived at Shadowtop without incident, and already it seemed more peaceful than when we had left it. Repairs were being made to areas damaged by Aerglas and additional defenses put in place. Greenwhistle greeted us; it seemed he had been writing down some lyrics to a new song, but was having some trouble. Zarruk stepped up to help, and after sorting through a few of his entries helped him settle on some that actually sounded decent. The lyrics all seemed to have been attempts at love songs and Zarruk spent some time helping him work out an appropriate melody to go along with them. While they continued working on the song I found a quiet spot to sleep and wait for dark.

Dru noticed that Tharra seemed genuinely affected by Greenwhistle's song and asked her about her it. She admitted to having feelings for the satyr, but said that she had spent her life dedicated to the Enclave and hadn't considered any sort of meaningful relationship. Dru encouraged her to explore her feelings, and although she said she felt torn between her feelings and her duty, she agreed to consider it.

Before leaving Shadowtop, we divided the potions we had found previously. We then set out at night and searched for the bandits' camp, finding it around midnight. Dru cast a spell to muffle our movement and hide our forms, and we scouted the camp for guards. I sent Sypha flying over the camp, watching through her eyes, and was able to make out several individuals gathered around a fire in the center of the camp with a little over half a dozen others scattered around the perimeter standing watch. Po and Mirielle then went to work, quickly sneaking up on the guards and dispatching several before they even had a chance to react (remind me never to let that Drow out of my sight in the future). We then attacked the main camp. Zarruk cast a huge fireball in the center, and Dru summoned several lynxes to fight alongside him. We made quick work of the rest with the survivors attempting to flee, but Po put a stop to that with a sleep spell. Of the twelve bandits, nine were slain and three captured and unconcious.

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