Session 4 - 1/29/24

Inside the laboratory we found on the alchemist's bench a single finished Potion of Healing and another red-brown potion, but did not have a crystalline substance.
 
I found...lab friends? A protractor, a vial, and a component pouch all with...googly eyes. I had to keep them.
 
We entered in to another room to see something grim. I don't fully understand it, but it seems like horrid flesh creatures were dumping bodies into a blood pit. Right in the middle of the fight, they took one of our slain opponents and dragged him into the pool.
 
We backtracked to a larger room with a statue. We figured out that it was trapped to belch fire or acid to us and thankfully was disarmed.
 
Velvet found the grave of a "Biff McManLarge" and...discovered...from it a blue vest with silver on it. She also found a black bag with...some kind of...black...cracker? cookie? in it?
 
We re-emerged with our barrel bandit in tow and return to the church to report our findings. We've found ourselves in Good Standing with the Temple of Kord. Definitely a worthy boon.
 
We also stopped by the Guard Post to see the captain. He wasn't available though, and Velvet did not want to relay her message.
 
While waiting, Velvet noticed someone being brought in for interrogation. They had the telltale eye icon on the back of their neck, but they also had other imposing tattoos on their arms.
 
Velvet delivered her missive to the Captain, but it seems they had more to discuss. She followed him inside...somewhere.
 
We retired to the inn for the night, and we were approached by a blue rasp with black hair. He delivers a brown wrapped + twine package to Arlen. Unwrapping it shows a polished, finished box with a lid. Opening it reveals itself to be a music box.
 
Chael asked about the OotRS. It was great to talk to him about it!
 
Velvet revealed who she saw at the guard shack. The person she's been pursuing was the same one mentioned in the journal. He was also the one who murdered most of her family...