Session ??: After the ambush on the way to

General Summary

In the aftermath of the battle

we found ~20 dead of various sizes and ages (mostly children and the elderly). Killed by some sort of slashing weapon. Some do not have slashing marks. Appear to have been dead for several years (~5?).
During camp, Zeb notices that the surroundings are unnaturally quiet. He passes this on to us in pictographs from his monkey form.
Finder's Gulch appears the next day. The town is a ghost town. Most of the town is collapsed. Trees are burned. We investigate the one building in town that appears in semi decent shape.
We are ambushed by a withered old man wielding a scythe and wearing a red cap (!!).
In the building that the redcap ambushed us in, Colman and Zeb find the town's ledger. Anie is able to decipher the ledger's codes to figure out what buildings are what.
Town Buildings:

Mayor's House (the building we fought the Redcap in)

E. Quogglazizcks' house. Located across from the Mayor's house and towards the fountain (Looking for Epiram)

Quogglazizcks' house is infested with rats. Inside the house we find a journal written in Sylvan.
Last entry in journal was 65 years ago: Thinks he's found a linkage in the tome, and thinks he can find an answer in the library
We camp in the Mayor's house. Zeb and Colman have bad dreams and do not get a good night's rest. Colman makes a less than normally good breakfast.
We head up the road to the north and find the monastery which is built into the mountainside. The entry door has dwarven art on it. The entry door was chained shut, but the chain and lock are broken. Bob opens the doors, and we proceed inside, leaving Bob outdoors.
Colman moves to open the inner doors when hands appear pushing through (or maybe out of) the door. We see Quogglazizcks close the door, preventing a young girl from escaping an undead horde; shaking Colman's and Anie's resolve.

Report Date

29 Nov 2018