The things Bali keeps in his closet

General Summary

As Mehmen heads off for a well-earned rest Marble, Thomas  and Alok can't resist the urge to go and see what's happening at Bali's tower. They make their way towards his ostentatious Wizard's pad only to find the front door open and every sign of a hasty exit - including a sock and a wand case left behind.
Once inside the tower the heroes find three statues, 2 7 and a half foot-high gold-painted plaster statues of Bali and an old school gargoyle (that seems entirely for decoration). Before looking about upstairs the trio make a chilling discovery, a locked storeroom that contains a partially dismembered human body hanging from a meat hook. The next level reveals very little apart from 3 mirrors from the company of Flozzleberry of Truthy which made the viewer appear taller and slimmer.
The 3 make their way to the top floor, which oddly feels bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. In searching the upper story they find several things:

1. A high powered telescope which was pointed at Mehmen's home
2. The other part of the pair of socks which turned out to be magical
3. A section of the bookcase which had its contents hurriedly removed
4. A large, strange sigil on the floor. Alok remembers that it was a sigil forbidden to be used in law-abiding elven society and, on closer examination, the sigil itself seemed to be made in part of dried blood.
5. A wand. The purpose of the wand is unknown as yet but does make the holder feel uncomfortable and slightly off.
6. A bloody drag mark concealed underneath a slightly singed bearskin rug

Otherwise, the tower appears to be an unremarkable wizardly bachelor pad.
Making their way back down the stairs the adventurers find the gargoyle has animated and attacks, seriously wounding all of them in the process before almost flying off with Thomas. Luckily it is destroyed and our heroes return to the relative safety of Mehmen's shop to rest and recover...

Rewards Granted

• A pair of Wizard Socks which grant the wearer +1 to Arcana checks
• A Magic wand and its case

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Campaign

The Five Fingers of Dorwine

Protagonists

Marble

Alok Ravaralei

Thomas Marchant

Report Date

13 Sep 2020

Primary Location

Darknook