Shackles of Blood

Story Recap: Slain pilgrims in the forest, Wittle and his wife saved, jackleweres bested. Then investigation of the Allano Rothe farm, finding all the animals slain. Puzzles solved and demon summoning prevented. Now onto the next piece of the puzzle
Next part of puzzle leads party to a neglected church and abandoned graveyard
Draw graveyard and church 
Waukeen (neutral deity of commerce, trade and wealth)
Old priest of Jergal maintains the graveyards (Erve)

Structure

Exposition

"The abandoned church and overgrown graveyard are exactly where you were told. The madman's final prophetic words have led you here. Surprisingly, the place is not uninhabited. Two humans in loose-fitting peasant garb move among the gravestones, which are made of a black marble. They lead two lumbering rothé, which are attached to harnesses. It is hard to tell whether these caretakers are trying to fix gravestones, pull them up, or do something else entirely"

"The large iron door opens onto a massive crypt. Every wall contains multiple niches in which rest skeletons long dead. Smaller stone rooms with stone doors fill the crypt as well, obviously the final resting places of more wealthy and influential members of the church. Immediately in front of you stands a human wearing the garb of a priest of Jergal, the god of burial and interment, the keeper of the Book of the Dead. His glasses are askew, and there is a strange dark glow on him that makes him look blurry to you. "More fleshy bodies for my master's army," says a voice that comes from the priest but is definitely not the priest's. "Protect the braziers!" he calls to someone or something that you cannot see deeper in the room."

Relations

Protagonists

Rocco: Nicholas Tophet (human wizard sage)
Becca: Celebrie Padar (wood elf cleric)
Ali: Seiza (high elf wizard sage)
Janelle: Birel (sorcerer -draconic ancestry)
Steg: Badger (warlock rock gnome)
Kristy: Porecia the Beloved (dragonborn paladin)
Jax: Ollenar Crutz (Lightfoot halfling rogue)

Allies

Relune Duscien
Fryday
Sanguine d’Omber
Quinsin Crutz

Neutrals/Bystanders

D.L of Darrowburg

Plot type

Current plot arc