Chapter III - Wizards and Warlocks
General Summary
Alone in a room with the bandit they had convinced to surrender, Mosi wanted to join the others, and so he politely, but firmly, asked the man to climb into a barrel, which he did. Mosi then pushed a large crate in front of the opening in the barrel, and quickly ran into the cavern in the center of the cellar, where the others were.
Just as they gathered in the dark cavern, they heard a sound from the north, and Bramblebrow saw a figure slinking past them in the darkness. They approached and saw that it was Glasstaff, the leader of the Redbrands: the man they had been looking for. Bramblebrow and Ranulf stormed towards him, shouting at him to surrender, and Bramble grappled him and took away his staff, which was indeed apparently made of glass, but he wiggled free of her and ran to the eastern wall, which turned out to be a secret passage. Desperately, he shouted "Nisha'ak!" into the dark hallway, which Mosi recognized as a necromantic command word meaning "Protect me".
Bramble grabed Glasstaff again, and tossed him to Haku and Mosi, while she ran into the secret passage to help Ranulf and Cas deal with the skeletons.
Haku kills Glasstaff in a moment of uncontrolled fury.
Mosi sees something undead, and asks Haku if he is a warlock.
The skeletons are dispatched.
Mosi takes Glass' things, a baker-rock, a spellbook and some money.
They all gather in the crypt, where Mosi casts detect magic on the rock.
He detects Glasstaff's rat familiar. They all return to the room where they killed Staff and Mosi tolls the rat.
Mosi opens the door to the prison and gets grapped by a desperate redbrand (there are two)
He slips out of his grasp, and Ranulf cuts him across the chest. Haku finishes him off by frying his brain with electricity.
The other redbrand surrenders, and Bramble grabs him.
They release Deirdre and Maureen, and interogate the redbrand. He reveals the layout of the cellar, they break his hands and throw him in the brig.
Bramble escorts Maureen and Deirdre out the cave the way they came in, and Ewan is waiting in the bushes when they emerge in the moonlight.
Meanwhile, the others go back to the room where the other redbrand is trapped in the barrel. They release him, interogate him, then let him run. He does not pass Bramble on the way out.
Bramble returns and they rest for a short while.
Mosi atunes to the staff of Defense.
They investigate Staff's quarters. Book, ancient letter, alchemy setup. Letter from spider.
They check the rest of the hideout. Trapped corridor, stash in the fountain, the storeroom where a few redbrands must have slept and escaped with the barrelguy. Cask of ale.
They return to The Scrawny Dog and have port with Tobian. They sleep.
Haku has a dream.
In the morning, on the 19th of Sharpening, they eat breakfast, they bathe, Maureen shows up and tells them about Craobh Tàirneanaich and her family'sheirloom. Bramble gives gold to her.
Harbin Wester shows up and gives them 100v in gold talents each, as Barthen, Barclay and Tobian insists.
Rewards Granted
Milestone to level 4.
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22 Sep 2024
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