The Autumn Harvest Festival, Chapter 4
General Summary
The party, with Cyanwrath, two kobolds, Leosin, and the dragonborn woman in tow, exit the tunnels to head towards the Great Hall in Foxbard Castle. Passing through the gardens and the hallways, they notice that it is eerily quiet and that there are no people or guards to be seen anywhere. They conclude that people must be gathered in one area. Before getting to the Great Hall, Crawler mentions that she has a bad feeling about going there without weapons, so the party heads back to the gatehouse to grab their weapons. Relentless checks in with Heshan who only scratches at the Stone of Far Speech in answer, seemingly unable to speak aloud. He "answers" that he needs no help from them and the party continues on.
Tally opens the locked gatehouse door easily to reveal 3 chests with no guard in place. Tally handles the chests with ease and they open each in order. The first reveals their weapons and several decorative knives and daggers and other various weapons confiscated by the guard. The second reveals gold and jewelry and pieces of art, which the party opts not to mess with. The third is opened and it reveals a freshly dead guard folded up and shoved into the chest, his blood soaking the velvet in the bottom of the chest. Investigation concludes that he was stabbed by kobolds. Relentless speaks to him and he confirms this, and also that he was alone because other guards had been called away (likely when Relentless called guards to help with the doppelgangers). The kobolds with the party admire the dead guard's wounds, impressed by their fellows. Relentless relays this information to the party.
Having gathered their weapons, the party heads to the Great Hall. Medericus finds cobwebs on the ceiling and follows them to find Gnawdy, later finding her on the ceiling of the Great Hall. As they near it, muffled voices are heard, including the incoherent rumble of Jasttor's voice as if it was turned on beneath his clothing. The party sends Little under the main doors to investigate--she's seen and nobles scream, reverberating over Jasttor's amulet to confirm he's in the Great Hall. After alerting the people inside to a presence there, the party heads around to try and get up to the mezzanine above the main floor of the Great Hall. They find the stairs and head upwards, Crawler and the female dragonborn taking watch at the doors while the others head inside (Relentless, Medericus, Leosin, Kitrick, Tally).
Report Date
04 Mar 2018
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