5/12/2024: More Ahevar Stuff - Amy Grant, Metal Magic, Vultures, Oh My!
Location(s): Ahevar
NPCs: Duran Family, Vultures, Father Grimsby, Tannis
Loot:
Summary:
The librarians shared a document with us about the War of Wailing: A Firsthand History, Volume 1, Introduction. (See document from Dan.) Volume 3 was stolen shortly after the War of Wailing. She thinks it could be at Bal Shadi (which is not an Amy Grant song).
More Shopping:
We head to Threads & Treads (Madeline and someone Duran and Sons, owners) to buy 3 gems or crystals (300gp total). [added to Money & Inventory] Constance (daughter) someone or other does the jewelry and is metal working with magic. Phaedra sees a complete set of books by Flanagan. Constance wants to travel with us so that she can get an apprenticeship. We said we’ll be heading to Delzimmer eventually and we could take her. Teagan and Ta’an also buy a few things.
3 x 40gp - take out of Phaedra’s (potions for Cedwin). [added to Money & Inventory]
Accosted by Vultures
Teagan and Cedwin are forced to take tests from the Vultures when we encountered them in the town square. Teagan passes his test (green) but Cedwin’s turns green but then red quickly (the Vultures messed with Cedwin’s test). Imogen tries to turn it green again, but we are busted. Father Grimsby intervenes and makes the Vultures re-administer the test to Cedwin and the 3rd random blood elf. Father Grimsby finds doctored tests on Trenton, and Tannis removes his weapons and takes him away. Cedwin and the 3rd blood elf passed their second tests. Remy Stanwith (another Vulture) apologizes for Trenton’s behavior and for the term Hakar being used. However, they warn us that there is a blood elf in town who changed last night just out of town. (South Gate, near the wendigo fight site.) Balin somehow gets knowledge when a change occurs - magic? They use physical message sending, since magical stuff sometimes goes awry.
Remy meets us back at Father Grimsby’s. Balin Deliheem (high elf) heads the Vultures in Delzimmer and is very racist towards blood elves. He wears a cloak made out of a blood elf (which means it had to be taken while it was alive). Remy will prepare a list of Talon leaders who can be trusted.
We should keep an eye out for blood elves and report back to Remy. We also tell him about all the weird shit we’ve seen. (Tentacle Richard, fire-breathing bat, robed figures in forest….). He said that we should try to see if the fire-breathing bat was created in a Temple of Corellon (or any of the temples) in Delzimmer. Kids in Delzimmer have been drawing it (and they didn’t even see it). Apparently the creature saved someone being burned at the stake and flew off with her. Kids have also been drawing a purple sword that has a “nnhhhhaaahhh” aura (sound that Dan made, with jazz hands).
The mercenary squad in town are the Divine Hunters.
After Remy leaves, we begin getting our things ready for travel. We hear the clockwork ballista at the north gate going off, as well as fighting and yelling. We see hounds surrounding a group of centaur.
Note for future: If we go to Delzimmer, we have to license our casters.
Next week: Finish fight and ???
