Dark Watch
My companions:
- Glibly Smoothtongue - Halfling Myrmidon
- Justin Claybourne - Human Paladin of Torm
- Samian Ware - Human Cleric of Lathander
- Anghil - Elven Fighter/Mage
- Talis - Swashbuckler
- Fraxinus Excelcior - Elven Fighter
- Silver - Moon-elf Fighter/Rogue
HAD JUST
arrived at Sarbreenar, having fled from Cormyr for reasons I won't go
into here. I'd come here because my cousin Karin Greendale had moved here
some time previously, but I didn't know exactly where to find here so
I headed for what seemed to be a reputable Inn. I'd just made the acquaintance
of these people when we heard a scream outside, & we headed out with
everyone else to find out what was going on.
Where were some bodies that had been ripped to shreds. Sergeant Allen co-opted us & took us to a warehouse. It stank: boxes & crates had been cleared from the central area to allow a pentagram to be drawn on the floor. Inside were various body parts but no heads. On the door there was writing in blood: "With this blood we succeed. With this blood we have power. With this blood we shall have release. The master's chains are broken. With the 6th, the city shall fall."
Apparently this was the 5th such killing in 5 weeks. All the attacks had been at night but there was no other discernible pattern to them. No-one had been reported missing, but there had been 2 patrols killed tonight.
We could see two sets of tracks leading out of the warehouse: one set turned left, a shod humanoid. The other sets were of a group of 8–15 turning right: 1 booted, then hooved & clawed, towards the city gates.
A priest of Lathander spoke with the dead. Apparently a magical creature had attacked them from 'everywhere.'
Following the group's tracks, we went out of the Sheep Gate and down a track to a small derelict building. There we fought with some deformed goblinoid creatures and a human woman disguised as a Drow. Anghil took some money & a note from her. She also had something the others referred to as a Doommarker. She'd been about the same height & hair colour as me, so I dressed in her cloak & took her items in case anyone came to the hut while we rested.
FTER A restful
night I kept the items but took the cloak off. Samian spoke with the dead
woman, asking who her master was, but got an equivocal "Mortal
or Godly?" We went back to Sarbreenar, then followed the other
trail. It lead to the place of the attack outside the Inn, then stopped.
We spotted a black-robed figure that had been around last night too. Glibly
thought he went into a house on the corner, but as we moved towards it
our way was barred by 6 mercenary types, quickly dealt with.
Inside the house we found a trapdoor into a cellar and heard chanting. There was a pulsating green eye on the wall above some sort of altar. In the ensuing fight I got blinded early on and had to play dead against the wall for safety. Then some city mages came in to help & we were able to retreat. They also closed the eye somehow & the building slowly collapsed.
Sergeant Allen took us to a temple to get cured & my blindness went after a while. He formally thanked us. Apparently the Drow had been attempting to summon an avatar & needed the blood of heroes to accomplish it.
As well as monetary reward we were offered some free training from the guild of our choice, & a share of the loot – a flawed Diamond.
1373DR (Battlemasters 2001)
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