The Anatomically
Correct Minotaur
After barely surviving the rest of the encounter with the
beastmen, the group was horrified by the roar of a minotaur. Though they tried
to plan, he charged before any real planning could be done. Luckily, everyone
attacked. Unluckily, there was not enough damage done. With rage in his eyes on
blood pouring from his wounds, the minotaur charged Wilhelm, knocking him unconscious.
Seeing this, Petra charged forward and punched the minotaur in the kidneys,
which drew the minotaur’s ire. Luckily, Bartleby’s next shot killed the beast.
Scooping up their unconscious and heavily damaged comrades, the party rode back
to the village as horns of beastmen bellowed in the background.
“Live, Damn You!!”
Once back at the temple, Petra did her best to patch up
Wilhelm and the Priestess, as did the villager who initially welcomed us there.
Everyone waited with bated breath to see if Wilhelm or the Priestess would
live, but they both woke up the next day. However, the group was so concerned
about Wilhelm that they forgot about his horse, who was heavily wounded. By the
next day, infection was starting to set in. By using Shallyian salve and
getting the closest thing to a vet the village had, they were able to get the
horse stabilized and healing.
“He’s Not Broken
Enough.”
As everyone started the process of healing, the party
started asking Gunther about Von Bloomburg. He hired Gunther and some other
mercenaries to accompany him to go to Castle Untergong. On the way, it was
apparent that Von Bloomburg had a disturbed mind, and was obsessed with finding
the missing pages for the book with the baby skull. Even though everyone agreed
that they needed to ride after Von Bloomburg they wanted to rest an extra night
so they could heal their wounds. However, the Priestess of Shallya started
packing up, determined to ride out that night. When Wilhelm became incensed
that she and he were still on death’s door but she was riding out, she shamed
him into going.
Lotus Rage
On the way, while riding in the swamp, the group became lost
when they heard cursing and the sounds of crows. Approaching, they found a man
being attacked by abnormally large crows. They had pulled some of his hair out,
and pecked at him. One had a pouch in its mouth and another had a hat in its
beak. They seemed very aware, so Petra carried on a conversation with him by
having them caw for yes or no. They were crows of Mor protecting a local
graveyard. The man was there gathering lotus blossoms, which were in the sack.
To taunt the man on the ground, the crow teased one out of the bag and ate it.
That was when Bartleby shot it. It dropped the bag but all the blossoms had
been eaten. Gathering the dead bird, the man invited us to his village.
Eating Crow
In the village, the smell of lotus filled the air. Novak was
the name of the crow tortured man, who gave the dead bird to his wife to cook
into a stew. The village was small and seemed weakened. Eventually, Novak
shared his story that their village’s only source of income was gathering and
selling the lotus blossoms. One of his best costumers was the former Lord Von
Argendi, Max’s father. However, the new lord does not pay for his lotus.
Instead, Bertram comes to the village and collects a lotus tax. If the locals
cannot pay, he simply takes some of them and they are never seen from nor heard
from again. Times are getting hard which is why he raided the cemetrary. The
lotus blossoms are disappearing as they are picked too much to support Bertram.
Novak did agree to escort everyone to Castle Untergong.
The Crumbling
Castle
The group arrived at Castle Untergong around midnight. They
saw a lantern light appear and disappear off a ledge. Moving up to the ledge,
they discovered that there was a sheer face. While deciding how to get down,
they heard a gravelly voice warn them against proceeding. He was the
witchhunter of Mor from the village who followed Von Bloomburg here. He agreed
to help as long as the book was given to the followers to Mor to destroy. Once
it was agreed, he informed the group that there were tunnels down below filled
with zombie centuries. Luckily, Milgrom was packing explosives, so Petra
lowered herself down a rope with one, chucked it at the zombies, and climbed
back up, assisted by her teammates. As Petra slid back down to see if the coast
was clear, she heard several people approaching. Milgrom came down the rope and
drew his blunderbuss, then it was time for battle.
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