Bogglewort Garden
Everyone headed to Bogglewort Garden, as there were howls from
wolves that seemed not that far from town, and could even be approaching the
town. Everyone ducked in, just as the windows and doors were being bolted. Wilhelm
bolted the door behind the group. Inside, there was a female Halfling who had
been bolting the doors, a Halfling bartender, a Halfling at the bar, and a
human couple (nobles) and three humans together (merchants). Starlily went and
sat with ‘Bluefinger’ Tilermary Took, the Halfling at the bar. He has a
reputation in town for always snagging the blueberries just before they were ready,
so his fingers were always stained blue. As Starlily talked to him, she noticed
that his fingers were stained with something that was more of a red/brown than
a blue. He accused her of not being a patriot and they exchanged words. As she
walked away, she liberated his coin purse to look for clues, then walked over
to Milgrom to sit and watch. Meanwhile, Bartleby and Wilhelm sat with the pair
of minor nobles, Adolfus and Wilma. They were passing through on their way to
Reikland. Their heraldry was a dog, rampant. They were only in town for the
night because Lord Von Bruner had given them a commission and they needed to
begin. The nobles asked the pair about soldier’s affairs since the guys has
represented the fact they were retired soldiers (though the nobles suspected
they were, in fact, mercenaries). At this point, the merchants overhead and
asked to hire the men to guard them. One of the merchants, Conrad, had been
robbed by foreign bandits from Middenheim on the road. There were nine of the
thugs. There have also been rumors of people disappearing. Though Wilhelm
entertained the idea, there was not a lot of money to be made. Meanwhile,
Bluefinger slipped away, so Starlily followed.
The Abandoned Farm
Starlily followed Bluefinger out of the inn, noting that
while the bartender saw him slip out the back, he did nothing to stop him. She
followed him outside of town, for about a half mile. They came across a farm
that had been abandoned for 30+ years. Then, she felt a knife at her throat.
Bluefinger had discovered her. He told her that she needed to turn around and
leave. The vampires are patriots who transformed to fight the werewolves and
defend the Moot. She did not believe him, because they were transformed by a stretchy.
She wanted to attack, but knew there was no way to do so and survive. She did
confirm that he was a vampire, then he disappeared.
“Is She Trying to
Get Killed?”
The men, once they conferred in the inn to figure out if
they wanted to take the merchant position found that Starlily was missing and
left to track her. They discovered that she was missing and decided to track
her. They settled on going to the woods, but found her hard to track. Bartleby found
her going in the right path, but then had the group going in circles. As they
were beginning to go back to the inn, Starlily found them. She was pissed over
her encounter with Bluefinger and wanted immediate revenge. She wanted to
attack that night, but the men wisely decided to wait for the dawn. Everyone
went back to their inn, where they found Petra sweating and unconscious. She
seemed to be twitching and reacting to a dream. Starlily tried to make her a
healing tea, but mistook Belladonna for the nettles. Luckily, Milgrom noticed
and stopped her from giving Petra the tea. Milgrom got her soup and forcefed
her which helped a little. He also waited until no one else was looking and
touched her with silver. Though she didn’t burn, she jerked. That night,
nothing happened.
“Only Three
Courses?”
In the morning, everyone woke to the delicious smell of
baking bread and other delights. Starlily was intent on devouring a full seven
course breakfast. However, Wilhelm wanted to get an early start so after only
three courses, he insisted on leaving which hurt the female owner’s feelings.
On the way out of town, Starlily stopped at Bogglewort Gardens to again talk to
the bartender. He told her that she was not a patriot, which angered her, but
he said no more. She also noted that the nobles were gone, but there was no
time to track them.
Braddock Skipriver
and the Mastiff
The group approached the house, and found it abandoned save
for a giant Mastiff. It was a large house for Halflings, and all the windows
and doors were boarded up. After knocking and trying the door, the men started
trying to kick down the door. Finally, Starlily suggested that they break down
one of the windows instead, and Wilhelm successfully did so. Then, a young Halfling
named Braddok Skipriver, who used to ride with Speaker Lilywine. He came
downstairs and was human. After some talk (and giving the dog some prime cuts
of lunchmeat) Starlily barged in the house, which prompted the dog to attack
with unnatural speed. As Starlily started her investigation of the house, the
men fought the dog. It bit Milgrom, latching onto his arm, but eventually they
were able to kill the guard dog. Milgrom then intimated Barddok away and
everyone went in the house.
Inside the
Farmhouse
Inside the kitchen
were the remains of the best meal that anyone had ever smelled, bar none. In
the adjoining room there was also a table with chairs. All the chairs were Halfling
chairs except for one stretchy chair. As they were about to head upstairs to
investigate they heard sounds coming from the cellar. Going down the stairs the
two nobles, tied up and gagged with cuts on them. Starlily moved forward to
untie the nobles, but two Halfling vampires dropped down from the ceiling, one
on Wilhelm and one on Starlily. Both suffered attacks, with Wilhelm getting his
cheek chewed and Starlily getting slashed. Wilhelm managed to drive a stake
through the chin of the one attacking him, preventing further bites, as Varadoc
the Knife appeared. Bartleby engaged him. Milgrom distracted Varadoc with much
trash talking, (including threatening to piss in his favorite cooking pan) and
then used a silver tray to reflect sunlight down the stairs, burning a few of
the vamps a bit. As Bartleby necklaced Varadoc with the Shallyian garlic,
Starlily managed to kick her vampire off, as Wilhelm also freed himself.
Bartleby insulted Varadoc’s food, producing such rage that Varadoc attacked him
and him alone. Eventually the other two vampires were killed and Varadoc was
staked through the heart but did not die. Instead, he became inert. Angered
that Varadoc had not been killed Milgrom set fire to the house though everyone
was inside and the greatest wine collection in the land was inside. Bartleby
and Starlily managed to save the house while Wilhelm guarded Varadoc. With the
nobles free, they confirmed that Jonas Von Krieg had been there the night
before with even more Halfling vampires but he did not say where he was going.
As everyone pondered what to do, the game ended for the night.
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