Adventure Log Session 8

DATE:  June 10-12,   1226 Raeleni Calendar


CHARACTERS


Thom Tum, 3rd level Gnome Thief
Iron Stone, 3rd Level Dwarf Fighter


JUNE 10 (night)

-- Tom Huddle angrily confronts his neighbor Norris Sutton about the incident, but he denies any involvement.

-- Kitten settles down in the barn.  No one bothers her. 

-- After meeting with town leader Carlos Stormhammer, the party is able to convince Tom Huddle that they weren't part of the series of disasters that have been hitting his farm.

-- The party arranged accommodations at the Beard, Board, and Beer Inn and learn of the ongoing problems at the Huddle Hill farm. (burned shed, filled-in well, cows painted green.)


JUNE 11

-- The party meets with various individuals in the town, and learn of town's general layout.  Most of the working-age males not working farms are working the mines in nearby Mountain Lake.

-- They learn of Goldie Buttergut, the tavern keeper's daughter, being wooed by both Huddle and Sutton eldest sons.

-- The party works out a deal with the town council and Tom Huddle.  They will help pay for the damage to the barn (est. 3000 gp) and will stick around long enough to help rebuild it after Kitten has her eggs.

-- The party investigates a burned down house on the edge of town that is haunted by the ghost of a little girl.  Thom sees the ghost briefly.

-- Thom investigates the damage to the town, spotting a creature in the nearby woods.  The creature was eating a rabbit, but manages to evade Thom.

-- Iron Stone learns that the Zephyr Windsteel and her mother Thuala died in a house fire a few weeks ago.  Galra Windsteel, husband/father, drowns his sorrows daily at the tavern or drunk around town.

-- Primula Huddle invites the party to stay at Huddle Hill while they're in town, since they'll be helping at the farm.


JUNE 12


-- Thom goes to ask questions of Mika, Brezhkin, a goat shepherder who has been hanging out with Goldie Buttergut while the Huddles and Suttons are distracted.

-- At the Inn, Iron Stone along with Carlos learn that someone has stolen all the women's underwear in the tavern and elsewhere in town.  they set out on the trail of the thief.

-- Iron and Carlos find a large sack of women's sundries on the side of a trail going north.  They are confronted with Thuala, the supposedly dead mother from the house, who is now apparently a vampire.  After a brief confrontation, she runs off.

-- While Thom is talking with Mika, Thuala shows up pleading for help from Mika.  Mika drops pretenses, revealing he's a necromancer, and has been causing trouble at the Huddle farm to distract Goldie's two other suitors so he could move in.  He sics his horde of undead sheep on Thom.

-- Thom manages to down Mika, but succumbs to unconsciousness himself.

-- Iron Stone shows up, only to be attacked by the zombie sheep.  After a brief fierce stand, the sheep are driven off, stampeding toward the approaching Carlos.

-- The wounded Iron Stone gathers up Thom and they flee back toward town.