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[johnsemlak]

A couple of weeks later, Aldepri, a captain of the guard, received word of a village that had been destroyed but an unknown force of somekind. The only survivor was a lone child who had managed to escape and was found by some travellers, and the child said no sensible information about the attackers. Aldepri gathered a small force of his acquaintences (the other PCs) to investigate.

One the way, a number of things happened.

While travelling, they were hit by a mild snowstorm. During this, one of the characters noticed a dim, magical light off the road. Several characters went down (it was sevaral feet down a hill) to investigate. Nothing was found except several plants of an herb called Merethor, which Kalmes collected (having some skill in herbalism). The plant has some healing power.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group was approached and attacked by a lone traveller, who at first appeared to be a harmless halfling. The halfling appeared to be a thief attempting to steal some horses, but then the remaining PCs, led by Gundar, tried to stop him, he slowly turned into a large animal (a boar as it turned out) and began to attack the party savagely. As the party had few weapons which could injure the creature, the were-boar was eventually killed by several blows of a silver dagger (which Kalmes threw to Aldepri) and some acid which Kalmes maneged to douse the boar with. The party did not escapted unscathed, as Gundar and Aldepri were both injured, and the party feared they were infected with lycanthrope (Kalmes knew something of the matter). Kalmes searched in vein for an herb in the nearby forest to cure the characters, but without success.