[LPF] Waking the Dead

GlassEye · Nov 18, 2012

The healer nods farewell as Dolgrin, Lem, Menik, and Tasanto leave her small house to continue their investigation into the disappearance of Malcom of Capoe. The four have little to go on except the knowledge that Malcom disappeared from the woods near his small farm plot and that some dark power has been animating the dead as cunning flesh-eaters. More than likely connected, it would seem that the only option at the moment is to investigate the small graveyard where Rochelle's ghoulish children were laid to rest.

Travel back to the burial plot of the hamlet of Capoe seems to take less time in the day than it did the previous night and soon the four are stepping from the shadowed woodland trail into the small open space of the graveyard. Small, hand-carved markers crowd the area though some are toppled by recent digging and the previous evening's combat.

GM:

If you have other options you wish to explore, feel free. I can always edit. Otherwise, if we continue on this line please describe your investigations and include any skill checks you think appropriate.

possum · Nov 19, 2012

Dolgrin walks through the small graveyard once again, much more comfortable than it was during the previous night. He stops at the recently redug graves of the two children that he had faced last night. "So, they say to check out the homestead first, right?" he asks the others.

kinem · Nov 19, 2012

"As long as we're here we might as well have a look" Menik says. He looks for signs of exhumation, as well as anything else odd.

Deuce Traveler · Nov 19, 2012

"Menik, do you really think someone else dug the bodies out, or is it possible that they rose from the graves themselves?" Lem asks while pondering what the results might mean.

Satin Knights · Nov 20, 2012

Tasanto is not quite sure what to do. The monks taught him a bit of fighting, but finding things was not in their lesson plans. Still, he searches the area around the graveyard for any interesting tracks.

GlassEye · Nov 21, 2012

As Menik studies the gravesite he notices the new grave that Dolgrin mentioned but some of the villagers mentioned burying the children the previous night and so that isn't unusual. What does seem a bit unusual is the bare footprint at the edge of the new grave. It is the size of an adult human male's foot and overlaps several booted prints.

After pointing it out to the others, Tasanto finds that there is a trail of broken grass and disturbed dew that leads away from the village and deeper into the woods. It is unclear whether the bare-footed one made the trail but it was recent and possible that the arrival of the four adventurers drove off whoever was here before them.

Menik also notices there is a grave near the edge of the graveyard that has been dug at, as if some creature started to dig up the body or dug up part of the body. Considering the filthy state of Rochelle's children and the disturbing stains around their mouths it is not surprising that they might have done so. There are a few small bones scattered about the disturbed area.

[sblock=OOC]Family & Thanksgiving time will keep me occupied over the next couple of days. I'll try to post again by Friday but may not be able to post again until Sunday or Monday at worst. Have a good holiday.[/sblock]

Satin Knights · Nov 21, 2012

Tasanto will point out the tracks to the others. "They might be fresh." Rather unsure himself. After the others finish checking the graves, he will lead, following the tracks towards what he hopes is their quarry. As soon as he gets twenty feet away, he loses the trail.
[sblock=ooc]I expect to be busy most of turkey day as well.[/sblock]