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<blockquote data-quote="Tsillanabor" data-source="post: 2929347" data-attributes="member: 40432"><p>Zombie Apocalypse Day 18</p><p></p><p>On the way back Fraup joins the group. Dramus slips on a patch of ice hurting his ankle and will not be joining the group on this day. By the time they return dawn is breaking. They realize that they are still faced with the problem of the child who has contracted the plague. They can either return to the inner city in the hope that the priests can do something or dispose of the kid when he turns.</p><p></p><p>“If we decide to go back,” Cliona says, “why don’t we travel atop the city wall? We wouldn’t have to fight all the way through that way.”</p><p></p><p>Fraup replies, “ we haven’t actually decided to go back yet…”</p><p></p><p>“I want to go,’ Cliona says, “I don’t want to stay here and watch the kid fight for his life without trying to help, and I can’t kill the kid in front of his parents-I just can’t.”</p><p></p><p>“You know, I think this could be a good test case,” Eoghan says, “it will be a lot easier to get this kid to the temple than a full-grown adult.”</p><p></p><p>“But it is risky,” Fraup opines, “we’re risking getting bitten and turning into zombies ourselves.”</p><p></p><p>“Not if we travel on top of the wall,” Eoghan replies, “we shouldn’t have to fight many zombies that way.”</p><p></p><p>“Well if we try to stay here all winter we’ll risk it anyway,” Cliona says, “we’ll need to leave for food at some point. We’ll need fuel for fires and all sorts of other things.”</p><p></p><p>“I know originally I wanted to kill the kid,” Bokin finally gets to say, “but I’ve thought about it and I think that if one of us happened to get bitten it’d be nice to know that there’s a cure.”</p><p></p><p>“That’s what I’m saying,” Eoghan says, “it is an excellent test case. Even if he turns he’d be small so we could restrain him.”</p><p></p><p>Fraup is looking troubled.</p><p></p><p>“What is bothering you, Fraup?” Eoghan asks.</p><p></p><p>“Well it sounds risky,” Fraup replies, “but I guess we’ll have to leave sometime.”</p><p></p><p>“They are running out of resources here,” Eoghan says, “so at the very least we need to see if the Inner City can spare some protection. We can’t transport the entire Colleges of Magic there, and by their own admission they can’t hold out too much longer.”</p><p></p><p>“We also need to get some food to the Inner City,” Bokin says, “they’ll run out eventually.”</p><p></p><p>“When shall we go?” Eoghan asks.</p><p></p><p>“Let’s go,” Cliona answers, “we have daylight.”</p><p></p><p>“We do need to get out of here pretty soon,” Fraup says, “if we’re going to get back before dark.”</p><p></p><p>“Let’s go tell Derek and Torrin we’re leaving,” Cliona says. </p><p></p><p>“I think the first thing we should do,” Eoghan says, “is get the kid from his parents.”</p><p></p><p>“Should we take the parents with us?” Bokin asks.</p><p></p><p>“I think they’d just slow us down,” Eoghan replies.</p><p></p><p>“If the kid turns into a zombie,” Cliona adds, “I don’t want to kill him in front of them.”</p><p></p><p>Casvel continues, “They’d probably get in the way.”</p><p></p><p>“Wouldn’t it be the best place for them though?” Bokin asks.</p><p></p><p>“Possibly,” Eoghan answers, “but they’d slow us down too much. We will have to journey a short distance through the zombie-occupied part of the city.”</p><p></p><p> The group journeys off to talk to the sick child’s parents. They have been set up in a dormitory room. The group decides that Fraup will do the talking. He knocks on the door and the father answers.</p><p></p><p>“Hello,” Fraup says cheerily.</p><p></p><p>“Hello,” Johan replies. He has obviously been under a lot of strain.</p><p></p><p>“Do you know what’s happening to your son?” Fraup asks.</p><p></p><p>“Not really,” the father replies, “we know he’s sick but nobody’s really told us what’s going on.”</p><p></p><p>“He’s been bitten,” Fraup says, “we’re going to try and take him to the priests in the Inner City.”</p><p></p><p>“How’s that going to help?” Johan asks.</p><p></p><p>“We think they might be able to help him,” Fraup answers.</p><p></p><p>“Can we go with you?” Johan continues.</p><p></p><p>“I don’t think it would be safe,” Fraup says, “I can assure you that we won’t allow your boy to come to any harm.”</p><p></p><p>The man turns and goes back into the room. After a few minutes the parents come to the door.</p><p></p><p>“Well,” the father says, “we’re not pleased with it, but these are hard times and we realize that sometimes we have to do what’s best for him rather than our own peace of mind. I guess we wish you well.”</p><p></p><p>“We shall do our best,” Fraup promises.</p><p></p><p>Casvel goes to create some sort of harness to carry the kid in. The rest of the group goes to talk to Torrin and Derek. They find them on the wall, surveying the damage from the last attack. They tell them of the plan to get the kid to the zombies. Derek suggests that they ask for reinforcements, and agrees that something should be done for the kid. Rope, a rope ladder, and torches are supplied to the group. The group has an early lunch and then leaves. They climb one of the towers, emerging out onto the wall. </p><p></p><p>The group walks along the 10-foot wide wall. Bokin in front, Eoghan second, Cliona third, Casvel fourth, and Fraup last. Bokin says, “someone needs to keep an eye on the child,” so Fraup does so while traveling. On the other side of the wall, the group sees a wall of Iron surrounding the stone wall. </p><p></p><p> Cliona says, ”it looks like someone’s trying to keep us in here.” </p><p></p><p>Eoghan states, ”are they trying to keep us in or the zombies?”</p><p></p><p>Bokin replies, ”I bet they are trying to contain the zombies.”</p><p></p><p>As they move along an occasional zombie is seen. Eventually there’s a small train of zombies following the party. </p><p></p><p>Casvel suddenly says, “I see something ahead.”</p><p></p><p>Bokin asks, “what is it?”</p><p></p><p>Casvel replies, “looks like dead bodies.”</p><p></p><p>The group continues to move closer to the bodies. The line of zombies is getting fairly large, so Bokin and Eoghan shoot at a few.</p><p></p><p>Cliona casts a web spell on the mass of zombies, then sets the web ablaze, destroying most of the foul creatures.</p><p></p><p>The group finally gets to the bodies. There are four bodies that are roughly human sized and covered in snow. Bokin and Fraup brush the snow off of them. Cliona, Casvel, and Bokin can tell that they were cut apart by large sized weapons.</p><p></p><p>Bokin states, “this was done by something big.” </p><p></p><p>Fraup searches the bodies but finds nothing. They look like they were commoners. Bokin theorizes that there are guards on the Iron Wall, and anything that attempted to leave the area was shot down due to someone’s orders. Eoghan theorizes that the big dragon could have come back.</p><p></p><p>Fraup says,” I don’t think we should go on the ground due to the zombies, but I do think we should exercise caution.”</p><p></p><p>Casvel states, ”that would probably be wise.” The group throws the bodies off the wall and continues on their way. Up ahead they see a guard tower. Cliona and Bokin see something moving in the tower. They ready their weapons and walk toward the tower. Eoghan and Cliona cast Mage Armor on themselves. </p><p></p><p>The party looks on as Eoghan pulls out two sickles and says,” I picked these up in the wizards quarter. I’m tired of poking zombies with my sword.”</p><p></p><p>As they get closer to the tower they hear, ”Halt!” The group stops.</p><p></p><p>“Who are you?” asks the voice.</p><p></p><p>Bokin replies, ”people.”</p><p></p><p>“Are you sassing me boy?” the voice growls menacingly.</p><p></p><p>“We’re people who are traveling to…” </p><p></p><p>Cliona interrupts Bokin and says, ”we’re looking to find a cure for this young boy that we have with us. He’s been bitten.”</p><p></p><p>Eoghan says under his breath, ”oh that was the wrong thing to say.”</p><p></p><p>Fraup nods his head, walks over to Cliona, taps her shin and says, ”will you please stop talking?”</p><p></p><p>The voice says, ”enough yelling, send one person forward.”</p><p></p><p>Fraup walks up. He waves and says, ”greetings.”</p><p></p><p>The voice replies, ”so you’re trying to get into the inner city.”</p><p></p><p>The gnome says, ”yeah, we have some friends there we are trying to help survive.”</p><p></p><p>The voice replies, ”well, we have some questions.”</p><p></p><p>Fraup says,” okay.”</p><p></p><p>“How long has this thing been going on?”</p><p></p><p>“We’re not entirely sure. At least I’m not. They’ve been… I just joined them. I’d say for quite some time.”</p><p></p><p>“Very well, go back and get someone who might know.”</p><p></p><p>The gnome nods and returns with Bokin. Off to the side Fraup tells Bokin not to mention the child and what we’re really doing. They consider claiming that Cliona is crazy. </p><p></p><p>Bokin says, ”what do you need?”</p><p></p><p>“How long has this been going on?”</p><p></p><p>“For about two and a half weeks.”</p><p></p><p>“What’s causing it?” the voice says.</p><p></p><p>“We think it is a necromancer,” Bokin replies, “but we aren’t entirely sure. We’re trying to protect the wizard’s quarter because it seems like whatever is behind it wants to send the biggest zombies to…well, basically we think they want to get to the restricted section in the College of Necromancy.”</p><p></p><p>“Why?”</p><p></p><p>“There are some pretty rare books there most likely.”</p><p></p><p>The voice is silent a moment before continuing, “I believe that we shall ally ourselves with you for a time.”</p><p></p><p>“I have a few questions for you,” Bokin says, “we ran into four bodies upon the wall. Have you seen anything big with a weapon?”</p><p></p><p>The voice laughs and Bokin and Fraup hear the door being unlocked. It opens and three ogres walk out onto the wall. Bokin is speechless for a moment, but then yells back to the group, “don’t worry, they’re on our side!” </p><p></p><p>The ogres beckon the group forward as Bokin asks, “so you were the ones that killed the four people?”</p><p></p><p>“They weren’t people anymore,” comes the reply.</p><p></p><p>Bokin tries to question the ogres to discover their purpose but the leader is evasive. The group arrives and the ogres introduce themselves. The leader is Kuhl. He is larger than the others and carries a greatsword upon his back. The next is Gnith. He is the smallest, yet seems the most intelligent. The last is Roht. He is quiet and seems to exude an aura of menace. They are dressed in black and move with a grace not often seen in ogres.</p><p></p><p>The group journeys on to the inner city. They decide to cross where the inner city wall and the outer wall are closest. They decide that Bokin will hang the rope ladder from the wall, and after everyone descends he will glide to the inner city wall and hang it from there so that they can climb up. The plan works well, but as the group fights their way across and up the ladder several guards approach Bokin on the inner city wall. </p><p></p><p>“Remember me?” he says cheerfully, “I was with the paladin Dramus.”</p><p></p><p>“Yes,” the guard replies warily, “where is that ass?”</p><p></p><p>“I’m not saying he isn’t an ass,” Bokin replies as the group joins him, “but he twisted his ankle in the wizard’s quarter.”</p><p></p><p>“How do we know you didn’t take care of him?”</p><p></p><p>“Do you really think we’re going to kill a paladin for no reason?”</p><p></p><p>“You might,” the guard accuses, “I don’t know you that well.”</p><p></p><p>“Don’t you remember how well we worked together?”</p><p></p><p>“When did I work with you?”</p><p></p><p>“Not you,” Bokin says, beginning to feel frustrated with the guard, “the paladin.”</p><p></p><p>“I wasn’t there,” says the surly guard, “there is a rule of quarantine on anyone coming into the inner city, and we’re not very pleased that you climbed our wall.”</p><p></p><p>“We apologize for the inconvenience, but it was convenient for us.”</p><p></p><p>“Come with us,” the guard says, “you’re going to quarantine.”</p><p></p><p>“Again!” Bokin groans.</p><p></p><p>Fraup interrupts, “I don’t know if that is the right thing to do-we’re clearly clean.”</p><p></p><p>“How would I know that?” the guard asks.</p><p></p><p>“You can check me for bites,” Bokin offers.</p><p></p><p>The guard eyes Cliona lasciviously, “does that go for the elf wench?”</p><p></p><p>“No!” Cliona shouts. </p><p></p><p>Thus they go into quarantine. They explain that they need to get the boy to the temple and demand to see the high priest, the magistrate, Prince Ehren, and anyone else they’ve met. A short time later the guard comes back, much more contrite than he had been.</p><p></p><p>“There are some people here to see you,” he says, unlocking the door.</p><p></p><p>The magistrate, High Priest Yorrick and Prince Ehren all greet the group warmly. The heroes tell them what has occurred, and the magistrate goes to organize a force to reinforce the defenders of the wizard’s quarter. After saying goodbye to Ehren they walk to the temple with Yorrick. They explain the situation with the child, and the cleric promises to do his best. Bokin and Fraup notice that the ogres seem to be surreptitiously searching the temple. Bokin asks what they’re doing.</p><p></p><p>“Eh,” Kuhl says, “we’re not used to finery like this.”</p><p></p><p>Bokin senses that he’s being lied to, but lets it pass. “So what are you going to do now that you’ve made it to the inner city?” he asks.</p><p></p><p>“We’ve been assigned to find something, but I don’t know where..” the ogre muses.</p><p></p><p>“Maybe I can help you,” Fraup offers, “I’m pretty good at finding things that don’t belong to me.”</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps we’ll talk later,” Kuhl replies.</p><p></p><p>The group goes to eat lunch. A short time later they are joined by the magistrate. He asks them to check the garrison for him after they return to the wizard’s sector. They haven’t had any contact since the troubles began. The heroes agree, and he tells them that he’ll take a group of the city guards with him to the wizard’s quarter at midday the next day.</p><p></p><p>Shortly thereafter a priest gets the group. They go to the temple. Yorrick is jubilant-the child has been cured. The plague is clearly magical in nature, as it took a remove curse to cure the boy. They take the kid with them and head back to the wizard’s quarter. They arrive without incident shortly before sunset.</p><p></p><p>As they prepare for bed Bokin theorizes that Dramus’ sword is what the ogres are after.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tsillanabor, post: 2929347, member: 40432"] Zombie Apocalypse Day 18 On the way back Fraup joins the group. Dramus slips on a patch of ice hurting his ankle and will not be joining the group on this day. By the time they return dawn is breaking. They realize that they are still faced with the problem of the child who has contracted the plague. They can either return to the inner city in the hope that the priests can do something or dispose of the kid when he turns. “If we decide to go back,” Cliona says, “why don’t we travel atop the city wall? We wouldn’t have to fight all the way through that way.” Fraup replies, “ we haven’t actually decided to go back yet…” “I want to go,’ Cliona says, “I don’t want to stay here and watch the kid fight for his life without trying to help, and I can’t kill the kid in front of his parents-I just can’t.” “You know, I think this could be a good test case,” Eoghan says, “it will be a lot easier to get this kid to the temple than a full-grown adult.” “But it is risky,” Fraup opines, “we’re risking getting bitten and turning into zombies ourselves.” “Not if we travel on top of the wall,” Eoghan replies, “we shouldn’t have to fight many zombies that way.” “Well if we try to stay here all winter we’ll risk it anyway,” Cliona says, “we’ll need to leave for food at some point. We’ll need fuel for fires and all sorts of other things.” “I know originally I wanted to kill the kid,” Bokin finally gets to say, “but I’ve thought about it and I think that if one of us happened to get bitten it’d be nice to know that there’s a cure.” “That’s what I’m saying,” Eoghan says, “it is an excellent test case. Even if he turns he’d be small so we could restrain him.” Fraup is looking troubled. “What is bothering you, Fraup?” Eoghan asks. “Well it sounds risky,” Fraup replies, “but I guess we’ll have to leave sometime.” “They are running out of resources here,” Eoghan says, “so at the very least we need to see if the Inner City can spare some protection. We can’t transport the entire Colleges of Magic there, and by their own admission they can’t hold out too much longer.” “We also need to get some food to the Inner City,” Bokin says, “they’ll run out eventually.” “When shall we go?” Eoghan asks. “Let’s go,” Cliona answers, “we have daylight.” “We do need to get out of here pretty soon,” Fraup says, “if we’re going to get back before dark.” “Let’s go tell Derek and Torrin we’re leaving,” Cliona says. “I think the first thing we should do,” Eoghan says, “is get the kid from his parents.” “Should we take the parents with us?” Bokin asks. “I think they’d just slow us down,” Eoghan replies. “If the kid turns into a zombie,” Cliona adds, “I don’t want to kill him in front of them.” Casvel continues, “They’d probably get in the way.” “Wouldn’t it be the best place for them though?” Bokin asks. “Possibly,” Eoghan answers, “but they’d slow us down too much. We will have to journey a short distance through the zombie-occupied part of the city.” The group journeys off to talk to the sick child’s parents. They have been set up in a dormitory room. The group decides that Fraup will do the talking. He knocks on the door and the father answers. “Hello,” Fraup says cheerily. “Hello,” Johan replies. He has obviously been under a lot of strain. “Do you know what’s happening to your son?” Fraup asks. “Not really,” the father replies, “we know he’s sick but nobody’s really told us what’s going on.” “He’s been bitten,” Fraup says, “we’re going to try and take him to the priests in the Inner City.” “How’s that going to help?” Johan asks. “We think they might be able to help him,” Fraup answers. “Can we go with you?” Johan continues. “I don’t think it would be safe,” Fraup says, “I can assure you that we won’t allow your boy to come to any harm.” The man turns and goes back into the room. After a few minutes the parents come to the door. “Well,” the father says, “we’re not pleased with it, but these are hard times and we realize that sometimes we have to do what’s best for him rather than our own peace of mind. I guess we wish you well.” “We shall do our best,” Fraup promises. Casvel goes to create some sort of harness to carry the kid in. The rest of the group goes to talk to Torrin and Derek. They find them on the wall, surveying the damage from the last attack. They tell them of the plan to get the kid to the zombies. Derek suggests that they ask for reinforcements, and agrees that something should be done for the kid. Rope, a rope ladder, and torches are supplied to the group. The group has an early lunch and then leaves. They climb one of the towers, emerging out onto the wall. The group walks along the 10-foot wide wall. Bokin in front, Eoghan second, Cliona third, Casvel fourth, and Fraup last. Bokin says, “someone needs to keep an eye on the child,” so Fraup does so while traveling. On the other side of the wall, the group sees a wall of Iron surrounding the stone wall. Cliona says, ”it looks like someone’s trying to keep us in here.” Eoghan states, ”are they trying to keep us in or the zombies?” Bokin replies, ”I bet they are trying to contain the zombies.” As they move along an occasional zombie is seen. Eventually there’s a small train of zombies following the party. Casvel suddenly says, “I see something ahead.” Bokin asks, “what is it?” Casvel replies, “looks like dead bodies.” The group continues to move closer to the bodies. The line of zombies is getting fairly large, so Bokin and Eoghan shoot at a few. Cliona casts a web spell on the mass of zombies, then sets the web ablaze, destroying most of the foul creatures. The group finally gets to the bodies. There are four bodies that are roughly human sized and covered in snow. Bokin and Fraup brush the snow off of them. Cliona, Casvel, and Bokin can tell that they were cut apart by large sized weapons. Bokin states, “this was done by something big.” Fraup searches the bodies but finds nothing. They look like they were commoners. Bokin theorizes that there are guards on the Iron Wall, and anything that attempted to leave the area was shot down due to someone’s orders. Eoghan theorizes that the big dragon could have come back. Fraup says,” I don’t think we should go on the ground due to the zombies, but I do think we should exercise caution.” Casvel states, ”that would probably be wise.” The group throws the bodies off the wall and continues on their way. Up ahead they see a guard tower. Cliona and Bokin see something moving in the tower. They ready their weapons and walk toward the tower. Eoghan and Cliona cast Mage Armor on themselves. The party looks on as Eoghan pulls out two sickles and says,” I picked these up in the wizards quarter. I’m tired of poking zombies with my sword.” As they get closer to the tower they hear, ”Halt!” The group stops. “Who are you?” asks the voice. Bokin replies, ”people.” “Are you sassing me boy?” the voice growls menacingly. “We’re people who are traveling to…” Cliona interrupts Bokin and says, ”we’re looking to find a cure for this young boy that we have with us. He’s been bitten.” Eoghan says under his breath, ”oh that was the wrong thing to say.” Fraup nods his head, walks over to Cliona, taps her shin and says, ”will you please stop talking?” The voice says, ”enough yelling, send one person forward.” Fraup walks up. He waves and says, ”greetings.” The voice replies, ”so you’re trying to get into the inner city.” The gnome says, ”yeah, we have some friends there we are trying to help survive.” The voice replies, ”well, we have some questions.” Fraup says,” okay.” “How long has this thing been going on?” “We’re not entirely sure. At least I’m not. They’ve been… I just joined them. I’d say for quite some time.” “Very well, go back and get someone who might know.” The gnome nods and returns with Bokin. Off to the side Fraup tells Bokin not to mention the child and what we’re really doing. They consider claiming that Cliona is crazy. Bokin says, ”what do you need?” “How long has this been going on?” “For about two and a half weeks.” “What’s causing it?” the voice says. “We think it is a necromancer,” Bokin replies, “but we aren’t entirely sure. We’re trying to protect the wizard’s quarter because it seems like whatever is behind it wants to send the biggest zombies to…well, basically we think they want to get to the restricted section in the College of Necromancy.” “Why?” “There are some pretty rare books there most likely.” The voice is silent a moment before continuing, “I believe that we shall ally ourselves with you for a time.” “I have a few questions for you,” Bokin says, “we ran into four bodies upon the wall. Have you seen anything big with a weapon?” The voice laughs and Bokin and Fraup hear the door being unlocked. It opens and three ogres walk out onto the wall. Bokin is speechless for a moment, but then yells back to the group, “don’t worry, they’re on our side!” The ogres beckon the group forward as Bokin asks, “so you were the ones that killed the four people?” “They weren’t people anymore,” comes the reply. Bokin tries to question the ogres to discover their purpose but the leader is evasive. The group arrives and the ogres introduce themselves. The leader is Kuhl. He is larger than the others and carries a greatsword upon his back. The next is Gnith. He is the smallest, yet seems the most intelligent. The last is Roht. He is quiet and seems to exude an aura of menace. They are dressed in black and move with a grace not often seen in ogres. The group journeys on to the inner city. They decide to cross where the inner city wall and the outer wall are closest. They decide that Bokin will hang the rope ladder from the wall, and after everyone descends he will glide to the inner city wall and hang it from there so that they can climb up. The plan works well, but as the group fights their way across and up the ladder several guards approach Bokin on the inner city wall. “Remember me?” he says cheerfully, “I was with the paladin Dramus.” “Yes,” the guard replies warily, “where is that ass?” “I’m not saying he isn’t an ass,” Bokin replies as the group joins him, “but he twisted his ankle in the wizard’s quarter.” “How do we know you didn’t take care of him?” “Do you really think we’re going to kill a paladin for no reason?” “You might,” the guard accuses, “I don’t know you that well.” “Don’t you remember how well we worked together?” “When did I work with you?” “Not you,” Bokin says, beginning to feel frustrated with the guard, “the paladin.” “I wasn’t there,” says the surly guard, “there is a rule of quarantine on anyone coming into the inner city, and we’re not very pleased that you climbed our wall.” “We apologize for the inconvenience, but it was convenient for us.” “Come with us,” the guard says, “you’re going to quarantine.” “Again!” Bokin groans. Fraup interrupts, “I don’t know if that is the right thing to do-we’re clearly clean.” “How would I know that?” the guard asks. “You can check me for bites,” Bokin offers. The guard eyes Cliona lasciviously, “does that go for the elf wench?” “No!” Cliona shouts. Thus they go into quarantine. They explain that they need to get the boy to the temple and demand to see the high priest, the magistrate, Prince Ehren, and anyone else they’ve met. A short time later the guard comes back, much more contrite than he had been. “There are some people here to see you,” he says, unlocking the door. The magistrate, High Priest Yorrick and Prince Ehren all greet the group warmly. The heroes tell them what has occurred, and the magistrate goes to organize a force to reinforce the defenders of the wizard’s quarter. After saying goodbye to Ehren they walk to the temple with Yorrick. They explain the situation with the child, and the cleric promises to do his best. Bokin and Fraup notice that the ogres seem to be surreptitiously searching the temple. Bokin asks what they’re doing. “Eh,” Kuhl says, “we’re not used to finery like this.” Bokin senses that he’s being lied to, but lets it pass. “So what are you going to do now that you’ve made it to the inner city?” he asks. “We’ve been assigned to find something, but I don’t know where..” the ogre muses. “Maybe I can help you,” Fraup offers, “I’m pretty good at finding things that don’t belong to me.” “Perhaps we’ll talk later,” Kuhl replies. The group goes to eat lunch. A short time later they are joined by the magistrate. He asks them to check the garrison for him after they return to the wizard’s sector. They haven’t had any contact since the troubles began. The heroes agree, and he tells them that he’ll take a group of the city guards with him to the wizard’s quarter at midday the next day. Shortly thereafter a priest gets the group. They go to the temple. Yorrick is jubilant-the child has been cured. The plague is clearly magical in nature, as it took a remove curse to cure the boy. They take the kid with them and head back to the wizard’s quarter. They arrive without incident shortly before sunset. As they prepare for bed Bokin theorizes that Dramus’ sword is what the ogres are after. [/QUOTE]
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