The Enemy Within: Shadows Over Bögenhafen

[Dr Simon]

Franz hands Lorena one of the torches that the heavies are carrying, and the group sets off through the sewers. With the aid of the map it is fairly easy to make sweeps of the area where members of the Thieves Guild have been going missing, although it is a rather large and vague area admittedly.

After about half an hour or more, when you even think you might be getting used to the smell, Gorim is the first to spot something in the main sewer channel, something like a slumped figure partly blocking the flow.

OOC: Roughly where point F is marked on the map.

 

[FourMonos]

Garold tries to move a little closer, to see if he can see what the object or creature is.

 

[tiornys]

As Garold investigates the body, Lorena keeps an eye out for danger, in case this might be a trap.

 

[Neurotic]

Kildrak keeps close behind Garold in case of an ambush.


OOC: Assume protective rune state grants Garold resist all 2

 

[Dr Simon]

Garold investigates the shape - it is the corpse of a dwarf (the beard is the first giveaway).

On closer inspection, the corpse has been horribly mutilated. The right arm is missing and it looks like it was torn away violently. The chest has been cut open. It looks like the body has been chewed by rats as well.

Garold, Gorim and Kildrak recognise the dwarf despite the covering of blood and sewage; it is Gottri, the drunken dwarf who was in the festival stocks only yesterday.

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Lorena also recognises Gottri Gurnisson; he's known amongst Bogenhafen's underworld as an incorrigible alcoholic. The Thieve's Guild tries to regulate beggars in the town, but Gottri is either so drink-befuddled or dwarvishly stubborn (or both) that he never seems to get the hint, and so the Guild leaves him to his own devices. He is (or was) a miserable wretch.
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[FourMonos]

Garold slowly pulls his sword from it's scabbard.

"Be on your guard, friends. Foul things are about."

He continues to move slowly forward.

 

[Dr Simon]

There seems to be nothing else about in the immediate vicinity of the dwarf's body, although the wierd echoes from the streets above give a false alarm more than once. If anything, the corpse looks like it was flushed down from further upstream [to the right of the map].

 

[Walking Dad]

Gorim Grimmson

Gorim isn't sure if Garold is just stating the obvious or had seen something he missed. For now he just keeps his hammer ready.

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Gorim Grimmson
Perception: 13 Insight: 13 Low-light Vision
AC 18 Fortitude 17 Reflex 12 Will 13
Initiative: +2
Hit Points: 37 / 37 Bloodied: 18
Temporary Hit Points: 0
Insanity: 1
Resist:
Saving Throw: -
Action Points: 1 Second Wind: 1
Healing Surge:9 Surges per day: 12 / 12
At-Will Powers: Brash Strike, Cleave
Encounter Powers: Dwarven Resilience, Hack and Hew, Boundless Endurance
Daily Powers: Driving Attack

Condition:

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[tiornys]

"Poor begger," murmurs Lorena, shaking her head. Seeing signs that the corpse had been moved by the flow, she asks, "Shall we investigate upstream then?" Lorena begins to head that direction, senses alert.

 

[Walking Dad]

*nodding to the suggestion*