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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger5" data-source="post: 2115815" data-attributes="member: 17981"><p><strong>The Second Adventure – “The Crypt of St. Bethesda”</strong></p><p></p><p>On the 13th of Marponeth, the PCs received word via feather token from Waevor that they would be meeting with a Harper contact in an alleyway near Wagonwheel Ride and Sword Lane. The meeting would take place near midnight on the 15th of Marponeth.</p><p></p><p>As it was approaching midnight on the 15th, the PCs were in place awaiting the arrival of the Harper contact. They were told he was carrying vital information for the Harpers but they knew not what it was.</p><p></p><p>A scream of fear and then pain broke the silence of the night air. The scream came from just up ahead from where the PCs were stationed. They ran forward immediately only to find their contact dead in an alleyway. However, the biggest shock came from the nature of the man’s wounds. There were acidic burns surrounded by writhing lavender worms on the head and chest of the victim. They also noticed a slime trail leading to an almost covered over grating at the base of the building. The PCs immediately headed for the grate and went down into it.</p><p></p><p>There they found themselves in what proved to be the crypts of the long forgotten shrine to St. Bethesda, a demi-god serving Deneir. The PCs eventually came upon a library and learned the history of the crypts. During the years following the Templeban Edict in 927 DR, the shrine to St. Bethesda was abandoned and eventually forgotten. The shrine eventually fell into ruin and was then demolished during the Rage of Dragons in the year 1018 DR. The area was rebuilt into housing and market districts. The original shrine was all but forgotten. However, the crypts underneath were never touched and eventually found by all manner of unsavory characters and creatures.</p><p></p><p>After coming across several of the creatures lairing in the crypt, including a large centipede, some skeletons, a cadre of ghouls, and a bad-tempered otyugh, the PCs came upon a lair of bandits. Before the PCs confronted the bandits they overheard the following conversation:</p><p></p><p>Gunge: “I tells you what I seen is true!”</p><p>Bandit: “Sure, Gunge, a man made o’worms!”</p><p>Bandits: chuckling and laughter</p><p>Half-Orc: “Yeah, is this likes that twin-pronged flying dagger you’s seen th’ other night?”</p><p>Gunge: “Yeah- wait, no but…yeah! I swears it. I seen a man, but ‘e wasn’ no man likes I’s ever seen. ‘e had this cloak on and ‘e looked like a man but ‘ad worms comin’ out ‘is mouth and such. He killed the guy I lifted the pouch with the scroll tube in it. I seen it wit’ me own eyes. I swears it!!”</p><p>Bandits: hard laughter</p><p></p><p>The PCs then tried to parley with the bandits but were unsuccessful. It came to blows and the PCs triumphed.</p><p></p><p>However, during the battle, Dari ran off to try and flank the bandits from another direction. On her way to the other entrance to the bandit’s lair she ran afoul of the wormwraith. It attacked her and she began to fight back.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, Thanon and Alexi joined Dari in fighting off the wormwraith and in the end, they defeated, but not before nearly losing Thanon.</p><p></p><p>When all was said and done, the PCs searched the lair of the bandits and the wormwraith. In the bandit’s lair they found some gold and jewels and the missing Harper scroll with the information they were to receive from the dead contact. The also found a brooch belonging to the Guldar family. And in the lair of the wormwraith they found an odd sarcophagus, which was destroyed by Thanon and a plain, grey dagger. The dagger, though showing no signs of enchantment, still had a mysterious quality to it. The PCs have kept it for further study.</p><p></p><p>The PCs sent the scroll with the information as well as a detailed account of their adventure to Waevor the following day.</p><p></p><p>Unanswered Questions</p><p>What was the information on the scroll?</p><p>Is there something to the plain, grey dagger?</p><p>What else can be learned from the remaining books in the library in the crypt of St. Bethesda?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger5, post: 2115815, member: 17981"] [b]The Second Adventure – “The Crypt of St. Bethesda”[/b] On the 13th of Marponeth, the PCs received word via feather token from Waevor that they would be meeting with a Harper contact in an alleyway near Wagonwheel Ride and Sword Lane. The meeting would take place near midnight on the 15th of Marponeth. As it was approaching midnight on the 15th, the PCs were in place awaiting the arrival of the Harper contact. They were told he was carrying vital information for the Harpers but they knew not what it was. A scream of fear and then pain broke the silence of the night air. The scream came from just up ahead from where the PCs were stationed. They ran forward immediately only to find their contact dead in an alleyway. However, the biggest shock came from the nature of the man’s wounds. There were acidic burns surrounded by writhing lavender worms on the head and chest of the victim. They also noticed a slime trail leading to an almost covered over grating at the base of the building. The PCs immediately headed for the grate and went down into it. There they found themselves in what proved to be the crypts of the long forgotten shrine to St. Bethesda, a demi-god serving Deneir. The PCs eventually came upon a library and learned the history of the crypts. During the years following the Templeban Edict in 927 DR, the shrine to St. Bethesda was abandoned and eventually forgotten. The shrine eventually fell into ruin and was then demolished during the Rage of Dragons in the year 1018 DR. The area was rebuilt into housing and market districts. The original shrine was all but forgotten. However, the crypts underneath were never touched and eventually found by all manner of unsavory characters and creatures. After coming across several of the creatures lairing in the crypt, including a large centipede, some skeletons, a cadre of ghouls, and a bad-tempered otyugh, the PCs came upon a lair of bandits. Before the PCs confronted the bandits they overheard the following conversation: Gunge: “I tells you what I seen is true!” Bandit: “Sure, Gunge, a man made o’worms!” Bandits: chuckling and laughter Half-Orc: “Yeah, is this likes that twin-pronged flying dagger you’s seen th’ other night?” Gunge: “Yeah- wait, no but…yeah! I swears it. I seen a man, but ‘e wasn’ no man likes I’s ever seen. ‘e had this cloak on and ‘e looked like a man but ‘ad worms comin’ out ‘is mouth and such. He killed the guy I lifted the pouch with the scroll tube in it. I seen it wit’ me own eyes. I swears it!!” Bandits: hard laughter The PCs then tried to parley with the bandits but were unsuccessful. It came to blows and the PCs triumphed. However, during the battle, Dari ran off to try and flank the bandits from another direction. On her way to the other entrance to the bandit’s lair she ran afoul of the wormwraith. It attacked her and she began to fight back. Eventually, Thanon and Alexi joined Dari in fighting off the wormwraith and in the end, they defeated, but not before nearly losing Thanon. When all was said and done, the PCs searched the lair of the bandits and the wormwraith. In the bandit’s lair they found some gold and jewels and the missing Harper scroll with the information they were to receive from the dead contact. The also found a brooch belonging to the Guldar family. And in the lair of the wormwraith they found an odd sarcophagus, which was destroyed by Thanon and a plain, grey dagger. The dagger, though showing no signs of enchantment, still had a mysterious quality to it. The PCs have kept it for further study. The PCs sent the scroll with the information as well as a detailed account of their adventure to Waevor the following day. Unanswered Questions What was the information on the scroll? Is there something to the plain, grey dagger? What else can be learned from the remaining books in the library in the crypt of St. Bethesda? [/QUOTE]
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