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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger5" data-source="post: 2115826" data-attributes="member: 17981"><p><strong>The Fifth Adventure – “Murder of Seven Points”</strong></p><p></p><p>On the 9th of Nightal, the four Harper agents – Alexi, Thanon, Nadari, and Elric – met up with Waevor and a human paladin of Tyr called Courynn Dulsaer. Courynn had been in pursuit a serial killer for the last several months across most of the Dalelands, Sembia and Cormyr. Courynn reported that in small towns and cities across those lands gruesome murders occur with the victim being sliced open from wrist to wrist and left to bleed out and die. The murders would occur every 2 nights. And after the fifth victim the murders had always stopped. Courynn also reported seeing a pattern softly glowing in the blood of the victims at each murder whenever he used his detect evil ability. The pattern would become more complex with each murder but he had never been able to make sense of it.</p><p></p><p>Seven nights ago on the 2nd of Nightal, the first murder occurred. Another occurred on the 4th, the 6th, and the 8th. Courynn who also happened to work with the Harpers arrived in Westgate on the 8th and contacted Waevor for help.</p><p></p><p>The agents then began going over the details and looking for ways to guess where the next murder would take place. They each pursued many different avenues with some good information coming from clerics at the temple of Tyr and a sage by the name of Mintassan. On their way to see Mintassan the agents were attacked by a group of vicious Night Masks and in the melee, Alexi was killed. Dari and Thanon took Alexi’s body back to the temple of Tyr and had a raise dead spell cast on him. Meanwhile Elric and Courynn went on and gathered some information from Mintassan.</p><p></p><p>The next day – the 10th of Nightal – the agents regroup at their apartment and with the clues they gained from the clerics of Tyr and the sage Mintassan they believe they discovered where the next murder would take place. So that evening they stake the sight out and sure enough an area of magical darkness settles over the site and more Night Masks appear along with an old friend – Aleisa, one of Lady Imryth’s apprentices. She seemed to be working with the Night Masks.</p><p></p><p>During the battle, the agents never saw the killer but were able to dispatch all of the Night Masks, except one, as well as Aleisa. Unfortunately, the murder still took place. By battles end, Elric was struck with some soul wrenching taint.</p><p></p><p>On the 11th of Nightal, the agents firmly believed the murders would continue because of several pieces of information they had already received. The most important being that the image that Courynn sees at each murder site does not look complete. They then tried to find the site for the next murder. Elric went to Mintassan to learn what he could do about the taint. After a long examination, the sage told Elric that certain cleric spells could remove the taint. He then went to the temple of Tyr with Thanon to see about getting the spells cast. The clerics in a rash of generosity, agree to heal him. During this, Alexi is captured by Night Masks. These Night Masks though seem more interested in if he knew why the Night Masks were attacking him. He is questioned by a rugged looking man with a scar on his right cheek. The man also asked Alexi questions about Thanon and what the cleric knew about his father. Fully expecting to be killed Alexi was told by the rugged looking man that he would spare Alexi’s life but would have to make it sound like he was killing him. He beat him into unconsciousness and Alexi eventually woke up in an alleyway. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the Harper agents who were out looking for him find Alexi and bring him back to the apartment.</p><p></p><p>On the 12th of Nightal the agents once again staked out the site hoping to catch the killer who seemed to be able to walk unseen. The agents are first engaged by a lone Night Mask and some areas of magical darkness. Using continual flame torches and a fireball, they dispelled some of the areas of magical darkness and found only a single stone at the center. The agents then battled with the Night Mask who succeeded in distracting them long enough for his master to complete the sixth murder at the cost of his own life. Once again the killer is able to slip away but this time Dari did catch a glimpse of him but at a cost. He struck her with a bolt of eldritch energy that seemed to eat at her soul. She also found herself suffering from the same soul wrenching taint that Elric had two days prior. Unfortunately it was much more severe causing a slight shift in her personality. She was eventually healed of the taint but not before she had succumbed a little to it as well as used it to feel where the final ritual might take place.</p><p></p><p>On the 13th of Nightal, Mintassan arrived at the agents’ apartment with some more information. He related how the ritual being performed matched one done long ago to open a stable portal to the Abyss. He also said that if the killer does succeed the only way to close the portal would be to use some Dust of Heaven’s Footprint to close it. He told the agents that there was only one person he knew of that had some and that was a man by the name of Chorazin.</p><p></p><p>Chorazin often frequented the Purple Lady and so the agents headed there to meet with him. After much diplomatic conversation, Chorazin reluctantly agreed to give a small vial of the dust to the agents and told them how to use it.</p><p></p><p>On the 14th of Nightal, the agents again stake out the place where they think the final murder should take place. But once again they are confounded by areas of magical darkness as well as the killer’s ability to walk unseen. The seventh murder took place right in front of them, the pattern was completed. When Courynn detected evil on the site of the murder he saw an upside down seven-pointed star glowing red in the blood.</p><p></p><p>The agents knew now that they would have to allow the ritual to finish before they could stop it. They knew it had to take place underground and they knew the general area of the city in which it would take place which just happened to be in the area of the forgotten crypts of the shrine to St. Bethesda.</p><p>The next night on the 15th of Nightal, having prepared for battle during the day, the five Harper agents descended into the sewer tunnels that connected to the tunnels of the crypt they had discovered just a few months prior.</p><p></p><p>After several hours of searching they finally came upon the lair of the killer. As they entered a rather vile section of the sewer, they could see the man that had killed so many so brutally. He was just finishing the final incantation that opened the portal to the Abyss.</p><p></p><p>The agents wasted no time in engaging him in battle. But before they could use the dust to close the portal, a single shadow demon was able to escape. The agents fought a two front battle between the killer and the demon.</p><p></p><p>During the fight, Elric was able to toss the dust into the air above the portal. And as planned, Thanon filled the area with positive energy normally used to turn undead. This energy activated the dust, which caused the portal to close slowly and violently.</p><p></p><p>The agents continued the battle with the killer and the demon. The demon was killed first. Then the killer blasted Courynn with his eldritch energy that was so tainted with evil, Courynn succumbed to it. His alignment shifted and he lost his paladinhood. Courynn though did land the final blow on the killer but the damage had been done.</p><p></p><p>The agents returned to the temple of Tyr where the clerics could look after Courynn and hopefully find a way to restore his paladinhood.</p><p></p><p>Unanswered Questions</p><p>· Who was the rugged man from the Night Masks and why did he let Alexi go?</p><p>· Why did he want to know what Thanon knew about his father?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger5, post: 2115826, member: 17981"] [b]The Fifth Adventure – “Murder of Seven Points”[/b] On the 9th of Nightal, the four Harper agents – Alexi, Thanon, Nadari, and Elric – met up with Waevor and a human paladin of Tyr called Courynn Dulsaer. Courynn had been in pursuit a serial killer for the last several months across most of the Dalelands, Sembia and Cormyr. Courynn reported that in small towns and cities across those lands gruesome murders occur with the victim being sliced open from wrist to wrist and left to bleed out and die. The murders would occur every 2 nights. And after the fifth victim the murders had always stopped. Courynn also reported seeing a pattern softly glowing in the blood of the victims at each murder whenever he used his detect evil ability. The pattern would become more complex with each murder but he had never been able to make sense of it. Seven nights ago on the 2nd of Nightal, the first murder occurred. Another occurred on the 4th, the 6th, and the 8th. Courynn who also happened to work with the Harpers arrived in Westgate on the 8th and contacted Waevor for help. The agents then began going over the details and looking for ways to guess where the next murder would take place. They each pursued many different avenues with some good information coming from clerics at the temple of Tyr and a sage by the name of Mintassan. On their way to see Mintassan the agents were attacked by a group of vicious Night Masks and in the melee, Alexi was killed. Dari and Thanon took Alexi’s body back to the temple of Tyr and had a raise dead spell cast on him. Meanwhile Elric and Courynn went on and gathered some information from Mintassan. The next day – the 10th of Nightal – the agents regroup at their apartment and with the clues they gained from the clerics of Tyr and the sage Mintassan they believe they discovered where the next murder would take place. So that evening they stake the sight out and sure enough an area of magical darkness settles over the site and more Night Masks appear along with an old friend – Aleisa, one of Lady Imryth’s apprentices. She seemed to be working with the Night Masks. During the battle, the agents never saw the killer but were able to dispatch all of the Night Masks, except one, as well as Aleisa. Unfortunately, the murder still took place. By battles end, Elric was struck with some soul wrenching taint. On the 11th of Nightal, the agents firmly believed the murders would continue because of several pieces of information they had already received. The most important being that the image that Courynn sees at each murder site does not look complete. They then tried to find the site for the next murder. Elric went to Mintassan to learn what he could do about the taint. After a long examination, the sage told Elric that certain cleric spells could remove the taint. He then went to the temple of Tyr with Thanon to see about getting the spells cast. The clerics in a rash of generosity, agree to heal him. During this, Alexi is captured by Night Masks. These Night Masks though seem more interested in if he knew why the Night Masks were attacking him. He is questioned by a rugged looking man with a scar on his right cheek. The man also asked Alexi questions about Thanon and what the cleric knew about his father. Fully expecting to be killed Alexi was told by the rugged looking man that he would spare Alexi’s life but would have to make it sound like he was killing him. He beat him into unconsciousness and Alexi eventually woke up in an alleyway. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the Harper agents who were out looking for him find Alexi and bring him back to the apartment. On the 12th of Nightal the agents once again staked out the site hoping to catch the killer who seemed to be able to walk unseen. The agents are first engaged by a lone Night Mask and some areas of magical darkness. Using continual flame torches and a fireball, they dispelled some of the areas of magical darkness and found only a single stone at the center. The agents then battled with the Night Mask who succeeded in distracting them long enough for his master to complete the sixth murder at the cost of his own life. Once again the killer is able to slip away but this time Dari did catch a glimpse of him but at a cost. He struck her with a bolt of eldritch energy that seemed to eat at her soul. She also found herself suffering from the same soul wrenching taint that Elric had two days prior. Unfortunately it was much more severe causing a slight shift in her personality. She was eventually healed of the taint but not before she had succumbed a little to it as well as used it to feel where the final ritual might take place. On the 13th of Nightal, Mintassan arrived at the agents’ apartment with some more information. He related how the ritual being performed matched one done long ago to open a stable portal to the Abyss. He also said that if the killer does succeed the only way to close the portal would be to use some Dust of Heaven’s Footprint to close it. He told the agents that there was only one person he knew of that had some and that was a man by the name of Chorazin. Chorazin often frequented the Purple Lady and so the agents headed there to meet with him. After much diplomatic conversation, Chorazin reluctantly agreed to give a small vial of the dust to the agents and told them how to use it. On the 14th of Nightal, the agents again stake out the place where they think the final murder should take place. But once again they are confounded by areas of magical darkness as well as the killer’s ability to walk unseen. The seventh murder took place right in front of them, the pattern was completed. When Courynn detected evil on the site of the murder he saw an upside down seven-pointed star glowing red in the blood. The agents knew now that they would have to allow the ritual to finish before they could stop it. They knew it had to take place underground and they knew the general area of the city in which it would take place which just happened to be in the area of the forgotten crypts of the shrine to St. Bethesda. The next night on the 15th of Nightal, having prepared for battle during the day, the five Harper agents descended into the sewer tunnels that connected to the tunnels of the crypt they had discovered just a few months prior. After several hours of searching they finally came upon the lair of the killer. As they entered a rather vile section of the sewer, they could see the man that had killed so many so brutally. He was just finishing the final incantation that opened the portal to the Abyss. The agents wasted no time in engaging him in battle. But before they could use the dust to close the portal, a single shadow demon was able to escape. The agents fought a two front battle between the killer and the demon. During the fight, Elric was able to toss the dust into the air above the portal. And as planned, Thanon filled the area with positive energy normally used to turn undead. This energy activated the dust, which caused the portal to close slowly and violently. The agents continued the battle with the killer and the demon. The demon was killed first. Then the killer blasted Courynn with his eldritch energy that was so tainted with evil, Courynn succumbed to it. His alignment shifted and he lost his paladinhood. Courynn though did land the final blow on the killer but the damage had been done. The agents returned to the temple of Tyr where the clerics could look after Courynn and hopefully find a way to restore his paladinhood. Unanswered Questions · Who was the rugged man from the Night Masks and why did he let Alexi go? · Why did he want to know what Thanon knew about his father? [/QUOTE]
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