As the party moved near the Land family plot they could see that there was th signs of a great battle. Blood stains and some kind of fur was on the ground. T'Cral's wolf started to growl softly. At the same time Retaract examined the fur.
"Be careful", he said. "That looks like owlbear fur to me."
Sneaking carefully around the remains of the old Land house the party could see the figure of a large female owlbear.
Without a word Raymond nocked an arrow to his bow and fired, doing s small amount of damage. At the same time Retaract abd T'cral moved in with their longspears and started to poke the owlbear. Unfortunately the owlbear managed to claw and rend Raymond and he fell unconscious, bleeding on the floor. Only two rounds later the owlbear was dead. Retaract called to Oiden to heal Raymond and very soon he was back on his feet. Looking around the house Retaract noticed that cowering in one corner was the owlbear's baby and the party decided to take this back with them so they could sell in it the market place in Diamond Lake when they returned.
Moving on to the graveyard the party noticed that 3 of the graves had been plundered and were empty. Next to one of the graves was the body of a human thug. Retaract did a cursory examination.
"This man is beyond my ability to heal. He has been dead at least 2 days."
"Well, there'sno harm in searching the body", said Raymond. Looking through the corpse's belongings Raymond found a small bag of gold and silver pieces and a note signed by someone named Filge, instructing the thugs to loot any dead bodies they could find and to take them to the old observatory.
T'Cral spoke up at this point, "I think we ought to let my uncle know about this. And what's more we can sell what we've found already." The rest of the party readily agreed.
Whilst the rest of the party sold the items, including the owlbear that they had found, T'cral went to see the mayor of Diamond Lake.
The mayor readily agreed to the party examining the old observatory and agreed to pay them a retainer of 100gp each. "It is imnperative that you find out who is behind these desecrations within our town", he told T'cral.
When he returne dto the party some time later T'cral told the party what the mayor had said and they agreed to investigate the old observatory under the cover of darkness.
"Be careful", he said. "That looks like owlbear fur to me."
Sneaking carefully around the remains of the old Land house the party could see the figure of a large female owlbear.
Without a word Raymond nocked an arrow to his bow and fired, doing s small amount of damage. At the same time Retaract abd T'cral moved in with their longspears and started to poke the owlbear. Unfortunately the owlbear managed to claw and rend Raymond and he fell unconscious, bleeding on the floor. Only two rounds later the owlbear was dead. Retaract called to Oiden to heal Raymond and very soon he was back on his feet. Looking around the house Retaract noticed that cowering in one corner was the owlbear's baby and the party decided to take this back with them so they could sell in it the market place in Diamond Lake when they returned.
Moving on to the graveyard the party noticed that 3 of the graves had been plundered and were empty. Next to one of the graves was the body of a human thug. Retaract did a cursory examination.
"This man is beyond my ability to heal. He has been dead at least 2 days."
"Well, there'sno harm in searching the body", said Raymond. Looking through the corpse's belongings Raymond found a small bag of gold and silver pieces and a note signed by someone named Filge, instructing the thugs to loot any dead bodies they could find and to take them to the old observatory.
T'Cral spoke up at this point, "I think we ought to let my uncle know about this. And what's more we can sell what we've found already." The rest of the party readily agreed.
Whilst the rest of the party sold the items, including the owlbear that they had found, T'cral went to see the mayor of Diamond Lake.
The mayor readily agreed to the party examining the old observatory and agreed to pay them a retainer of 100gp each. "It is imnperative that you find out who is behind these desecrations within our town", he told T'cral.
When he returne dto the party some time later T'cral told the party what the mayor had said and they agreed to investigate the old observatory under the cover of darkness.