Arcanis: The Spear of the Lohgin

"There was nothing, warrior, that was worthwhile." Visha says irritably, still reading. "These letters may be our only clue, for now, so I will use them."
 

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Going through a single letter requires no more than a moment or two. The letters are generally either love letters or letters to family, from when men were out in the field on various tasks or excusions. No one has any extensive correspondence, and nothing pertinent to the plague jumps out. Solonir does find one letter in which the writer makes reference to his uncle Torran and mentions that he was in the Canceri war.

Cadwyn notices stronger light pouring through the stained glass window as he comes up the stairs- it is late in the afternoon now, and the sun will be setting soon.
 

"Nothing really interesting or suspicious in the letters i read", Solonir says with a sigh and puts the letters away. "I did, however, find something that might be helpful. A man named Torran was related to one of the guards and he is a veteran of the Canceri war."

Solonir stands up and heads north to bedrooms.
 



"I should have known that there would have been nothing here." Visha says disgustedly, throwing the last letter he read down. "I agree with the warrior - we must now search the other rooms. There must be something in this place..."
 



Gideon, Cadwyn, Visha

Your group fans out and searches the smaller bedrooms. It is readily apparent that Sir Lohgin must have been unmarried. Two of the rooms are obviously not inhabited by anyone- they are clean and well-kept, but appear to be guest rooms. The other two appear to have been used as private rooms by guardsmen, perhaps officers or older veterans. They contain a random assortment of personal goods- clothes, spare weapons, a few coins, a letter or two, etc.

Solonir

You spend some time looking through the master bedroom. It rather cluttered- overfurnished, and filled with generations of heirlooms and personal items. You find old clothes, spoiled cosmetics, broken combs, the occasional piece of jewelry, etc. Some of the things here are probably valuable- possibly another reason for the town's concern with people entering the house.

As you are finishing searching the south end of the room, you hear a strange sound behind you- a sort of wet, gurgling cough. Turning, you can see an emaciated figure huddled underneath the bed sheets. You are sure that no one was there before.
 

Solonir turns, surprised. Instinctively, his hand reaches the sword handle, but he makes no further offensive gestures. There's definitely excitement in his voice as he shouts: "Gideon! Others, come quickly!"

The elf is puzzled. What sort of trickery is this? He takes a couple of careful steps closer to the figure asking: "Who are you? How did you appear there?"

If there is no reaction, Solonir will wait for others.
 

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