Arcanis: The Spear of the Lohgin

[Zerth]

Covering his mouth and nose Solonir takes a look at the dead rats Gideon found. How revolting ...yet interesting. He turns away face twisted in disgust.

"Looks like you found some more plague-victims", he says to Gideon. "Or maybe even the source. These rats could have brought the plague here. Or maybe...", the elf pauses to think and continues, "maybe someone brought the rats here."

"How come these rats were not disposed of?" Solonir asks Gregor. "When was the last time someone was in the manor before us?"

"Good thing, though, that these rats were found. I believe Visha wants to have a look at them once he gets back", Solonir adds.

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

Cadwyn, Solonir, Gideon- Lohgin Manor

(Gideon found nothing behind the painting when he was in the study.)

Gregor thinks for a moment, then says, "Well, of course most of the men lived upstairs in the barracks. Some of the older ones who have families live in their own houses, but everyone is here in the morning for inspection and orders. And we take meals together throughout the day. So there's a lot of mixing, I'm sure most of the victims were in contact with each other and the rest of us at some point."

"As for the rats, I doubt anyone knew that they were here. Once we knew the house was tainted, it was abandoned and no one returned. Of course, by then many of us had already been stricken."

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

Having left the chapel, Visha walks a few blocks to the back of the manor. The back doors are still covered and presumably locked, so he makes his way around the yard to the front.

As he is heading toward the front door, he notices a few townspeople clustered across the street, looking at the building at talking among themselves. He guesses they are wondering about the opening of the house.

 

[Blockader7]

Cadwyn, Solonir, Gideon- Lohgin Manor

(Gideon found nothing behind the painting when he was in the study.)

Gregor thinks for a moment, then says, "Well, of course most of the men lived upstairs in the barracks. Some of the older ones who have families live in their own houses, but everyone is here in the morning for inspection and orders. And we take meals together throughout the day. So there's a lot of mixing, I'm sure most of the victims were in contact with each other and the rest of us at some point."

"As for the rats, I doubt anyone knew that they were here. Once we knew the house was tainted, it was abandoned and no one returned. Of course, by then many of us had already been stricken."

"Then we'll need to see where the rats came from and who shipped them. It also seems that somebody, possibly an arcane caster of some sort was experimenting on them.

"There may be more in the cellar."

 

[Zerth]

"As for the rats, I doubt anyone knew that they were here. Once we knew the house was tainted, it was abandoned and no one returned.

Raising his eyebrows Solonir says: "Oh, really... let's have another look at the pantry, then". Solonir raised his shirt collar to cover his mouth and nose and faced the horrible stench one more time.

Solonir looks for any holes or gaps which the rats might have used to enter the pantry. He also examines the crate. Is it undamaged? Any possibility the rats could've crawled inside the crate and died there or has someone placed the dead vermin inside? (Take 10 search in the pantry, using everburning torch as a light source)

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"Gregor, Did the Lohgin family have any enemies? The painting shows the founder as having a glow around his eyes. Was he a holy man or Magus?" Gideon askes as he moves to the opening to the celler. "Was is just people who were stricken with the plague or were animlas effected as well?"

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

Solonir: There are signs of of gnawing on the crate- its difficult to say whether they chewed their way out or in. You don't find any ratholes in the pantry, but you'd guess they could probably find a way in and out if they wanted.

Gregor says, "I'm not aware of any enemies- possibly agents from Canceri? The Theocracy usually leaves us be, since we're a stopping point on the road north toward the country. There's been problems with bandits every so often, but they've never really been organized."

"As for light on Vir Lohgin, I'm told that its a traditional way of drawing him. Evidently he was thought to be blessed by the Valnir [OOC celestials] in some way. Perhaps we was given special sight..."

 

[Zerth]

"Then we'll need to see where the rats came from and who shipped them. It also seems that somebody, possibly an arcane caster of some sort was experimenting on them.

"Let's not make too hasty conclusions, Cadwyn", Solonir says after walking back to others, "We can't be certain yet, that there was evil magic involved. The rats might have been just looking for something to eat in the pantry. I'll admit, it is quite strange, that so many of them died in such a small space roughly at the same time, but I'm no expert on animal behavior so we'll have to wait for Visha's opinion."

The elf scratches his forehead. "We do know the rats weren't placed dead in the crate as it is heavily gnawed by small teeth. And if someone wanted to keep the origin of the plague secret, that someone wouldn't have wanted to leave behind obvious evidence."

Solonir sighs and shakes his head. "But I'm merely assuming things, what we need is more information", he says looking at the trap door Gideon is opening.

"There may be more (rats) in the cellar."

"True, and we need to get rid of them all", the elf says drawing his sword.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"I say we go in and see what's down there. Visha will be here shortly one would hope and we will be united against this problem. Until then I say we expolre the celler." Gideon enters the celler. What does he see?

 

[Blockader7]

OOC I use my skill Knowledge: Arcane to see if those patches are the result of experimentaion or if experimentation of any sort took place.