[GRIM TALES] Warhammer 'Chronicles of the Witch Hunter'

[Turanil]

Johannes von Tritheim - Smart 4th (current hp: 17 of 18)

While the halfling seems to be telling the truth, something is a bit wrong with the story... and Seif remembers that there were a lot of animal tracks out back

Johannes seems to lose his temper: "This halfling is probably stupid as are all farmboys, but logic doesn't lie!! You just need to get a look around, at all the bones and blood stained vegetation! Also, cats are not scavengers, but hunters. If they came here to eat a cadaver, it's because they have been used to do it by these cutthroats. I mean, regularly. Let me investigate around and I will prove it to you!"

Johannes then turns from the woods back to the halfling, and points his finger on him: "In any case, no need to let live this one, since he doesn't know anything and could betray us if we leave him behind! Ah, also: we must thoroughly search this house for there are probably many clues and evidence to their crimnal activities, plus all that they stole from their victims over the years. Pfff! Could even be witchcraft involved here..."

 

[scranford]

Seif-al-Din (Sword of the faith)

*Seif hearing Johannes plan nods and walks to the trap door at the front of the stable. He then holds the Halfling out over the open space*.

[OOC - I'm assuming htis is the typical door above the entrance used for throwing down hay for the animals 12-15 feet off the ground, with Seif's height adding another 6 feet or so.]

"I will wait here till you return. Maybe our friend will remember something else while he is dangling hear in the fresh air".

 

[Krug]

Grimmor listens to the Witch-hunter's instructions, and carries them out with relish. He shouts a warning, and if no one responds, bangs against doors which are locked until they burst.

 

[Bobitron]

Going back upstairs, Gunther sees the Witch-Hunter is just finishing up - questioning - one of the wounded man, who is now dead. Standing up and wiping off his hands on a rag, he looks at Gunther and says "What's happin' downstairs? All handled? Cause if so, start checking the rooms. They seem to have kidnapped a young woman, and are holding her somewhere. I will take this wing, you start down that one. Kick-in any door that's looked, search the room. No sticky fingers, but bring me any papers and such"

"Aye. They have the runtling, and are questioning him now. I'll get on those rooms." Looks like our work here is not done quite yet, thought Gunther. He starts searching the rooms, using force if need to open each of the doors.

 

[Karl Green]

Three Feathers Coach-Inn, May 13th, midday

Upstairs the Witch-Hunter and Gunther start breaking in doors and looking through the rooms in two of the three halls. When Grimmor comes up, Hammer tells him to check the third hallway, which he does with some zeal. At the second to the last room on the hall he is checking and searching through he hears a bag or something under the bed. Looking he sees a dark shaped moving a bit under the bed. Pulling it out it is indeed a young attractive woman who has been tired up very tightly and gagged. She can barely move.

Outside, the Halfing starts begging to Seif "Say now guv'ner wats say I get yer horse der readin' fer yas? Right quick 'bout it I can me yer lordship. And iffin' I dropped a bag of... oh fifty gold coin or so... from the Inn of'course not mine, fer I could never 'ford dat much m'lord, no sire..."

(what are Rat and Johannes doing?)

 

[Turanil]

Johannes von Tritheim - Smart 4th (current hp: 17 of 18)

Johannes is appaled at what's happening in this inn. Right now he only wants to kill everyone and burn the place. "We don't care about your gold peasant. Tell us everything you can about this place and the crimes perpetrated here, and instead of letting Grimmor behead you, we will wait for Witch Hunter Hammer and let him decide about your fate." Johannes wonders if this midget wouldn't look ridiculous as a panther knight. "For one thing you are going to betray your employers. We listen to you, go on!"

 

[Radiant]

Rat

Upstairs the Witch-Hunter and Gunther start breaking in doors and looking through the rooms in two of the three halls. When Grimmor comes up, Hammer tells him to check the third hallway, which he does with some zeal. At the second to the last room on the hall he is checking and searching through he hears a bag or something under the bed. Looking he sees a dark shaped moving a bit under the bed. Pulling it out it is indeed a young attractive woman who has been tired up very tightly and gagged. She can barely move.

Outside, the Halfing starts begging to Seif "Say now guv'ner wats say I get yer horse der readin' fer yas? Right quick 'bout it I can me yer lordship. And iffin' I dropped a bag of... oh fifty gold coin or so... from the Inn of'course not mine, fer I could never 'ford dat much m'lord, no sire..."

(what are Rat and Johannes doing?)

Mallory just has entirely too much fun watching the halfling squirm and watches Seif questioning him. SHe still holds her bow just in case their prisoner tries to run for it.

 

[Karl Green]

Three Feathers Coach-Inn, May 13th, midday

The Halfling pale a bit more "Oh of cours' der gov'ner, them boyos an't no friends of mine, no sire... Da be bandits, I tell' ya, an' force poor Gabby and me to help, less they slit our throats, they would. When a lone travel or pair stops through, they kill'em and then toss der bodies out back. Never very often, cause der smart and all gov'ner, not like me... I'm just the stable'hand ye know!?"

 

[Krug]

Grimmor frees the lady. "Who did this to ya ma'am?" Grimmor yells to Max."She's here!" He looks around the room, axe ready to slice anything to pieces.

 

[Turanil]

Johannes von Tritheim - Smart 4th (current hp: 17 of 18)

"Oh of cours' der gov'ner, them boyos an't no friends of mine, no sire... Da be bandits, I tell' ya, an' force poor Gabby and me to help, less they slit our throats, they would. When a lone travel or pair stops through, they kill'em and then toss der bodies out back. Never very often, cause der smart and all gov'ner, not like me... I'm just the stable'hand ye know!?"

Johannes is losing patience, as he has a really hard time understanding what the halfling says. "Listen peasant!! We don't understand a single word of what you says! This is fortunate because if we did, we would know you are trying to lie to us and our friend from far away would kill you on the spot! Listen, I consider you are lying because you don't tell us anything useful!!!"

In fact, Johannes begins to think something is wrong, because just throwing cadavers' victims in the backyard just doesn't appear coherent to him. It looks more the behaviour of ravening mad murderers than of clever assassins. So Johannes looks at Seif and says: "Hum, without commanding you in any way, maybe you could cut something off this litte liar don't you? I mean, the feet for example, so he wouldn't be tempted to run away, and we could put it on the ground and don't bother to watch him. He has ceased to be interesting in my opinion. I don't care that his employers are murderers, because it's so obvious we don't need to be told. On the other hand we would like to learn that they have an underground maze below the inn for example, or that they are Chaos cultists..."

Johannes turns again toward the halfling and asks: "Did you tell us that your employers were cultists of some Chaos atrocities heh?..."