[KAUAI]The Rod of Seven Parts: Of Hexes and Gems

[SlagMortar]

Brakkus gets a room at the Sniffling Pig, intent to stay near the rod as that seems the most likely place for the action to break out. He spends an hour or two in the common room nursing a beer while Voadam and Gamad discuss all things arcane before retiring to his room.

Before laying down to sleep, he spends some time drafting a report about the day's events. He does not go into great detail as he has little idea how much of what he has heard is actually true, but mentions the attack of the demon spiders and that he is pursuing suspicions about what may have caused the attack.

In the morning, he rides Chop Liver to his courier and files the report for delivery. His job done, he comes back to the Sniffling Pig and orders his customary breakfast - one egg, two slices of hard bread, and two pieces of bacon. He washes it down with a cup of coffee and is ready to see where the Rod might lead them.

 

[Voadam]

In the morning Voadam belts on his short sword and is ready to proceed after a hearty breakfast. A new day, time to begin the quest for power and maneuver between Law and Chaos. He would like to obtain the services of a loremaster or sage knowledgeable about these particulars, but first things first. He had a blade and was working towards regaining his magic, it was a good start. On that thought Voadam began chatting with Gamad about where one could obtain a new spellbook in the city, and its policies on practicing magic.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Gamad

Although Gamad allows Voadam to sleep in his room for protection, he wont give his spellbook to the human, he don't know too well to give him the most important equipment he have.
Gladly he tell him all the basic knowledge of the arcane power.

As for a new spellbook, Voadam can buy any blank book he wants, what gives the book his title "Spellbook" is the arcane special writings that lies within the pages.

When all are down for breakfast, Gamad stays in his room and learn new spells, when he finish he goes down to eat something and attend his Donkey.

 

[Voadam]

Although Gamad allows Voadam to sleep in his room for protection, he wont give his spellbook to the human, he don't know too well to give him the most important equipment he have.
Gladly he tell him all the basic knowledge of the arcane power.

As for a new spellbook, Voadam can buy any blank book he wants, what gives the book his title "Spellbook" is the arcane special writings that lies within the pages.

When all are down for breakfast, Gamad stays in his room and learn new spells, when he finish he goes down to eat something and attend his Donkey.

Voadam quickly senses the dwarf's possessiveness towards his spellbook, and reluctance to allow him access even under direct supervision. Voadam does not push the issue but when Gamad does open up he takes the opportunity to hear the dwarven view on spellcasting and see how it differs from the dark elven tradition of wizardry that he first learned.

Voadam makes a mental note to find out where he can purchase a spellbook, he does not think selling the short sword will be enough to purchase one yet, but who knows what loot the new day will bring.

 

[Ambrus]

The stripped down goblin works late into the night, chopping through the demons' joints with his axe and carefully cutting and prying apart the creature's chitinous body-plates with his hunting knives. Occasionally he pauses to catch his breath while waiting for fluids from the hanging carcasses to drain into buckets on the floor. Although Maelicent remains curious about the brooding giant-kin's presence, the goblin doesn't offer the man much conversation unless prompted. When Maelicent's muscles grow sore and his eyesight becomes blurry, the goblin sets his tools down close at hand and collapses into one of the empty horse stall's haystacks.

The Gudwulf warrior-turned-butcher regains consciousness late in the morning when the sounds of the bustling city finally disturb his slumber. Maelicent briefly pauses at the water barrel at the back of the Cockatrice to clean off the bulk of the gore covering him before returning to the stables to eat. Reaching into a pocket he retrieves some of the mushrooms he'd secreted there the day before when the odd woman had pushed a plate of them below the table he'd been hiding behind.

Eventually, after surveying his progress and retrieving his tools, Maelicent returns to the grisly task of butchering his kills.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Mid-morning hits and there's no sign of the goblin or of H.Lewit at the Sniffling Pig. The clouds that bloomed dark grey in the morning in a thick bank over the city now erupt into rain and gussets of wind.

Dowstairs in the Pig's taproom, the barkeep, a human youth in his late teens, polishes clay mugs and wipes down the ten foot length of wooden bar fronting his work space. Every time the front door to the Pig opens, the tender looks up with anticipation but slumps when it becomes clear that the day will bring precious little custom. By ten o'clock in the morning when the city's bell tower chimes middocks, the tender has been so bored that the wooden bar is a good deal cleaner than normal. The cook comes in from the kitchen and lays in a heathy fire, which she soon stokes to life. The taproom grows warm, a tad uncomfortably so.

 

[Voadam]

"The goblin and Lewitt went back to the Cockatrice to butcher the spider wolves. We should head over there. They might have run into more agents of the Queen. I expect it will take Pilgrim a while to contact his superiors and we don't want to wait on him, but we should gather everybody else before we begin."

 

[SlagMortar]

"You want to go out in this? My arms will rust! Chop Liver will probably keel over dead, not that I'd care much, but he's all I've got right now."

 

[Voadam]

"Its just rain. And the wind will keep archers from targetting us. In any case, I want us all together when you try to find the next segment. The Queen might be able to sense that initial use of the Wand and send agents to attack. However if we did delay a day it would give Chev a chance to look for Law and Chaos."

 

[Voadam]

Voadam spots Chev's whetstone and asks to borrow it, then draws his sword, inspects the blade's edge, and begins to work on sharpening it.

"The tale of the Queen and the Rod has some holes in it. Why does the Queen want the Rod? It was designed to fight Her incursion and is a thing of Law. Now that it has been sundered why does She care about it? Why does She consider it Hers?

"And how can she sense it? Miska stole it from the forces of Law and it sundered when He tried to teleport away. If anybody of Chaos would have a mystic connection to the Rod it should be he. Perhaps She uses Him as a scrying focus to sense the wand. We need more information about these entities and events. Do any of you know any sages or loremasters who might know of such things? Any libraries of occult lore?"