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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 7308447" data-attributes="member: 18333"><p>Session 29 – Westcoat Manor</p><p></p><p>We fled the regenerating Bog Hounds trying as best we could to get out of the bog. I nearly collapsed from my wounds, but the others urged me to keep going. We felt as if we were making headway, but soon we heard the sound of the hounds baying and growling. From ahead of us, an old man was fleeing from 4 of the strange beasts. He dove behind a large boulder near us and we set up a defensive position. I needed to protect myself so I tried to fire off a newly learned fire bolt, missing my target, and then I ran back telling the old man to follow me to another rock further to our rear. As I did that, the others took positions near a boulder and met with the charging Bog Hounds. </p><p></p><p>Fid was quickly attacked by two, then three of the hounds. Even his stout form and heavy armor could not withstand their pack tactics, but Brigby bolstered him with divine armor and a potent healing spell. Bynn quickly took dire wolf from and met with another of the Bog Hounds. He was able to wound it slightly. Syvrina, bounded up beside Bynn, nimbly stabbed and dodged and was able to score a deep wound on the beast with both rapier and dagger before she jumped back behind the others. I noticed her combat powers had improved, and much like me she could move more quickly and bound away from her foe without opening herself up to an attack.</p><p></p><p>With their pack tactics, Fid and Bynn were suffering attack after attack. I sang my bladesong and ran out from cover around the pack of dogs and unleashed a burning hands spell that caught three of the hounds. The most injured one went down, inanimate for now. The others were weakened by the flame, but they still attacked. Syvrina did her graceful and deadly attacks once more and took down another. Then Fid and Bynn ripped through the rest.</p><p></p><p>After our skirmish, the old man introduced himself as Douglas Michaels, the gardener at Burton Westcoat’s Manor. The old man thanked us for helping him and he remarked how it was strange that the Bog Hounds appeared during the day. He told us a little more about his position and the Westcoat Manor, and asked us to escort him back to the house. We agreed to help, wanting to meet with Burton Westcoat anyway to find out more about “the curse” that seemed to be associated with the Bog Hounds and his family.</p><p></p><p>The grounds to the manor were surrounded by a wall which seemed to be barely holding back the decay of the bog, but inside the walls, the grounds of the manor house were well maintained. I appreciated that. The house, however, had seen better days. It was quite weathered and ramshackled. Inside the house Douglas introduced us to his master, Burton Westcoat. Westcoat was a handsome older gentleman who seemed charming and quite welcoming. He thanked us for saving his gardener and offered to give us rooms, baths and dinner. We accepted.</p><p></p><p>We spoke with our host for a while and then took our rest. During our rest, Brigby consulted his bones and said that having dinner with Burton Westcoat would be a boon, not a bane.</p><p></p><p>A few hours later, we met down in the dining room and sat for our meal. During the meal, which was rather good, we listened to Burton speak about his past. We questioned him accordingly and found that he seemed quite sincere. He told us how Ann tried to flee before his wedding and how she, perhaps accidentally, stabbed his brother before leaving. He assured us that he only wanted to apprehend her so that she could plead her case to the magistrate and when he found her in the bog, she was sinking in quicksand. He said he offered her a branch to pull her from the mire, but she would not grab for it. Instead, she cursed him and said, “no Westcoat would live in peace.” That’s when the chaos began.</p><p></p><p>During dinner we asked about the Campbell and how we might need to visit them to look for more clues. Burton told us where their estate was, but since it was a few days journey, we decided not to go there yet. During our conversations, Burton told us that Lord Godfroy was somehow involved with the feud the Westcoats and Campbells had before the tragedy, but he was unclear about details. His theory was that he needed to put Ann’s soul to rest, find her body and give her a proper burial. Unfortunately, when he went out to find her, he encountered Bog Hounds and once he had seen an enormous Hound that towered above the rest. </p><p></p><p>After dinner, Burton told us that we would need to meet him in the library at 3 am. He wanted us to see something that would happen at that time. We continued our conversation as Syvrina went upstairs to bathe and eat – she had asked for an uncooked portion of lamb to dine upon.</p><p></p><p>At 3 am we gathered in the library and Burton pointed out the window. We saw a ghostly shape of a girl take shape along with other shapes of dogs. She ran off toward the moors chased by the dogs, and then as Burton shut the window curtains, we saw another ghostly figure that looked like a man. Brigby strained to open the curtain and look more. It was a man giving chase, but it wasn’t clear who or what it was. Syvrina bolted to go outside immediately to follow, but after Burton warned us of the danger, and I reminded her how exhausted and injured we were, we made a plan to set out in the morning to explore the bog and find Ann’s body, or return tomorrow night to follow the ghosts on to the moors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 7308447, member: 18333"] Session 29 – Westcoat Manor We fled the regenerating Bog Hounds trying as best we could to get out of the bog. I nearly collapsed from my wounds, but the others urged me to keep going. We felt as if we were making headway, but soon we heard the sound of the hounds baying and growling. From ahead of us, an old man was fleeing from 4 of the strange beasts. He dove behind a large boulder near us and we set up a defensive position. I needed to protect myself so I tried to fire off a newly learned fire bolt, missing my target, and then I ran back telling the old man to follow me to another rock further to our rear. As I did that, the others took positions near a boulder and met with the charging Bog Hounds. Fid was quickly attacked by two, then three of the hounds. Even his stout form and heavy armor could not withstand their pack tactics, but Brigby bolstered him with divine armor and a potent healing spell. Bynn quickly took dire wolf from and met with another of the Bog Hounds. He was able to wound it slightly. Syvrina, bounded up beside Bynn, nimbly stabbed and dodged and was able to score a deep wound on the beast with both rapier and dagger before she jumped back behind the others. I noticed her combat powers had improved, and much like me she could move more quickly and bound away from her foe without opening herself up to an attack. With their pack tactics, Fid and Bynn were suffering attack after attack. I sang my bladesong and ran out from cover around the pack of dogs and unleashed a burning hands spell that caught three of the hounds. The most injured one went down, inanimate for now. The others were weakened by the flame, but they still attacked. Syvrina did her graceful and deadly attacks once more and took down another. Then Fid and Bynn ripped through the rest. After our skirmish, the old man introduced himself as Douglas Michaels, the gardener at Burton Westcoat’s Manor. The old man thanked us for helping him and he remarked how it was strange that the Bog Hounds appeared during the day. He told us a little more about his position and the Westcoat Manor, and asked us to escort him back to the house. We agreed to help, wanting to meet with Burton Westcoat anyway to find out more about “the curse” that seemed to be associated with the Bog Hounds and his family. The grounds to the manor were surrounded by a wall which seemed to be barely holding back the decay of the bog, but inside the walls, the grounds of the manor house were well maintained. I appreciated that. The house, however, had seen better days. It was quite weathered and ramshackled. Inside the house Douglas introduced us to his master, Burton Westcoat. Westcoat was a handsome older gentleman who seemed charming and quite welcoming. He thanked us for saving his gardener and offered to give us rooms, baths and dinner. We accepted. We spoke with our host for a while and then took our rest. During our rest, Brigby consulted his bones and said that having dinner with Burton Westcoat would be a boon, not a bane. A few hours later, we met down in the dining room and sat for our meal. During the meal, which was rather good, we listened to Burton speak about his past. We questioned him accordingly and found that he seemed quite sincere. He told us how Ann tried to flee before his wedding and how she, perhaps accidentally, stabbed his brother before leaving. He assured us that he only wanted to apprehend her so that she could plead her case to the magistrate and when he found her in the bog, she was sinking in quicksand. He said he offered her a branch to pull her from the mire, but she would not grab for it. Instead, she cursed him and said, “no Westcoat would live in peace.” That’s when the chaos began. During dinner we asked about the Campbell and how we might need to visit them to look for more clues. Burton told us where their estate was, but since it was a few days journey, we decided not to go there yet. During our conversations, Burton told us that Lord Godfroy was somehow involved with the feud the Westcoats and Campbells had before the tragedy, but he was unclear about details. His theory was that he needed to put Ann’s soul to rest, find her body and give her a proper burial. Unfortunately, when he went out to find her, he encountered Bog Hounds and once he had seen an enormous Hound that towered above the rest. After dinner, Burton told us that we would need to meet him in the library at 3 am. He wanted us to see something that would happen at that time. We continued our conversation as Syvrina went upstairs to bathe and eat – she had asked for an uncooked portion of lamb to dine upon. At 3 am we gathered in the library and Burton pointed out the window. We saw a ghostly shape of a girl take shape along with other shapes of dogs. She ran off toward the moors chased by the dogs, and then as Burton shut the window curtains, we saw another ghostly figure that looked like a man. Brigby strained to open the curtain and look more. It was a man giving chase, but it wasn’t clear who or what it was. Syvrina bolted to go outside immediately to follow, but after Burton warned us of the danger, and I reminded her how exhausted and injured we were, we made a plan to set out in the morning to explore the bog and find Ann’s body, or return tomorrow night to follow the ghosts on to the moors. [/QUOTE]
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