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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Medriev" data-source="post: 4497009" data-attributes="member: 21864">Chapter 6 - Death at the Keep (Part 1)The day after the battle was even colder and it was then that Deloak and his brother, Falain were entombed together beneath Sister Linora’s temple of Chauntea against the west wall of Winterhaven. The wind from the east was strengthening and chilled the mourners to the bone as they stood over the fallen forms of the two dwarves. Sister Linora blessed the two and then Gila and Belrin broke into a funeral dirge that the wind seemed to amplify and make even more mournful. As the dwarves and the dragonborn moved away, Mandratan moved to stand beside Brother Gevarn, whose plight in Arabel had first brought them to Winterhaven. Irontooth had carried a message on a scroll that the wizard could not decipher and he wanted the priest’s thoughts. He unrolled it as he drew near and read it again:IrontoothMy spy in Winterhaven suggests we keep an eye out for visitors to the area. It probably does not matter: in just a few more days I’ll completely open the rift. Then Winterhaven’s people will serve Shar or else feed Shadraxil’s empty stomach. Lord Kalarel of the KeepMandratan wondered who Shadraxil was and if the Keep was truly the ruined keep to the north of Winterhaven. He hoped that Gevarn or Sister Linora could tell him.“Brother Gevarn,” said Mandratan quietly. “Would you look at this please? I found it on the goblin chief who led the kobolds.” Gevarn examined the note and seemed to read it two or three times before he spoke.“I know not who or what Shadraxil is but this Kalarel must be the cult leader if he claims to be lord of the keep,” said Gevarn. “We must go to the keep as soon as we can. I will guide you there.”Mandratan looked surprised and Gevarn seemed put out.“I am not the fearful acolyte you met in Arabel,” said Gevarn by way of explanation. “I have sought Chauntea’s guidance and learned the ways of battle. I will not fail you.”Mandratan nodded and looked down at the tombs of the two dwarves. There was no failure, he mused, only death. He turned away from the tombs and as he did so, it began to snow steadily.</blockquote>

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