Of Sound Mind II

Adren

Ah, perhaps Aiden will be able to help the poor man. It is clear his mind has not yet completely left him, but it may be close.....could the mine be the source of his apparent insanity?
 

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Gholog and Seraphina:

"Sure you can." Tokket replies to Gholog. He goes over to the bar and returns with the iron-bound book. "Like most dwarven things it's pretty sturdy." He places the book in front of Gholog.

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you folks in town? Most have been traveling away from Bellhold."

I've attached the text of the diary as a .txt file to this post.
 

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Gholog

Gholog slowly and reverently reads the diary, using care to keep it clean.

* * *

After finishing the tome, he returns it to Tokket.

"Whatever became of this Toren person?"
 

"To be perfectly honest I have not heard of the troubles here in Bellhold, the church has sent me to pick up bells for it, although by the looks of it, something is wrong here, can you tell me what is troubling you? I'm sure the church can wait." Aiden replies.
 

Gholog and Seraphina:

Tokket shrugs. "I don't know. In the journal, my mother calls him a thief, but when I asked her about Toren she said that the dragon had broken his mind. Either way, to my knowledge he wasn't seen again."


Aiden, Adren, Kerrick and Jason:

"There are many things troubling the town of late." The girl wearing the symbol Pelor replies to Aiden. "Cobble has been having dreams over the last couple of weeks, and he has become a little, um, strained..." She pauses, looking at the crying man with some concern. "I've never seen him this bad before though. None of the gifts our lord Pelor grants me are strong enough to heal his mind, so I would welcome any aid you could give."

She turns to look at Adren. "I don't know what the cause of all this is. I went down to the mine just two days ago and I felt no evil there. But I am somewhat unskilled in such matters." She runs her fingers through her hair, looking desperate. "The others of my temple have left the town, seeking answers to the problem elsewhere, so I am doing my best to tend the town myself." She sits back down, obviously close to exhaustion.
 

Adren

Are you well? You appear to have worked yourself nearly to death! Come with us to the inn. We will dine and discuss how we can help the citizenry of this overcrowded town!

I'm sorry, forgive my manners. I didn't catch your name?

Perhaps you should bring Cobble along to the inn. Mayhaps he has some information that may be useful. I know you have already questioned him, but the addled mind may release knowledge only sparingly.
 

Gholog

"Ah well, it was just a thought.

"While in the Dancing Hound we heard of some missing children and came to offer our help. Who is in charge of that?"
 

Gholog and Seraphina:

"The missing children? You'll want to speak to Captain Haldik. He's in charge of the town Watch, and the search. He'd welcome any help you can offer, as so far the search has come up blank." He fills a mug with ale and hands it to one of the farmers. "Things have gone even worse of late. The Heroes of the Bell, our local adventurers, haven't been seen since they went looking at the start of the week." He smiles humorlessly. "Hardly a good sign, is it?"


Aiden, Adren, Kerrick and Jason:

The girl stands back up, smiling at Adren. "Thank you, I could do with a meal. My name's Thorlenn. What are your names?" She goes back over to Cobble and gently takes hold of his arm. "Cobble? These kind people are going to get us something to eat. Will you join us?"

Cobble looks up at Thorlenn, his tears having cleaned streaks through the dust on his face. "Eh?" He shakes his head for a moment, then stops. "Yes, yes, I will. I might as well eat." He seems slightly cheered by the mention of food and gets to his feet. He looks over to Aiden and leans forwards to whisper in his ear. "You know your god can't stop him, don't you? He'll take you just the same as the others." He straightens up again and nods at you all. "Now, food you say?"
 

Gholog

"Where can I find Captain Haldeck so as to volunteer my services?

Gholog looks around to see if there are any other half-orcs in the area.

I wonder how I'll fit in. Humans tend to be so judgmental.
 

Kerrick Jonez

Kerrick leans over and whispers to Aiden, "Perhaps you should check,Cobble, to make sure he's in good health? He may have had a head injury like those horse we saw earlier."

Kerrick then bows to Thorlenn, "Kerrick Jonez at your service, if there's anything i can do for you feal free to ask."
 

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