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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vimfuego" data-source="post: 942112" data-attributes="member: 12345">PennWood Keep4/16/03PennWood Keep8/4/1224Crime was increasing in Jarspar, and it wasn't me, or the Indigo Brotherhood as far as I could tell. Most of the crime was against high profile citizens, robbery, assault and the occasional murder. Local law enforcement was turning the screws on us, bleeding us dry.I Founf out that in Aramore, two families fought a war for control and the Black Serpents lost. Their boss was killed and his megalomaniac son took over, moving operations and personnel (lots of personnel) into Jarspar. They hired on mercenary named Chains, an Ex-Order of the Diamond Monk. There is to be a guild summit of all the existing guilds very soon, such an event is unprecedented.We have to scout the location, abandoned keep eastern edge Penn Woods.Cash's boss Brannigan Wolf, or Wolf.Horses, Food to be provided. Jarspar to PennWood 146 miles, then 35 miles to keep.I convinced the others to go to the Keep. I told them I had to deliver a package to PennWood.Ran into five Order of the Diamond monks heading north from Rhosmere as we arrived in the afternoon of the next day. The scowled at us, especially Shieldmangler. I contemplated whether they might be involved since the gang from Aramore had hired an former Diamond monk.Arrived at Pennwood on 8/7. Got setup at an Inn. I told everyone I had to go meet my contact, headed over to the other Inn and looked up a certain girl a few a the guys in the Brotherhood told me about. I will have to look her up whenever I'm in Pennwood, she must have taken a class or something!8/8Headed off to the Keep, didn't make it the whole way that day so we made camp.8/9Arrived at the Keep. Approached, entered inner courtyard which contained a broken down wall, double doors and stairs leading up. A stone circle was in the middle containing a fire. The fire reached out at Jon's horse as he checked it out.The stairs led to temple of Arcona, God of War. I thought I saw what appeared to be a human figure in the rubble. Nah.Double doors, stairs down, 20 by 20 room with alcove, door. The alcove door led to spiral stairs up to a 20' walkway.Checked out the other door in the 20x20, led to a passageway. An air elemental went by, slamming the door shut behind us.Everyone was asking about a pass phrase for my "contact", so I made one up, "The serpent has arrived."Just then we heard Tesmian screaming, he'd been in the courtyard as a rear guard or something.We continued searching around, looking for a way to get to Tesmian. We saw someone slinking away. Finally we got back to Tesmian.We went through the doors in the temple, down some stairs to the cellar. Nope, it was a Crypt with nine sarcophagi.Searched around the Keep some more. Found a lab at the top of the tower that looked like it had recently had some work done on it. Found some coinage and a spellbook, Cael was happy.As we headed back down with the loot we spotted eight riders with Eagle emblems on their shields. Jarspar mercenary guild. This caused me great concern as I knew that these guys were probably from one of the other guilds in Jarspar doing the same kind of thing we were doing. But they also might be here on behest of the Aramore group sent to setup ambush locations to attack the heads of the guild. <img src="http://nightmare.org/dnd/john/040903/med/3325.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Originally posted at:<a href="http://nightmare.org/dnd/thay/pennwoodfull.html" target="_blank">http://nightmare.org/dnd/thay/pennwoodfull.html</a></blockquote>

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