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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lost_DM_n_paradise" data-source="post: 7397685" data-attributes="member: 36249">Episode 4:  Bad Halflings and Mud MenIn the underground passages, the Party decided to try sabotaging the Blood Golem (imagine armored Frankenstein monster, powered by human blood).  It took some time, but they removed the tube used to provide the golem blood.Afterward, they rested and the next day, returned to Brookhollow with the recently freed prisoner-slaves.  At the inn, they spoke with Trill, the Halfling innkeeper about Otis.  Otis was a collaborator – involved in the kidnapping of people used as slaves by the evil priest, Korlorian.  Kelorian was turned over to the town constable-magistrate. No one, including love-interest Trill, had seen Otis since the previous evening.  The magistrate sent message to Orred to have Kolorian picked up and transported to Orred for prosecution.The Party heard a scream from outside and dashed out to investigate. A boy, perhaps ten years old, half-covered in mud, ran up the hill toward the inn.  He explained that he and a friend were skipping stones on the mud pool at the center of town when some sort of small mud man attacked them. It hurled mud at them and his friend had been covered in mud.  The Party ran down to the mud pit, where they discovered a small boy, almost completely covered in mud.  Only his feet were showing.  In the mud pit, two mud-like small humanoids stood menacing. As the Party moved to rescue the mud-covered boy, the mud men began hurling blobs of mud.  The Party pulled the boy to safety and removed the mud, which would have otherwise suffocated him, and engaged the mud men in combat.  Compounded (again) by very bad dice rolls, it was not easy.  The Party wounded the two mud men but was forced to retreat.After a short rest, the Party returned to the mud pit and destroyed the mud men. Shard surmised that the magical effect causing the importation of other-planar creatures was getting worse; shadow creatures were now replaced or superseded by elemental creatures.Afterward, the Party tried to track down Otis, the Halfling who had been working with Kelorian.  With Aeya’s tracking skills and a bit of luck from Aesun, they picked up his trail at the mausoleum and followed the trail for a few miles, north east to the road leading back to Orred.The Party returned to Brookhollow to say goodbye and rest before heading back to Orred.The next day they arrived back in Orred. Just outside the city, they passed a contingent of Dragon Guard- elite Orred guards, assigned to the most important security functions, such as VIP security, including VIP prisoner escort. The Party tried but failed to flag down the Dragon Guard as they past.  Back in the city, the Party camped at Aesun’s aunt and uncles house and then visited several shops to make purchases and gather information:-Marmaroc's Arms & Smithy:  Discussed prices for some masterwork items.  Seems like a “local” shop, run by local guy.-Walgrun's Smithy:  Discussed prices for some masterwork items.  Dwarf-run shop and Dwarves typically better smiths than the typical human smith.-The Party also picked up a few tidbits of (local) information:--From one of the slaver workers, named “Ambar”, rescued from the underground work pits, whole towns in the former North Province are being turned into undead.  Locals fear an undead army invasion from the north.-From the father of one of the boys rescued from the mud man, a fisherman was recently attacked and almost killed by some sort of water-creature, like a snake or python.The Party decided to travel & explore the ruins north of Orred, where a second Blood golem is rumored to be hidden.</blockquote>

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