The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter I

[Verbatim]

Looking at the deserted mill, Ayden can only imagine how the town used to be run, and how the property came to its current state.

~Everywhere has a story, everyone has a song...~

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Mosslime: Finhead Saurial/Male

Mosslime noses around looking for unknown scents while he also looks to see if the issue of water level is apparent at or around the mill.

 

[Velmont]

Sielwoodan start to look at the area, for any sign of passage of animals or creatures.

 

[Verbatim]

As Mosslime begins to look around the area, Ayden follows along with him.

"Looking for things our eyes cannot see Moss?"

 

[Majin]

Mosslime detects the slight scent of decay in the area, as well as the heavy musty scent of aging. The millpond itself is dry, and small traces of the lowering water level can be detected as well moving into the swamp itself.

The only thing of note Sielwoodan notices are the small tracks of scavengers coming from the old mill.

 

[Manzanita]

Drogo

"Perhaps the mill itself it worth investigating. Or shall we just walk right in? Can anyone speak to the lizardmen? Did you prepare the spell Ayden?"

 

[Verbatim]

Turning back when his name was called, Ayden looked nodded his head to Drogo's question.

"As I said last night, if the lizardfolk speak in the tongue of wyrms, then I can speak to them, but in the case they do not speak either common or wyrmish, Finder has granted me the ability to understand their words for a brief time."

OOC: Spells: 0-no change, 1st: 1 Comprehend Languages, 1 Bless

 

[Manzanita]

Drogo

"Do we have any sort of a plan then, to avoid combat? If they attack, perhaps I can attempt to entangle them. Does anyone else have a non-lethal method of restraining them?"

 

[Verbatim]

Looking around to the others, Ayden truthfully does not know of any way to ensure that the lizard folk will not attack first and ask questions later. However, with the exception of their entry into town, he has not heard of them attacking first either.

~And the truth to be known, we did attack first then also...~

"My suggestion would be to call out to them in Draconic and common saying hold or peace. If they give us a chance to explain ourselves, we ask to speak to their chief, or at least have permission to seek the source of the water falling. If they will do either one for us, it will help us greatly."

Looking back to the mill for a moment, Ayden turns back to Drogo.

"As for the mill, it looks pretty run down, and this close to town it looks unlikely we would find anything inside. However, if you wish to look in, I doubt it could hurt anything, as Sheriff Trond did give us pretty broad permissions as to what we could do."

 

[Jarval]

Andreas looks at the near-ruined mill with a sad curiosity.

I wonder what happened to make its owners abandon it. Living this close to the swamp, they did perhaps run more risks than the other townsfolk.

He looks away from the mill as Drogo speaks.

"Hmm? While I can't restrain them, I can make them (and by them I mean one of them at a time) a deal more cooperative. If they speak Draconic, this may prove to be useful. Of course, we're assuming they won't have any grasp of the Common tongue, which seem unlikely given their proximity to the town."