The Retrievers - Chapter 2

[Elocin]

Chapter 1 - Hrodel's Story

"I will see what I can do." As she gets up and goes into the front room and gathers the crystal ball and a few other items and bring them back in here. "Now I need the rest of you to not disturb me as I will definitely need to concentrate so please no interuptions until I am done." With this said you see her visibly relax and begin to cast a spell as she stares into the crystal ball. After several minutes you see the crystal ball go form being crystal clear to a dark and stomry cloud billowing inside. You occasioanlly see bursts of light indie but other than that you see nothing. You hear Hrodel mumbling something under her breath but no matter how much you strain you can not make out what she is saying. After about 30 minutes or so you see her body go rigid, her eyes opening wie with fear and then she slumps in her chair.

She is out of breath as she puts a hand out saying that she is ok as she answers your unasked questions, "I am ok, just at the end thier was someone or something who did not want to be scyed on and made thier intentions known that I should not continue in no uncertain terms. All I saw was a hideous bulbous white head with tentacles before my scry shut down. I do have answers to some of your questions though and will answer them as best I can."

"How easy will it be to descend this shaft, will we need much rope and climbing tools or can it be clambered down fairly easily?"

"The shaft will be somewhat difficult as it falls startight down roughly 600 paces staright down and the stone seems to have been worked in some fashion. There is another way into the cavern by way of a wooden door set into the side of a hill that looks like it might be some kind of guard room or something. I could not see if anything was inside. This door is a hundred or so spaces north of the shaft."

"How many of these lizard things are there?"

"I could not get an exact number but there are at least 20 of them."

"Where is your father's body within their caves?"

"At the end of the shaft is a huge cavern and my fathers body is located on the Northern side of the cavern in some kind of hut, surrounded what looks like to be water."

Monastery questions:

"We are told there are many undead there, can you give us more information about them as to their numbers and type; if indeed they exist."

"I am unsure about thier types they could either be mummies, zombies or ghasts as I am not all that familiar with the undead and they number about 20 but they seem to be in different locations."

"Also some idea as to the layout and condition of the ruins"

"The ruins above ground are completly, well ruined, but thier is a staircase set into the gorund which leads down to the dungeons and the dungeons seem to be in relatively good shape."

"With regards to a rumored dragon in the area I saw nothing."

 

[tyrlaan]

Durnn spots the sun elf steal the black vial. He looks at the elf, and shakes his head. "Huh" he says in a whisper, shaking his head. "I thought I was thru with thieves when I left Waterdeep. Guess they tend to show up everywhere." He affixes the sun elf with a glare. "But I will give ya one warning and one warning only: try to steal anything from me and my co-workers..." he gestures to the others "... and you'll find my greataxe buried in your back before you can sneak away." Koraero finds this an unusual threat, since Durnn is wielding no weapons

With this, Durnn turns to return to the party.

A wicked grin tears across the face of the sun elf and he says in a low voice to Durrn as he turns away, "So is the rumor true then? Did The Bouncer go soft?"

 

[Harvey]

Durnn, Earth Genasi Fighter 1

"Did you say The Bouncer?" Durnn eyes the stranger carefully. "Only one person ever called be that! Wait, can it be? Koraero? Kor! It is you, you damnable rogue!" He starts slapping Koraero on the back. "What the hell are you doing in this misbegotten town?"

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

Mindal thanks Hrodel for her information "It will be most helpful." He then turns to see what all the commotion at the front of the shop is.

 

[tyrlaan]

Koraero Firironna - Rogue 2

"Did you say The Bouncer?" Durnn eyes the stranger carefully. "Only one person ever called be that! Wait, can it be? Koraero? Kor! It is you, you damnable rogue!" He starts slapping Koraero on the back. "What the hell are you doing in this misbegotten town?"

"I see your memory is as sharp as ever, Durnn." Koraero flinches a bit at Durnn's slap. "Still strong too," he spurts out after the slaps are done. "I really had you going there for a moment."

"So what am I doing here? Not getting caught by the town guard. Of course, if you are one of the town guard, I guess I'm still getting caught." Koraero lets out another big grin. "But last time I checked, guards don't take up the quests of fair maidens. So what's your story you old sewer rat?"

 

[Erekose13]

Sten had also paid entirely too much attention to the woman's divinations, nodding as she mentions the lack of information on the dragon. He turns quite surprised to see Durnn speaking to another individual, but remains silent as the two seem to know one another.

 

[Lobo Lurker]

Brenden eyes the elf warily before turning back to Hrodel. "Thanks for all your help." he says somewhat awkwardly. Glancing at Pemberton's eye gestures and nods he adds, "Your divinations will prove to be helpful, I'm sure." Looking quite embarrassed he makes his way to the front of the shop and browses.

 

[Harvey]

Durnn, Earth Genasi Fighter 1

"So what's your story you old sewer rat?"

"I latched onto this sweet job working for this powerful mystic named Retsilah. Me and my co-workers over here, we're on a mission of retrieval. Along the way, the boss wanted us to retrieve something form this woman, Hrodel. Ends up we're looking for her dad's body. I guess you could say we're retrievers of a sort. The jobs may get dirty, but the reward is good, and..." he drops to a whisper "much as I like to give 'em a rough time, we've got a good group here. Good guys to have your back when the going gets rough."

He looks over and notices that Hrodel has finished speaking. "Let me introduce you..." He calls the rest of the group together. "Hey guys! Guys! Let me introduce Koraero. Kor was an old... acquaintance of mine back in Waterdeep. You got to get into a location to... retrieve something? This is the guy to have on your team. Well, so long as you keep an eye on your own purse while he around..." He gives Kor a big grin.

Durnn begins to introduce everyone. "Kor, this is Mindal Delamber. Mindal's our scout, and we'd all be lost in the woods without him."

Gesturing to Pemberton "This is Pemberton Dram. He's kinda our leader, though I'm sure Brendan would have something to say about that.. " he says, grinning at Brendan. "Pemberton is an artist extraordinaire, and tends to be the voice of our group. That guy over there by the wall is Talon, Pemberton's hireling. He takes care of the horses and such. He doesn't say much, but he knows how to stay out of trouble. You might even forget he's around."

"Here we have Sten Temperlan, our devotee of Grumbar. A bit serious, but a great person to have your back in a fight."

"And here we have our very own Red Wizard In Training, Brendan. Brendan is a caster from Thay, and if he hasn't mastered every spell in Faerun, it's because he's too busy sharpening his razor wit."

OOC: Am I assuming Gripir is no longer with us?

 

[Wilphe]

"Thank you mil'lady, we shall detain you no longer," Pemberton turns round to greet whatever disagreeable miscreant Durnn has dragged up, "Hello, I take it that you and Durnn have met proffessionally?" he awaits a reply before moving briskly on "Please excuse us, we have a long journey ahead of us," he turns to the rest of the group, "I think we need a whole load of rope - at least for the option of taking the shaft, and some pitons and the like, so let's see what the general store has and hit the trail. We can plan on the way."

OOC:
I guess Pemberton's 10 a K/Waterdeep check turns up nothing about Kor...

I think Gripir might be doing a Blackleaf...

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

Mindal extends a hand, "A pleasure to meet you sir, any friend of Durnns...is welcome to buy the next round of drinks." He grins.