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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7948482" data-attributes="member: 7015827">As the group readied their weapons and began moving forward, a ghostly form appeared in front of them – “Brok!” exclaimed Rahnee, as Pahar’s men made signs of warding and Darrow thought they had been spotted by guards. The ghost, smiling, said that he had been drawn back, which meant that they had not given up on him. A moment later, he had disappeared, but Rahnee still seemed to be carrying on a conversation; even the normally unflappable Aerikoth stood staring, confused. Once she was finished, a determined look on her face, she gave the order to move forward. (The ways and means of the dead are sometimes confusing. A common thread throughout history, however, is that those spirits with an overpowering need to conclude unfinished business may return as haunts. Brok-Tul most certainly falls into this category. --C)As the adventurers and the baronial soldiers started making their way up the manor hill, the two guards inside the wall shouted an alarm and ran inside, barricading the door behind them. Avoiding the trap on the way up, the companions once again bashed down the gate and reached the door. Although Darrow was eager to bash it, it opened easily to a knock spell from Aerikoth. The companions readied themselves for a charge and swiftly entered the manor.Inside, a number of Hallton guards engaged them in the entrance hall, but were no match for the group, who then made their way slowly down the corridor to Hallton’s audience chamber. Hallton, hearing them coming, shouted out for his guards to charge the intruders. Several heavily armed and armored men moved to do their lord’s bidding, engaging the companions at the chamber’s opening. A savage melee ensued and the captain of Pahar’s men went down, although his soldiers stood firm and were able to form a shield wall in front of Aerikoth, who hurled spells into the ranks of their foes.When the fighting was done, Hallton’s guard was dead and he himself had vanished after drinking a potion during the fight. Rahnee, no fool, immediately thought to start tracing his blood trail, bringing her adventuring companions with her while Pahar’s guard stayed in the audience chamber. After several minutes, the adventurers went back to the chamber, where they spotted Hallton’s form retreating into his antechamber. Cornering the erstwhile Duke, Rahnee and Darrow cut him down without mercy, Rahnee stabbing him over and over again as she cursed him to his grave.The remaining soldiers from Baron Pahar’s guard headed back to the manor entrance to sweep the area, as the companions looted Hallton’s body and searched his chambers. In an underground torture complex, they found a note in a cipher which none of them could read, which Aerikoth kept for future reference. Inside Hallton’s personal chamber, a trapped chest was disarmed by Rahnee, but nothing was found inside. Aerikoth, concentrating, was able to tell that the chest was magical in some manner, but nothing more.A short while later, as the group was completing their sweep of the manor and nearby grounds, Rahnee and Aerikoth heard a scream from outside. They moved quickly and found a baronial guardsman standing over the charred form of Darrow; the guard explained that he had come as soon as he had heard the scream, having been searching outside for possible graves, under Rahnee’s previous orders. Rahnee was able to quickly administer healing salves to the dwarf, who confirmed that he had tripped a fire trap on the spiked head of Brok-Tul while attempting to retrieve it. After finishing her ministrations to Darrow, Rahnee examined the pole with Veran’s head and disabled a similar trap, taking both of the heads into her possession and placing them in her magical bag of holding.</blockquote>

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