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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8124958" data-attributes="member: 7015827">It took some time to clear out the remaining Fire Knives from the upper level, but eventually Shanni’s careful trap removals and their melee skills brought the party success. A separate set of stairs down was discovered, along with a well-trapped study. Aerikoth swiftly looked for any pertinent information in the study's desk and shelves, while Shanni took care of the chest in the room. Aerikoth confirmed that it was the same chest they had originally found at Hallton’s manor and had been removed from the burned-down Gatereach guest house. Aerikoth again hypothesized that the portal in the basement led to the chest, being how Cormaeril had supplied magical equipment to Hallton’s forces.As the four were ransacking the study, they heard the faint sound of an alarm gong coming from the level below, along with children wailing. The adventurers quickly took stock of the situation, concluding that they had not yet found the Fire Knives’ leadership, although they had found some evidence in the form of a ciphered document and Hallton’s chest. Shanni also pointed out an amulet that she had looted which had the sign of Kelemvor on it. Aerikoth in response noted that it might have belonged to the monk Veran, a former member of the company killed at Hallton manor. Darrow showed the map seized in the basement to Dermot, who observed that it seemed to show a specific part of Westgate.Dermot opened the new door leading downstairs and saw several guards and nobles, some with children in tow, running about. The ranger relayed this information and put it to a vote whether they should continue the assault. All were in agreement that they did not need to abandon it at that time, but should take care not to injure any of the children.Descending to the main floor, the adventurers encountered several Cormaeril guards who were shouting to save the women and children, as well as to kill the intruders. The party dispatched the first pair of guards they saw, then Dermot kicked in the door to a noble’s bedroom. The noble begged for he and his wife to be spared, shrieking that they had done nothing. Dermot, looking grim-faced, demanded to know where Tagreth Cormaeril was. The noble claimed in response that Tagreth lived upstairs, where the nobles had never gone.The ranger menacingly repeated the question, saying Tagreth wasn’t up there, but was interrupted by another noble, yelling at them and accusing the adventurers of killing defenseless women and children. Darrow helpfully clarified that they had not killed any women or children yet. Dermot again asked about Tagreth and received the same information – that Tagreth’s room was above and that the other Cormaeril nobles did not go to the upstairs or basement floors, since all that was there were servants’ quarters and dungeons. Meanwhile, Shanni had investigated two other bedrooms, one with kids and another with screaming idiots, as she put it. She and Darrow worked to barricade the civilians inside their rooms, to keep them out of the way as the party moved to search the rest of the main floor of the castle.</blockquote>

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