15 Eleasias 1500 DR
THE BRIDGE OF FALLEN MEN - Hobgoblin corpses, bone white and encased in blocks of ice, were seen floating down the Tun River.
Purple Dragons snared a handful of corpses and dragged them ashore for inspection. The ice was translucent and seemed unable to melt in the warmer water of the Tun. The hobgoblins appeared to wear armor, some held swords and axes, while others carried heavy crossbows on their backs or on their belts. A pair of dwarf merchants stopped near the river to keep count of ice blocks.
MARSEMBER - The investigator for hire “Ironeye” Houndfyre is warning all who care to listen to avoid “unattended chests or coffers of fine make.”
These are lures, says the investigator, meant to draw in and slay the unwary. Ironeye claims to have seen two such chests placed near the homes of rich merchants, each chest “left partially open and on their side, as though they fell from a wagon. Unsuspecting folk from the house would happen upon the chest, turn it upright and open it, and discover all manner of coins inside. However, each time they reached in to take coins, some
thing erupted out of the chest to devour the hands and face of the unsuspecting victim.” According to Ironeye, a sort of human-shaped ooze or slime would emerge from the body of its victim about half an hour later and give out a shrill burbling cry. Soon after, the same cloaked and cowled people who placed the chests would arrive, gather up the ooze, the chest, and the corpse, and flee into the night.
ZUNDLE - A band of adventurers drove off a swarm of harp spiders rampaging on the Way of the Dragon within sight of the Zundle waystop.
The Tankard Trolls, originally of Fendarl’s Gate but now enjoying the patronage of House Irlingstar, formed a line four shields wide, and deployed crossbows and spells to beat back the spiders. According to a Crown messenger who saw the spiders’ remains, at least two harp spiders were as large as a rothé calf. The messenger, hight Hendreth Lionwinter, was overheard to express concern over the presence of so many male harp spiders this late in the season: “By this time of year all the males have either died or traveled deep into the King’s Forest to find a place to hibernate.” For their part, the Tankard Trolls did not tarry. Upon the defeat of the spiders, the adventurers returned to their mounts and continued north in the company of Lord Irlingstar and his retinue.
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