17.01.2250 NG
Waking around the campfire and gathering their belongings, Celeste and Gritgoz set off ahead of the group to scout the landscape and forage.
Erdodal wakes to find a raven waiting patiently next to him, a missive around his leg. On taking the parchments, the raven bursts into a cloud of smoke, leaving Erndodal to read:
Tarnak reads over his shoulder and reveals to Erndodal that the “Big guy” is not very popular with the other deamons. He is “greedy” and has been expanding and taking over much of the other deamons domains. When asked by Throkk if he knew the Big Guys name, Tarnak simply replied “There are names, and there are names”. He went on to explain that there were a few deamons interested in Erndodal after the events in the forrest that night, Tarnak among them. Tarnak told Erndoal he thought he had great potential, and while Erndoal may have inadvertently summoned him here, that they actually had similar goals.
The party hiked for 2 days towards the town of Caville, towards the best lead they have on the location of the alchemist “Denes”. As they approached the town they found it covered in a small localised snowstorm, despite beautiful spring sky’s above. Enquiring in the Local Tavern (The Mules Hole) they learned that the strange snow only appeared 2 weeks ago, with the arrival of the strange tower outside of town. The Tavern owner (Pim) advised the other villagers to stay away, but was unable to stop a local man Lorth from Leaving to investigate.
A little questioning revels that Lorth is in fact the brother of the Vicetina Baker( Gregory). Lorth is something of a woodsman and the party learned that a group of priests, Judges, assorted civilians( some in chains) moved through the town a few weeks back – they recruited Lorth to guide them through the Deadwood, but Pim knows nothing about where they were going or who they were with.
Tulip performs a tear jerking rendition of a young Elf who yearns to be a human, trying to find his place in the world. The villagers are enraptured.
Deciding to pursue Lorth rather track the priests the party approach the strange Tower, the blizzards growing stronger and stronger. Gritgoz and Throkk scale the tower, Throkk burning his feet on the baking hot stones as he climbs. Inside they find a lavish, exotically decorated tower, with a staircase on the top floor that seems to lead to further rooms despite seeming physically to extend past the roof of the building. As they creep down the tower they encounter a sleeping man in foreign robes who seems trapped behind some sort of magical barrier.
Meanwhile Erndodal walks casually in the front door with tulip. After petting the well fed, friendly dog they begin to explore the study and tower proper.
Picking their way through a storage room with an impressive chest in the corner they pause to investigate a humanoid skeleton seemingly chained to the tower wall, surrounded by weapons and armour. As they attempt to leave the skeleton rends the chains from the wall and the weapons and armour fly from the ground and bind themselves to the creature who advances menacingly on the duo.
Journal Updates: The World/Caville