The party eventually got to the spider farm and went building by building killing shadow goblins. The party were given a reward by Ulyah, the owner of the spider farm and then they headed back to Melford where they found that the male owner of the King's Head Inn was murdered the night before. Our intrepid heroes questioned everyone and eventually figured out that his sister (the female owner) killed him and that the honey seller may have been an accomplice.
Unfortunately by the time that they figured that out, the sister made her break on a horse. Keth tried to get on one of the horses in the stable but the horse did not care for him, throwing him off. He found a much more suitable horse and the party's chase led them to a farmhouse. Once inside, they fought a number of half dismembered skeletons and avoided some weird worms. Making sounds of combat, a slightly deformed man came in and started throwing divine spells at the party. They killed him (learning that he was the mad half brother of the inn owners) and saw that he had a shrine dedicated to a God that nobody could identify. They took their prisoner back to town and were hailed as heroes and permitted to stay in the Inn for the foreseeable future.
Of course, the next morning, the heroes were greeted by Maenae. She introduced herself as a priestess at the shrine up North. Keth believed they were blood cultists but that was quickly disproved. Savula Vogg, the deformed girl, also went along to be trained as a sybil. When the party got to the shrine, they noticed that Lithlowen was there. Maenae informed the party that she was a follower of Tymora, a Goddess previously unknown to this world until she happened upon her near Dryad Wood. She has been here at the shrine ever since.
Maenae asked the party to do her a favor and check in on an adventuring party that was trying to destroy the rest of the shadow goblins but she had not heard from them in a week or so. She wanted the party to come back with news, if possible. She also promised healing and gave the party two healing potions each. The party also noticed that the shrine was missing 2 statutes of 7 at the shrine and that they apparently walked off on their own and disappeared at a cliff. The statues also seemed to have moved a bit in their circle the evening before the party went to chase after the previous adventuring party.
Freya tracked the adventurers to a cave. After being attacked by rats and stirges, the party found the prior adventuring party - all caught in a net trap, dead. They party looted the previous adventurers and returned to Maenae rather than further tracking down the shadow goblins which they saw no sign of in this cavern.
The party is now making plans to return to Dryad Wood with Lithlowen who states that they will meet his lady there. Maenae also informed the party that they would meet again in the future and that they would be needed in Dryad Wood.Statistics: Posted by Amanda Rose — Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:26 pm
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