- GM’s note: Grant has accepted the role of Sheriff of Tyland.
Day 2 – Wineday – 18th Day of Winterwane (Spring)
- Grant, Tellurian and a very sore Ethan are introduced to Old Olo, the caretaker of the Sheriff’s Tower, and are shown around where they will be staying. The old Sheriff (Gideon) died of old age a few months earlier and he had no deputies so most of the tower is unused. Grant realises that he needs to fit out the tower with fresh cots and fresh bedding, make sure that the kitchen has everything that it needs to cook for many, and so forth.
- Ethan decides to visit the candlemaker (Rowan, and her apprentice John the Fair) to get some candles to light the place. The candles are made from Nyrathi beeswax – Nyrathi bees are as large as cats but their honey and wax are highly prized. Grant goes to Prigg’s general store to organise for supplies, furniture and bedding to be provided. He pays for everything out of the loot acquired from the River Caverns.
* Rowan (Left), John the Fair (Right). Images sourced from Google Images
- Until beds can be put in place, Ethan and Gareth will stay at the Good Omen Inn. Ethan does what he can, but he is still very sore from his injuries. He spies a bow in the armoury and resolves to see whether he still has a keen eye. It has been many years since he has used a bow. Tellurian helps Grant set up the tower.
- That afternoon, Prigg comes to see what the new Sheriff is up to, and he offers to introduce Grant to some of the villagers. Grant agrees to this and he is taken next door to meet Thorn Fellowthongs, the local smith who is still grieving the disappearance of his fourteen year-old daughter, Jinny. She disappeared two months ago and hasn’t been seen since. Thorn asks for Grant’s help and the two spend the rest of the day together, Grant listening intently to everything that Thorn knows about his daughter’s disappearance. (As such, Grant doesn’t get to meet anyone else on Wineday as Thorn consumes all of his available time)
* Thorn Fellowthongs. Image sourced from Google Images
- Meanwhile, Ethan takes stock of the village and the state of the armoury. There is only one bow, two spears and a rusty old sword in the armoury. Only three quivers of arrows and no fletcher in town. He looks over the simple smith’s tools which are in the Sheriff’s Tower and figures that he might need to do some blacksmithing when he is feeling better. He talks a little with Tellurian to understand how believes magic works in this realm but doesn’t let on that Ethan knows how to use magic too. Then he explores the town a little – there are no fixed defences, and not enough villagers here to form any sort of militia. Ethan wonders what they will do if the local bandits come in force.
- They share a meal at the Good Omen Inn that evening and talk a little. Gareth remains quiet. Ethan shares what he has observed to date and notes that it will be difficult to police the roads to the north where Red’s men have been active if they have no horses. He presumes they will have to go to Stone Bridge to acquire some.
- After everyone else has retired, Grant decides to read some of the old Sheriff’s Journals and then he resolves to visit the River Caverns again to see if anyone or anything has returned. In the dead of night he reaches the way down into the caverns and begins exploring. He finds the creature that Boz and the other goblins feared – it is some sort of underground centipede with a great maw and many tentacles. In shadow-form, he edges around it and explores further without the beast being aware of him.
- Grant is annoyed to find that someone else has been here. Some of the bodies of the fishmen have been moved, and some of the items that formed part of the sacrificial ritual have been removed. He resolves to return to town and come back to acquire all of the remaining relics (and the stone tablets) before any more of these creatures return. It vexes him that there are probably more of these creatures out there, and so close to town.
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