01. 10/13/2017 Session Writeup

Session Summary
The party met Old Eteri in the tavern in Lanketi, where she told the party that her daughter was missing, blaming it on some black hooded figures who were interested in her house. She was cagey, seeming very reluctant to allow strangers into her house, but Britni successfully intimidated the woman into showing them in anyway. This also means they were seen by the entire tavern forcing a crying old woman lead them somewhere.

Old Eteri’s house was a crumbling mansion outside of the town’s western wall. She showed the party two rooms - one filled with memorial keepsakes from when Eteri’s family was in power and a bedroom that had looked clean and recently used, filled with clothes that would have fit Eteri. They also noticed a path leading out into the woods.

After searching her house, the party returned back into town to find supplies (successfully) and information (unsuccessfully). Zoia ended up playing for her meal and a bed (shared with Lu), Taer slept in a contact’s stable, and Britni tried to track down her contact, only to find that her house was seemingly empty.

The next morning, they went back to Eteri’s house, and don’t find anything unusual on the premises (though they do notice that Eteri is watching them). The following the path into some caves, where they successfully ziplined across a river (by suggestion of Farideh) and found a near-dead elf fighting some goblins. After killing the goblins, the elf is revealed to be Britni’s contact, Veronica, who was investigating old Eteri due to some children going missing. Further investigating the cave, they find a cavern with some gold and a ring, but moving the ring awakens the skeletons. They rest for the night and find a way out of the cavern in the morning.

Taking Veronica’s torn, soiled cloak (and after Veronica takes Britni’s cloak for her own), they decide to pretend that Veronica had died to get back into Eteri’s house. Returning to Old Eteri’s house, Veronica and Zoia head toward the back and try to sneak in through the kitchens while the rest of the group distracts Eteri in the front. Two dogs sense Veronica, and Veronica hides in the cupboard. Eteri finds Veronica in the cupboard and attacks, only to be killed by Taer. . . who finds out that Eteri is worshipping the same god as her. After dispatching the dogs, around eight confused and cranky five-year olds turn up, including Temas, one of the children Veronica helps care for. The party then looted the place and left to try and return the children to their homes.