> [!NOTE] Summary We save the castle in [[Caer-Dineval]] and vanquish the badies. [[Session 16]] ended with the party having a long rest at [[Caer-Dineval]] after making discoveries about the goings on. ##### At [[Caer-Dineval]] [[Avarice Tarim]] leaves during the night. [[Kadroth]] and [[Huarwar Mulphon]] leave with some others to take care of the [[Duergar]] We pretend we are excited by a castle tour and make our way to the gatehouse. [[Freida]] slices Jacobs throat. We surprise Rose and [[Freida]] and [[Phenrere]] slay her before she acts. [[Phenrere]] summons a spike growth and kills Tomi and a knight coming up the stairs. [[Caelum]] sends another to sleep. [[Freida]] kills another with an arrow. We see [[Kadroth]] and his group on their way back. [[Phenrere]] starts closing the portcullis. We see it is [[Lanthis Alderdusk]] has come with militia soldiers. They offer to secure the gate while we clear the rest of the castle. We find 6 flasks of alchemist fire in the armoury. Approaching the castle they have the speaker with a sword at his throat, we agree to let them leave but pursue as soon as they release their captives. A short fight ends in stalemate. They flee. The old dwarf is [[Hethyl Arkorran]], she sees the future, she made a bargain with [[Levistus]] a long time ago. She tells us of some visions: [[Duergar]] - they are many, leader is [[Sardrock Sunblight]] will conquer [[Ten Towns]] and enslave all if we dont stop him. It contains a forge which is powered by the still beating heart of a red dragon. We are not strong enough to face him yet. He is being tricked and is not in control, but the one tricking him is also being tricked. What does [[Children of Auril]] want? When all hope is lost and the people see [[Auril]] their only salvation. [[Sardrock Sunblight]] will make that happen. We ask her if [[Auril]] is controlling [[Sardrock Sunblight]] and she slumps forward dead. [[Avarice Tarim]] notes when read contain infromation about the movement of the other mages, she seems most interested in [[Nass Lantomir]] and then [[Dzaan Odesseiron]]. [[Velynne Harpell]] is mainly checking the south towns a lot and speaking with adventurers. [[Dzaan Odesseiron]] was mainly in [[Easthaven]] but hard to track. [[Nass Lantomir]] rumours she travelled north from [[Bremen]]. ##### At [[Caer-Konig]] We long rest and get supplies. ##### In the Wilderness We decide to travel to [[Secret Location of Dzaan]] Human footsteps, covered in reindeer, typical of [[Reghad]] nomads. We meet two of them, they ask if we want to hunt trolls. End of session. on journal duty. Date: 30-Ches-1498 End of session