Adventure 05 - The Road to Aedok

2016-09-07

4th Month (Oceans), Days 15 through 20

After emerging from the sewers beneath Nix, the PCs return to the Painted House to rest and recover. The following morning, Kaveed and the others from Hall of Winter arrive to discuss what happened in the sewers. The PCs successfully avoided revealing the identity of the Cult of the Arcane initiate, Ewyn, and did so without arousing suspicion.

They also met with Lock, the member of the Iron Dragons who proposed a joint venture to attack the caravan from Trakias Wolf in retribution for not disclosing their role in a delivery the previous week. The PCs declined to assist, the informed the merchant guild that an attack was probable.

The next day, the PCs headed north toward Aedok with numerous carts supplied by the Trakias Wolf Trade Emporium. On the third night, the caravan leader, Penfort, was abducted by the Iron Dragons. The PCs were enlisted to assist with the search for him. Eventually, the PCs tracked them to a hideout in the woods.

The hideout included a large, hollowed-out tree, and a bridge connecting the tree to the cliff face above a pond (30 feet above the ground). Soon after scouting the area, the PCs tripped an alarm and a battle ensued.

Lock, a formidable alchemist, fought with three other Iron Dragons members. Cain and Pannan used ranged attacks at the alchemist and the Iron Dragons lieutenant who were on the bridge above while Ryoma, Mordin, and Melir came up through the tree tunnel fighting recruits along the way. The recruits were relatively easy to bypass, but Lock and his lieutenant proved to be difficult.

Ryoma, Mordin, and Pannan (who came up to assist in melee) fought along the bridge while Cain continued to use ranged attacks and Melir used his magic to control the actions of his foes. Eventually, only Lock remained and the PCs were able to bring him down before he cut the bridge beneath them.

The PCs found Penfort who was submerged in the pond and they returned him in good health.

Reputation Modifiers

• +1 Reputation with the Cult of the Arcane for dealing with the Mephit issue and not revealing their involvement.
• +1 Reputation with the Hall of Winter for dealing with the Mephit and for successfully bluffing through the conversation on who was to blame.
• +1 Reputation with the Trakias Wolf Trade Emporium for helping to find and rescue Penfort.
• -1 Reputation from the Iron Dragons for not siding with them against the Trakias Wolf Trade Emporium.

Contacts

• Penfort - Merchant Caravan Leader fo the Trakias Wolf Trade Emporium

Information Gathered

• Whitebane woods were torched. I heard it was magical fire that burned the trees and brush from the forest