Ran: May 30th

Recap/Intro

Last we left off, our Adventurers, having gained the trust of the Coincounter Knights, began shopping topside while awaiting the impending raid tomorrow night. after shopping, they decided to do some recon around the Darkonis Estate, and during it, noticed Hush and Berry doing the same. Daisy sensed a presence within the Darkonis Estate, but was unable to ascertain what the presence was. On their way back, they noticed a shifty looking man carrying barrels and attempting to be unnoticed. Grub pursued in the form of a rat and gave chase as the man wound his way through the Gold District, eventually stopping at a small paper storage room behind Maklor's Magical Mporium.

Listening in, they learned that they were also going to start doing this in The Commons by orders of Djika, and that Wrecker's crew almost ruined the plan getting discovered. after listening in, Grub reconvened with the party and relayed the information

Norman made his way to Maklor's shop to warn him of the danger, and offered his own apartment as a safe refuge until things blow over

The group made their way back to the Coincounter Headquarters and conversed with Hush, who confirmed that he had seen a Warforged like Daisy and an Elf kidnap the man, both adorned with the eye symbol. They also talked with Cyrano, who happened to be the owner of the burnt down carpentry shop, and could confirm that 5 years ago, an elven man resembling the features of a man Diasy seems to be searching for placed an order for lumber and placed the name under Zephyr. Cyrano seemed to believe that there was something peculiar about the order, and promised to check his records to see if he could find what it was for.

After conversing and having a lovely stew created by Gleda, another coincounter knight, they made their way back to Gilbert's Workshop to rest. after coming to, Norman made the group French Toast (name pending) for breakfast, and that, is where we left off. what would you all like to do?

Summary

Made their way back to the coincounter knights to discuss the plan. Morgrun, Bruna, and Cyrano will be with them and the others have various duties. they made their way inside the Darkonis estate. after locating the cursed item (A doll that appears to resemble Norman B with his mouth sewn up), magical wards surrounded the building and they began to become under attack by numerous zombies and ghouls. after defeating them all, they determined they were trapped in the house and resolved to find an exit.

After finding a door with barred doors and indentations for 3 crests, the group made their way around searching for the crests. First, the symbol of an open eye, found in the library, required complete darkness to remove, solved by Gilbert. Second, the symbol of a book and hands in prayer, found in the study, had them recite the final words of Nimara before erecting the divine gate, had the gate barring the symbol be appearingly dissolved by blood before falling to the floor, was solved by Norman, and the 3rd, the symbol of a curled bicep found in a storage room, had Daisy and Lagaruk work together to pull open a grate blocking the symbol and retrieve it.

the symbols gathered, they made their way back to the door, which unlocked a dark stairway they traveled down, before finding an ominous altar room covered in blood and necromantic symbols. before progressing, the candles glowed green as an ominous voice said "Ah, I didn't think you'd make it this far. But at least you've proven yourselves capable of my service". after saying this, a trap door slid open and in came the zombified corpse of a Beholder.

After a very tense battle, the zombie beholder lay defeated, and the door letting them progress seemingly unlocked