Heroes, Inc., Day 1: Mysterious Strangers

[DM_Matt]

Loose End Summary:

1. How did the baddies know when and where to strike?
2. Where were Garan at al the last 100 years?
3. Who threw the knife at Peregion?
4. Who took Aleena, and how do he fit into Fey politics?
5. What was the goal of the kidnappers/assassins?
6. What were those strange wooden weapons found on the two dust piles by the ballista?
7. What does the prophesy mean, esp regarding where the demon will appear?
8. What are Garan and his group planning/motivated by

 

[Ranger Rick]

P says: "You may be jumping to conclusions. The parties she was going to were public knowledge, altohugh her route was not. Its rather easy to get those guest lists. Besides, while her living quarters and her person are invisible to scrying, many places she was going are not. Additionally, it was known that she was coming from the palace. Someone could have followed you."

"I beg to disagree sir. This route was was selected as to the least likely chance for ambush. Due to the terrain, the ambush site was given a low probibility of encounter. However, the risk model did not take into account invisible Abysll Drakes. All precautions where taken to prevent being followed. However, the tactics used by the assialiant, make the possibility of following the wagon, teleporting ahead of the party, than attacking very unlikely."

 

[Keia]

Crimson (Female 'Human' Psion) AC:26 HPs: 66 PPs: 131

" My guess is they already know - I'd assume they caused it to happen. And they won't be infiltrating the city tonight - they'll be sheltering behind their magical wall until the demon has been through."

"I got the impression it was something more . . . perhaps something controlling them . . . the evil presence that passed just before . . . well, you know," Crimson replied. "Anyway, I'm with you, the sooner we figure out what's going on, the sooner we can deal with it"

*Crimson followed the others off the ship plank, keeping an eye out for those watching.*

OOC: did we get anything else other than the wand off of Alath?

 

[frostrune]

"I beg to disagree sir. This route was was selected as to the least likely chance for ambush. Due to the terrain, the ambush site was given a low probibility of encounter. However, the risk model did not take into account invisible Abysll Drakes. All precautions where taken to prevent being followed. However, the tactics used by the assialiant, make the possibility of following the wagon, teleporting ahead of the party, than attacking very unlikely."

"Easy Kaarlo. We are all upset by what transpired this evening but one must be careful when talking of spies and traitors. Facts must support conjecture and until we know more it is best not to jump to conclusions," Timrin ends with a simpathetic smile.

"Lord Peregion, it does seem quite likely that the attacks on you and your daughter were perpetrated by the same group that now sails on Waterdeep. If I may ask, what do we know of the enemies at our gates?"

 

[Ranger Rick]

Hearing the rebuff, Kaarlo goes silent.

OOC: I will be offline till Monday.

 

[Hypersmurf]

OOC: did we get anything else other than the wand off of Alath?

OOC: She was wearing plate armor and carrying a big sword, from memory... /OOC

 

[Hypersmurf]

On the way to find Peregion, Fin riffles through the book, seeing if he can read the Druidic script, paying particular attention to the section indicated by Goran.

 

[Steve Gorak]

If I may ask, what do we know of the enemies at our gates?"

"Yes, this may be greater that what we are seing" tooking at peregrion, he says "Are the attacks limited to your family, or have you heard of other attempts on other noble families?"

 

[DM_Matt]

On the way to find Peregion, Fin riffles through the book, seeing if he can read the Druidic script, paying particular attention to the section indicated by Goran.

Most of the book is written in an unknown language likely related to Mulhorandi. Only that ritual is in Druidic. It looks like it uses relatively standard incantations and components for binding demons, with certain components focusing on cold and water-oriented demons, although the procedures and arrangements are a bit different than standard binding rituals. Finis impressed by the relatively innovative use of standard strategies and notes that with some study some improvements to other rituals could be derived from this one. He also finds it strange that such a ritual, ESPECIALLY its largely-organic components would not be far more different than what he is used to, considering the extreme distance in time and space between here and the writing of that book.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Yes, this may be greater that what we are seing" tooking at peregrion, he says "Are the attacks limited to your family, or have you heard of other attempts on other noble families?"

Hmmm...Good question. If there were more attacks, we haven't heard anything about them here.