2011-04-28

Day 13

• The party was bought before Sir Reldler.
• After some tense to and fro, Reldler sided with the party.
• Faria reconstituted the three burnt papers.
• It seemed that Ajar sold 10 Astral Diamonds worth of goods.
• Ajar also has a list of mundane items with a total cost of ~10 Astral Diamonds. Connection?
• Ajar's explanations are suspect.
• The third note is written in some odd script.

• The party went to investigate Ajar's ship, the Flanking Rogue.
• Culain retrieves the Flanking Rogue Ship's Log.

• We go back to Ajar's House.
• The magical books are written in the same script as the note.
• The walls of the cellar are investigates and two small holes are found.
• Tharo attempts to investigate the holes and is interrupted by a bemused spider.
• The ship's log seems legit but contains yet another unknown script.
• A barrel of wine from Vergha's Vinyard is found.
• This is odd considering Vergha only sells his wine by the bottle.

• The party go to the vineyard and seek an audience with Vergha.
• We are obstructed by the gnome who answers the door.
• Eventually we get to speak with Vergha but are unable to see all of him.
• Vergha says the script in the captain's log is from over the sea but doesn't know the other scripts.
• Vergha is informed of Ajar's barrel of wine and is most annoyed.

•  ??? informs us that the note is written in Barazhad, the demonic language (Can't remember who).

• The party visits Lord Tiaden to bring him up to date on current events.
• We get a warrant from him to retrieve the demonic texts from Ajar's house.
• Lady Tiaden is in possession of Lord Tiaden's signet ring. Intriguing.

• Dradan, the captured cleric, is put to work deciphering the books.
• From initial glances, the blue one is about summoning elementals and the orange one is about summoning really bad things.
• The note is written in a different language that shares the script with Barazhad.

• We return to Ajar's house to look for a summoning circle.
• We insert arrows into the holes in the cellar wall.
• This causes one of the bookshelves to fall inward.
• The cavity behind is filled with magical darkness.
• Culain investigates and falls down a friction-less chute.
• Farya quickly follows.
• Tharo and Harold tie a rope to the cellar stairs and Harold is lowered down.
• Tharo is a weak elf.
• Harold plunges down the chute before being stopped by the rope.
• Tharo climbs down the rope after Harold.
• The bookshelf shuts, snapping the rope.
• Everyone ends up in a magically dark room filled with carpet.
• Tobel's sword is somehow able to light the room dimly.
• Under the carpet is a summoning circle with traces of soot, salt and blood stains.
• Some of the circle has been washed recently with water.
• The carpet heals as soon as you cut it.
• The carpet adheres to the floor of the chute.
• We carpet our way to freedom.

• Sir Reldler is informed and Ajar is taken into custody.
• Ajar claims no knowledge of the summoning.
• Ajar can't remember getting the book. Worrying.
• Collusion between Ferrod and Ajar?

• Evidence is consistent with a large water elemental being summoned recently.
• The rain is probably a water elemental.
• A fire elemental was summoned before that, possibly setting fire to Tobel's house.
• What about the blood?

• Dradan informs us that the blue book is all about elementals.
• The orange book is about demons and WORSE THINGS.
• Oh SHI-
• To stop the rainstorm we would have to summon the same elemental and order it to stop.

• We go to see the wizards and are introduced to Ti'lor.
• Once the tower is fixed (sometime tomorrow) he will help to contain the elemental.

• We go to the vineyard again in order to see Vergha and ask him more questions.
• More obstruction.
• We decide to be extremely unsubtle.
• We bust into the cellar, time for a fight!