Session 11

Pillar of gold inscribed w/ runes

Has an aura of illusion magic.

Igbot placed a gold coin in one of the slots framing the pillar, which caused the pillar to open.

Ghost Room

Subject's ghost sitting in throne room saying a phrase and repeating it.

Ghost is framed by two statues that look like him.

Brother Niar takes a medallion of a 7 point star from the ghost's neck.

Magical Amulet (+1 all saving throws, +10hp, affects appearance of wearer negatively)

Surgery Room

Group obtains expertly crafted surgical tools from the room.

Key is also taken from the same room.

Pit of Fire Room

Smells of burning hair.

Seven pointed star on wall.

Barghest in the room, which was slain by Kadir, the half-orc barbarian.

The group obtains 59 minor eternal burning candles from room.

The group finds a silver coffer that contains a silver ring (Ring of Force Shield).

Group contacts a group of 7 Tooth Goblins on the road back to Sandpoint.

The goblins quickly surrender themselves.

Sandpoint

Large festival to celebrate the return of the Heroes of Sandpoint.

A play by the name of "The Saints of Sandpoint" has been playing in the city which portrays the heroes as:

Alex - The stalwart hero.

Brother Niar - The fatherly teacher.

Kadir - The wayward soul.

Igbot - The raunchy casa nova.

Amiko contacts the group and says that Madame Mavashi spoke with her and explained how her brother had been killed.

Reveals she knows it was a suicide.

Brother Quink - The Archivist

Flips out upon seeing the magical amulet found in the fire pit room.

Identifies the amulet as a Thaselonian Artifact.

7 Sided Star: Each side representing the Thaselonian tenants, both good and evil.

Brother Niar gives Brother Quink the key that was used to open the Fire Pit room as a gesture of good will towards his research.

Igbot contacts the city merchant

The merchant accuses Igbot of sleeping with one of his daughters, Katrina, at the Lumbermill.

Brother Niar and Father Zantos

Father Zantos asks about the priest who's remains were stolen: Brother Toben.

Father Zantos explains that Nuaria wanted to use Brother Toben's remains as a sacrifice, even though he adopted her.

Father Zantos asks for help in finding out what happened to an artifact: The Argacon.

It has 3 jewels embedded in it and has the ability to resurrect the dead.

The caravan that was transporting the artifact never made it to its desitination.

Alexander and Shelaylu

She informs Alexander of The Sandpoint Devil.

An intelligent creature that lusts for treasure and dwells in The Devil's Platter.

She provides Alexander with a print of the creature, so he can identify it.

Igbot wakes up in the inn to find his belt buckle and boot heel missing.

The Oracle Speaks Over the Inn Table

She warns the group of betrayal.

Advises that evil is originating from Magnimar.

Sheriff Hemlock

Speaks of a recent bout of murders in the city.

The killings are copycat scenes to that of The Chopper.

Ibar Thorn located Katrina's corpse in the Lumbermill with a note attached to her:

"We have spoken of this before, my master. Now it begins. Join the pack and it will end."

The note is addressed to Igbot in blood.

Ben Harker: Co-owner of the Lumbermill with Ibar Thorn.

1st murder case in the city were three men's bodies found in a barn south of Sandpoint.

The bodies had the 7 sided star carved into their chests.

The witness that found the bodies went insane and is being held in the city's sanatorium.

Session 10

Session 10

The group starts back at the briar maze.
The group crosses the 45ft chasm to the island fort by lassoing a group to one of the bridge pegs and having Igbot tightrope across with the rope bridge attached to him.
The group searches the rest of the Thistletop Fort.

The group runs into an aberration with a poison stinger and flailing tentacles.
The creature is dispatched.
Five goblin bodies are strewn around the aberration; dessicated husks without innards.
Magical Armor of Dog Hides (UNK properties) is taken from one of the goblin bodies.

“Once the whispering beast is tamed Sandpoint will fall.”
“In addition to the goblins, we will also be aided by the creatures of the deep.”

The group enters a room with a workbench covered with scrolls and scriptures.
A woman with ebony skin is inside the room with a cat.
The dwarf attacks the woman without much provocation.
“Malfeshnakor!” Yelled by the woman as a curse towards the group.
She was carrying a Evocation Wand, BLU Potion, six (6) scrolls (Sleep, Comprehend Languages, Minor Image, See Invisibility, Whispering Wind), exotic dark cloak (enchantment aura), dagger, everburning torch, small bag of artifacts (hair, fingernail clippings, used handkerchiefs, pearl earring)

The group goes downstairs.
The first room has two statues in it. Both of which are wizards.
“Do you know Karzoog?” In reference to the Runelords.
“Karzoog will eat your eyes.”

Brother Niar nearly gets cleaved in two by two statues after he steps into a trap.

The group meets Nualia
Loot from Nualia: 7pp, 5gp, Magic Sword (Bastard pg.53), Magic Breast Plate (Girly)
Loot from Room: Nualia’s Journals.

Nualia’s Journals
Servant of Lamashtu
Demon she has been able to contact.
Needs to do the proper rituals to fully transform into a demon.
The demon is nearby in the dungeon.
Nualia was the adopted daughter of the Sandpoint church.
Nualia became pregnant by a namels young man.
Her father disowned her, which angered Nualia.
She retaliated by burning down the church.
Nualia came into contact with Lamashtu.
Nualia wanted to sacrifice her father’s remains to Lamashtu.
Nualia mentioned the Runelords (speak to the archivist about this).

Room with tide pool
One of the walls depicts mounds of treasure.
Killed a crab and got a jade medallion (alteration, Amulet of Natural Armor +1) out of the deal.
3500sp, 630gp, 40 precious stones (pg. 55), Masterwork Giant Helmet

The People of Sandpoint: Brodert Quink

Sandpoint is fortunate to have an expert on the ancient ruins that dot Varisia's landscape. Brodert Quink is an expert on Varisian history who moved to Sandpoint recently to study the town's own Thassilonian ruin, the Old Light. Brodert is tremendously excited to be living in the shadow of a runelord ruin, and does everything he can to aid those seeking information on this topic.

Unfortunately, much of the lore about ancient Thassilon has been lost. What does remain has been gathered from barely legible carvings on the surviving monuments or extracted from the myths and oral traditions of Varisian seers and storytellers. What Brodert does know about ancient Thassilon is that it was a vast empire ruled by powerful wizards. The sheer size of the monuments they left behind testifies to their power and the unnatural way many of these monuments have resisted erosion and the march of time testifies to their skill at magic. Most sages place the height of the Thassilon Empire at 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, but Brodert thinks the empire was even older. He suspects it collapsed no sooner than 10,000 years in the past.

Much of what Brodert has to say is vague theory based on conjecture. His belief that the Old Light was once a war machine capable of spewing fire from its peak is relatively unpopular among his peers, for example. Yet he can tell interested listeners a few things of interest about the strange seven pointed star, namely, that it seems to be one of the most important runes of Thassilon.

The People of Sandpoint: Madame Mvashti

Niska Mvashti gives new meaning to the term "elder." Ancient even at Sandpoint's founding, Madame Mvashti is a Varisian historian and seer. Most of her readings are made with cards or carved bones, but in the Age of Lost Omens she shares the same sense of brooding and dread as many oracles, and rarely enjoys casting her predictions.

She lives in a large manor house which was built for her as part of the peace accord between the Sandpoint Mercantile League and local Varisians when the town was founded. It was agreed that the manor would revert to the town's control upon Madame Mvashti's death, but even decades later she is still a vibrant part of the Varisian community.

Even in her old age, she still enjoys walks in the forest with regional druids who come to town regularly to lead her on her outings

Dogslicer Demo

The People of Sandpoint: Aldern Foxglove

Aldern Foxglove is a handsome man, with medium-length brown hair and fair skin. He can often be seen wearing fine clothes befitting the aristocracy of Magnimar, whether hunting or carousing with women.

He is currently the master of the Foxglove manor and estate, a family with an interesting history in the town of Sandpoint, and one

Those who have the pleasure of conversing with Aldern typically find him charming, well-read and were often entertained by his seemingly endless cache of stories about the high life in Magnimar.

The party rescued Aldern from a goblin commando during the raid on Sandpoint - and in return he took the party boar-hunting and even bought a steed for each member. At the end of the trip, they enjoyed the boar fest together - and continued to pique the interest of the Sandpointian noble, who has seem to taken an interest in the party.

He also seems to have a genuine desire to perhaps take up the adventuring life himself, inspired by what he views as the heroism of the party's own Igbot, or the "pint-sized purveyor of justice," as Foxglove has referred to him.

The People of Sandpoint: Ameiko Kaijitsu

Ameiko Kaijitsu is best known in the town of Sandpoint as the proprietor of The Rusty Dragon, Sandpoint's oldest inn, notable for the impressive (and quite rusty) iron dragon that looms on the building's roof.

She's also notable for the many tattooes that cover her body and the changing colors of her hair, which seem to vary if not daily, at least weekly.

Along with her halfling assistant Bethana Corwin, the Rusty Dragon is notable for its extensive selection of succulent meats, ripe and fresh vegetables, and both local and exotic fruits - in addition to the excellent ales, lagers and Varisian wines the citizens of Sandpoint (and the odd dwarven cleric or two) enjoy.

Ameiko is the eldest daughter of Lonjiku Kaijitsu and Atsui Kaijitsu and half-sister of Tsuto Kaijitsu. She has recently returned to Sandpoint, and the Rusty Dragon, after a period of mourning outside. Her despair is from the very recent deaths of her father and brother - it seems that her brother, in league with the goblin parties attacking Sandpoint, murdered their father, and encased him in glass at the family's Glassworks factory.

Tsuto took his own life when the party cornered him in the basement of the Glassworks after dispatching a number of his gobling thugs - his story may forever remain a secret.

Ameiko has kept to herself after being freed from the party from Tsuto's clutches, and her emotional state can only be guessed at. She has breturned to the Rusty Dragon but has not yet made herself available, and Sheriff Hemlock and Mayor Deverin have respected her privacy. She is now the sole heiress to the Kaijitsu fortune.