Session 7: The Ghost of Raske (Part 3)

Key Points:

• As the group traveled away from the docks, they ran into Tommik.
• Tommik was riling up the town, rambling on about the ghost and the dragon's wrath.
• Trajan calmed the crowds and dispersed the crowd and guards. Upon talking to Tommik, he learned that the gnome had stolen a journal from the ghost, and in it, mentioned Otho's brother, Nerva.

• Kembu learned that Del and Klein went to the sheriff's office to take care of Igam, the dwarven woman who caught a disease.
• Del discovered that Igam was bad off, but she gave directions to Sheriff Oku on how to nurse her back to health.

• Kembu, Roan, Managirl, and Del discussed with Sheriff Oku about the information they had acquired so far.
• Kembu suggested that Oku arrange for all the suspected Red Wolves to be gathered under one roof for protection.
• Oku mentioned that the Red Wolves first appeared fifteen years ago, right around the time where the Raske Patriarch was abandoned by his wife.
• Tommik himself arrived about twelve years ago.
• Oku mentioned that a tracker by the name of Ranger lived out in the woods, and he might be able to help the group.
• Kembu asked Klein to come up with a way to trace the mana of the Ghost.
• Calling it child's play, Klein did just that.

•  Following the trail, with a couple hours worth of walking, the group ended up at a cabin in the woods next to a stream.
• In the outhouse, Trajan discovered a golden retriever that was killed and hung. It had bites taken out of it, and strips of flesh missing. Trajan noticed that something seemed to be living down in the hole of poop that the outhouse had, but it quickly fled when the door was opened.
• Roan discovered a small reptilian creature (a kobold) spying on the group, and he knocked it unconscious with a rubber bullet.
• Kembu discovered the door to the cabin was trapped, and disabled it the only one he knew: with a sword.
• Inside the cabin, the group discovered that the walls had been written on in draconic. On it, it revealed the names of the Red Wolves: Jemos, Cindra, Knute, Igam, Rukkevinta. It also promised that Raske would burn.

• As the group looked over the kobold Roan had captured, Trajan was enthralled with the writing on the wall. Soon, he discovered he was not alone, being ambushed by a fire mephit  that was the servant of Nerva.
• The mephit attempted to burn the cabin down, and with it, any evidence linking to Nerva.
• The group battled ferocious dragon-like elementals as well as hordes of kobolds. Most of the kobolds were scared away, but two of them were captured by the group. All the dragon-like elementals were killed, exploding into magma when slain.
• Managirl found the arcane tome of Nerva inside the house before the mephit could burn it, but unfortunately, she could not rescue the deceased body of Ranger.
• Kembu tried to engage the mephit, but she managed to push a bookcase on him, and escape up the chimney in the confusion.
• Managirl helped Kembu get out, and the group managed to get out of the cabin while it burned to the ground.

Current Objectives:

• Complete the Middleman's Second Job: Escort Dr. Klein to Quiet Mountain to investigate the mana reactor there.
• Complete the Middleman's Third Job: ???
• Receive the Middleman's Answers.
• Resolve the conflict in Raske. (Ghost, Red Wolves, etc.)