Track down the Cliffshadow Serial Killer

Submitted by dracon on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 23:35
Sieratag, 1st prime post-Fulcrum 1055
Log Entry Type
Recordkeeper
Days in Game
1 day
Archive Entry
  • Manu, Kaelani, Ondar Thundercaller, and Glesni Bōhatei took the mission from Kaiea, Mayor of Cliffshadow, to track down the origin of the stuffed toys which appeared to be connected to a series of murders which had been taking out entire families.
  • The Freelancers visited the Mayor at his Office, and learned that another family had been murdered the night before in Trade District.  They hurried to the family's residence.
  • The human victims had been left undisturbed by the Guard, and next to the 8-year-old son was a stuffed toy cassowary, with blood on its beak.  The toy animated and attacked the Freelancers, but was smote down by Kaelani, revealing it to be a fiend.  Manu determined the toy had been imbued with black blood.
  • The Guard sent for a cleric, and Jeanah from Church of Ua arrived.  They cast speak with dead on the young son, and determined the doll had called to him.
  • Armed with this knowledge, a Guard was sent to the Mayor advising him to start collecting all such dangerous toys.
  • The Freelancers and Jeanah went to the other victims from the Trade District and cast speak with dead on the young daughter, who recognized the toy from the young son, and also advised the fiend had a "mama" in the south part of the Trade District.
  • The Freelancers started searching, and Ondar noticed an old human woman with the cloth scraps similar to the toys.  They followed her to a house and, peering in, determined she was the source of the stuffed toys.
  • Glesni returned to Freelancers Tavern to inform Arnari Rilynn'sethik, who declared the original mission had been fulfilled and paid out 180 eagles each.
  • Arnari negotiated halting the toys as a new mission with Mayor Kaiea.  Hikawera and Meurig joined this mission and returned to the house with Glesni.
  • Upon arrival at the house, Meurig determined there were four fiends therein.
  • The Freelancers entered the house, slew the fiends, and captured the old woman, who had surprising abilities.  They discovered a shrine to the Cassowary of Murder in the house, with a tranche of demon blood.
    • Acquired:  10 stars, 105 eagles, 500 cats, 45 pebbles, 2 bloodstone, 1 chalcedony, 1 citrine, 3 jasper, 1 zircon, +1 dagger, +1 shield, cloak of the bat, figurine of wondrous power: Silver Raven, gloves of thievery, wand of web
  • The Church of Ua took custody of the old woman, and with the Freelancers, cleansed the house of the toys and the demon blood.
  • Returned to Freelancers Tavern the same evening, and Arnari paid out 225 eagles each.
Loot
  • Coin: 10 stars, 105 eagles, 500 cats, 45 pebbles
  • Gems:  2 bloodstone, 1 chalcedony, 1 citrine, 3 jasper, 1 zircon
  • cloak of the bat
  • figurine of wondrous power: Silver Raven
  • gloves of thievery
  • wand of web
  • +1 dagger
  • +1 shield
  • Mission pay:  450 eagles each to Manu, Kaelani, Ondar, and Glesni; 250 eagles each to Hikawera and Meurig.  (10% to Freelancers)
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