(G155 19/01/2013 - BG - JF(GM) , AP , ON)

DAY 165 (23th Eleasis)(August) continued...

Next Oz arranged a guard to look after Parrie when she was to do her
copying in the lesser library the next day.

After that he. Fenrir and Liamae went back the gate house and Oz pulled
some more of Sal's story out of her.

Then they spend four hours reading over the notes and books of the Fields.
There was no mention of any big drama the previous summer and no change
of tone in the writing of Sammu Fields. In fact his summer was a fairly
prosaic time spent translating an ancient tome of magic from a dead
language into Illuskan.

Eventually Liamae put her book down and declared. 'This is boring and
I'm hungry!'

So, once Oz had arranged a guard to help them search Candlekeep later on
the went back to the inn and ate. It was nine o'clock.

In the late evening, with the aid of Guard Leflock they searched as many
nooks and crannies of Candlekeep as they had access to. The only thing they
found of interest was a corner of the loft of the Priest Quarters that looked
like it had been used by someone to look out on the road beside the inn.

There was signs that someone had been sat here for days at a time, said Meree
their tracker, and loose tiles for them to look out of and to gain access to
the loft without going through the quarters.

At midnight they went back to the inn to get some rest.

DAY 166 (24th Eleasis)(August)

At four o'clock in the morning Hull came to the Inn and told Oz and his fellows
that about an hour ago a shadowy figure had fired two poisoned crossbow
bolts at a guard beside the prison tower and then fled south, using a potion
of gaseous form to make good his escape.

Oz roused the others and they went back to the sniper's nest in the loft of
the Priest's Quarters. There was no one there though.

They went back to the inn to rest, but were back on the trail after breakfast
at nine o'clock.

Meree cast the 'Scent' spell on herself and gave the clothes in the trunk
a good sniff. She smelled the masculine scent of Sammu Fields and went into
the streets of Candlekeep to see if she could pick it up.

She could smell nothing, but when they went up to the loft of the Priest's
Quarters again she picked up a different scent. Someone else had been up
there just an hour or so ago, but not Sammu Fields.

The followed this new trail up and down off walls and around the keep until
it lead to the wall above the roof of the Bunkhouse. Fenrir followed the
search party, invisible and in the air.

As quietly as they could they entered the bunkhouse and climbed up to the
loft. There he was! Crouched in the corner of the room looking out a crack
in the tiles.

He tried to resist, but stood no chance when Liamae cast a laughing spell on
him and he could no longer attack his enemies. Oz and Meree whacked and kicked
him into a crumpled heap.

They then dragged him away to the prison tower where Oz and Captain Hull had
a long talk with him. Oz got some of his story but when he realised he was
getting nothing but lies he sent Meree to fetch Fenrir again, to see if
turning on the charm would help. Captain Hull was of the opinion that hitting
the assassins was the best way forward.

By noon the prisoners were chained up at opposite ends of a larger cell.
Oz lurked behind the door and Hull and Fenrir entered, determined to get
the truth out of these villains one way or the other.