(G164 05/04/2013 Fri via Roll20 - JF(GM) , AP)

[I'm sorry dear reader, this next part of the story will jump around a bit as it
tells of the adventures had by Fenrir and Veddic independently and over the same period.]

Starting with Fenrir then.

DAY 194 (22 Eleint)(September) cont...

It was mid day and Fenrir was about to be kicked out of his girl-friends room.
Before he left, Giselle asked,
'Should I warn father about Teru?'
Fenrir said 'Yes'.

He then walked back to the Lavius Estate and talked to Sir Humber and planned his
return to Waterdeep.

After lunch he went to the lodge house dressed as a peasant but as it was raining he
changes his plan and went back to the Estate.

He returned at four then secretly entered Giselle's room again. He said,
'I am return to the city tomorrow .. um .. you can come if you like.'
In reality he hadn't wanted to bring her, so when she cried 'Yes!' he thought to
himself - oh poop!
'Very well then. Get your stuff together, we go tonight.'

DAY 195 (23 Eleint)(September)

Fenrir awoke at three in the morning then went and fetched Giselle from the lodge house.
She was up and dressed and had two massive bags with her!
Fenrir was dismayed but decided to give it a go.

Giselle is a mere waif of a girl and weighs only 110 lbs, but her gear and bags brought
it up to 200 lbs. That plus Fenrir's own gear meant he was carrying a massive 230lbs!

Even using his magic wings to fly, after less than an hour all his limbs had gone numb
and the strap he was using for the bags had dug a furrow in his back.

The stopped on the road so he could rest for an hour.

They then flew on a couple more hours and managed to get to close to the bridge (about
thirty miles from the estate). Fenrir was exhausted though and had pins and needles in
every bit of him.

They rested but after a while Giselle said 'I hear voices!'
Fenrir took to the air and saw four orcs coming through the trees to the north of
the road. He told Giselle to make for the bridge and took them on. As fast as he could
blow them to bits though, more arrived. One blew a horn that echoed loud across the
forest.
Javelins began to fly up towards him and although only a few were hitting him they
were taking their toll. In total he killed four of them, but decided in the end to
flee after Giselle and the safety of the bridge which was heavily under guard by
Waterdeep soldiers.
Giselle was there and said 'Where are my bags?'
They had been abandoned in the fight. She was very upset but Fenrir managed to talk
her around from going back for them and they continued on their way.

It was easier going without the bags (and with Fenrir wearing Giselle's Ogre Strength
Gloves that she'd not thought to let him borrow!) and they made Waterdeep by two
in the afternoon.

Utterly exhausted Fenrir simply swooped around the west of the city hoping to come
up on the docks from the south. But he was easily spotted by a gryphon rider patrol
and escorted to the Peaktop Aerie which was their head quarters.

In hind sight Fenrir realised he should have waited to nightfall or just landed a
mile before the city, but it had seemed like the best option given the proximity
of the orc horde.

He was escorted to Lord Moedt Belabranta who said 'I know who you are. I thought
you were dead.'
Fenrir told him everything, about demons, devils and resurrections.
Belabranta said 'This sounds like inquisition business' and threw Fenrir in a cell.
'Please get Maliantor', pleaded Fenrir as he was taken away.

In the evening his first visitor was Meleghost Starseer. Fenrir told his whole
story again and told Starseer that it was a woman called 'Gertrude the White'
who had resurrected him and that he thought it had been under dockward somewhere.

Starseer was very interested in this and left shortly after.

Two hours later Fenrir had another visitor, Maliantor of the Grey Hands. She indicated
that she thought that the walls had ears around here and said
'What do you want, person that I hardly know?'
'Just to tell them all that I am a good egg', replied Fenrir glumly.
'Currently you belong to the Gryphon Cavalry. There is not much I can do about
that.'
She got up and left after a few more words, but when Fenrir looked down at the
blanket of the bed she had been sitting on he saw there was a potion folded up into it.

An hour after that Fenrir asked to speak to Lord B and he came along to talk to
his prisoner.
'Where is Giselle?'
'In another cell'
'What will happen now?'
'I'm not sure' came the answer 'I don't like handing you over to the inquisition. But
I can't let you go. Any other wizard just floating about, I'd give you an escort to
your house. But you are who you are, and back from the dead no less. I need to think
about this.'
'How about handing me over to Corum Lavius? He's a watchman'
'Parole? Maybe. I will think on it.'

DAY 196 (24 Eleint)(September)

Fenrir ate breakfast. Then lunch. Then dinner.

Then in the evening a massive lump of ice, thrown by giant catapults, exploded into
the side of the tower. It hurt Fenrir a bit and opened up the wall to the outside
world.

Fenrir went invisible and when the door opened he crawled along the ceiling and
dodging guards managed to slip the potion to Giselle. He thought it would most
likely be a potion of Gaseous Form.

He then tried to pretend he'd just been misplaced but Lord B was unimpressed and
put him in another cell.

DAY 197 (25 Eleint)(September)

Fenrir spent the whole day in his cell. Lord B reported that he was finding it
difficult to locate Corum.

DAY 198 (26 Eleint)(September)

At breakfast there was a cuffuffle when it was realised Giselle had made her
escape.

At lunch time a very tired looking Corum was shown in. They went to Lord B's
guard room and drew up a parole. It went along the lines of :

''
This man is a prisoner of the Gryphon Cavalry and is on Parole.
He is in the Custody of Corum Lavius, Aux Amar of Castle Ward Watch.

He must:
1. Spend each night on wall duty until further notice
2. Never leave Corum's side
3. Wear green tabard to show he is under orders
4. Carry paperwork at all times

Fen swore a word of honour to not break the terms of his parole and
all three men signed three copies of it.

Corum then took Fenrir back to the OJB.

[And that is where I'll leave this strand of the story and now we go back a few
days to see what Veddic is up to.]

DAY 195 (23 Eleint)(September) cont...

Now we find Veddic Carver and Raya at New Olamn talking to Innes Torkarrow.

Innes informed him that Ellis liked women who saved money and liked to stay at home.
This wasn't much use to Veddic any longer, he wanted to find out about Vinet the Bloody.

Innes didn't know anything but said he could find out.

After that they went back to Warm Beds.

DAY 196 (24 Eleint)(September)

After breakfast Veddic and Raya went to the OJB to find Corum. He looked tired
and was heading for bed. He'd spent all night on the eastern wall helping fight off
nuisance attacks from the orc horde. Veddic offered to help some night.

Corum had never heard of Vinet or a woman called Anya either so Veddic walked back to
New Olamn again.

Innes told him he could reveal where Vinet was, but it was costly information. 100 gold.
Veddic grudgingly paid up and was told he had a hiding place in the cellars under a
ruined tavern near Fish Street in Dock Ward.

He arranged for someone to watch it.

At lunch time he turned up at the OJB with some flowers which he gave to Gharlie
to apologise for standing her up.

Then he went to the Plinth to do some preaching. He was interrupted when a flint
rock crashed into the roof and timber and masonry as well as razor sharp shards
of flint scattered down on the people inside.

He helped heal the injured and deal with the aftermath.

After that he headed back to Warm Beds.

DAY 197 (25 Eleint)(September)

After breakfast Veddic and Raya, as was becoming their routine, went to New
Olamn and heard from Innes.

He said that yesterday four people entered Vinet's hide our and six people
left.

Veddic then left instructions for following any females that left.

After that he returned to the OJB and loitered about for a while, sitting in
on one of the reading and writing classes in the common room.

At noon he had lunch at Warm Beds. At two Raya arrived and reported she had
followed a woman out of the hide out to a house in North Ward.

Veddic thanked her and tasked her with finding out who this woman was.

At four o'clock, when Veddic was taking a nap a giant dung ball exploded on the
side of the inn and smashed a window showering the room with poo and broken
glass.

Feeling rather as if the orc horde was starting to target him personally he
helped clear up and then found another, cleaner, bed to sleep in.

At nine o'clock he reported at the OJB. Tonight he planned to join Corum on the wall.

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DAY 198 (26 Eleint)(September)

To start with Veddic then. He spend the first part of the night peaceably enough stood
on the east facing wall of North Ward along with Corum, a Civilar and two Watchmen as well
as two volunteers, Cavu and a ranger who did not introduce himself.

Veddic found that Corum was willing to expound on the latest business of the Dungsweeper's
Guild at great length and in great detail.

Apparently a dwarf called John Snow of the Church of Sharindlar had proved beyond doubt the link
between dirt and disease and that the Blue Death is spread via dirty water.

This was wonderful news for the people of Waterdeep who had been blaming it on miasma up until now
and also for the DSG as this would require more hygiene in the city and this more business for the
DSG.

Corum had about his person a handbill that would soon be posted all around the city.
It read :

'By Order of the Open Lord of Waterdeep and the Council of Hidden Lords;

No person shall urinate or defecate in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, beach, park,
public building or other publicly maintained facility or place, or in any place open to the public or
exposed to public view, except when using a urinal, cesspit, closet or midden, or when using a portable or
temporary closet or other facility designed for the sanitary disposal of human waste and which is enclosed
from public view.'

Corum went on to explain that the 'Pale Closets' as the portable toilets were known as were making the
DSG more money now than everything else put together. He was now in the process of negotiating the siting
and building of permanent 'public conveniences' that would be funded by the city. It was a long term
goal though as there were many more pressing matters, but it would ultimately lead to less disease and
allow the refugee's in Hova Farm to eventually come back.

Veddic was almost relieved when the attack on the wall came. Not long after the clocks had rung out two
in the morning several volleys of flaming arrows were fired at the wall. Next came a force of orcs carrying
five ladders.

Veddic cast a 'Briar' spell that entangled them and killed a couple. This really held them back, but more
came and managed to get a ladder up onto the wall. Cavu started singing a battle song and the others started
sniping at the forces below them with arrows.
Javelins hurled from further back kept their heads down and they were all hit glancing blows from incoming
missiles.

Corum fired and killed an orc but ducked down as a hail of arrows was fired at him. Then something in the
darkness started to hurl rocks and one bounced off his head.

Under the covering fire two orcs managed to make it up a ladder, followed by more eager to take the wall.
The Civilar managed to throw one back over the battlements, but more came up the ladder to take its place.

Next a squad of four tough barbarians made for the ladder and a hill giant loomed into view. Corum killed
an orc with one mighty blow and the Civilar another.

Corum then traded blows with a barbarian and killed him, but poor Veddic was pushed off the wall! The watchman
in charge of the warning horn blew three blasts which meant 'We need help!'.

A pushing fight broke out on the wall now and both Corum and the Civilar were pushed off. The Hill Giant managed
to climb the wall and just as his club was coming down on Cavu's head the bard went 'Poof!' and disappeared in
a flash.

A barbarian on the battlements blew a long low blast on his horn. He then jumped down into the city and the
others and the hill giant followed him.

By now though Veddic, Corum and the Civilar were back on the wall and the Gryphon Cavalry swooped in to drive
the orcs back. Inside the city the watch had to take care of the giant, but back on the wall Corum and Veddic
took no further part in the battle as the breach was closed.

At nine in the morning they trudged back to the OJB.

At ten they were summoned to Aerie Peak where Corum was given charge of Fenrir. Veddic was their too and he
eyed the warlock with initial suspicion.

Back at the OJB the three men talked for a while, then Corum went to bed and left Fenrir and Veddic to talk
privately in Nestoone's room.

After a while they'd worked out that they had similar missions, both of them were currently against the
demons and the devils and Fenrir was happy to help Veddic with whatever plans he had.
So, they agreed to work together, for the time being at least.

Veddic slept in the OJB. Meanwhile Fenrir went to talk to Nestoone who told him that Giselle had turned
up there the day before but she had been pretty angry. She'd borrowed some money from him and then left
not saying where she had gone.

Fenrir discussed the Hallistar Blatt situation with Nes who offered this advice,
'Killing him would seem like a good plan but... he killed you and then what happened? Now you are back.
He surely would be resurrected if you killed him. You need to neutralise him, take him out of the game.
That's more than just killing someone.'

At six in the evening Veddic and Corum woke up. Corum had a night off so he told Fenrir he could do what
he liked.

At seven they went all together to Horizon's Sails. While walking their Fenrir asked Veddic,
'Does Skrye work on someone after they are dead? Would a lock of hair still work?'
Veddic didn't know though.
'If I was in Gaseous Form and went inside someone's lungs and then dispelled it and appeared
inside them. Would they explode?'
Veddic thought that it might work, but wasn't sure. The fact that it wasn't used as a common assassination
method was not in its favour though.

At the shop Fenrir picked up his magic map and the three of them went on to where they knew Vinet The Bloody's
hideout was. An initial poke about in the ruined inn (by an invisible Fenrir) revealed that there was only
one intact room in its centre with a closed door.

They all went in and listened at it, but heard nothing. It was locked so Corum popped it open with his
crowbar. When the door opened it pulled on a string that disappeared into a crack in the hole.

After a long time spent bungling about in the room Corum said,
'We need a rogue.'

Fenrir eventually nodded agreement and they wall went back to the OJB.

DAY 199 (27 Eleint)(September)

In the morning Raya turned up and handed Veddic a letter that had been waiting for him back
at Warm Beds. It read :

V,
We were broken into on DAY 196 (24 Eleint) at three in the morning. It must have been a
master thief to get through our defences. He got into my private quarters and I assume
read several documents that were in a locked chest.
It can be assumed this villain now knows of our intentions.
Take extra care on your mission, there is an expert rogue on your trail now I expect,
D.

She also told Veddic,
'The girl that came out of the hide out. Her name is Etrude Vumplump. She's eighteen
and a member of the Blood Drinkers. From a good family. Can I get 10 gold for expenses
please?'

Fenrir and Veddic, who seemed to now share a common purpose and generally agreed with each other
in all regards persuaded Corum and Raya to go with them once more to the Blood Drinker's hide out.

Raya, her eyes ever open, noticed that they were being followed and she told the others,
'This guy is good'.
The played cat and mouse with him in the streets around the hide out but could not quite
get their hands on him.

Eventually the gave up and headed to the ruined inn. When they were there Raya also noticed
a woman watching them from a doorway down the street, but when the others turned to look the
woman ducked out of view.

It was then decided, watchers or not, to enter the hideout. Raya saw that the door and the
room was an decoy and alarm. The actual way in was a trapdoor hidden under a pile of burnt
floorboards.

As they decended into the gloom a nearby clock chimed ten in the morning.