Session 29

PCs (lvl 7): Flynn, Tuarninn, Udo, Ulrich

MR 673 - Winter

Following up on a rumor he heard about another Elf living in Ubersreik, Tuarninn visits the Worshipful Guild of Cutlers. After some convincing he get introduced to Dordean Mournflair, the elven mastersmith. Tuarninn hopes to know more about the events surrounding his encounter with the Crow Witch, but all Dordean can do is direct him to seek wise elves in his native realm of Coullabhie.

Udo stops by the Temple of Nesirie to get his wounds looked after, and he takes the opportunity to talk with High Priestess Marianne Altenblum about how they can best be of each other's assistance.

Flynn meets with Lady Nacht, to ask her if she can analyze the beer sample he retrieved the night before during the massacre at the Axe and Hammer. Lady Nacht directs him to a local potion-maker who could be of help. When Flynn describes to her the details of the murder scene witnessed the night before, she tells him that the symbol drawn in blood on the scene may refer to a cult of Orcus, the Demon Prince of Undeath.

Ulrich is informed by his watchmen about a Vos prisoner they arrested the night before. Intrigued by the origins of this man, Ulrich interrogates him personally, and finds out he's a scout sent by Count Sigismund.

When the party meets and shares all they have learned, Udo comes clean about Count Sigismund plan and preparations to attack Ubersreik. They also come to the conclusion that the Count may be a cultist of Orcus. With so much on their plates, they decide to focus on solving the mystery of the cursed beer that caused so much trouble the night before.

They go to Borgun's Brewery, where they find the place under siege from Grodni and his warriors. Something terrible is going on in the Brewery, as several dwarves are running away from the place in terror or half-dead.

The PCs enter the brewery, and they find the place is filled with the torn bodies of dwarves. Borgun and his brothers have mutated into horned monsters overcome with bloodlust. During the inevitable fight that follows, several vats of beer explode, and the cursed liquid coalesces into a creature of malevolent sentience. The PCs destroy the creature, and kill the three dwarven brothers.