Orhan 1 Day 20 TE 6057

Well, things aren't good in selkai. One of the mutual's silversmiths is murdered, and a mysterious fire is started at the shipyards (also owned by the mutual fund). Meanwhile an unidentified body has been found in teh river completely drained of blood.

Oathar does a death tales on the corpse of the silver smith and finds he was killed by a mist formed Diar who just pointed at him. Oh dear.

Imre asks around trying to find where the guy was found. Some of the city guards just think it was a rumor. Others say, "Yeah, there was a bloodless body." Even the ones who saw it aren't sure where it was found though. Imre finds out where it is and does a death's tale on the grave. Hey wait! There's no body down there! Imre make a bribery attempt to get them to to exhume the supposed body, and they check. They dig for an hour and eventually find the grave to be empty. Hmm, wood splinters instead of a coffin.

Hrmm.

Well, the shipyard seems straight forward. It was torched. Bah. Damn bod guys. Oathar pays the damages out of mutual funds. (350 gold)

Haeraan wanders around town looking for enemies, but doesn't find any.

We head to Veriak.

Veriak does a nice reading for us. He sees the influence of an undead present. He sees also a big club hovering over Oathar's head. Many voices behind the club saying, "Hit him! Hit him!" He doesn't see any connections between the club and the vampire though. After a while the club turns into a flaming club. Oh dear.

Near the end of Alynna's next library shift a stranger drops a piece of paper as he passes her. She picks it up and finds that it folded with a seal. Black wax with a complicated pattern that moves and is oddly fascinating. How strange... The other monk on duty tries to wake her up but she's quite fascinated by it... Then he's also quite fascinated by it. Oh dear, both Changramai were mesmerized. Suddenly the librarians are tugging on their sleeves and they wake up. The guy who dropped it is there requesting it with a librarian. The library then closes and the changramai night shift shows up and Alynna goes home.

Orhan 1 Day 21 TE 6057

Imre and Oathar hire guardmen. Several (er.. many) are found to be working for other houses. They flee. Sigh. But we get some guards hired.

Haeraan dreams of bats. Evil bats that chomp baby birds in nests. Chomp.

Orhan 1 Day 22 TE 6057

Haeraan goes to his temple to report all this and finds that everyone of import has been called away on mysterious business. Hmm, they left a note and went off leaving the temple in charge of a minor priest. Very strange. The high priest had some plans for this time too, and suddenly changed all of his plans and left. The last he was heard of, the high priest was doing some research in the library.

Haeraan investigates their quarters. Inside he finds an unopened letter to the high priest. He stares at it and finds it quite fascinating. Oathar takes it and finds the same. They finally get a clue and cast dispel mentalism. Oathar examines the letter.

They find the letter is a week old, was made in Sel'Kai, and in addition to mesmerizing people, makes them more vulnerable to mind control, while informing it's master of who it got. It was created by Abruza. Oh dear.

We brief Coran Maas, but don't have a lot to give him as the letter has stopped working by the time we get there.

Orhan 1 Day 23 TE 6057

Haeraan prays at his temple to Rianne. Suddenly a little angel materializes on the altar. "Truly we a blessed." The angel says, "Warning! The night of the third moon is in two nights. Your enemy plans to sacrifice them on the night of the third moon! You must find them!" Haeraan asks how far they are, and is told to look underneath the houses of the rich men.

Orhan 1 Day 24 TE 6057

Criss-crossing Blackoak (the rich district) with morning star. Haeraan immediately says "House Dolnigen -- three vampires" Oh dear.

Haeraan briefs Coran Maas on the vampire situation. He basically tells us that he can't intervene before the fact without direct proof. If people take action on their own, and find physical evidence, there might be pardons granted..... if all went well.

OK then, we invade House Dolnigen manor. We sleep lot's of guards and battle three vampires. We win!!! Yay! In there are the High priest and two others of the temple of Rhianne.

We take the priests back to the temple as Coran Maas sweeps in to deal with the invaded villa.

News reports indicate several dead vampires were found in house Dolnigen. They believe that the grey ring or the nine raided the house. Representatives of the house deny all involvement with everything. The head of the house is away in their summer house.