Party: Exandra, Fledermaus, Hilniflit, Finial, Callehalahath, Ambrose
Day 0: Taxes in town settled up – Guild kitty after taxes and purchases: 4661 gp
Asheryn informs the party that the queen of Westmarch is very interested in the ork skull found in the previous mission. After some discussion, the party agrees to present it to her as a gift… in exchange for favors from the queen. The party leaves the skull under the care of Yanos at the Arcane Codex. Asheryn will arrange for the visit.
Day 1: The party uses the stones to travel to the Standing Stones waypoint near Mistmere Castle. The weather is foggy as they head Northeast through the forest where hilarity ensues after Hilniflit accidentally kicks a bee's nest and everyone is fine.
The party approaches Mistmere Castle carefully and formulates a plan to draw out the guards that are invariably in the yard. Hilniflit sneaks up to the gate and hears voices speaking giant. She lets the party know it looks like there are ogre guards and the party readies the ambush. Calle casts tangle outside the gate while Hil and Ambrose create dancing lights inside the courtyard to get the attention of the guards. The guards take notice and start to chase the lights that look like torchlight in the fog.
The first ogre runs straight into Calle's tangle. Exandra, standing to the right of the gate, snares him with her whip and brings him to the ground. The first ogre tells the second to sound the alarm. The second ogre turns to run back to the castle, blowing a whistle and kobolds begin to pour from the castle's entrance.
Fledermaus fires arrows into the first ogre and Calle sends her tiger, Sasha, to grapple the second ogre. Hill casts spider climb on herself and skillfully climbs the wall without falling even once. The second ogre returns and tries to pull the first ogre free from the tangle. Exandra rushes in to poke the second ogre, but stumbles and drops her weapon. Sasha is so distracted by this, she totally misses the ogre and runs right past him. Fortunately, Fledermaus has kept his distance and fills the second ogre with arrows.
The party then dispatches the kobolds swiftly and search the bodies. They find
10GP, javelins, a sealed clay jug and a wand
of (mumble-mumble).
The party quickly makes their way through the quiet ground level to a set of stairs leading underground. They enter into a small room containing a statue that seems to be holding some kind of gift that is now missing. The inscription reads, "The Orb is the key." After searching the room, they decide to check the South door. They can hear sounds on the other side, so Hil kicks open the door and casts burning hands into the room. She finds 2 ghouls and the body of a chewed kobold.
Calle, Fledermaus and Sasha run in to deal with the ghouls. They are able to take care of them rather swiftly, but Calle is badly injured by one of them and feels kind of spaghetti for a while.
Under the kobold, the party finds a
silk bag
with
30GP
and a