In attendance were;
Kumak Morudall: Half-Orc Bloodrager
Susan: Human Universalist Wizard
Thaddeus Whisperheart: Gnome Bard
Tim: Halfling Ranger
Kronk: Human Haunted Life Oracle
Kronk and Susan lead their following of rescued prisoners through the streets towards The Big Fish, the inn they were staying at, paying no heed to their surroundings and not noticing the tail they had picked up.
Kumak, Tim and Thaddeus stealthily move through the city arriving about an hour later to Vic the proprieter all but throwing them out. Apparently news of the incident had already spread and their involvement, discussed. Thaddeus makes a suitable scene before the group finds themselves taking stock of their options. Much back and forth is given and with the conversation leading towards sleeping in the sewers Kumak, not wishing to be cramped underground again suggests that they try for Foxglove's townhouse which Thaddeus's friend Pinky had indicated was under protection from being robbed. The group worried about the assassin cult but greatly preferring a bed to the sewers makes their way to the Alabaster District.
A contingent of 5 guards stand outside Foxglove Townhouse showing no sign of moving on. Thaddeus disguises himself as a small child and tries to lure the guards away with a story of a missing sister taken by a scary man, but the guards only send one of their number to walk him home. The remainder eventually work their way around back, and over the stone fence. Tim finds a shed and starts making his bed space in there but Kumak did not come all this way to sleep in a shed. Drinking 2 of the potions of Silence he had he breaks enough of the boards nailed across the back door to allow entry. Trying the Lion headed key they took from Aldren's corpse they enter the home. Tim decides that he will join them and with Thaddeus returning having given the guard the slip it is time to find a place to rest.
Thaddeus finds a living room with a large couch and claims it as his domain, Kumak heads upstairs to find a master bedroom in the hopes it might fit his frame. Kronk and Susan join him while Tim moves about the first floor. Checking the 2 rooms on the second floor before proceeding to the third Kumak finds one empty bedroom and the other occupied by what appears to be two teens in a state of undressed embrace. Shocked, at first Kumak does not react in time to stop the girl from screaming, which alerts the guards outside, causing all of them to rush into the building. Kumak and Kronk move to the other room, locking the door to hide while Thaddeus hearing the guards bursting in closes his door as well. Tim and Susan move downstairs with the idea of smoothing this over but are shortly placed under arrest and manacled.
The guards move upstairs to clear out the rooms, finding Kumaks locked the guard moves into the other room, but where Kumak had seen the two teens the guard reports all clear. Hearing Susan being placed under arrest Kumak opens the door and grabs the guard, pulling him in and pummeling him into unconsciousness. Thaddeus peering out of his room, tries to use what magic he has to aid Susan's escape but she doesn't take the hint and is being led away. The guards move outside with their prisoners, Kumak heading down the stairs suddenly gets the premonition that something below is mocking him. Not about to let this slight pass he heads into the basement and finds rows of corpses hung up like slabs of beef, the bodies carved with strange symbols. In the side room he finds a statue of a Lion that he feels is the source of his unease. Thaddeus and Kronk join him and they spy a small keyhole in the mouth of the lion. Using the Lion key the mouth drops and some documents and coin are pilfered, among which is the deed to the Townhouse.
Thaddeus calls out the guards and attempts to convince them that he is the rightful owner of the house with the deed but soon finds himself in chains as well. Kronk moves out the back to escape and Kumak to the third floor to look for the teens or anything to help but finds neither. The guard Captain assigns one of his men to lead Thaddeus to the stockade while Susan and Tim spy a chance to escape and hide in the backyard. Kumak waits until the Captain passes by going into the basement and using Thaddeus's Hat of Disguise he had borrowed makes a reasonable facsimile of the Captain. Catching up to the guard escorting Thaddeus Kumak convinces him to guard the townhouse while he will take the Gnome and gets the guards keys. Moving out of sight Kumak unlocks Thaddeus, who had suspected the deception and the two wonder how to find the others now, when suddenly Kronk sends a magic message to Thaddeus informing them that they are under attack by some sort of faceless creatures and in dire straits. Thaddeus climbs on Kumak and with Thaddeus's knowledge of the city they are able to arrive in time to save the others from certain death given all the party is tapped clean on spells and health.
With the night later, their assets fewer and the heat growing on them the Redeemers find themselves in desperate need of lodging and rest.
Thoughts:
Well, either those guards are in on the murder cult stuff (thought so right up until I heard them freaking out about the dead bodies below) or they are the Worst. Guards. Ever.
Not sure where the GM was going with having a 5 man guard "patrol" outside our destination that does not move, will only send 1 man to escort a child home when that child just said a scary man stole his sister, but will all come running at the scream from the abandoned boarded up house. I'm guessing there was maybe a stake out that they were doing at Foxglove. We are running on fumes now, no spells, no rage, some heavily damaged. Whatever we decide, we had better find some haven soon.
I didn't think that news of the fight with the Hellknights would have traveled that quickly and our specific involvement be known only an hour or two after the fact. The teens turned out to be faceless stalkers who could squeeze through really tiny holes, which was how they escaped that one room without me or the guards seeing them.
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