Det superkorte referat: Vi er alle tilstede! Vi frembringer Caromarcs hemmelige dagbog. De tre onde: Red Wizards, Greywolves og Orcus-tilbedere.Vi drager tilbage til Helms Hold. Vi skal finde The Stairs of the Moon. Turen går til Conyberry for at finde det næste spor.
Hos Ditz. Alle er tilstede!
Vi læser Caromarcs besked til os og indser at der er en hemmelig dagbog der kan fremkaldes ved at blande draconic og fiendish blod.
Count Caromarc’s note:
Dear heroes
I noticed you found my journal. Read its magic, and smear its pages with a thinned potion of draconic and fiendish blood, and secrets I was too ashamed to bring forth will reveal themselves. I fear your task is not yet done. Sinister plots are at work. I know not their true nature, but I fear for Helm’s Hold, Neverwinter and even the entire Sword Coast! An alliance between Thay, the Cult of Orcus and the darker clans of the Grey Wolves cannot bode well. The only clue I have is mention of a sacred place known only as The Stairs of the Moon.
May the Gods guide your way.
C
Insight: Den største orcus-kult
Den fulde journal:
More than a month prior to the break in at the University:
It appears that my past has come back to haunt me, in the form of unexpected visitors who arrived last night. Ostensibly nobles from Thay, they bore invitations from the High Lady Valindra and my guards admitted them to see me. Their leader, a disturbing person named Tolivast who carried a sinister-looking, twisted homunculus on their shoulder, confided to me that they were agents of the Ashen Covenant, come to finally collect the debt I owe them for helping me with my tireless work so long ago. Tolivast “requested” that I arrange a meeting between him and one of the werewolves of the wood. Though I would prefer to have nothing more to do with them (for my initial research indiscretions were just that), I saw no choice but to acquiesce to their demands, lest they reveal my secrets to the council of Helm’s Hold.
As Mathus is my sole “associate” among the packs, I will speak to him and arrange a meeting, and hopefully I can wash my hands of this whole sordid affair.
Two Weeks Prior to the break in at the University:
Tolivast and their fellows have returned. Though I made my farm residence available to them, they declined and requested a meeting with Madame Ivanja instead. Mathus arrived shortly after and went straight to Ivanja’s tower as well. I was somewhat surprised by their choice of location, but I suppose even necromancers and werewolves have their needs. I spoke briefly with Mathus after the meeting, but he was unusually withdrawn and gave no hint of what was said at the meeting.
A week prior to the PCs’ Arrival:
A grave threat has befallen Neverwinter Wood, and I fear its origins involve me. Unknown forces, almost certainly agents of Tolivast and the Ashen Covenant, have attacked the Stairs, butchered Kvalcas Sain, and stolen his heart for some dark purpose. Although their motives remain a mystery, this single act has thrown the entire hierarchy of the Grey Wolves packs into disarray and violence.
I know that it is customary when a packlord dies for his successor to consume the fallen packlord’s heart. With Kvalcas’ heart gone, the position of packlord shall fall to whoever can claim the title, either by recovering the lost heart, or more likely through force, by slaying the leaders of the four rival tribes and adopting the surviving wolves into his own pack.
Mathus has spoken with me before of his desire to become packlord, and I now wonder if his secret meeting with Tolivast was the impetus behind these events. Without Kvalcas’ heart, however, I doubt the other tribes will accept Mathus as their leader. He might find allies with the Prince’s or the Crimson, but the Primals and Demons will never bow to his rule.
Mathus’s concerns doubtlessly lie with his pack, not with me, however, and I worry my alliance with the Silverhides shall soon be forfeit. I fear greatly for the safety of Helm’s Hold, for if Mathus moves to take Highthrone without Kvalcas’ heart, or if it becomes known that his ascendance is due to Thay and the Ashen Covenant’s interference, civil war will soon erupt among the packs of the Wolves, with the Hold caught in the middle.
Vi tager til Helms Hold for at lære mere om The Stairs of the Moon:
“The origin of the Dusk Moth can be traced back to pre-Earthfall Varisia, though the role it played in those ancient times has been lost to history. During the Age of Enthronement, Selune’s priests recovered the relic from the ruins of Thassilon, and carried it into the Neverwood during the founding of Eaerlaan (acient elver kingdom). There the priests constructed a temple to the goddess of dreams and the Moon and disassembled the Dusk Moth, incorporating its parts into a great observatory atop the temple, which they dubbed the Stairs of the Moon. High atop the observatory, during the twilight hour, the faithful enacted a sacred ritual of communion to activate the power of the Dusk Moth, placing them in a heightened dream-state in which they could commune directly with the Song of the Spheres.”
Torben får en hand-reading. Hun lægger hans kort og får et chok. hun taler med en mørk stemme… “forlad straks mit tårn”!
Heart of the Moon’s Royalty
Souls of a hundred innocents, slain by the children of the Moon
Sap from the Dark Veins of the Earth
Ground bones of the Behemoth
Tempered by the Unliving Breath of the Risen
Hun fortæller ham at der har været Red Wizards på besøg plus en Orcus-tilbeder og en Greywolf. De talte om the Dusk Moth, Conyberry.
Vi forhører os omkring Conyberry. Der fortælles om et spøgelse af en elver som kan hjælpe hvis man har et spørgsmål. Vi beslutter at rejse til Conyberry for at få anvisninger til at finde The Stairs of the Moon.
ROLLEDRENGENE 