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| Donovan (left) and Molly Fagan. Dono: "Aren't the Mercenaries of Krov supposed to be intimidating?!" |
While investigating the damages from
last week, the adventurers found a “mystical
portal-rift-of-destruction-thingy.” Deciding that this might be
something far beyond their power and help, they decided to take
advice from Gary, a strange eccentric man with some kind of
reflective greyish hat. Hearing his strange theories about some “new
world order,” the adventurers went to investigate someone they had
suspicions about who may-or-may-not have been involved with this “new
world order.” This man was none other than Baron Ashcroft, one of
King Pellinore's distant relative!
As the Baron listened to the Power
Questers and their assumptions, he waved them away and pleaded
innocence.
“I am not associated with this order
of which you speak, but you are delaying my dinner!” However, the
Baron, being oh-so-very-polite, did inform them about a Howler named
Shiro, who was described only as “faceless. No, not like a
shapeshifter, or wearing a mask. The OTHER kind of faceless.”
Finding no leads besides this name, the seven adventurers searched
the local library, just a few miles away from the Baron's marvelous
estate. Sadly, the librarian had never heard of such a man, and was
frankly disgusted by the description. As the conversation ended, a
caravan of four Adamantium Guard parked outside the library. Before
they could reach the door, an unseen archer took down the lead Guard
as his accomplices were revealed to be hired Krov Mercenaries! After
a small battle, the Krov were captured and held for questioning about
this “Shiro” person. They only gave the questers one hint: a
secret meeting in the Central Graveyard of Solaris, where the ancient
Costello and Bartholomew families were buried.
Within the Bartholomew mausoleum, a
chained up vampire was resting within his sealed coffin. From what he
could hear outside, the vampire claimed to have heard about a meeting
within the crematorium just on the outskirts of the Central
Graveyard. Not wanting to be seen or heard, the questers set up an
ambush, and disguised themselves as one of the Krov. As always with
these power questers, one small mistake lead to their spotting! The
crematorium's flames roared and bellowed around them as swords and
sorcery flew about the room! The Krov at this meeting held no
information about Shiro's current location, but he reported seeing a
man in a tunic quickly move between the tombstones on the northeast
side. At last, a valuable clue! The tunic had snagged slightly on one
tombstone, leaving a square of cloth from Tsaidam, the capital city
of The Empire of the Seven Stars.
Getting in to Tsaidam was easy. Getting
out, not so much. While in Tsaidam, the seven questers investigated a
local sushi shop that was ran by a family where each member was
missing a pinky finger. Suspicious! Behind the counter was a trap
door, leading into a dark hallway that several Krov were guarding. As
the questers moved through various traps, an eruption of pure magic
occurred in the hallway in front of them, creating a hole straight to
the surface! Tragically, this was right below a popular local tea
house. Seeing this explosion, a nearby disguised Krov dropped his jaw
and threw his hands straight up and walked away. “I quit. I'm out.”
Hearing the name Shiro, this Krov pointed a finger towards the
Summerlands and kept walking.
Ladies and gentlemen, as I am not an
elf, I was not allowed to follow the Power Questers inside, although
from the sound of things, they are very close to catching this
mysterious, faceless Howler
named Shiro! I hope all goes well for
these brave adventurers.
Tune in next week for “Why Power
Questers Should Be Outlawed, Reason #131314!”
