Loch & Keye
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23rd of Pendaelen
The Battle of the Farm
Session VIII – 23rd of Pendaelen
The party leaves Turos Tem and heads to meeting with the man known as Master Loch. The location is a farm located an hour and half from the fort. Upon nearing the farm, Vilhelmus and Ivanova split off from the party to circle around a barn to approach the farmhouse from the side. Lozan, Avery and Garrick approaching the farmhouse directly, Atticus and Lukos decided to hang back with bows ready to lend support.
Loch is standing out in the open near the farmhouse waiting for them. Avery hands over the opium but Mister Locke become enraged when he sees that the map that Avery took was not included. It is at this point a band of bandits appears members of Drusus’s faction from the temple. They are there to steal the opium and kill the party for making deals behind Drusus’s back with the Silver Scales.
Before a fight breaks out, another interested party arrives. A party of dwarves led Holgrim Bone-Breaker, son of the Vault Lord of High Forge, Oberron Troll-Nose. They are there to question Mister Locke over the recent disappearance of a dwarven merchant. Holgrim then proceeds to arrest everyone present. Loch at this point reveals his trump card, his partner Keye, a Zaharan Necromancer who was hiding in the farmhouse.
A massive melee ensues; Vilhelmus is knocked through the doors of the barn where he discovers the hanging disemboweled bodies of the owners of the farm. The intestines become animated and begin to attack him. Ivanova is able to free them as the rest of the party attempts to defeat Mister Locke and Keys. The battle ends with Key’s blowing up the farmhouse; allowing the duo to escape in the confusion. The bandits were all killed, as was one of the dwarves. A brief parley between the party and the dwarves reveals the past connects of the Hastinov’s family with Oberron Troll-Nose (from previous campaign).
Two key pieces of information that was revealed during the encounter was that Avery possessed an ancient map that the Silver Scale Trading Company wanted badly and that Drusus’s has a spy in Turos Tem that has been keeping an eye on the party.