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-You sit down for a few seconds but soon the Castellan comes and tells you the mayor has need of you again. You go and see him defiantly walking the battlements, still paying no heed to his injuries.
+You sit down for a few seconds but soon the Castellan comes and tells you governor Nighthill has need of you again. You go and see him defiantly walking the battlements, still paying no heed to his injuries. He looks tired but new hope is shining in his eyes as he looks at you, his saviors in the hour of his need.
-He looks tired but  new hope is shining in his eyes as he looks at you, his saviors in the hour of his need.
+”I’m sorry to disturb what little rest you have had, but there is a new threat to the town. Our mill is under attack.” He points to a big house along the river to the west, a water mill. You can see some figures advancing on the structure. ”The mill is importantly to the town, without it our chance of survival is slim. Will you please stop the raiders from causing damage to it?”
-”I’m sorry to disturb what little rest you have had, but there is a new threat to the town. Out mill is under attack.” He points to a big house along the river to the west, a water mill. You can see sole figures advancing on the structure.
+Tired as you are you cannot deny governor Nighthill this request. You equip yourself hastily and set off towards the mill. You move as stealthily as you can, letting Daisuke scout ahead. Soon, traveling through wooded areas and following the river west, you find yourself close to the mill. There are some half-hearted attempts to set the mill on fire by some fighters led by a cultist. A short fight erupts, where it is obvious that the guards are another level of threat than the poorly capable Kobolds. After the fight you dive quickly into the main building of the mill to see that there are not any more of the raiders there causing trouble. And you run into an ambush. Someone thinks that your attempts to save the town has been going on for too long.
-”The mill is importantly to the town, without it our chance of survival is slim. Will you please stop the raiders from causing damage to it?”
+The mill main building is dominated by a big millstone in the middle, connected by an axle to the water wheel outside. There is two floors and ladders going up to the second floor on the right as you enter through the doors. The upper floor is most probably a storage area where the milled grain is sent up by block and tackle using pulleys. There are several openings in the roof dispersed evenly throughout the room.
-Tired as you are you cannot deny government or Nighthill this request. You equip yourself hastily and set off towards the mill.
+As you enter you get attacked from above by spears thrown down. Some men are also lowering themselves to the ground floor using ropes attached to the pulley above. The fight is vicious and there are both cultists and guards laying the ambush. Eventually you clear the building of all the raiders and go back to the castle. Governor Nighthill is very pleased with your performance and while thanking them a cry is heard from the battlement above.
- You move as stealthily as you can, letting Daisuke scout ahead.
-Soon, traveling through wooded areas and following the river west, you find yourself close to the mill. There are some half-hearted attempts to set the mill on fire by some kobolds and humans.
+You run there, only to find a terrifying sight. Coming towards you is the blue dragon that you spotted so many hours ago circling the town as you first saw it. But now it’s attacking the castle. The first swoop passes the defenders on the battlements and in a blast from its terrifying jaws, reduces three defenders to cinders where they stand. Other cower in dismay and terror while you steel yourself from the menacing presence of the dragon, gather some spears and head up to the battlement to somehow try to hit it and damage it with your puny spears.
-As soon as you advance they scatter. You dive quickly into the main building of the mill to see that there are not anymore of the raiders there causing trouble.
+Several times the dragon circles in and spews forth lighnting from its jaws. Sometimes killing more defenders and sometime trying to hit you. Meanwhile you arm yourself with the spears and tries, timing your attacks when the dragon is as near as possible, to strike it down. Several throws from Daisuke, Gavril and Gunnar hits its target but they all bounce off the dragons hard scales.
-And you run into an ambush. Someone thinks that your attempts to save the town has been going on for too long.
+Gavril tries a fireball and Gunnar tries to throw lightning at the dragon. No effect can be seen. One time Daisuke comes very near to hitting the dragon in the eyes and because of that, or because the dragon just got tired of having some fun, it veers away and flies off to the southeast. Down in the town the raiders are celebrating, seeing the destruction the dragon has had on the defenders and the castle battlements.
-The mill main building is dominated by a big millstone in the middle, connected by an axle to the water wheel outside. There is two floors and ladders going up to the second floor on the right as you enter the doors.
+No sooner has the dragon disappeared then a new cry goes up, the castle defenses are down and raiders are coming inside the castle walls. The dwarf Castellan comes up and says the sally port has been breached and raiders have entered the grounds. He tells you to go to the sally port and by whatever means possible get it shut and sealed while he and the others take care of the raiders already inside.
-The upper floor is most probably a storage area where the milled grain is sent up by block and tackle using ropes. There are several openings in the roof dispersed evenly throughout the room.
+Tired and weary you move down and to the door that leads into a small room that lies before the sally port. Inside the room are some cultist, kobolds and some dragon-looking creature the size of a large dog. You storm the room, seeing the sally port open just ahead of you on the other side of the room. It opens outwards and you need to get it shut. You target the drakes first and kills two of them.
-As you enter you get attacked from above by spears thrown down. Some men are also lowering themselves to the ground floor using ropes attached to the pulley above.
+==== 14/4-25 ====
+Daisuke, who has been outside the room while Gavril and Gunnar threw spears and killed the drakes, now charges jump-kicking inside the small building. He misses the kobold he was aiming for and goes straight over his head, but manages to land on his feet. Gunnar enters the building wielding his axe and Gavril is a little less enthusiastic about going in.
-The fight is vicious and soon the men inside are aided by other cultists and kobolds coming from the outside.
+The door to the outside of the keep stands open and you can see some more raiders coming towards it from the outside. Gunnar strikes one kobold and moves towards the door. Gavril moves inside the building and Daisuke is a whirling tornado , kicking and striking at enemies wherever he can.
-Eventually you clear the building of all the raiders and go back to the castle. Governor Nighthill is very pleased with you performance and while thanking them a cry is heard from the battlement above.
+When Gunnar tries to shut the door
-You run there only to find a terrifying sight. Coming towards you is the blue dragon that you spotted so many hours ago circling the town as you first saw it. But now it’s attacking the castle. The first swoop passed the defenders on the battlements ands in a blast from its terrifying head that reduces three defenders to cinders where they stand.
+==== 28/12-25 ====
+The Governor asks for you time in the morning hours after the raiders have left the town.
-Other cower in dismay and terror while you steel yourself from the menacing pretense of the dragon, gather some spears and head up to the battlement to somehow try to hit it and damage it with your puny spears.
+He shows them into a room that has been acting like a war room, there are other person there that you have seen in the defense of the town. The governor say he has a new task that he hopes you can help him with.
-Several times the dragon circles in and spews forth light Ing from its jaws. Sometime killing more defenders and sometime trying to hit you. Meanwhile you arm yourself with the spears and tries, timing your attacks when the dragon is as near as possible, to strike it down. Several throws from Daisuke, Gavril and Gunnar hits its target but they all bounce off the dragons hard scales.
+If they locate the raiders’ camp and find out certain information, he offers to pay them 250 silver apiece. He wants to know where the camp is sited, how many raiders are there, who their leaders are, what’s motivating these attacks, and where they plan to strike next. If characters recover valuables that were stolen from the town, he would like them returned, but he does his best to arrange a reward from what’s left of the town treasury. Recovering treasure, however, is a lesser goal when compared to the other objectives he brings up.
-Gavril tries a fireball and Gunnar tries to throw light Ing at the dragon. No effect can be seen. One time Daisuke comes very near to hitting the dragon in the eyes and because of that or because the dragon just got tired of having some fun, it veers away and flexes off to the southeast.
+Gavril asks if they can have some supplies and are fitted with 10 rations each, some group basics, a quick-release backpack for Gavril and some other small stuff like an extra spear for Gunnar. Then you set out to follow the raiders in the morning hours. You are tired having been up all night but the governor thinks it's best to start as early as possible and you agree.
-Down in the town the raiders are celebrating, seeing the destruction the dragon has had on the defenders and the castle battlements.
+When you are going through the gate a young man walks up to you, limping heavily on his bandaged left leg. This is the monk Nesim Waladra.
-No sooner has the dragon disappeared then a new cry goes up, the cadtle defenses are down and raiders are coming inside the castle walls. The dwarf castellan comes up and says the sally port has been breached and raiders have entered the grounds. He tells you to go to the sally port and by whatever means possible get it shut and sealed while he and the others take care of the raiders already inside.
+<WRAP box round>
+“I hear that you intend to follow the raiders and see where they’ve gone. I’d like nothing better than to come with you, but in this condition, I’d slow you down. In the midst of all this tragedy, there’s no reason you would have heard about the fate of my master, Leosin Erlanthar, but it’s important you know. He is a monk from Berdusk. He disappeared last night, after we fought a particularly savage battle against raiders. A few others and I fought our way to the keep, barely. Leosin didn’t make it at all. We went back this morning to look for him, but all we found was his broken staff and this choker, which he always wore.”
+</WRAP>
-Tired and weary you move down and to the door that leads into a small room that lies before the sally port. Inside the room are some cultist, kobolds and some dragon looking kind of large dog. You storm the room, seeing the sally port open just ahead of you on the other side of the room. It opens outwards and you need to get it shut.
+The monk’s name is Nesim Waladra. After introductions are made, he continues.
-==== 14/4-25 ====
+<WRAP box round>
+“Leosin has been investigating these raiders for months. I fear that he might have tried to infiltrate their group when they retreated, or worse, was captured and carried away as a prisoner. No one understands these bandits better than he does, and his knowledge will be invaluable against them. When you find their camp, please look for any sign that Leosin is there. One of my brothers has already departed for Berdusk to bring back help, but it will be many days before help arrives. Anything you can do before then would be a godsend.”
+</WRAP>
+Nesim answers the characters’ questions to the best of his ability, but he also urges them to move quickly. The monks were returning to Berdusk from the great library at Candlekeep, where Leosin was consulting the librarians and researching ancient writings on dragon folklore. Dragon cults are his special interest.
+You set out to follow the raiders.
+After some hours walking you see thin tendrils of smoke rising up from behind some hills. The landscape is soft rolling hills and plains. The smoke is coming from a campfire. Some stragglers from the raiders seems to have tired and wanted something to eat. A group of four cultist in somewhat ragged clothing and eight kobolds sit around a campfire, with some newly caught pheasants they are preparing to roast. It seems the kobolds and humans don't get along that much, the kobolds take their share before they are done and goes some 15 meters away to sit by themselves. The cultists have their weapons leaned against some boulders, while the kobolds have theirs in their belts.
+The group sneaks down into the opening between the hills surrounding the raiders. Gunnar and Gavril readies their spears for throwing, while Daisuke sneaks closer to the cultists. When Gunnar and Gavril loosens their spears Daisuke attacks. Gavril's spear takes one of the cultists in the chest and he slumps down dead, the same goes for Gunnar's spear that skewers another. Daisuke jumps forward with a powerful flying kick that caves in a third cultists face. Gavril and Gunnar starts moving towards the remaining cultist. Daisuke back kicks the cultist in the stomach so hard he spits blood and sinks down to the ground. Then Daisuke sets off after the stunned kobolds. When he gets there he starts kicking and striking the small reptilians, and before long most of them have been dealt with. Two or three are handled by Gunnar and Gavril and Daisuke sprints after the past one fleeing the campsite. He catches up with the creature and kicks so hard its spine shatters.
+The cultist that was kicked in the stomach by Daisuke is healed from his apparently deadly injuries by Gunnar, so they can question him. What they did not realize was that none of them was any good at interrogation or intimidation and the cultist, well he seems fanatic and only stares back defiantly and keeps repeating "praise Tiamat's glory!" They soon tire of him and Gunnar kills him quickly. They clear up the camp site as much as possible and start going after the rest of the raiders.
+Still the trail is not hard to follow, after some hours the rolling green hills turns into more rocky landscape and there are more deep canyons among steep cliff sides kind of terrain. All of a sudden a rock-slide falls down on them, it seems they have been ambushed, and did not even see it coming. Daisuke is hit by some large boulders, but the others successfully jump clear. You move away from the landslide as spears keep flying down towards you from the cliff-face above. The range for you is much longer since they have the higher ground, you opt to move away from the barrage. Your assailants clamber down from the cliff-side and chase after you. You turn around to meet them.
+A new fight ensues. This time against one mercenary guard, six cultists and two robed acolytes. The acolytes throws some magic on two of the cultists, enveloping them in some red glow. Gavril and Gunnar counters with some Lightning and Fireball spells, which are both dodged. Then there is some melee. Though the enemies have the numbers, the heroes have the skills. Soon there is only the mercenary left. He lays down hos weapons and surrenders. You start questioning him hoping for better results this time since you don't have a fanatic at hand.
+He tells them that the camp is about two hours from here. This group was the be the rearguard to take care of anyone following the raiders. The orders were to send a runner ahead as soon as someone was spotted, to tell the leaders, but the leader of the rearguard, a cultist named Brego, saw that you were only three and since we rearguard was three times as many he thought he would deal with you himself. He never was a tactician, Brego, snorts the merc.
+The guard then answers some more of your questions, but you soon realize that he does not know that muck. The leaders of the raiders is a half-black dragon called Rezmir, but the day-to-day running of the camp is someone called Mondath and she is accompanied by the half-blue dragon called Cyanwrath. The merc has had very little to do with them and has only seen them from afar.
+The camp is located  in the hollow of a rocky plateau that’s shaped roughly like a horseshoe. The lower portion of the plateau rises gently from the surrounding land, but it quickly steepens and ascends to a height of 150 feet above the landscape. The filthy kobolds occupy the lower portion of the camp in the opening of the horseshoe, while the cultists, and the mercenaries occupy the higher part. There are two watchtowers, one managed by the kobolds on the lower part and another by the cultists and mercenaries on the higher plateau.
+The merc says he has been there doing minor raids for about three weeks, but the camp has been there a couple of months he thinks. Greenest was the biggest town they've hit. The mission seems to be gathering treasure for a dragon goddess called Tiamat. Most except the mercenaries are fanatically loyal to the leaders and often go around saying "praise to Tiamat" and holding up their hand in some kind of claw-like imitation. There have been some prisoners in camp, used for labor, most dies pretty quickly since there are always more and neither the kobolds or cultists keen on keeping them alive for long.
+There are some different ranks in the camp, the kobolds are the lowest, then the non-initiated mercenaries, after that some strange hierarchy of cultists, the merc did not wuite get the hang of who was higher than any other.
+More than that he does not know, you say that if he walks the other way his life will be spared, he thanks you and wanders off.
+You strip the cultists and acolytes from their clothes, thinking it might come in handy as disguises perhaps. Nothing else is found on them, except that Gavril finds a little figurine carved from wood, resembling a flying creature. It is very crude, but he is pretty sure it's supposed to be a dragon.

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