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1 Tarsakh 1471 (Day 6)

Morning

• While considering whether to enter through the cellar door in the ruins of Tresendar Manor, Sildar Hallwinter catches up with The Party
  • Carp Alderleaf had been following The Party and kept Sildar apprised of their situation
  • Vala examines the note and determines it was written by a noble who was likely educated in Waterdeep
  • Sildar looks at the note and thinks the writing is familiar. It seems likely Iarno Albrek may be going by the name Glasstaff
  • At Sildar’s recommendation, The Party finds the secret entrance under Tresendar Manor

Redbrand Hideout

• The Party enters into a large, dark cavern with 30’ – 40’ ceilings and a large open crevasse in the middle
  • The crevasse is ~20ft deep with a bottom hidden in the dark and smells of shit and carrion
  • While The Party investigates the cavern, they hear a chittering, hissing noise but cannot place its location
  • Suddenly The Party members have brief, uncontrollable memories flow into their minds
• The Party comes across of room with several Redbrand Ruffian drinking and playing dice
  • "Rig" attempts a discrete parlay, but the Redbrand Ruffian are in no mood to converse [Combat Encounter Begins]
• Common Room/Guard Barracks Combat Encounter
  • "Rig"  surprises 4  Redbrand Ruffians in the Common Room
    • Rig Surprise Round: "Rig"  captures the nearest Ruffian in a fishing net
  • While trying to gain tactical advantage on the Ruffians, "Rig"  gains the attention of 3 Bugbears in the adjacent Guard Barracks
  • Sildar displays his fighting style as brutally efficient – leading with a longsword attack and following up with a shield bash
  • Rig, Vala, and Sildar quickly dispatch the Redbrand Ruffians while Orthanc bottles the 3 bugbears in their room by filling the doorway
    • The bugbears furiously attack Orthanc and try to overrun him to attack the rest of The Party
    • Orthanc displays a remarkable capacity as a meat wall, holding in plae the 3 bugbears working together against him
    • Sildar finds a flagon of wine and pours a horn for himself and Vala, who relax in the Common Room
    • "Rig"  and Vala attempt to communicate to Orthanc through his rage so "Rig"  can help dispatch the bugbears, but he is too enraged
      • Vala pours "Rig" a horn of wine and invites her to join Sildar and herself.
    • Orthanc methodically hacks the bugbears to death, ending the combat encounter
• The Party investigates the Guard Barracks where they overheard the bugbears taunting and assaulting an unknown NPC
  • The Party finds Slûûp an adult male goblin, cowering on the floor, tangled in a shit and blood covered blanket, and begging to not be beaten further
    • Slûûp is very small (like the runt of the litter), albino, looks malnourished and like he’s been repeatedly beaten and tortured
    • Slûûp quickly ingratiates himself with The Party, referring to them as his “new masters”
  • The Party leaves Slûûp in the Common Room, ordering him to gather and organize the loot from their battle with The Redbrands and bugbears
    • Slûûp finds a note on one of the  Redbrand Ruffians that provides information about the layout of Tresendar Manor, but doesn’t make sense to them
• "Rig"  attempts to kick in the door where she suspects Glasstaff to be hiding, but suddenly re-experiences the memory she had previously: the sea salt and honey smell of her mother’s hair
• Vala experiences her previous memory of her first day of training as a seer with her grandmother, Edda Everfall
• The memories are accompanied by telepathic communication from something calling itself “The Guardian of Tresendar Manor”
  • Offers information and recommends that "Rig"  not kick in the door
  • Made an agreement with "Glasstaff" and The Redbrands to let them use its space, but wants to bargain with The Party
  • Claims to have been residing in and guarding the caverns since the original fall of the manor, hundreds of years ago
  • “Tastes” the memories of others to make contact and communicate
• Orthanc resists the telepathic bond and does not understand that the absence of awareness in the other party members who are communicating
  • Slûûp sneaks out of the Common Room to scout the unknown entity
    • Identifies it as a Nothic – a twisted aberration created when a wizard or sorcerer is overcome trying to cast powerful, difficult spells
    • Describes them as sentient and capable of negotiation, but they can also be extremely chaotic, unpredictable, and potentially very dangerous
• The Nothic offers to help The Party by if they provide it with plenty of fresh corpses to feed on
  • "Rig"  and Sildar throw 2 Redbrand Ruffian corpses into the crevasse
    • Glasstaff hid something at the cellar entrance
    • The hallway is trapped
    • Guards were told by Glasstaff to stay out of the north storage room
    • The door "Rig"  was going to kick in goes to Glasstaffs Workshop
  • After the transaction, The Nothic leaps into the crevasse and begins feeding
• The Party advances to the room north of the crevasse and Vala uncovers and opens a secret door
  • The door opens to a small hallway with stairs going down
  • At the bottom of the stairs, Vala detects magic beyond the left wall, finds a secret door but cannot open it The Party fails to notice anything at the end of the stairs
  • Orthanc stays at the door while the rest of The Party returns to the Wizard’s Workshop door
• Vala, "Rig", and Sildar enter the Wizard’s Workshop, which is filled with notes, scrolls, book, and arcane instruments, and a potion being brewed
  • "Rig"  notices a small, black rat, sitting up on its hind legs and staring at the only other door in the room
  • The rat notices Sildar and dashes under the door to the next room
  • A voice behind the door greets his “guests” and invites them in

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