Chapter 1: Into The Mists

A wrought-iron gate with hinges on one side and a lock on the other fills the archway of a stone portico. As you approach it and push it, it swings open with a rusty shriek. Oil lamps hang from the portico ceiling by chains, flanking a set of oaken doors that open into a grand foyer.

Hanging on the south wall of the foyer is a shield emblazoned with what looks like a coat-of-arms of a stylized golden windmill on a red field, flanked by framed portraits of stony-faced aristocrats. Mahogany-framed double doors set with panes of stained glass are placed at the far end of the foyer and as you open them you see that they lead into a main hall.

The hall runs the width of the house, with a black marble fireplace at one end and a sweeping, red marble staircase at the other. Mounted on the wall above the fireplace is a longsword with a windmill cameo worked into the hilt. The wood-paneled walls are ornately sculpted with images of vines, flowers, nymphs, and satyrs. The decorative paneling follows the staircase as it circles upward to the second floor.

As you enter the hall, the doors slam shut behind you.

"drool over the valuables later, we have work to do" Skallagrimm says, as he moves to secure the bottom of the staircase

Kar’i’nas, the longsword comes easily off the wall and hovers in front of you. It looks like a perfectly good sword.

Skip, the doors leading back out to the foyer are locked, but the door by Morticia opens. This oak-paneled room looks like a hunter's den. Mounted above the fireplace is a stag's head, and positioned around the outskirts of the room are three stuffed wolves.

Two padded chairs draped in animal furs face the hearth, with an oak table between them supporting a cask of wine, two carved wooden goblets, a pipe rack, and a candelabrum. A chandelier hangs above a cloth-covered table surrounded by four chairs.

Two cabinets stand against the walls.

Skallagrimm eyes the pipes. Picks up the nicest one, he's not sure where his pipe got to, and looks around for something to put in it.

Skip, the north cabinet is unlocked and holds a small box containing a deck of playing cards and an assortment of wine glasses. The cabinet to the east is locked Kar’i’nas, you swing the sword through the air and test it. It feels like a perfectly good longsword

Skallagrimm doesn't hear the tiny gnome, he casually inspects the stuffed wolves.

Skip, you try to get the lock open but it doesn’t budge

Skallagrimm, the wolves are very big, bigger than any you’ve seen, but they otherwise look normal

"I have a special lock-pick here" Skallagrim says brandishing his great axe"if you two can't open a piece of furniture"