Act I: Prison Break

Xharin will note that, in order to get to these barracks, the team had to move through a mess hall of sorts. The only off duty personnel that were taking a meal are already dead, so this area could, potentially, be considered a safehaven. The room to the south of the mess hall, though, has noises of activity, and the smell of stew and baking bread from that area indicates that you could find the kitchen there. Perhaps one of the servants can tell you the best way to go about it.

The party maneuvers it's way from the barracks through the mess hall, down into the kitchen (room 11). Inside are two servants, working hard to make stew and bake bread for the guards here at Branderscar. When Xharin and Harrison walk in, and they see the weapons that Harrison is carrying, they immediately raise their hands and start cowering in the corner.

"P-p-please...please don't hurt us! We're just the cooks!"

"Oh...oh gods!" the woman exclaims as she watches Magoldor smash in the head of the other cook. As the dwarf starts eating, Xharin takes advantage of the fear displayed by the woman and starts making demands.

"Don't kill me! I'll t-tell you anything you want!"

Absolutely terrified, the woman rambles for a while, detailing that there are two other servants who take care of things at night, Gregor and Irena, and they aren't due to be there for another hour at least. She details that there are twelve guards stationed at Branderscar Prison (which seems vastly understaffed to all of you), not counting the warden and the sergeant. She mentions that Gregor has a habit of wearing his green cloak and leaving the prison at night, using the weekly password to exit through the gate at the other end of the bridge. She tells you that the password this week is "Hesterfield".

She also informs all of you that the sergeant's office and quarters are across the hall (room 14), along with the storeroom. The armory is the northernmost door on the left in that hallway.

The warden's tower holds Warden Richter's office and personal quarters, as well as a small library and the "Hall of History".

There's supposedly a poker game going in the east gatehouse (room 3C) that the guards don't believe the servants know about. The next game is tonight, and Blackerly will be selling his rotgut whiskey to any of the on or off duty guards present. To get to it, one has to climb up the ladder in the Western Gatehouse, walk across the second story of the gatehouse, and then climb a ladder down.

She continues begging for her life after spilling all this, clearly terrified of the whole party even before Grumblejack pokes his head in the door to get a whiff of the food...at which point she breaks down into tears and becomes completely incoherent.