Before Lightning Keep

A marauding dragon has laid waste to numerous villages, devouring some residents while displacing others. It strikes without mercy. No one knows where it came from, where it lairs, or how long it intends to terrorize the realm.

But there is hope. Long ago, a werewolf knight of great valor used her wealth to raise a bastion at the edge of the wilderness. This castle had the power to generate a lightning shield around itself—a shield powerful enough to break sieges and keep monsters at bay. The castle was abandoned shortly after the knight passed away. By then, peace had settled across the land, making the stronghold unnecessary.

Village leaders displaced by the dragon post a cry for help, which the PCs answered. You have been asked to travel to Lightning Keep and rid it of any threats. Rumor has it the lightning shield is powered by six magical lightning rods. If you can find these rods, perhaps the lightning shield could be reactivated, allowing refugees fleeing the dragon to use the keep as a sanctuary. The elders having lost everything in the attacks will give the group the keep once the danger has passed in payment.

You have traveled three days as a group, no trouble beyond some squirrels trying to steal rations. The sun is low in the sky when you come around a curve in the old road and in a great clearing in the wood before you stands Lightning Keep. Lightning Keep is a well-preserved structure with battlements lining its granite walls. The road leads to a stone gatehouse, which contains a closed set of heavy wooden doors behind an iron portcullis. You see no signs of habitation and no other entrances from where the group stands, just emerging into view.

Erani takes off into the sky as the rest of the group watches him shoot up. He makes a slow circling pass over the keep. The party decides to make camp for the night and tackle the keep in the light of day.

As he circles, Erani sees below him, in the dying light, that the wall with its battlements make almost a square before attaching to the north and west walls of the large keep itself. The Keep is two stories tall with a pitched roof and multiple windows, you can also see two smaller buildings at its feet. The shadows in the courtyard are stretched and heavy. You see no other gatehouses but the one that faces southward. As you circle back to your party you see they have begun to set up camp outside the wall.

Everyone roll perception, Erani with adv.

Erani comes back to the group with a flutter of feathers as the sun sets fully. Before any information about the keep can be relayed three dark shapes dart out from around the nearest corner of the wall.

Everyone please roll initiative.

Alex draws his dagger and raises his crystal ball.

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Party Status and Initiative:

Erani hp 24/24 ac 13
Wolf 1
Wolf 2
Kurt hp 28/28 ac 17
Rangrim hp 20/14 ac 16
Wolf 3
Alexander hp 15/15 ac 13
Wolf 4
Wolf 5
Maethor hp 18/18 ac 14
Wolf 6
Wolf 7
Wolf 8

Action:
The three fastest wolves Suprise attack Rangrim, Kurt, and Erani
Rangrim is bite for 6 damage and has to roll a DC11 strength save or is prone.
You can hear more wolves approaching from around the corner

Erani’s Turn