Chapter 2.3: Return to Hochoch

It is nearly noon when the party emerges from the Dim Forest into the fields of farms that abut the town, and it is early afternoon when they reach the stone bridge that crosses the Realstream River and the east gate of Hochoch. The populace is excited to see their return: "The Heroes of Hochoch are back! The Heroes are back!"



(This is heard with some bemusement by all the other Dungeon Busters/Heroes of Hochoch who never left - Sara, Thacogygax, Albertus, Xana, Klak, Morgran, Durren, Karliel, and Kragga - who have all been working hard for and with the townsfolk but nobody's celebrating them. They come from all over town to greet you and rib you about your celebrity, but their faces fall when they see the grim burden that Myrtha is pulling, and notice that Joseph is missing)

The Jarl family immediately heads to the Temple of Rao to either arrange for accommodations or get suggestions for the same (and also a recommendation for a farmer who would pay a good price for a cow).

Among the many things you could do in Hochoch, there's the proper disposition of Reptile's body, the selling of scavenged goods, the catching up on news with the other Dungeon Busters, there is delivering a report to Olpert, there are accommodations to arrange, and (for some of you) there are trainers to visit to gain levels.

Where do you go? What do each of you do first?

1. Meet with the Dungeon Busters and offer my services.
2. An offer to go with Manthis and help negotiate a price on those goods as well as mine.
3. Spend time in the tavern to watch for suspicious figures and listen for gossip from alcohol-loosened lips.

The party goes to find Olpert Razorsson. But when they arrive at the Inn of Eternal Rest, there is no sign of Olpert's wagon and desk in the courtyard. Devane Thornhill, wiping down a table after serving drinks to Lienne and the gang of admirers gathered around her today, sees you enter and beams. "Hollo! How ear tyoo chew-day? Goot to see yew!"