Game Posts

Having reached the end of his very short attention span, Red Beard opens the door.

"Alright, everyone good to go? Just think, by lunch the Night Blades will be no more. Feels good, being the right side of the law for a change, hey Skeetz?"

Skeetz just keeps his head down and Red Beard doesn't even notice what his reply is.

"Alright, so if you could kindly hand us our swords, we can head out and show you the way! All the nasty little secrets the Night Lord doesn't want you to know, ya know?"

The two ex-Night Blades gladly take their scabbarded short swords from Kit, who pulls them off the Sheriff's weapons rack. They begin belting them to their waists.

"Your faith in me is truly touching, gents." Red Beard says, feigning a tear.

"Shall we get going then? My first secret to share will be a bluff that is in the Tower's blindspot. We can use to approach the Lonely Tower. Once we're on the bluff, I'll point out some peculiarities of the defenses of the structure."

They are both still buckling their sword belts Red Beard shares the plan.

Red Beard blows some snot out of his nose before turning to Barendd and answering his question.

"The ugliest sonovabitch you ever met. Name's Gardren. Face is all burned behind that golden mask. Apparently these 'poor, helpless villagers' did it to him a long time back, so you can imagine why he's pissed."

"He's a fierce fighter that one, no denying it. Could probably take any one of us in a duel, but that's why we're doing it the smart way.
He fights with a scimitar and dagger, and he's got a whole brace of daggers to hurl at you if he likes. Oh and he's got a fucken pet! Big ugly bat thing. Blood sucking little monster. Can't wait to wring its neck."

The journey is a long slog through the rain as you head out into the hills surrounding Whitesparrow. You do a loop around and behind the Lonely Tower, and come up a ridge that gives you a pretty good view of the Tower, about a mile away from the tower itself. Upon the rise is a big, old stone cairn that gives you excellent cover to observe the tower from.

The Lonely Tower sits upon a steep, rocky hill that overlooks the whole valley. The circular tower is roughly 30-40 ft in diameter and is a certified ruin. The first floor is intact, but whatever laid above that has crumbled into antiquity. Arrow slits aim in all directions from the intact floor, and a heavy, iron-banded door faces west toward the town. A large gargoyle is perched above the door.

"There it is, heroes. Your castle to storm! Ain't look like much, innit? Most of it is bellow ground, 'cept the entrance there. Good luck breaking that door down; it would take all day. Probably two on guard watching the path from behind the arrow slits. Oh and don't mind the Gargoyle; he's is a talkative fucker but can't move or anything so just ignore 'em."

The steep grounds surrounding the tower are covered in a mess of tangled vines. A path leads from the forest at the base of the hill through the vines, but is mostly overgrown.

"That leafy shit on the hill is our secret defense! They call it 'tangleweed' and it is poisonous as fuck. If you walk through it, even along the path, it'll jump out and sting ya! But, we figured out if you piss on yer boots, the fuckers will ignore you completely. Hope you lads had yer fill water on the way up! Not a good time for yer wee warriors to be shy, if you know what I mean."

Most concerning, a large mass of vines the size of a small house is shambling around near the path.

"We call that thing 'Strangleberries.' I don't know what the fuck it is, but it leaves us alone and we leave it alone. Fucking disgusting. I saw it eat a recruit that freaked out and ran away from it once. But, same deal as the tangleweed - you're invisible to it if you piss on yer boots."
"See? Old Red Beard is coming through for ya, am I not? And you had your doubts! Imagine trying to storm that thing without knowing all that, eh?"