Chapter 1 - Red Larch

Walter says without looking up, I hope you don't mind if I tag along, uh....Srogrimm, was it? Anyway, I would be interested in helping complete this task, if you don't mind. When he does look up, he turns to Kaylessa, Would 6ou happen to know where the fellow in inquired about previously could have gone?

Dazzle

This aromatic, tidy building’s ovens and mixing bowls are in use day and night. The bakery has a hanging sign consisting of a carved and painted wooden round loaf the size of a small cart.

The bakery always has fresh round loaves and buns for sale. Its specialty is cheese-topped buns with melted mushroom cheese from outlying local farms.

The thin, energetic proprietor, Mangobarl Lorren (male Chondathan human), thrives on gossip and can spin many wild tales.

While enthusiastically filling Dazzles order, Mangobarl heard about Pell Mhandyvver’s scare at the Haunted Tomb (see map) and went to look for himself. He saw a goblin near the spot, and figured that a gang of the creatures had moved in and rigged a "haunt" to scare off intruders. He tells Dazzle that it might be worthwhile to talk to Minthra Mhandyvver (Mhandyvver's Poultry)—treasure could be hidden in the tomb, and it shouldn’t be left to a band of goblins.

(Cost for purchase, call it 19 cp, for 3 different loaves of bread (2cp each), and 4 different savory and sweet buns (4 cp each).)

Sorgrimm, Xella, and Walter - Sorgrimm has indicated that he is going to visit his friend, and asked Xella to accompany him, and Walter has asked to join them. Are all three going?

Sorgrimm and Xella

On the west side of the Long Road, just south of the inn’s stable yard, stands what looks like a grand stone mansion. Two wide wooden doors painted with the symbols of many gods stand open day and night. Inside is a plain chapel with a stone altar.

The Allfaiths Shrine is a wayside shrine used by many faiths and owned by none. Priests shuttle out from Waterdeep in pairs for month-long stays. Each pairing includes priests of two different faiths arranged by
Waterdhavian temples. The most frequent combinations are Sune and Selune, Tymora and Lathander, and Tempus and Oghma. The visiting priests dwell in two simple stone rooms at the back of the temple. They bring their own vestments and holy items and take them away again when their duties end.

Right now, Imdarr Relvaunder (male Damaran human), a follower of Tempus, and Lymmura Auldarhk (female Tethyrian human), a devotee of Sune, are serving at the shrine. Imdarr is a stern man who is keenly interested in news and rumors and visitors. He’s also an ally of the Order of the Gauntlet, occasionally passing messages and sending reports on local events to the order.

Lymmura is a sympathetic ear and guide to all. She has been coming to the shrine for decades, has officiated at the marriages of many couples, and is widely loved and trusted in Red Larch.

Imdarr, when he has a private ear, tells you both that the Order is especially concerned with Dessarin Valley recently. Many more folk come into the area than current numbers can account, and they feel that it bears checking out. Crime is also on the rise, and he suggests that they investigate and ally themselflves with companions or retainers suitable to protect themselves from banditry

Alyx

This three-story, dilapidated boarding house has many balconies and outside staircases. Inside, the place is a warren of narrow, creaky-floored passages that snake around small rooms made of flimsy partition walls. However, the atmosphere is cheerful, if generally noisy.

The boarding house is the home of its owner and proprietor, the rail-thin, pipe-smoking "Mother" Yalantha Dreen (female Tethyrian human). Mother Yalantha lives in a cramped ground-floor room at the very back, and most of the other twenty rooms are occupied by transient laborers.

However, there seem to be four or five rooms currently available. If Alyx converses with the tenants, all of the residents have seen (or claim to have seen, at any rate) "brigands" lurking around Red Larch at night, not to mention monsters ranging from snake­ headed rats to ghostly dragons that faded away when approached.