Chapter 1 - The Beginning

The ruffian engaged with Aelar grabs his head and lets out a roar of pain, but is able to keep control of his senses, despite the instinctive urge to flee that is rattling through his mind.

Utes assist the dagger in dousing the flames that were starting to grow stronger. Together they have doused the fire before it grew out of control within the building.

[ GM: Crolwell and Xadira still have a turn. ]

Damage:
Ruffian 1 (prone) (asleep): 5
Ruffian 2: 0
Ruffian 3 (prone) (asleep): 8
Ruffian 4: 12

The ruffian engaged with Aelar gets an unhappy surprise when Crolwell's axe indeed connects with his neck.

The man who had been trying to stab wildly at Crolwell is hit with the ray of frost. Ice crackles along his arm and shoulder. In a rage he attempts to upend the entire table with Crolwell on it, however the Old Man is surprisingly heavy for his age and the man simply struggles to try and lift the table.

The other two men snooze peacefully on the ground. It is your team's turn again.

[ GM: Crolwell can add his damage roll for the attack, though I'm fairly certain I know how this outcome is going to go. ]

Damage:
Ruffian 1 (prone) (asleep): 5
Ruffian 2: 8
Ruffian 3 (prone) (asleep): 8
Ruffian 4: (Probably Dead)

The man, still trying to flip the table with Crolwell on it falls as the bolts hit him square in the chest. He doesn't move again. One man has been decapitated, another still smolders with magical burns. The other two are still deep in magical slumber. There are no current threats to you.

"I agree, we should leave quickly", the Dagger members says. He produces a small, but very full, purse of coins that he tosses onto the bar top. "I fear this area may not be the safest for use right now. Let's go to the Inn across the road.", he says as he moves out of the Tavern.

This dagger member leads you to the Inn across the road. At first it seems a poor place to hide out considering it is right across the road from where you just had a bar fight. Instead of bringing you upstairs to where the rooms are he brings you around the corner from the front desk into what looks like a small dead-end nook on the first level of this inn.

He takes out one of his daggers and stabs it into a small slot that is along the far wall here and you hear an audible click noise from behind a bookshelf. He swings the shelf open and a small set of stairs leading down is behind it. Torches line the wall of the stairs as they go down.

"We should be safe here, and can discuss our plans", he says as he gestures for you to enter the secret passage.

Aelar:
As you descend the stairs you find yourself in a small room with a table and some lanterns around it. There are a number of doors off of this room, one is ajar and it looks like they are bunk rooms for dagger members staying here. The main room has the table full of papers and maps of the area and island. There are also a small rack on the wall of mundane weaponry. There is also one more door that leads off from this room that is red, while all the others are green.

Xadira:
In your quick scan of the map you can only determine that this must be the island you are currently on. There are some markings made on the map but they seem to be encoded. It's not any sort of language, more of a symbol based cypher.

Utes:
As you look over the weapons the majority of them seem pretty mundane. Nothing more than standard gear. Though as you are investigating the few long swords they have there there is one that is just a little lighter and better balanced than the rest. It seems to be honed a little sharper as well. You would identify it as a Long Sword +1. The handle has a crest on it that you can't quite identify. It's a little worn as though this blade has been around for a long time.