## [[2023-04-02|2023-04-02]]
- go see [[../People/Crus|Crus]]
- he has read 107 of the 150 books
- unlocks his door with a spell
- first floor is kitchen/dining
- invites us in
- casts a spell to make tea
- sorts through the books
- finds a book that's mostly blank except the first 5 pages
	- journal written in drow
	- newer than the other books
	- more than a few decades old
	- something about gate and keys
		- can trust ogres and fire giants
		- finally finished portal (could be within or across planes)
			- probably across, powerful magic user
		- must take combination with me
		- keys seem to be gems of some sort
		- selected creatures to look after keys
			- [x] ogre [[../People/Klusko|Klusko]] ✅ 2024-06-05
			- [x] fire giant [[../People/Goral|Goral]] ✅ 2024-07-19
			- [x] orc [[../People/Kersux|Kersux]] ✅ 2024-06-05
	- Crus knows of a powerful wizard [[../People/Larenkar|Larenkar]] that lived beneath [[../Places/Bard's Gate/index|Bard's Gate]]
		- this may be his journal
- [[../Characters/Corrin Grosbeak|Corrin Grosbeak]] asks if [[../People/Crus|Crus]] knows of the underdark connecting to [[../Places/Bard's Gate/index|Bard's Gate]]
	- Crus was member of silver cross
	- drove vampire out of tower
	- took up residence in tower
	- door is quite secure
	- acts as a protector
- gives us a wand of locate object
- teaches us a secret knock in case we end up at his underdark entrance
	- knock will open door, will have to yell to let us in
- Crus can draw a map of underdark neighborhood
	- dashed ones are small
	- solid are larger
	- squiggly ones are water
	- Says don't go near the Behir
		- Behir is a huge millipede that shoots lightning
- Underdark has effect called the Fae's Rest
	- messes with time/space/mind
- doesn't leave tower much, would like to hear of outside events

## [[2023-04-04|2023-04-04]]
- Graylock the gnoll is plaguing these lands
	- [[../People/Crus|Crus]] says [[../Characters/Bayden|Bayden]] should visit (and die)
- Head to [[../Places/Bard's Gate/index|Bard's Gate]]
- Pass a graveyard [[City of Ashes|City of Ashes]]
	- sad and lonely place
	- crowded jumble of headstones
	- not well taken care of
	- overgrown with perish blossom
		- blooms at night, sinister properties
- Arrive at [[../Places/Bard's Gate/index|Bard's Gate]] in the evening
- Head to the [[../Places/Bard's Gate/Felled Ogre|Felled Ogre]]
	- [[../Characters/Luka Votsk|Luka Votsk]] armwrestles [[../People/Durst Hammerhand|Durst Hammerhand]] again
	- loses hard
	- troop of actors were a bunch of scoundrels
		- [[../People/Lady Asmerissa|Lady Asmerissa]] almost took over
		- everyone thinks [[../Organizations/Birds of Prey|Birds of Prey]] stopped her
		- went off to save the entire valley
			- free keep to the NW from orcs
	- Durst is not impressed by us taking the [[../Places/Hobgoblin Keep|Hobgoblin Keep]]
		- go to [[../Places/Citadel of Ravens|Citadel of Ravens]] to discuss ownership of the keep
	- [[../People/Duloth|Duloth]] was pretty upset about a business venture going south
		- looking for some adventurers
	- [[../Characters/Bayden|Bayden]] pays 1G + 1G tip for whiskey
	- 1G to spend the night + breakfast