- Duloth is in the the [[../Organizations/Wheelwrights' Guild|Wheelwrights' Guild]] today - Duloth's hideout entrance is in the [[../Places/Bard's Gate/Hidden Lady|Hidden Lady]] - about 10 people inside - switch in a painting opens the secret passage - Wrelen and Luca make everyone invisible - we all sneak into secret passage - arrive in nicely furnished common area - well stocked with drinks - we hide for hours - door opens and we hear 4 people coming downstairs - we were well hidden but Duloth saw us anyways - calls out "It's a trap" - Duloth wearing studded leather armor - rapier and dagger - human female wearing studded leather armor - short sword and dagger - mountain dwarf fighter with scale mail - shield and war hammer - half-orc with scale mail - spear - Duloth calls to half-orc to attack Belorin together - Duloth takes him down - takes off more of his nose - woman shoots at Bayden and missed - Duloth attacks Bayden with his other hand - half-orc attacks Bayden - dwarf runs up to Luca - Wrelen wither and blooms all but the woman - heals Belorin - Luca tries to attack the dwarf and misses - Bayden slashes Duloth with the flame sword - Wrelen wither and blooms all but the woman - heals Bayden - Corrin shoots the woman - Luca inflicts wounds on Duloth - Dwarf and the orc are dead - woman runs and says "They assassinated a burgermeister" - we hear the door at the top of the stairs close - Bayden runs to the top of the stairs and busts the door open - 2 people on the other side are surprised when he breaks the door down - Bayden sees the woman runs out the door - Wrelen casts haste on Corrin - Woman is outside and shouts that we're assassins - Corrin shoots her in the back and kills her - Belorin tries to convince the 20 patrons in the bar that Duloth attacked us - Everyone flees into the sewer except Luca - pass a small platform covered in moss - Bayden notices a secret door - we open it - damp, muddy hallway leading slightly upward - we close door behind us - end of the hallway is a different kind of brick - wall was hastily constructed and crumbling - some bricks are missing - Bayden busts the wall down - In a room filled with mildewed cloaks - books that when touched disintegrate immediately - Corrin heads into the room and the floor collapses - Corrin is able to jump across - Bayden stops moving - we notice hinges on the floor that indicate a trap - Corrin pulls on hooks on the wall and it resets the pit trap - Corrin finds another secret door to another hallway - Bayden goes up the stairs - shadows come out of the walls and attack him - they are non-corporeal - Bayden goes down - Corrin goes down and loses an eye - same eye as one with a scar over - Wrelen drops invisibility to wither and bloom - get Corrin conscious again - As they take damage they get more transparent - Finally vanish when Bayden slashes the last one with his sword - Open another door to a chamber with 4 prison cells - 2 skeletons - Room next door is full of dummies rigged with bells and things - each dummy has a weapon rigged to it - detect magic reads illusion magic on each of the dummies - we try to long rest in this room for some reason - on the 3rd watch Wrelen sees shadows come out of the walls - Corrin loses more strength when the shade attacks - Wrelen uses scroll of slow and sees 3/4 slow down - Wrelen tries to throw a potion and Bayden and have it break - but he is too weak - the potion is embedded in Bayden's cheek - Corrin appears in the doorway and kills a shade - Wrelen pries the potion off Bayden's cheek and feeds it to him - Corrin, Bayden, and Wrelen finish off their group of shades - Belorin casts mirror image - Shades attack Belorin and take all of his strength away - Belorin shrivels up - Corrin explores upstairs - opens door at end of hall - room belonged to an armorer - takes leatherworkers' tools - starts climbing ladder - 3 swarms of shadow rats appear - opens trapdoor in ceiling - pulls up ladder and closes door behind - Corrin doesn't see the shadow in the corner come out and strike him - he's unconscious - [[../Characters/Corrin Grosbeak|Corrin Grosbeak]] is dead - Bayden and Wrelen fumble around in the sewer for an hour - find their way out - it's close to midnight - Find a small boat and row south - guards on the towers - they don't see us - Start a long rest for the night - Bayden takes first watch - surprised when Belorin's shadow detaches from his body - Bayden splashes it with holy water - Belorin's shadow explodes in a ball of light - [x] if we go back to [[../Places/Bard's Gate/Rogue's Island|Rogue's Island]] with the shades, bring holy water ✅ 2024-06-05 - [x] take [[../Characters/Belorin Forechaser|Belorin Forechaser]] to [[../People/Baba Yaga|Baba Yaga]] ✅ 2024-01-01