quartz/content/Journal/Day049.md
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## [[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