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DAY 201 (29 Elient)(September) cont....

Veddic then went shopping and after trying a few magical emporiums found a nice
Hat of Wisdom (+2) for 4000gold.

Back at Aunt Bitty's residence Fenrir turned invisible and had a fly around some of the
windows but only saw Bitty sat at some needlepoint.

In the evening, at seven o'clock, Veddic recieved a letter from the Aderbrent Villa
which read :

'Come discreetly to the house.'

He then went to the OJB where he borrowed some stuff from Fenrir's disguise kit.
Once at the ABV he hissed at the gate, 'Let me in!' and he was shown through to a
sitting room where Royus awaited him.

Royus got straight to the point and asked 'What do you want?'
'I need Ellis tools from the Horizon's Sails but I don't know why, but I beleive it's
for the greater good. Incidently do you know a girl called Anya?'
'I've heard of her...' muttered Royus, then 'I can arrange getting the tools.'
Veddic wasn't so sure about this but Royus went on 'I will keep them safe.'
The elderly statesman did not seem impressed with Veddic's lack of knowledge of what
was going on.

Veddic then left and penned a letter in the stree to Deverreck which read,
'Reply to Warm Beds or come yourself. I want to talk.'

DAY 202 (30 Elient)(September)

At midnight Deverreck arrived at Warm Beds in disguise. They found somewhere to talk
and when Veddic revealed that he had somehow arranged for Royus to get the tools he
buried his face in his hands.
'Now he has Ellis, Anya and the tools! We are outside of events now and for things to
work out well for us we need to be in them. The only knew thing we know is that another
piece of the puzzle is known as the 'Vengeance Logos'. See if you can find out about that.'

At one o'clock in the morning Deverreck left and Veddic went to bed.

Raya returned in the morning, but her report on Horizon's Sails wasn't of much worth
now so Veddic went to the OJB to talk to Fenrir.

With Fenrir dressed as 'Bob Smith' they went to talk to Dorothea Goodwin at the Temple
of Ogma. Fenrir asked her about the 'Vengeance Logos'. Dorothea consulted a book written
in infernal and told them that it was a complicated pattern that could be put on something
to bring vengeance on the victim.
'For instance, if you had an injustice done you and you knew where the perpetrator lived
you could carve the symbol on their door and it would trigger on their arrival. It is best
to involve a linked item since this is a sympathetic type of magic. If a ring had been stolen
then the Logos would work best if etched onto the ring. This would even work on an animal
from what I read here the Logos was once used on a horse. Once triggered a demon is summoned
that will endlessly pursue the victim and slay them.'

Dorothea also said she would copy this complicated symbol onto a velum scroll for the fee
of 500 gold which they agreed to. They would come back the next day.

They then returned to Warm Beds and Veddic sent a note to Deverreck which read :
'Have discovered what the Logos is. Request meeting.'

After lunch they went past the OJB and bumped into Cavu. He seemed distressed. When asked
what the matter was he replied that
'I've been handed a big pile of notes from our benefactor. She's going out of sight for a while.
She said that "Even She" had been surprised when Fenrir gave her name to the Inquisition. In some
ways she said she thanked him because she is so rarely surprised. But now I've lost contact
with her. That just never happens. She says she'll make contact once she's set up in another
location. For now I'm going to hide out in the dungeons downstairs. My guards were pressed into
service on the wall so I suppose this is the safest place for me.'

Next they headed over to the HGV, with Raya. They went into the solar and were met by Parry who
explained she was working here now under Deverreck.
'He's gone out though' she explained.
While they were chatting a monk called Lyria Loomer came in and warned them that they had been
followed by persons unknown to the villa and that they should be more careful.

They waited five hours, then in the evening Deverreck returned.
He said good evening and then found some food to eat. Veddic told him that he had found out
what the Logos was and grumbled about the expense and the lack of understanding he had of what
was going on.
Deverreck replied 'Well, my task is to track down Gilliard De Rosan. Genuinely, do you want to
swap jobs?'
Veddic said no, then Deverreck filled his pockets full of food and left once more saying over
his shoulder,
'Don't be followed again and get your side of it sorted for tomorrow.'

At eight o'clock the gang returned to the OJB and Veddic sent another note to Royus which
read:
'Need to speak to Ellis and Anya ASAP. Reply to OJB.'

At eleven o'clock the reply arrived

'Come tomorrow afternoon.'

DAY 203 (Highharvestide)(October)

In the morning, the gang (Veddic, Fenrir, Corum, Raya, Cavu) breakfasted at the OJB down in the
common room. A tall man and a short man in hooded cloaks arrived and approached Fenrir,
'Mr Thunderstaff. Can I have a word with you in private?' asked the tall man
'Who are you?', asked the young warlock.
'Please do not cause a scene, but my name is Gilliard De Rosan.'

Fenrir frantically tried to bluff a message to Veddic about who their mysterious visitor
was and then went to talk to him in Corum's office.

When they were alone De Rosan said :

''
So, it appears you have slipped Bnurgstickslackskin's leash for a while. Demon-follower's fighting
amongst themselves is nothing new and long may it continue. While you are battling demon's
you are no threat to me so I will leave you alone.
However, if you do start to be an annoyance again I will make sure something very
unpleasant happens to you. Something that a resurrection spell wont be able to sort out.

Well, all that having been said and now set aside, I will come to the reason for my
visit. Partly to see you in the flesh and commend you on your bravery, if not your sense,
and partly to ask you a question.

Now, when Mr Cavefoot returned to the fold I was greatly interested to hear what he
had to say about his captors, namely the Blood Drinkers. Conveniently you had left most
of them alive so it was an easy task for me to find one and ask them a few questions.

They told me, in broad terms of the demon's plot against me involving Ellis Aderbrent
and Anya Wavesilver. They also told me that the fellows that had defeated them had been
led by a man who styled himself Fenrir Thunderstaff which has lead me here.

I think only Vinet the Bloody knew what the plan was for Ellis and Anya and he is
now beyond my reach.

So now I am here to ask you. What is the demon plan for Ellis and Anya?
''

Fenrir answered truthfully that he had no idea and De Rosan continued,

''
Very well. I command you to do this : Find out what the plot is and stop it.
I will be watching you very closely. I will also have Mr Cavefoot to follow
you at all times. He will be as your boon companion until I say otherwise.
Oh and one more thing, stay away from Redraven!
''

De Rosan left, leaving behind the short man, Cavefoot the Half-fiend dwarf.

Veddic had sent for Alduin, but he had not arrived. Fenrir signaled Raya to
follow De Rosan, but he vanished on the other side of the market.

Fenrir chatted to Cavefoot a little bit, who on the whole seemed a nice enough
sort, or at least as nice as a half-fiend dark dwarf was going to get. He even
admitted to being a fan of Fenrir
'Loving your work, my lord' he declared with obvious pleasure, 'I appreciate
a good bit of chaos like others appreciate art. I am also a big fan of all your
murders. Keep it up!'

Fenrir sneakily sent a letter to Maliantor of the Grey Hands writing:

''GDR back and one if his minions is now my 'companion' ''

When asked about De Rosan's location Cavefoot replied it was a big secret and
sat down to eat some of the breakfast.

Fenrir realised it would be a good thing to distract his new watcher somehow
but the dwarf was not interested in sex with genies (one of the OJB's chief
attractions!) and so he gave up for now.

So with Fenrir now rather hobbled, Veddic and Raya went over to the Aderbrent
Villa in the afternoon. They were in disguise but Raya reported to Veddic
that
'Someone fell over behind us.'
'How do you mean?' asked the cleric
'Where the crowd is gathering, a man fell over like he'd dropped down dead. Want to
take a look?'
'No. Let's keep going, but in a zigzag fashion.'

They entered the villa and were shown through to a sitting room.
'So, what news?' enquired Royus as they handed over their weapons to the footman and
another tough looking man came in.
'I have questions for Ellis and Anya.'
They were summoned and Royus said 'Well. Ask your questions.'

So, Veddic talked to Anya first and asked
'Have you ever suffered an injustice?'
Anya replied 'Keeping quiet is my best option. If am free, let me go.'
'She's not going anywhere.' put in Royus which put Anya into a sulk.
Royus spoke for her 'She is from a minor noble family. Wavesilver. She was a tear-away. Got in
with the wrong crowd.'
'You don't know anything' grumbled Anya.
'Devil worship?' asked Veddic.

As the questioning continued, they learned that she was 35 years old now and her 'bad phase'
had happened when she was in her late teens and early twenties.

Not much the wise, Veddic and Raya left and picked up the Logos copy from the Temple of Ogma.
It consisted of the pattern and about ten pages of instructions written in infernal.

Dorothea also, when asked, said she didn't know much about Anya but that she could ask
around and told them to come back tomorrow.

Wearing out yet more shoe leather they next went to the HGV to see if Deverreck was there.
He wasn't though and Parry told them that he had come back late last night but that he
had left at the crack of dawn.
Veddic left a note:

''I have the logos and instructions. Will run past FTS. See what he makes of it.
And keep it away from his unwanted companion (and then went on to tell of De Rosan's visit)'

With holes in their shoes they returned to the OJB, not long after lunch. They kicked
Cavefoot out the door who cried
'He'll be angry!'
The gang all then sat down and compare notes, literally as the conversation was all written
down and then burnt rather than spoken.

Fenrir examined the Logos and read the notes. The Logos could be used on an item or
a being. Either would be destroyed or transformed when the demon was summoned.

In the late afternoon Veddic went out to learn what he could of Bandar Redraven with
Raya. They learned that Redraven was currently residing in the villa of Bresnoss Artemel.

He had a house on the grounds and they went to visit him. Veddic introduced himself
by saying
'My name is Veddic, I am an associate of Mr Thunderstaff.'
'What can I do for you?' asked the nobleman as the servants left after serving tea.
Veddic describes some of what had been happening lately
'Interesting that Fenrir Thunderstaff is alive.'
Veddic went on to say that Fenrir had been at the Thank You Ball posing as 'Bob Smith'.
The cleric then asked,
'What does Vengeance Logos mean to you?
'Ahhh!' cried Redraven as if realising something very important, 'I know what that is.
This is starting to make sense to me now.What are Fenrir's intentions?'
'We want to stop Demons and Devils'
'Commendable.' agreed Redraven 'What do you know of a woman called Anya Wavesilver?'
Veddic told of what he knew and Redraven filled in some more saying
'From what I gather she fell in with a rich set of devil cultists. She fell in love
with their leader. When the cult was discovered though, the leader betrayed her and
the others so that he could save himself. His name was Gilliard De Rosan.'
Redraven leaned forward 'The Logos is very dangerous. Does Fenrir plan to make this
happen or try and stop it?'
Veddic replied 'We plan to stop it. How tricky is the ritual to perform?'
'That I don't know.' admitted Redraven.
'I share your reservations of summoning a demon. But we do have powerful allies in
the Grey Hands.'
Redraven leant back in his chair and arched a single eyebrow.


Meanwhile(!) Fenrir was still at the OJB chatting to Cavefoot. At nine o'clock in the
evening Corum went out to do his duty on the wall.

At eleven o'clock Fenrir retired to bed.


DAY 204 (1 Marpenoth)(October)

Fenrir came down for breakfast and was surprised to learn that Veddic and Raya had not
returned.

He waited until lunch but the only person he saw come in was Nestoone who was looking for
Dwerry. Corum was round and about, but just in his office.

Once more Fenrir turfed out Cavefoot and went to talk (or pass notes to anyway) Corum
and they then went and collected Alduin and went in search of Veddic and Raya.

In the afternoon they finally turned up at Redraven's house in the Artemel Villa grounds.
He told them that Veddic and Raya had turned up at his house in the evening but had
left at about ten o'clock.

Bresnoss Artemel was summoned and he woke his night shift guards. They swore blind
they had not seen anyone leave, but Artemel said
'These useless lumps were probably asleep.'

Fenrir insisted on a search of the house and grounds and Artemel grumbled that he would
get his men to do it, but after an hour he told them
'Your friends are not here.'

Redraven was happy to give them some refreshment in his solar but after that they
left.

At five o'clock they arrived back at the OJB. Corum and Nestoone, worried about Raya,
sat down to try and figure out what was going on.

At eight o'clock Corum went out to arrange getting off his wall duty and arrived back an
hour later.

At nine o'clock, after much more discussion, Nestoone remembered that Veddic had been
to the HGV and having not found Deverreck there had left a message.
'Let's go to Warm Beds and check his mail.' he declared cleverly.

At Warm Beds Fenrir persuaded the landlord to hand it over and there was a message
from Deverreck
''Come at once.''
They made haste to the Hiilgauntlet Villa. On the way Alduin noticed a man behind
them being pulled into an alleyway by a shadowy figure and going 'GLERK!'
Doubling back they found the body of what looked like a sellsword.

At the HGV they arrived, Fenrir and his new friend Cavefoot, Corum, Nestoone and
Alduin. They found Deverreck and told him what had been going on. When he heard that
Cavefoot was a minion of De Rosan he fired off a couple of magic missiles and chased
the dwarf out of the villa!

When they were alone once more he said:
'I have found Gilliard De Rosan. He is posing as a nobleman called Bandar Redraven in the
Artemel villa!'

Fenrir reeled back in amazement as he now realised what must have happened to his
companions. He asked Deverreck to use a 'Sending' Spell to contact Veddic.

He reported to them the reply he received:

'Red Raven is De Rosan! He has Raya and I captive but I know not where. It is wet and dark
and I am chained. Help!'