Session 12 - Everything Happens at Once

Sunday Lamashan 6

They were awoken to a panicked knock by one of the workers that was helping restore the dwarven monastery that the party cleared out. Budwar talked with him and discovered that everyone working there was dead. He wasn't at work the previous day and discovered the bodies when he returned. The group got ready to ride out there when the Sheriff asked them to check out a farmstead. Farmer Grump told them that they had seem scarecrows walking in the night. A group of them checked out the Hambley farm and found the whole family dead and there were things that looked like corpses, but fed like starving animals. Since the farm wasn't too far out of the way they decided to check that out first.

When they got to the farm the discovered there were a lot of scarecrows. They cautiously checked out a few as the approached the farm. A couple were normal, but two were actually ghouls and attacked, and another was a man bound up like a scarecrow and was suffering from ghoul fever. Preacher cured him, but the man was unconscious. Once at the farm the checked out the barn first. Inside were six ghouls that looked like they once were a woman and children farmers. Also there was a dread ghoul in the back that seemed to be able to command them. Budwar held off most of them while the rest of the party helped eliminate them. They found a key on the neck of the dread ghoul and identified the noble symbol on it to be from the Foxglove estate. Phain remembered that the Foxglove estate was also called the Misgivings, which was mentioned by Grayst.

They searched the house next and found Farmer Hambley dead on the table with the Sihedron Rune carved on his chest. He also had a note pinned to his shirt that said “I fear you. I hate you. You must fear and hate me as well. You may unmask me, so I must unmask you first.”

Vowing to go the Foxglove manor and get to the bottom of it, but still having to go to investigate the Dwarven Monestary they headed out. One getting closer to the monastery they noticed a wolf that was trying to get their attention and have them follow it. They discovered the wolf's track looked like human hands. It lead them to the lumber camp where Delek worked and was taken by the kobolds. Something here was wrong. The camp was partially destroyed and looked like another attack happened. Phain starting to climb the tower while Budwar checked the stables. Budwar found Delek hanging from hooks and chain and started to get him down when a log pile rolled out and destroyed the tower and the stables wehre Budwar was. An undead kobold appeared from atop the lumbar and another one appeared from where the twoer was. And soon another kobold druid as well as other kobolds attacked. After a long fought battle, the party managed to defeat them. Investigating the rest of the camp they found a huge beetle, insect swarms, and a building full of kobold zombies.

In the office they found some kobolds that told the party they were hiding there from the druid and the undead kobolds. Also that they still serve King Merlokrep who came back from from the big beyond filled with hatred of those who killed him. Merlokrep was waiting for them in the nearby graveyard. While investigating the rest of the camp, Orik said the kobolds broke free and he had to kill them.

Delek after being healed told them that many of the lumberjack had been dragged off alive to the graveyard. The party realized they would need to rest first before heading there.