03 A Knife (in the Lung) in the Dark

Session 3
A Knife (in the Lung) in the Dark

June 2-4, 861

Foreword
    Another one from the Vaults

Session Report
June 02, 861:
    Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris, Aspirant Druid Fangorn (along with his Giant Badger), and Apprentice Thief Posey hired some muscle for another expedition to the Ruined Library. The Aspirant Druid Fangorn contracted men-at-arms Sterling & Gerard. The Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris hired men-at-arms Longshanks & Podrick. And the Apprentice Thief Posey brought along Unferð (later known as Unferð the Generic). After purchasing the draft horse Strawberry and a wagon from Coldstone Creamery Stables, the Party set off.

June 03, 861:
    The party encountered a pride of lions as they arrived at the Ruined Library. However, the lions (perhaps because of the Aspirant Druid Fangorn) were very friendly to the adventurers, and so the adventurers began their delve unharmed.
    Their first order of business was to determine whether the Kobolds from May 24th were still around. They weren't, but the human Apprentice Thief Laya's skeleton (thoroughly gnawed and pillaged) was.
    Next the Apprentice Thief Posey went to scout out a tunnel they had discovered on a previous trip. Posey discovered a Goblin Sentry for the Goblin Tribe who lived at the other end of the tunnel. Thinking quickly, the Apprentice Thief convinced this Goblin Sentry, that her compatriots were planning a surprise party for the Goblin Tribes Great Protector. When the Goblin turned his back to the Apprentice Thief to go meet her compatriots, she drove her knife through his kidney, and up into his lungs. The Goblin died instantly and silently.
    The Apprentice Thief retreated to confer with the Party, who decided to exterminate the Lickspittle Tribe of Goblins. This they did. But not without cost. The Apprentice Thief was knocked unconscious. This prompted Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris to offer men-at-arms Longshanks & Podrick double wages if she returned to Falkirk alive.
    Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris and Aspirant Druid Fangorn tied the unconscious Apprentice Thief to her pony, Mint Chocolate Chip and sent her (and the 10 g.p. she'd found in Stubbers' purse) under the watch of Unferð the Generic back to Falkirk.
    The remaining six collected quite a few books from the Ruined Library, and spent some time attempting to open a door of black stone. They could neither scratch nor open it, and eventually they decided to return to Falkirk.

June 04, 861:
    The Party arrived in Falkirk with nearly a dozen volumes from the library, a spell book, and 180 g.p.. Longshanks and Podrick were grateful to receive, not double, but triple wages from the Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris.
    The Aspirant Druid Fangorn and his Giant Badger spend their time in Falkirk reading "Lost City Under Morlock's Retreat" Vol III.
    The Apprentice Thief Posey spends her time in Falkirk recuperating.
    The Veteran-Prestidigitator Carxaris spends her time in Falkirk asking for advice on opening doors.

Afterword
    The players (led by Carxaris' player) will from this point bend over backwards to keep hirelings happy, usually with huge wage bonuses.

Dramatis Personae
    Fangorn, Half-elf Aspirant Druid
    Carxaris, Half-elf Veteran-Prestidigitator
    Posey, Halfling Apprentice Thief
    Sterling, Gerard, Podrick, Longshanks, Unferð the Generic, Human Light-footmen