Session 2

As the final blow to the strange creature is being delivered, a magical door appears. Here, another similar creature steps out to yank away the wounded one and disappear... Whispertale is saved! On the floor, a book written in a strange language was dropped right as the door disappeared. Regardless, the village is saved and the party is victorious. For both the client and their guild, the Adventurer's Guild. A reward surely awaits!

Still, the book remains a problem. It cannot be read by any of the party members, but it might hold a clue to the creatures it was owned by. Or what even happened to them. After a debriefing with the mayor of Whispertale, it was suggested that they have the book examed by a researcher currently visiting Abador; Eldgran Wiscard.

As the party finishes up to take a well deserved rest, Bolgar Largebuckle approaches. Assuming it would be but a small task if they are to go to Abador, the party is asked to pick up an item at the Midway Outpost, an old watch tower in the Redfox Fields. To make this official, Bolgar signs a letter of proof for the party to take and show at the tower.

The party decides to stay the night at Sleepwhisper Inn. As they wind down, they take another look at the strange book. It is clearly unreadable, but... something's found between two pages. A small note, written in a more readable language; something about collecting royal blood and regrouping in Brassdorf. With this information in mind, the group takes their rest...

The next morning the party departs for the Midway Outpost, which is about halfway on the road to Abador. As they ride over the Madelaine Plains, the book is yet again examined. Its language appears geometrical in shapes and style and, upon closer inspection, seems to form more distinguishable patterns when two pages are put closer together. It takes them another three days to arrive at the Midway Outpost.

Here, they meet up with Eri Boulderbane, the lead of a small surveillance unit. She gives the party a small parcel that needs to be delivered to captain Jade Aewynn of Abador. The party accepts this follow-up quest. As they depart, the party decides to talk to some of the guards that are stationed here. It is revealed that the parcel contains a cylinder shaped object that was found by an exploratory team at the Daggerborne Ruins. One of the guards, Ursim Orcmaster, would know more. And he would tell this object was lodged in the wall when they found it, and how they managed to pull it out right before something frightened them and prompted them to retreat. He claims not to have seen what had alarmed them, but felt uncomfortable with staying behind either way.

The party leaves the watch tower behind and heads towards Abador. On their way, they decide to take a peek inside the parcel. What does this object look like? They carefully open it up, revealing a stone, cylinder-shaped bar. On each of its sides a dimly glowing symbol can be observed, though none of them seems to recognise it...

Two days later, they arrive in Abador. It is a large, busy, lively city - a stark difference with Whispertale. And as the party steps out of their carriage, they stand before the main building of the Citywatch. Can captain Jade be found here...?

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