Chapter 2: It Begins

After the adventures of the last few days the wandering heroes of out tale they retire to the O'Cleary Tavern, the bounty board has a new mission entailing somebody to locate the killer of a pet. Upon arrival to the house they discover it was the very same house that they killed the Firespitter in. In an attempt to locate the killers the adventurers tell the noble that they were hired to kill it. The noble understanding they had no idea of the circumstances, he asked the adventurers to find and aprehend the one who hired them. Splitting into teams, they locate the noble's wife and bring her home. A feud had broken between the two, wanting to prevent a murder, the adventurers seek out a replacement. Noble had told them of a cave to the north of town they may live in. While exiting the city, a man clearly sick had collapsed on the floor and had vomited a black substance. A guard informing of the Mercy Kill law, permitted the death of the sick man. Afterwards they sought out the cave and stumbled upon a Poacher's Caravan. Upon arrival of the cave, they discover not a Firespitter but rather a large gate surrounded by an orb causing all to enter to immediately sleep. Just outside the orb was a golden staff, of which the players chose to take.

When returning, the players make their way to Anvil, the night watcher Kasai witnesses a Shrikethorn wound a wolf and wakes others to tend to it. Arriving at Anvil, Tully had been spooked by some recent visitors. Of whom spoke in a broken form of Common and picked up where one left off seamlessly. The visitors had attempted to purchase the staff off the adventurers, however failed and negotiated to purchase the staff and other objects upon retrieval for them. After the deal had been made, the visitors leave without a trace.