Shadow Light Fellowship Chronicles Part VI – June 20, 2007

From notes taken by Felix


After the battle with the Bandits and Ogres we took a short break to heal up as best we could, using up the last of the healing wands.  We then searched the bodies and the rest of the keep. We found some trade goods and some assorted jewelery and a bit of coin.
Near where the battle ended Lanister found a ramp leading down covered with a wooden cover.  After Lanister checked it for traps Cutter opened the cover and we heard bells ringing below, and Veil ran down the ramp like a mad man.  Cutter followed him down and they spotted several bandits hiding behind more crates and barrels of trade goods.  The rest of the group followed shortly thereafter and we somehow managed to get the drop on the bandits.  Veil lit a torch and threw it into the middle of the room onto some of the crates, and we went to work killing the bandits.  There were some great acrobatics displayed by Lanister as he ran up and tumbled over a pile of crates into a flanking position with Felix, and by Veil as he charged and jumped onto a pile of crates attempting to stab one of the Bandits in the face.  We were able to finish the Bandits in the room fairly quickly and to keep the buffing spells that were in affect we continued on through the small tunnel that was the only exit from the room other than the ramp.

At the end of a short corridor we found small room with a locked door, and the bells we had heard earlier. Lanister disarmed the bells just in case and then eventually picked the lock on the door after a failed attempt. Suspecting that there were enemies behind the door and that they had been alerted by the bells we took up flanking positions on the door and were prepared when Lanister opened it.

On the other side of the door were a good numbrer of bandits 2 wizards and the the Bandit leader who was also the guy that killed Veil's father.  We battled them through the doorway for a while and then Cutter saw an opening and moved into the room, the others soon followed and we were able to kill off the bandits, despite being low on spells and some of us wounded, it was a tough battle and the enemy wizards were able to cast several spells against us before we could stop them.

After the leader went down and the rest were slain Veil tried to revive his father's murderer so that he could kill him over and over again.  Gawain would not allow this to go on though.  We then searched the bodies and found some coin a number of weapons and some suits of armor and 2 pairs of bracers. There were also 4 locked chests in the room, Lanister was able to find a hidden recess in the wall that had the keys for the chests.

We opened the chests finding some potions and Dingle's Violin along with some coin and other valubles.  Cutter, Felix and Lanister claimed one of the ale kegs and drank alot of it and spent the rest of the evening peeing on the wall hoping to discover a hidden room.

We spent the night in the bandit compound and the next morning started our travel to Utmlaspyr.  After 3 uneventful days we made it to town and found the trade company and made arrangements for them to send out our 20% finders fee to us in Shadowdale as we did not want to wait the 2 to 3 weeks it would take for them to recover the goods from the hideout.

Still we took a 4 day rest in town.  Durring this time:

We sold off the armor and weapons we recovered for 300gp

Gawain scribed a number of Scrolls

Lanister got drunk and played darts

Felix got drunk and tried to make some crossbow bolts for Lanister he also earned a chicken dinner and 3 copper doing comedy.

Cutter completed work on his Longbow

Veil took a trip to an outlying farm and bought a riding mastif and met up with the missing Thagnor.