May 18th session

Geoff and Joel awake to find Durden gone. Unfussed by this, they head to the infirmary asking for a remedy for Geoffs post-nightmare headache. Frakes, head medic, expresses his displeasure that they would remove one his patients (Don Diego) from his infirmary. An investigation by Geoff and Joel yields surprising information about the security of the Magehold; namely that there isn't much of any if the guards at the front door have to say anything about it. Following the directions of the front door guards and a blood compass from Ullman, Geoff and Joel follow the trail of the sickly Don Diego and the mysterious hissing hooded figures that took him. 45 minutes north and west of Threfall, our dynamic duo discover a necromantic ritual with Don Diego as its subject: a group of evildoers is making use of some handy Imperial ruins in a small valley off the main road and are performing a ritual of some kind. Geoff and Joel ambush the necromancer, his lizardman, warmage, and lakyes. After a dazed and confused fight during which the freshly murdered Don Diego is awakened as an undead Don Diego (who is again slain and then whose corpse's corpse is burned to keep him from coming back again again) our characters return to the magehold with news of Don Diego's death and re-death and with copies of the runes that were carved onto the summoning alter. On their way back they are hailed by Broderic who accompanies them to the Magehold. A discussion with Ullman and Broderic reveals that re-animation of people isn't immensley surprising. Ullman and Broderic also believe there is a spi at work and with some suggestions by Joel, everyone agrees to do some digging and some false rumor planting. Geoff and Joel seek the assistance of Frakes again and inquire about the whole 'walking through walls' thing. It's pretty straight forward. They also recieve two recoveries apiece. Whew.

After some light poaking about, Jace comes running down the hall, yelling about "library" and "get Frakes". The characters proceed to the library to investigate. A skillful shot by Joel prevents the loss of Darius' journal via Kyros and the window. They retrieve the journal and learn that Kyros had probably been smuggled in via a hollowed out book. After a mostly unhelpful talk with the librarian, the players turn their investigating powers toward the mystery of the dirty, nondescript urchin and the snake book. With some helpful clues given by....I forget his name... one of the medics?....the players zero in on a likely target: a temporarily vacated mansion in the posh district. A threatening and wall-punching search later, the players capture the urchin that delivered the snake book to the Magehold. Roberts--more than one of them?--shakingly speaks of miss Aria and delivering the book for the promise of food. The players return to the Magehold with the trussed up urchin slung over Joel's shoulder. Geoff and Joel entrust the urchin to Broderic and speak with Ullman about this "miss Aria". He has heard her name before. Now Geoff and Joel await the awakening of Durden, for there are questions to be had....

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