Staring at Rhia, Janos suddenly cocks his head to one side. He quickly looks around, but then returns to the position as if listening for something. "I...I heard that. Rhia, I heard it too." He looks at the others. "Some...thing, was telling us that the name is for someone keeping the prisoners in place. A woman's name, one who died. And she's only keeping them in place for now." He shivers. "Is that how it always is Rhia?"
"What does that mean?"
Rhia looks at Janos with an expression of slight surprise before breaking into a smile.
"Yes, usually.....except no one else hears them. You're quite gifted, Janos."
She looks to the others, "Does anyone recall seeing anythig about a woman who died in Harrowstone? She may be the key to keeping this contained."
"Gifted? That's one thing to call it. Troubled is another. Mad is still another. I've heard both before.
"I haven't but I think finding out some more information will be better then going into the prison without any sort of direction."
"Wait, Rhia. Didn't you speak of one of the criminals who died in Harrowstone? He spelled out victims names in blood?"
Janos sighs. "Researching this could take all day again, and we were hopig to get some answers in Harrowstone itself. Then again, if we don't learn what we can about what's going on, we might find ourselves in over our heads."
Sheriff Caeller:
"You were planning on entering Harrowstone, that place is cursed."
Janos shifts uncomfortably. "We had the idea, Sheriff. The Professor's, um, death left several of us concerned. We thought we would take a look."
Sheriff Caeller:
"I can understand you'd want answers,
but the fact that the animals avoid that place tells most of us it's cursed land.
If you enter there you'd better be prepared for even the nine hells itself."
The half elf nods slowly. "Perhaps, it would be best to stay away for now. Besides, we may have some more to research in town." He looks to the others. "What do you think?"
"My personal opinion is we need to address whoever did the descration, I don't like the idea of leaving innocent people unprotected from a threat like that."
"If the area is cursed, then we should be going there in order to banish whatever darkness holds sway their. It may be the source of all the strange dealings around here."
"Rhia makes a good point. Get rid of the potential source."
Sheriff Caeller:
"Getting rid of the source is fine and dandy,
but if you underestimate it, it could consume you."
"Understood. Thank you very much Sheriff."
He walks the group away from the monument, the gathered crowd, and the sheriff.
"If we can believe the spirit voices, the one who is in danger is already dead. I don't know what that means, but it could be that the townsfolk are actually safe." He sighs. "The Sheriff doesn't seem keen on us visiting Harrowstone, and I hate to get on his bad side. But if the Professor was killed because he was getting too close to the Whispering Way's efforts in Harrowstone, then we need to find out."
You walk to Harrow stone,
as you approach you feel a chill in the air, as well as wrath and evil.
Valtyra shudders as she draws near "I dont like the feeling I get from this place." she states calmly
Janos nods. "This will be unpleasant, it would seem."
He looks around for any signs of previous entry from the professor.
"Let's do the best we can do Valtyra" Catielda dismounts as they reach the grounds. She leaves her lance in it's holster and looks to the others, ready to get this moving along.
Janos looks at the others and then steps forward, ready to see what the prison holds for them.
A sagging wood and metal gate set between a pair of stone
guard towers once barred entrance into Harrowstone, but the
gates now hang negligently open, creaking softly in what wind
touches the ruined bars.
What do you do?
Sorry, AZ, this one fell off my radar. But with no one else posting in more than a week, I think I'm going to call this one as done. Thanks for GM'ing it. Pity we didn't get farther.
Shame. I waited and just saw no else was playing.
