Lasaraleen unlocks the door to Venza's cell and ushers him out with a little forceful push 'for show', some might think she might have done it out of sheer disgust with a man whom has done some of the most unspeakable things.
Calling out to the guard, Lasaraleen is dumbfounded to see he is not paying any attention to her now that the 'Prisoners' are being threatened with the Final Blades.
Due to the repeated Jeering from both the attending Guard and the prisoners your party is easily able to sneak along behind Lasaraleen and "Lofton" finding yourself in the courtyard all alone with not a single person around the area. Even the office to the back is utterly quiet and devoid of person, as soon as you come into the Courtyard barring the door shut behind you the effects of the invisibility potions wears off and you all can see each other again plan as the mid morning sunshine gleaming into the prison.
Loni~ bring his scroll out to use a few Druidic phrases can be heard coming from where he is. His form begins to change as he finishes speaking become a large Oak reaching up to the edge of the wall and his branches lean over. Loni pushes his thoughts into the spell forming so that a multitude of branches at regular easily climbable intervals appear. After his transformation is complete you easily ascend and descend the Loni-Tree. the branches even allow you to set down softly onto the ground on the other side.
Loni dismisses the spell and finds himself standing atop the wall, jumping down to his waiting companions below the catch him softening his fall.
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Secreting away into Woodsedge after the narrow escape from the Grey Gardeners you all sit about the round table at the Woodsedge Lodge Venza and Lofton having been returned to there normal bodies sitting at the table. Lofton wears his typical black and grey attire but you can see the man carries himself as any investigator should. Venza on the other hand somehow came across a simple set of red leathers fiddles with a few golden coins at the table.
Venza opens his bousiterous mouth "I owe you lot and I wanted to let you I keep me promises. I have been speakin' with that beautiful LadyCap'm o’ yours and gave her the information. I figure i should give you all a few pieces of information too. The man behind these abductions is named . I don’ understand what caused him ta do these things but i do know that he said something about ‘slavery insidiously poisoning even the halls of freedom.’ He may ‘av mentioned one o’ them prisoners was a man named Halmont Warrith was sprung outta jail early after a key witness in his trial went mum, and Maldris seems ya be holdin’ a grudge against Warrith. Also, like I hinted at Maldris and the Gray Gardeners with him were headed north to Galt’s capital, Isarn.” With his last sentence he gets up from the table and leaves abruptly.
Lofton looks to you and he speaks ”I had been searched for that man, Venza in the Verduran Forest all those years ago, having heard that he was in possession of an artifact from the lodge.” He takes in a deep breath for a moment exhaling and continues ”I am most grateful to you and the Pathfinder Society for rescuing me from my complicated predicament,” smiling at you all speaks again ”My plans are to rebuild my legal career in Absalom while helping the Society. The risk of salvaging my legal career here in Galt is much to high. I’m glad to see a capable venture-captain openly leading the Woodsedge Lodge where I have faltered, and I may or may not choose to return to the duties of a venture-captain someday; no one really knows what the future may hold."
Moments later Venture-Captain Eliza Petulengro approaches the table. "Pathfinders you have accomplished a great deed today. You were able to rescue Lofton from the Fey and saved Venza form the executioners hand . You have collected enough information about the happenings within Woodsedge for me to formally investigate with the full backing of the society."
She performs a few gestures and attempts to cast a spell. ”Damnit! Colson, you fool, I knew you had a lot more passion than sense, but to do something like this?”. she comments under her breath. Composing herself again ”As I guessed he’s warded himself, your job here is done I will hire several more teams to continue from here.”
”You should keep Maldris’s involvement close to the chest for now, the Society must now play a delicate game of politics to ensure that Maldris doesn’t ignite an international incident, dragging the Society’s name through the mud by association and putting many lives at Risk.” she warns ”Knowling this I have a question of you. Do any of you have any insight into why Maldris may have taken such a drastic action?” she asks.
