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Keep an eye on your 'pet', Saturn.
"WHOOHOOAH!" Yelps Saturn in excited surprise as his acquisition shows off.
"Why, the real question is, how could I bear to turn away?!? Isn't he a beauty?"He bids the party's new torchbearer maintain a modest distance from everyone else, a bit off to his own side.
True to his word, Saturn seems to have eyes for little else at the moment.
Dauswil grunts as the flames pass by the phantom, it doesn't appear to unsettle him but he moves towards Motueka give the skeleton a wary gaze.
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Motueka pats Dauswil where some of the flames burned him earlier.
"Be more careful!" he scolds.
"Would anyone else like something to soothe their wounds?" he asks before starting to investigate, but he remembers to let his free hand tangle around Feather Seeds.
"Could be more still, stay with us." he tells the other leshy.
Taking their time, the Pathfinders explore the ruins. Hidden in a little alcove is a steel box filled with possessions that survived the fire. Inside is a bottled scream, a wand of burning hands (CL 5th) with 6 charges remaining, and a potion of fly.
Feather Seed turns to Motueka and speaks.
"We should bury the bones. Elm talked about that and gave me the gourd just for this purpose."
The Pathfinders search high and low for any more skeletons - nothing pops out at them. Time to head back to Rosehaven?
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"Can anyone help me us bury the remaining bones and consecrate the area? Feather Seed said it was made specifically for this purpose." he says holding up the gourd.
He then starts digging with his vines joined by Dauswil.
"Probably best, so these guys aren't animated again...but I still have so many questions." he says while working.
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Piotr transforms back to human form. He looks even more tired and haggard than usual. Most likely from taking beast form twice in one day.
Panting and sweating from the physical and mental strain of the transformation, he spends a few moments to catch his breath.
Piotr turns to Dauswil and Feather Seed.
As a sacred conduit of Milani, I will help you bury the remains and assist in any way to consecrate these grounds.
The Pathfinders head back to Rosehaven. The people there no longer need to fear a sudden and violent death! They resume the festival. Bertinard leads the town in prayer. "Thank you Shelyn for bringing the Pathfinders in our need. I present them with a parting gift.". He hands over a lantern. "I used this to uncover the Gyronnan plot all those years ago.". It is a lantern of auras.
For the most part, the festival is cheery. Feather Seed joins in with arts and crafts, dyeing chicken feathers in colorful bright hues.
Father Bertinard brings Saturn aside. "I hope your skeleton friend remains hidden. Please do not bring him out, especially with children here."
At the culmination of the festival, the villagers hold a ceremony of forgiveness. Armeline comes up to the group. "I forgive the Pathfinder Society for abandoning me. I'm going to return back to the Woodsedge Lodge and talk with Eliza personally.
The Pathfinders (and Armeline) journey back to the Woodsedge Lodge after several days. [b]"How did your mission go?". She'll listen to your stories and seems surprised at how dangerous the situation became. When Armeline joins in, the venture captain bows to the former contact and offers a sincere apology. "Please stay at the lodge, we have much to discuss."
Primary Success Conditions:
If the PC's end the Gyronnan threat to Rosehaven -> SUCCESS!
Secondary Success Conditions:
If the PC's convince Armeline to work with the Society OR they save Bertinard and defeat the Gyronnan threat before Rosehaven is set ablaze -> SUCCESS
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"Just glad we could do something about it... although do you have any idea of why or how did this happen? Were the skeletons we found those of the burned witches? I'm not versed in the undead so I'm worried it could happen again or the one responsible is still at large..." Lanel explains to Bertinard during the festivities.
"What about you? Do you have a theory about this?" he turns to the others.
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When the other leshy starts decorating things with feathers, he joins in putting some on Dauswil.
"Feather Seed, you could always come with us too! We might even get a mission together." Motueka says joyfully as they all set out to the lodge after the festivities.
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"It went smoothly but I agree with Lanel, I don't know if the source was gone but we stopped it for now. I had to smash some other plants but then we met another Leshy! Dauswil did some good work too."
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"What about you? Do you have a theory about this?" he turns to the others.
"That consecrated gourd should serve its purpose," Saturn says, his voice sounding a bit...sad. "They shall never rise again."
"As for the instigator..." He takes a long-stemmed pipe from one of several on offer on the Lodge's central table, then reaches back behind his seat without looking back, and what appears to be a scrawny knight in bulky asbestos armor lurches forth and opens his faceguard long enough to emit a plume of harsh yellow flame and light the pipe, at which point Saturn draws it back and takes a shallow puff before continuing. "That does puzzle me. Perhaps the End has not come...but it will...and then the Beginning of something else. It is always so."