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==[[The Myste-Hass Calender]]==
===20/02/2023===
(Tom's special code - 36918)
:The [[Temple of Garr]] has been kept in good order, but there are more staff here than ever. 
:[[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] searches for [[Finerick]] and makes sure that the temple is ready for the meeting. He informs the high priest that there have been disturbing sounds coming from [[Maolmhuire Artor]]'s quarters. They agree that it is just [[Grief]], the clerics raven. [[Moamhuire Artor|Moalmhuire]] says he is very disappointed in [[Finerick]]. 
:The high priest of [[Garr]] returns to his room and finds that his font of blood has no cover on it anymore. 
:He attunes to the staff of bones, but is disturbed by [[Mehklan]]. They verbally spar for a while, about their loyalty to [[Garr]]. 
:[[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] covers the bowl. He then puts robes on his undead acolytes.
:A group meets at the [[Temple of Garr]] at 12.00 for the traditional buffet of [[Garr]] - [[Father Howell]], [[Nazzak]], [[Datura]], [[Malady]], [[Bassett]], [[William Gibbs]] and, temple leader, [[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]].
:[[Bassett]] gets disciplined for playing his instrument in the [[Temple of Garr]].
:[[Datura]] donates one-hundred platinum pieces to the church and then the priest casts silence on [[Bassett]]. He entrusts [[Datura]] with the behaviour of the group whilst they are in the temple. 
:[[Mehklan]] seems unsettled by the presence of the robed "acolytes", undead acolytes, in [[Maomhuire Artor|Moalmhuire]]'s office.
:[[Moalmhuire Artor]] addresses the group, announcing the miracle that is the [[Tower of Garr]]. He talks about concerns that in his absence the dead have been disrespected, with graves looted and bodies desecrated. He wishes to present the idea that the dead are to have the same rights as the living. [[Moamhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] wants this to be made illegal. Also, everyone will have their funeral rights performed for free at the [[Temple of Garr]].
:When [[William]] is speaking, he acts as though someone else is speaking at the same time. [[William]] asks about cremations, but they do not agree with cremations. 
:[[Bassett]] discusses the idea of rebranding, making a big thing out of opening the new tower - a blessing for the next full moon. 
:A bulky looking human has joined the group. He introduces himself as [[Steel]] to [[Nazzak]]. He claims he is there for work - he's a digger. He does not have his own shovel. 
:We are all offered fifty-gold pieces for our work, with separate budgets for purchasing food and carts.
:[[Bassett]] literally drums up interest by playing drums, then [[Maomhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] gives a small speech about heading up to the [[Tower of Garr]]. 
:A man in half plate, [[Gethrin Spall]], questions [[Moalmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]], then seems questioning when the high priest asks him to kneel for a blessing before they take a pilgrimage to the [[Tower of Garr]]. Eventually he kneels, the cleric of [[Garr]] attempting to cast a spell, but failing. He says - "For the duration of my service, my devotion to you will be impeachable."
:[[Sly]], [[Tom]], [[Soone]], [[Gring]] also devote themselves. 
:[[Moalmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] provides three-hundred gold for the purcahse of rations and carts.
:[[Father Howell]] speaks with the head priest of [[Garr]] abour getting [[Reinholt]] to attend the training session for the militia Howell is planning holding. [[Moalmhuire Artor|Moalmhuire]] tells Howell that [[Reinholt]] struck the final blow against [[Ankhelos]]. The celric offers to speak on the topic with those that had fought [[Ankhelos]], particularly more intelligent members too.
:The groups split, agreeing to meet at the gallows at four o'clock. 
:[[Father Howell]], [[Nazzak]] and [[Bassett]] look for a cart shop. There is a place just before the [[Southern Docks]], but its called [[Devil's Deals]].
:[[Devil's Deals]] was once a warehouse, but is now a full on cart sale yard. There is a variety of nine carts - between fifteen and eighty gold. One was a circus wagon. 
:There is a camel tied up inside - [[Bessie]].
:The proprietor comes out in sailor trousers. He's wearing leather slippers, with pointed toes. His long, ragged hair circles is wide, white-teethed grin. He says that every wagon here has been checked. 
:He says the six-wheeler is perfect for rough terrain, with thirty-forty bodies.
:[[Bassett]] casts charm person on the man, purchasing a six-wheeler (which holds 40 bodies and needs four horses), a ciricus cart (needs two-three horses), x3 two-wheelers (one horses), x3 four wheelers (two horses), a war chariot (one-two horses) and the camal [[Bessie]] for two-hundred and twenty-five gold. The circus cart is the only one that is covered.
:[[Nazzak]] and [[Father Howell]] go to collect the horses.
:The acolytes, [[Moalmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]], Datura, [[Malady]] and [[Mr Gibbs]] head out to the graveyard. The head cleric forces the acolytes to exhume fresh bodies. They are adorned in militia tabards.
:[[Mr Gibb]] convinces one of the individuals to help dig up a particular gravestone marked with a 'H', that [[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]].
:[[Milvere]] has the largest mausoleum of of all of them, which [[Molamhuire Artor|Moalmhuire]] shows interest in. It was very easy to open for [[Datura]]. They head inside. It is clean and well-taken care off. There is a flower palced on top of the sarcophagus. 
:[[Datura]] feels a cold feeling on entering in this mausoleum. 
:They lock the tomb back up. [[Datura]] has a memory of running towards the coffin [[Gamesh]] forced her into.
:[[Malady]] saunters over to [[Sly]]. The diggers are fighting over where they put their dirt. She puts her arm around [[Sly]]. [[Malady]] threatens sly with a knife to dig faster.
:[[Steel]] digs up a grave with no headstones and finds it empty. The coffin looks a little damaged, but only from the digging. The headstone is normally only blank if they didn't know who the corpse was. There is a hole at the foot of the coffin. There are scratch marks inside. [[Datura]] has a look into the hole, seeing it slope down and turning off left towards the rest of the graveyard. 
:[[Malady]] has heard stories of ghouls and ghasts burrowing under graveyards, consuming the recently dead.
:[[Mr Gibbs]] tries to exit the grave, but struggles because [[Malady]] keeps blocking him and [[Sly]] throws dirt in his face. 
:[[Nazzak]] and [[Father Howell]] return with twenty-one horses. 
:[[Nightheart]] and [[Candy]], two beautiful black horses are put on the [[Garr]] cart. 
:[[Father Howell]] pops around to [[Geoffrey]]'s house and gets no answer, slipping a note beneath the door that reads - "Dear Geoffrey, its Lesley, We must talk. Come find me at the [[Temple of Imogen]] as soon as you can, or send me a mental message. Much love, your brother."
:[[Lorey]] is badly injured when sighted stalking from the militia barracks. 
:[[Bi-dare]] claims that more bodies have been dropped off and that there are many stored at the back waiting for the carts. 
:[[Father Howell]] provides one-hundred twenty rations and six-hundred pounds of hay. 
:[[Malady]] heads to [[Offensive Defence]] to speak with [[Bow]]. He seems unswayed by her 'persuasive' ways. He mentions the cities shortage of silver. 
:The entire cart train moves through the city up to collect the bodies from the [[Militia Barracks]]. They then head out of the [[North Gate]], to the graveyard to collect the other bodies. 
:The bodies have been wrapped by the militia - twenty-five bodies. There are twelve bodies from the graveyard, plus the 'H' coffin. Some of the ones dug up had been wrapped as well, but that has degraded in the dirt.
:[[Bassett]] plays [[Down, Frown, my Wife Has Drowned]], a sombre song from [[Kerris Quiverstock]].
:It's mid-afternoon by the way the group heads up onto [[Myloch's Way]], reaching the well where [{Father Howell]] fills up his waterskin. Time crawls by as the party heads towards the northern mountains. The ground is slippy and the carts struggle in the difficult ground. 
:One of the carts, being piloted by [[Tom]]. [[Mr Gibbs]] replaces the wheel on the cart, but [[Bassett]] gets a strange feeling from the darkness of the [[North Woods]]. 
:[[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]] guides the cart east, towards the [[Tower of Garr]], near the [[Temple of Resurrection]]. 
:There is a body in the back of the clown cart that is attacking. All of the dead rise.
:There is no noise from the coffin in [[Maolmhuire Artor|Maolmhuire]]'s cart.
:[[Datura]] see two impossible fast creatures, with sharpened claws and long tongues. They paralyse and drag off adventurers. [[Bassett]] casts speak with animals to try and calm the creatures that are running off, specifically [[Bessie]] who turns out to be a guy.
:During the combat, [[Mr Gibbs]] was killed. [[Gethrin]] ran up with a sword that glowed with a faint purple light and brought him to life with one hit point.
:One of the creatures hisses "[[Garr]]" before being killed by [[Datura]].
:The bodies, brought down again, are collected up and put upon the cart.