Warehouse 49 - Carrion Blades - The Hunt

The Myste-Hass Calender

16/01/2024

Pallor wakes to find the inn locked, but she can hear Dr Baum playing outside. A newcomer, Cloudy, introduces himself as Pallor attempts to escape from the upper floor of the inn.

One of Williams men intervenes, helping them with guards on the door to leave the city without a formal pass. However, they are informed that they will be required to apply for a fresh pass on arrival back to the city. The process can take up to three weeks once a letter is acquired at the town hall.

They turn left at the quarry, moving towards trampled grass, moving towards the forest.

Meanwhile, Williams has heard tale of a marvellous creature. He once caught a 'mam-ooth'. Today they are hunting a white boar.

Most of the group have set out into the woods, but Harmony is watching the armoured knights, keeping eyes fixed on the ones with larger coin pouches.

Dr Baum is seen coming over a hill. Most of the group hide, but Netari doesn't hide.

Williams wants to buy Quasi, but Dr Baum says he will speak with his deity.

Moving into the forest, the canopy gets extremely thick very quickly.

Lazarus sees a man just standing in the forest. As Lazarus gets closer, it looks to be a human with ragged clothing, unkept hair and beard. Lazarus throws a stone at the man, who moves jerkily. He pokes him, and it grabs for him.

Williams approaches and rights the man off as riff raff.

Pallar discovers the man has no tongue, he is breathing and there is no pulse.

A bat flies across before Castiel.

Harmony talks with Al, the net wielder of the troop. He says that Williams is an arrogant prick, but he's a good boss. He is faithful to his wife, but thinks he can buy their happiness with money.

Williams wants to take the boar back to keep in his zoo.

A scream echoes out in the wood. Lazarus heads off, then followed by Cloudy, Netari and Pallor. They find one of the scouts lying on the floor. There is a pool of blood spreading from it.

Lazarus heads deeper into the wood in search of the creature. The others intend to bring the body, John, back.

Castiel approaches a much bigger, catatonic figure. The creature has an ogre head, his body mismatched.

Williams had stopped for lunch, his men kneeling to make a spot for him to sit. But, he is encouraged to follow.

Lazarus sees something white in the distance, following fresh tracks.

Castiel sees another motionless figure on the trail which the group has to pass. It's wearing half plate, similar to that seen on the elves in the town. Lazarus tries to steal his coin pouch and it grabs him, but then returns to motionlessness. The creatures head very slowly follows the sound of speech.

Netari takes the money with a sneaky mage hand.

The group hear rustling in the distance ahead. They head into the forest to try and beat the boar back to the individuals with nets. But, there are surprisingly three boars. They kill them, feeling their flesh is frozen.

The group then hears a scream off in the distance and runs back to Williams, seeing another catatonic form that wasn't there before, its body very thin. It's just off the track.

Castiel speaks with the entity and it says "where is it?" He asks what he is looking for, but gets no response.

The creatures reveals itself as an illithid, and it is clearly looking for something. It keeps repeating "where is it?" Eventually, the group realises that it wants to find the tree. Lazarus gets the final kill on the creature.

Castiel takes the magical orb that the creature was carrying.

Returning to the spot where Williams was, everyone finds the entire retinue dead. But, Williams is gone. The equipment is broken and scattered, there is blood everywhere. The creature that attacked is evidently very large. Some trees have been broken and pushed over.

Al says he can get us back into the city. He believes that is where the rest of the live men would be, and possibly the boss.

The group return to town. Night has fallen.

Al says he is staying in the noble town where Williams has been staying, its the third biggest house, with a black door.

On returning to the tavern, Big Al, who is a mute, informs the group that Mr Lahoto wishes to see everyone in the morning.

Lazarus drops of an illithid head with the old gentleman at the little shop.

There's no room for Cloudy in a room, so he falls asleep on the floor.

PLAN -

See Lahoto.

Find Mr Williams.

Identify the orb.

Return to town. Case out the dodgy tea shop.

Travel to Grenhome to talk to Nodram about Harmony's family.

Wait for the G-Man.