Adventures in Beast World - Session 7 - Theft at the Festival

It is true, we are also missing session 6. We have no idea what happened to it. Session Date: 2023-10-17 1 Huhtikuu, 1365 The crew arrived in Granfield just as the Granfield Spring Blossom Festival was kicking off. The town was a buzz with activity, shops open, market stalls in the square and lots of visitors from all over Allemance coming to celebrate. After a bit of shopping, upgrading some weapons and armor, the crew witnessed a commotion outside of the Swiftwater Boutique. The shop owner, Elara Swiftwater, came running out into the street yelling about thieves. Being a group of generally good Samaritans, the crew headed over to investigate. According to Elara, the thieves had taken The Lupine Heart, a treasured family heirloom with some magical properties. Not only did it have significant meaning to the Swiftwater family, but also to the town. Believed to be passed down from Pirhoua herself, it is believed that the pendant offered some protection and good fortune to Granfield. The only information that Elara could give the crew was that she believed the thieves were Murine Rats and it seemed like they may have headed south. As the crew attempted to get a bet on the rats, another commotion went up around the general store. The crew went by to check it out, discovering more thefts. The shop keeper also described the thieves as rats and pointed the crew in a general direction. Following the leads, the crew headed out of town, and were finally able to distinguish a set of tracks that lead them a little ways off into the foothills where they discovered an abandoned tower. It seemed like a recently well traveled area and a good place for a hideout, so they began to hunt around for the thieves. What the crew did not expect was to run into two Batwolves in the ruins. After experiencing the ferocity of the fiends, El was quick to nope out of there and jumped down the well in the center of the ruins. Not long after the rest of the crew followed suit, opting for whatever might come rather than potentially fighting a loosing battle. El was both pleasantly surprised and a little shocked hitting the cold spring water pool in the cave below the ruins, but happy to be out of danger for a moment, ducking out of the way as the rest of the crew came tumbling down after. As they splashed around for a minute in the pool, Sam remembered that Batwolves are usually indicative of vampires... When Phil sings about the adventure later, he tells the story as if this daring escape had been intentional, because they quickly discovered that the cave system they jumped into was the hideout of the thieves. El was able to scout ahead and figure out where and how many thieves were there and the crew quickly came up with a plan to take them on. With Phil doing his best to keep them off balance, and almost completely incapacitate the leader with Tasha's Hideous Laughter for nearly all of combat, the crew came out victorious, though a little banged up. The stolen goods were recovered and the crew returned to town returned everything to rightful owners. Elara was so relieved to have the Lupine Heart back, she paid the crew a handsome sum of 1000gp and offered to help them any time they were in the area. She was also excited to have her people make El some new styles. As the festival continues, the crew rides the high of helping to save it, and at least a few people start to recognize them. Though the dark thought of vampires in the area lingers in the backs of a few minds.