Week 7 (Part 1): "Tying up Loose Ends"

After looting Verminhide's library (and finding a new pair of healing gloves for Ai No Miko), the party hauled Verminhide's corpse to the surface. Instead of a warm sunny day, they were greeted only by ominous storm clouds and a torrential downpour.

While the majority of the party continued toward the prison to collect Verminhide's bounty, Dumoose spotted two mysterious hooded characters milling about, and decided that it would be a good idea to trail them. He and Artix discovered that they were bounty hunters who were also after Verminhide (or at least, that's what they said). The two hooded Tieflings, visibly annoyed that they were too late to catch their quarry, stormed off, leaving Dumoose and Artix standing in the rain. Perhaps they'll meet again some day...

Meanwhile, Cysero and Alac were trying to pass off Verminhide as being "alive" so they could collect the larger bounty. Using some fast talking and illusionary skill, they were almost able to convince the inquisitor that the foul necromancer was still alive... almost. When their plan fell through, they were able to feign ignorance, narrowly escaping conviction for defrauding a government organization! Chivil is a city of beurocracy; suffice to say, they would have been up to their necks in paperwork and jail time had the inquisitor discovered that they were lying!

After collecting the modest reward for turning in the dead necromancer, Rolith bought a crossbow in the town square, Artix bought a Lucky Charm from a shady dealer, and Alac learned the "Knock" ritual from the Mage's Guild, allowing her to unlock doors.

(To be continued...)