04.08 - "The Golden Stag"

The party continued on the road, finally reaching the roadhouse on the other side of the fields of the dead. While there, Bismark finished the leather armor set for the warpig, as well as a military saddle for Brynne to ride on. Blak, meanwhile, met Dexer, who claimed to have some musical talent. Balk recruited him for his band. Brynne talked the owners into letting her cook a big meal for everyone, and the party feasted.

Moving on from there, they continued toward Dragonspear, but along the way, see a golden elk. several of the party go off in pursuit of it to hunt it down, but when they come upon it, it speaks to them in elvish. Bismark speaks with it, being the only one there who spoke elvish, and learned that it was "everyone and no one". It told them that they were on the right path to fight Tiamat and her followers, but that not everyone will survive. When the conversation ended, the stag faded away, leaving a tree and a bow where it had stood. Bismark picked up the bow and handed it to Brynne.

When they arrived in town, Gamble went into a gemologist's shop to run a con, and Blak went into the same shop to buy some gems for band costumes. Apostrofae went and looked at the castle, and Bismark tailed two of the cultists around town before heading into a bookstore and buying two books. One, an interesting volume on a swordsman's travels and training with various masters, containing a section of rapiers. Another, a book about Helm, and manages to find one specifically about someone who traveled with Watchers in the past, and is in near pristine condition, with many illuminated pages. Apostrofae bought a well-worn romance novel about a warrior and a beautiful elf girl.