Day 05 - The Keep Entrance

Whilst Amerike and Nhoj decided to sleep off their injuries from the previous day outside the keep, Jokun and Yotisot decided to begin their descent into its depths.

Yotisot ventured forth first, tying his beloved Esellte outside and providing her with a lettuce to eat.

As they approached, a dagger was flung in Yotisot's direction, quickly revealing that their companion Ronald had escaped the stocks of Winterhaven and caught up with them.

The trio then entered the dungeon, with Ronald falling down the stairs. This alerted the presence of intruders to the Goblins within. A few girly screams were heard, which the adventurers found odd.

Not soon after, a Goblin came charging at them, but as it rounded a corner an unknown adventurer bursted out of the shadows intercepting him. A new companion had arrived, Songfey.

The adventurers banded together to defeat their foe as Jokun collapsed into a pit filled with a hungry pack of rats, luckily he hastily climbed out of the pit to safety.

After the defeat of the Goblin, Yotisot ventured off by himself to explore one arm of the entrance to The Keep, finding himself by a thick woven curtain, behind which he discovered another Goblin in waiting.

The other adventurers, Jokun, Ronald and Songfey ventured down a different hallway and discovered some freshly awoken Goblins, much to the Goblin's surprise. A few attempts at communication failed and the negotiations soon deteriorated into combat.

A quick and brutal battle was fought, with Jokun and Ronald scoring some mighty blows to their Goblin foes.

With the adventurers victorious, they continued to explore the entrance to The Keep, eventually discovering The Book of Keegan entombed in one of the Goblin's beds.

After a brief rest they ventured further into the depths of The Keep.

Day 04 - The Coming of Nhoj

Jokun, Amerike, and Yotisot began their day awakening at the Inn. Ronald who had decided to sleep outside has been captured by the town guard and placed in the stocks for disregarding their instructions to not sleep outside.

After exiting their rooms, a strange knocking was heard. Upon investigation, Jokun, Amerike and Yotisot discovered a Dwarf, Nhoj inside a cupboard. Invited to join the adventurers, he obliged and was now part of the party.

They ventured downstairs and conversed with the Innkeeper Wrafton, and also an unnamed Dwarf in the corner who gave them some information about a vial that Yotisot had discovered, a potion of invisibility.

Inkeeper Wrafton told the adventurers that she had a problem with a rat in the cellar, and could not open for business until it was removed. They ventured forth, weapons drawn into the darkness of the Winterhaven Inn cellar, and defeated their foe. Rewarded with free breakfast and a map of Winterhaven.

The adventurers then left the Inn and headed to speak with Scholar Parle at the temple, who gave them the quest of creating a map of an old ruined fortress near Winterhaven. But they would need the key to the fortress from the temple catacombs.

Entering the catacombs they were presented with a puzzle of runed tiles to solve, a number of incorrect activations resulted in dire rats and a skeleton attacking the party. With their foes defeated and the puzzle solved, they retrieved the key to the ruined fortress and exited the catacombs.

Heading east out of Winterhaven the party was ambushed by a number of Kobolds. It was a tense battle, with Yotisot and Amerike coming close to defeat, but the adventurers prevailed. Finding a necklace on a Kobold priest, which they discovered to be a religious artifact that may be of some use to them.

Esellte also returned after hearing the battle cries of her known companions, Yotisot managed to calm and befriend her into joining them on their quest to the ruined fortress.

The adventurers camped for the evening, weary from battle, and ready to march on the next day.