Upon waking the next morning the party discovered that Damakos had gone off to do...whatever it is young Tiefling warlocks do in a city like Thundera and wouldn't be around to aid them in their endeavors rescuing the Duchess' girls.
The Duchess was able to tell the party that her five girls were snatched by eight masked human thugs and taken north.
After a bit of investigation they discovered that there were two rival gangs that controlled parts of the northern section of the city, one predominately Elven, one Human so they decided to head to the human controlled section to look for the girls.
Upon arriving the party began searching the area which was filled with dilapidated and destroyed buildings before coming across a small caravan of gang members protecting a covered wagon pulled by a giant spider.
The party decided that this must be the gang that kidnapped the girls and attacked. Sin'dorii attacked from range with his bow whilst Saru took the fight to the enemy with Zrayax decided the shortest route to the enemy was going through one of the dilapidated buildings and made his own doorways in the process. Harbeck attempted to follow the barbarian but unfortunately managed to find the one section of wall that retained it's integrity causing Immeral to spend a couple of rounds laughing so much he stayed out of the fray looking to provide healing if required.
While the regular gang members weren't too difficult to deal with, the gang's leader turned out to be a bard and more than capable of holding his own in a fight as proved when Immeral did join the battle and was promptly charmed and made to attack his fellow party members, (even after the bard was dispatched...obviously a bit of a delay on the magical energy dying off).
Saru was the first into the back of the wagon to make sure the girls were ok, whilst Sin'dorii calmed the spider (who the party named Boris) and the wagon and Boris were commandeered by the party as their new transport.
After the Duchess was reunited with her girls the party rested up before heading off to answer a call for help from a small settlement near the city with a bear problem.
Reaching the settlement the party discovered a family of bears had been surrounded in the town square by a number of villagers.
Upon seeing this both Sin'dorii and Saru decided that the townsfolk were obviously antagonizing the bears and began actively aiding the bears whilst Zrayax and Immeral began attacking the bears to save the townsfolk leaving Harbeck having a existential crisis as he tried to decide who to side with.
In the end Saru and Drayax nearly came to blows whilst the bears killed all the townsfolk. Immeral killed the female bear and wounded the male bear which was then scared off by Sin'dorii who refused to let Zrayax or Immeral kill the baby bear as he was going to keep it as his pet.
The party looted the now unused homes and went off heal up for the next mission.
The Duchess was able to tell the party that her five girls were snatched by eight masked human thugs and taken north.
After a bit of investigation they discovered that there were two rival gangs that controlled parts of the northern section of the city, one predominately Elven, one Human so they decided to head to the human controlled section to look for the girls.
Upon arriving the party began searching the area which was filled with dilapidated and destroyed buildings before coming across a small caravan of gang members protecting a covered wagon pulled by a giant spider.
The party decided that this must be the gang that kidnapped the girls and attacked. Sin'dorii attacked from range with his bow whilst Saru took the fight to the enemy with Zrayax decided the shortest route to the enemy was going through one of the dilapidated buildings and made his own doorways in the process. Harbeck attempted to follow the barbarian but unfortunately managed to find the one section of wall that retained it's integrity causing Immeral to spend a couple of rounds laughing so much he stayed out of the fray looking to provide healing if required.
While the regular gang members weren't too difficult to deal with, the gang's leader turned out to be a bard and more than capable of holding his own in a fight as proved when Immeral did join the battle and was promptly charmed and made to attack his fellow party members, (even after the bard was dispatched...obviously a bit of a delay on the magical energy dying off).
Saru was the first into the back of the wagon to make sure the girls were ok, whilst Sin'dorii calmed the spider (who the party named Boris) and the wagon and Boris were commandeered by the party as their new transport.
After the Duchess was reunited with her girls the party rested up before heading off to answer a call for help from a small settlement near the city with a bear problem.
Reaching the settlement the party discovered a family of bears had been surrounded in the town square by a number of villagers.
Upon seeing this both Sin'dorii and Saru decided that the townsfolk were obviously antagonizing the bears and began actively aiding the bears whilst Zrayax and Immeral began attacking the bears to save the townsfolk leaving Harbeck having a existential crisis as he tried to decide who to side with.
In the end Saru and Drayax nearly came to blows whilst the bears killed all the townsfolk. Immeral killed the female bear and wounded the male bear which was then scared off by Sin'dorii who refused to let Zrayax or Immeral kill the baby bear as he was going to keep it as his pet.
The party looted the now unused homes and went off heal up for the next mission.