Recollections by Avant
Recollections by Kaylorr
9.28.345 CE
Another two weeks gone by and another group investigation complete. I joined up with Rezik, Sarya, and Avant this time to investigate some old slums somewhere in Solace…I wasn’t paying much attention… Travelling with this group was probably the most fun I’ve had since being admitted to the Magistery. We were to hunt down some thugs of a so-called Black Ice Gang. After a few minutes traipsing around these ratty slums we came across our target. An old building being used as some sort of hideout. Instead of debating how to enter without causing a scene, Rezik came up with a brilliant idea of busting through from the building behind…and bust through we did. Instead of kicking down the front door, we kicked down the wall separating the two buildings and entered via the second floor. These Black Ice thugs were no match for our group as Avant and Sarya quickly brought death to them with their raw power. Creepy looking fellows they were, too. All of them with different shades of black and grey covering their skins. Luckily they all died the same. On the bottom floor we came across what I recall the leader of this outpost and her lieutenant. After a brief skirmish, the leader lay dead and her lieutenant was knocked out and tied up as we needed information.
Interrogating this man was a cakewalk. The power that was coursing through me every time I dug my dagger into his knee then healed him was almost invigorating. With every non-answer he gave, I would add to the pain. First it was his knee. Then came drenching him in water and electrocuting him followed by more of my healing. Then came the water boarding.... I don’t know how long we (I think it was we, it could have been mostly me doing this interrogation) went at it but by the end we gained everything we wanted to know. I have to ask Headmaster Danavus if he has any insight towards getting information from an enemy.
All of these missions and investigations we have all been completing are tied to one another. These Black Ice Gang members were harvesting Rust Monster saliva to be sent away and used towards some sort of chaos curse. The same curse that the owlbear feathers I came across were being used for. Same thing with the red dragon egg…they need red dragon scales. There’s also mimic’s teeth, Frost giant beards, Mindflayer brains, a Lich’s phylactery, and eyes from a Beholder needed in this same curse. We found this gang was also working for some sort of Spider Queen. Lolth I believe was the name. Supposedly, can only be confronted via portals to the Underdark. No way of knowing if this Spider Queen is the puppet master in all of this but it sounds like she may be one of the few. I wonder how much the Magistery knows and how much they are willing to let on. Either way, we all need to prepare for the coming storm…
PS – I really need to learn to pay attention when casting. I almost took out my group with my Thunderwave spell…oh well they’re still alive at least.
PPS – Beware of the White Fire Gang….