Session 25 - Silent Night

32/05/5-10

Shiek stood up in the middle of the night, finding it difficult to fall asleep. While trying to go back asleep, he heard some noises coming from the room downstair. He decided to sneak downstairs and see what is going on, assuming that Vincent must be doing something. He walked past Vincent's room, situate on the left as he went down the stairs and noticed that the door was open. He managed to just catch a glimpse of a pair of legs being dragged around the corner at the end of the hallway. He shouted up the staircase saying "Intruders! They are taking Vincent!". A shout was heard downstairs: "They have seen us. Sarge cover the escape.". Sheik could see 3 figures, a half-elf a strongly build human and a woman, who seemingly shouted the command. They were all dressed in black, seemingly trying to keep a low profile. Vincent was unconscious on the floor being dragged by the elf.

As everyone else dashed downstairs, Valeyo told Milivoj they could intercept through the window and so Milivoj burst through it with Valeyo following. As they did an explosion rung on inside - the wizard had thrown a fireball, which left Shiek unconscious. Cassini's Spike growth was proving annoying and the Sarge shouted out "Viper, kill the one with the spikes!". Suddenly a crossbow bolt flew out from behind a large cog and hit Cassini straight in the chest almost killing him instantly, but he barely hung on. With Cassini down and the Spikes gone, they began trying to run away. The enemy wizard proved quite capable, able to cast high level spells such as Greater Invisibility. Seeing that, Sapphira cast Silience on the area where the mage was. Outside, Valeyo unaware of the fact that Sapphira had just cast Silence, cast a Silence spell himself on the same area. Now encased in silence, Milivoj ran unheard towards the window and smashed through it caving in the skull of the tiefling thug.

The mage, attacked by Milivoj and stuck in a radius of Silience, pulled out a gem from her pocket and cracked it, summoning an Earth Elemental. The silence meant that it couldn't be commanded thankfully and the battle continued with it just sitting there. Valeyo heard the cries for help in dealing with Sarge and he cast Dissonant Whispers on him, making him flee and be hit by the rest of the group. Shiek charged "Viper" - the blue-grey tiefling carrying a rapier and a hand crossbow. Her Sarge and the wizard all seemed well equipped, much better than the thugs. The wizard ran away from Milivoj, allowing him to take a swing at her, which she dodged, once out of the Silience, she used Sending to command the Earth Elemental. Cassini, quick on his feet cast the Dispel Magic on the elemental, getting rid of it.

Valeyo managed to charm the wizard into sitting down and staying put, but Milivoj rushed her and killed her. Viper ran away. But Sapphira, Valeyo and Shiek gave chase. Cassini made his way to Vincent and checked on him, seeing that he was knocked out by a hit to the head and then made to ingest something. Deciding to deal with the poison, he then cast Lesser Restoration, which woke Vincent up immediately. Now surrounded Viper grabbed a potion as a last ditch effort and drank it, smiling before slumping over backwards. With that combat ended. Sapphira ran after Viper, casting Lesser Restoration, hoping to stop the poison she ingested, however it had no effect.

Valeyo caught up and asked why people kept killing enemies they want to capture to which Shiek just shrugged. They then dragged Viper back to the house, with Sapphira helping a wheezing Valeyo. Once inside the party began talking about what happened. Shiek saying that she thought Cassini had been killed when that bolt struck him. Valeyo checked on Vincent, who had a bit of a headache, but was otherwise okay. He didn't seem to recognize any of the people who had attacked him. Milivoj started searching the wizard, while Valeyo questioned the living thug. The Thug explained that Viper walked into at the Roundhouse and asked for able bodied men for help, promising to pay them well. They were told they needed to grab Vincent, due to his debts that he owns to someone in Dragomir. They were meant to drag him out of here and run. Valeyo told him that he would let the man go if he doesn't tell the guards what had happened, otherwise Valeyo would accuse him of attempted murder. Shiek protested saying this is stupid, but Valeyo said that they don't want the guards snooping around, to which Milivoj agreed. The thug took the deal and left, having nothing else to add.

Looting Viper, Shiek found 3 vials, a bag of gold, as well as their weapons. On the Wizard, there wasn't much, besides a spellbook and a wand. They did have a reasonable amount of gold, as did the Sarge. Sarge did however, appear to be wearing full plate armour, meaning they were quite well-funded. Under Viper's collarbone, there was a brand of a circle with a wavy line. He showed it to Valeyo who made note if it and said he didn't recognize it. The party began covering up the bodies in sheets and Valeyo grabbed the Studded Leather armour from Viper while Milivoj took the Plate from Sarge. With that Vincent discussed paying the remaining thug to get rid of the bodies the following day. Valeyo suggested that someone stay in Vincent's room to keep him safe and the group went to bed.