Session 4

The party started this session with going to the Drunken Bear to participate in the 800 gold wager for beating Regis.

Regis fought Carter, who was the first volunteer. Very close fight. Regis ended the fight with 3 HP.

Banaknock volunteered to be the second champion. Very one sided against Banaknock. Regis was not even hit once by Banaknock.

After the fight, there was a strange noise in the other room. The rest of the party goes to check it out.

Eisa finds an Ankheg trying to kill the innkeeper in the back room.

The party works together to defeat the Ankheg and end up saving the innkeeper.

Eisa finds a tunnel dug out by the Ankheg in the back room. It looks like it leads down to a cave.

Eisa investigates the tunnel and returns to the party to let them know she hears noises further in that sound similar to the Ankheg; but the sounds are smaller and more high pitched.

Morgan uses this chance to offer Regis as an exterminator for 150g (offering 80% of the profit to Regis) and the innkeeper accepts.

The party decides to go into the cave together. They find and fight 6-7 Ankheg offspring. Banaknock gets knocked out.

The party finishes off the Ankheg babies and stabilize Banaknock.

Eisa, Vascan, and Regis all hear things deeper in the cave including some muttering and a woman crying.

The party decides we need to come back and investigate further after heading back to heal at the inn.

The party updates everyone waiting (innkeeper, Morgan, and Thomas) on the progress made and the noises heard further into the cave and that they plan to go back.

Thomas says the cave is haunted and that the party shouldn't go search for the woman crying.

The party heads back into the cave and they find a hole in the ground with sounds of a creature muttering to itself coming out.

Eisa attempts to communicate with the creature and it responds back. The creature seems to have some intelligence.

After some questions it tells Eisa that it's name is Index and that the party shouldn't go to the crying woman and they shouldn't go down the hole either.

Index seems to be at least a non-hostile. Warned them about the lady and answered some of the party's questions.

The party decides rumors about the cave being haunted might have merit.

Curious about what Index is doing, we realize we can tie together a couple pieces of rope to reach the bottom of the hole.

The party decides to descend down into the hole and they find a big cavern at the bottom.

Before entering, Vascan can hear Index muttering to himself and it seems like he's trying to search for something.

In the center of this cavern, there are a few undead corpses including a very large one.

There is also Index and two other creatures that don't speak, near the corpses. Not humans, but humanoid. Index has a single very large eye.

The zombies and Index are in the middle of the room with some sort of moss covering the floor.

The party makes their way down and begin talking to Index.

While he said the party shouldn't go down the hole, he was still answering questions when asked and didn't seem upset that they didn't listen to him about coming down.

The party tried to see the purpose he was here, he let slip that he was sent here but didn't answer by who.

Index is looking for something in this cave. He is not entirely sure what it is. So the party ends up trying to help him, and they move some of the moss away to find a constellation etching in the ground.

Eisa is able to recognize it as a constellation during the summer that leads to something. So it's a map.

Index says that the map was probably why he was sent here.

Then Index says something about a woman. Vascan asks if it has anything to do with Lina being missing. Index said he didn't know the woman's name.

After Vascan described Lina, Index confirms that Lina is the woman he speaks to.

Regis asks if Lina was the one who sent him to this cave. Index seems reluctant, but admits that she was.

Vascan and Eisa ask if Lina is okay, Index says that she is and that she doesn't really want to be found it seems like.

The party questioned Index on his relation to the undead that are being sent to town and it seems Index doesn't care for the zombies and would appreciate them being gone. From his answers it seems like Lina and Index are not involved in the undead showing up.

The party feels there is no more information they can get from Index and there is nothing else to gain in the cavern at this time so they decide to head back to the inn.

End of Session