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We decided to find out where the Seven's Sawmill is located through working the streets, looking for rumors.<br>
 
We decided to find out where the Seven's Sawmill is located through working the streets, looking for rumors.<br>
 
"We'll ask around."<br>
 
"We'll ask around."<br>
"And I know where to start. Nell, you need to go to the tailors."<br>
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"And I know where to start. Nell, you need to go to the tailors." Nathaniel said.<br>
 
"But, I already have clothes."<br>
 
"But, I already have clothes."<br>
"You need new clothes, worthy of a Foxglove!" Nathaniel said.<br>
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"You need new clothes, worthy of a Foxglove!"<br>
Honeypot went looking for rumors herself and Velicia took off to go look for the Eladrins  
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Honeypot went looking for rumors herself and Velicia took off to go look for  
she met earlier. I, Nathaniel and Dorothea went to the Keystone district of Magnimar to  
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the Eladrins she met earlier. I, Nathaniel and Dorothea went to the Keystone  
look for a good tailor. We choose one and entered. Nathaniel looked around at what they  
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district of Magnimar to look for a good tailor. We choose one and entered.  
had to offer and used his sense of fashion to select the style and fabric. I didn't really  
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Nathaniel looked around at what they had to offer and used his sense of fashion  
care as long as it looked good and I could move in it. Dorothea found a new set of clothes  
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to select the style and fabric. I didn't really care as long as it looked good  
too and Nathaniel ordered a dress for Shayliss Vinder to bring back as a gift for her. We  
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and I could move in it. Dorothea found a new set of clothes too and Nathaniel  
ordered the clothes and while they took our measures we talked to the tailors and  
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chose a dress for Shayliss Vinder to bring back as a gift for her. We ordered
seamstresses. I asked innocently if they had heard any news lately as I had been out of  
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the clothes and while they took our measures we talked to the tailors and  
the city for a while. They told me of murders of bankers, rich merchants and "people that  
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seamstresses. I asked innocently if they had heard any news lately as I had  
matters". After some follow up I got some names and could ask some questions about  
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been out of the city for a while. They told me of murders of bankers, rich  
them to see if they had been greedy. They all had been!
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merchants and "people that matters". After some follow up I got some names and  
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could ask some questions about them to see if they had been greedy. They all  
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had been!
  
When all finished we continued on to Pug's Contraptions in the same district. They had a  
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When all finished we continued on to Pug's Contraptions in the same district.  
lot of different cages, traps and locks. A man approached us.<br>
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They had a lot of different cages, traps and locks. A man approached us.<br>
 
"How can I help?"<br>
 
"How can I help?"<br>
 
"This young lady have recently acquired a house and in it's inventory there were some cages of remarkable craftsmanship. We would like get to know more about them." Nathaniel answered.<br>
 
"This young lady have recently acquired a house and in it's inventory there were some cages of remarkable craftsmanship. We would like get to know more about them." Nathaniel answered.<br>
Pug took out a big book and opened it on the counter. Browsing through it he stopped at  
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I batted my eyes and smiled at him. Pug took out a big book and opened it on  
an entry some four weeks ago and told us he had sold 10 cages to Aldern Foxglove. He  
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the counter. Browsing through it he stopped at an entry some four weeks ago and  
had requested a quick delivery to the Foxglove townhouse in the Grand Arch district. I  
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told us he had sold 10 cages to Aldern Foxglove. He had requested a quick  
thanked him for his helpfulness. Nathaniel bought music boxes for his sisters.
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delivery to the Foxglove townhouse in the Grand Arch district. I thanked him  
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for his helpfulness and Nathaniel bought some music boxes for his sisters.
  
We had agreed to meet for lunch at a tavern we passed earlier and having finished our  
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We had agreed to meet for lunch at a tavern we passed earlier and having  
plans we went there early. I ordered a big lunch. You never know. I took a couple of apples  
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finished our plans we went there early. I ordered a big lunch. You never know  
for later too. Soon Velicia showed up. She told us stories of Brothers of the Seven. They  
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how long till the next meal. I took a couple of apples for later too. Soon  
are an old organization of rich bankers that's got a lot of power. "Gnomes of Zürich" Soon  
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Velicia showed up. She told us stories of Brothers of the Seven. They are an  
Honeypot too showed up and told us that there were rumors of living forever around them  
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old organization of rich bankers that's got a lot of power. Soon Honeypot too  
too. There were stories of the undead and of proposals to rich people to join them and all  
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showed up and told us that there were rumors of living forever surrounding them  
that agree disappeared. It was some mystic merchant consortium. She had also heard that  
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too. There were stories of the undead and of proposals to rich people to join  
the Seven's Sawmill were located upriver. We decide to hire a boat instead of riding up the  
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them and all that agreed disappeared. It was some mystic merchant consortium.  
road.
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She had also heard that the Seven's Sawmill were located upriver. We decide to  
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hire a boat instead of riding up the road.
  
Going to the harbor Velicia disguised herself to look like a human flower saleswoman.  
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Going to the harbor Velicia disguised herself to look like a human girl selling
Looking around there were no boat for hire, but we found a boat and crew of two that we  
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flowers. Looking around there were no boat for hire, but we found a boat and  
convinced to row us upstreams. The captain talked a lot in a friendly manner. I guess we  
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crew of two that we convinced to row us upstreams. The captain talked a lot in  
payed him too much. The man rowing wasn't as happy though. As we went upstreams  
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a friendly manner. I guess we payed him too much. The man rowing wasn't as  
passing several sawmills all working hard, the captain told us that there was a big demand  
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happy though. As we went upstreams passing several sawmills, all working hard,  
for their work now. We passed Seven's Sawmill studying it, but didn't stop there. Instead  
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the captain told us that there was a big demand for their work now. We passed  
we continued on to the next sawmill and put in at their jetty.
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Seven's Sawmill studying it, but didn't stop there. Instead we continued on to  
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the next sawmill and put in at their jetty.
  
As we were disembarking we were met by a guard that wanted us gone. I talked to him  
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As we were disembarking we were met by a guard that wanted us gone. I talked to  
and tricked him that I wanted to buy planks and mentioned some names I've picked up. He  
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him and tricked him that I wanted to buy planks and mentioned some names I've  
hesitated long enough for the boat to leave before answering we couldn't buy at the mill  
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picked up. He hesitated long enough for the boat to leave before answering we  
but had to talk to the owners in Magnimar. We left by walk back along road. It had been  
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couldn't buy at the mill but had to talk to the owners in Magnimar. We left by  
improved lately by adding gravel. It went through a swampy area leading out to a bigger  
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walk back along road. It had been improved lately by adding gravel. It went  
road. We turned towards Magnimar and continuedon until the next road leading to the  
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through a swampy area leading out to a bigger road. We turned towards Magnimar  
Seven's Sawmill. That road was better and older than the road to the other sawmill. We  
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and continued on until the next road leading to the Seven's Sawmill. That road  
left the road and sneaked through the forest to get there unnoticed.
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was better and older than the road to the other sawmill. We left the road and  
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sneaked through the forest to get there unnoticed.
  
When we could see the dark shape of the sawmill between the trees standing out against  
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When we could see the dark shape of the sawmill between the trees standing out  
the river, we circled to the right and looked for a hiding place. We found one but noted  
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against the river, we circled to the right and looked for a hiding place. We  
that there were lots of footprints in the woods. There were even marks on the trees as if  
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found one but noted that there were lots of footprints in the woods. There were  
someone had been climbing too. I thought of the gangs of thieves back in my youth on the  
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even marks on the trees as if someone had been climbing too. I thought of the  
streets of Magnimar, training to become catburglers.
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gangs of thieves back in my youth on the streets of Magnimar, training to  
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become catburglers.
  
Looking closer on the sawmill we saw that it was much bigger than the one we landed at. It  
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Looking closer at the sawmill we saw that it was much bigger than the one we  
had been developed in stages and remodeled several timed but the original looked very old.  
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landed at. It had been developed in stages and remodeled several timed but the  
It was a very tall building, built mostly over the river and had several waterwheels built  
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original looked very old. It was a very tall building, built mostly over the  
into it. There was a tower to it too. It made a lot of noise suggesting they were working  
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river and had several waterwheels built into it. There was a tower to it too.  
hard. There were still a couple of workers standing talking next to a pier. We noticed a  
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It made a lot of noise suggesting they were working hard. There were still a  
quite flamboyant style of clothing on workers, but the clothes were still used and worn.  
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couple of workers standing talking next to a pier. We noticed a quite
We could also tell they were not ghouls. We noted that small groups of workers left and  
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flamboyant style of clothing on the workers, but the clothes were still used
others arrived. It looked as if they were some sort of patrols and not workers coming and  
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and worn. We could also tell they were not ghouls. We noted that small groups  
going. I sneaked up to one group and followed them. I overheard them talking.
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of workers left and others arrived. It looked as if they were some sort of  
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patrols and not workers coming to work and goinghome. I sneaked up to one group  
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and followed them. I overheard them talking.
  
 
"..looking for a group of five, with one satyr and one eladrin."<br>
 
"..looking for a group of five, with one satyr and one eladrin."<br>
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"That's dangerous talk."<br>
 
"That's dangerous talk."<br>
 
"But he is straying from the true path."<br>
 
"But he is straying from the true path."<br>
I had heard enough. I hid in a bush and let them continue. Then I returned to the others and  
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I had heard enough. I hid in a bush and let them continue. Then I returned to  
told them of what had been said. They knew who we were and that we were coming.
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the others and told them of what had been said. They knew who we were and that  
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we were coming.
  
Velicia said Norgober is an old deity who is killing on Nerull's behalf to prevent things  
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Velicia told us that Norgober is an old deity who is killing on Nerull's behalf  
from happening in the world. Honey told a story about the skinsaw man that appeared as the  
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to prevent things from happening in the world. Honey told a story about the  
boogeyman and killed in ways much like that.
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skinsaw man that appeared as the boogeyman and killed in ways much like that.
  
As it looked very hard to approach undetected we decided to wait for the sunset. Still  
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As it looked very hard to approach undetected we decided to wait for the  
keeping the sawmill under watch we retreated a little further away to wait for dusk. When  
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sunset. Still keeping the sawmill under watch we retreated a little further  
darkness slowly fell we discussed which way to approach and decided to swim. I didn't like  
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away to wait for dusk. When darkness slowly fell we discussed which way to  
the idea as I'm not a good swimmer and there was a strong current in the river. With the  
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approach and decided to swim. I didn't like the idea as I'm not a good swimmer  
risk of getting into the waterwheels I thought we should try another approach, but the  
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and there was a strong current in the river. With the risk of getting into the  
others insisted and Honeypot suggester a ritual turning us into sea otters. I'm not that  
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waterwheels I thought we should try another approach, but the others insisted  
fond of strange magic, but it's preferred to drowning and had the added bonus of being  
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and Honeypot suggester a ritual turning us into sea otters. I'm not that fond
harder to notice and if the workers saw us they would just think it's a couple of otters  
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of strange magic, but it's preferred to drowning and had the added bonus of  
swimming by. She also cast telepathy and some dark light that made sure we could see but  
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being harder to notice and if the workers saw us they would just think it's a  
that couldn't be seen.
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couple of otters swimming by. She also cast telepathy and some dark light that  
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made sure we could see but that couldn't be seen.
  
The swim was hard and dangerous but it was made easily by being a sea otter. It almost  
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The swim was hard and dangerous but it was made easily by being a sea otter. It  
felt sad to stop swimming and start climbing. We climbed the wall of the sawmill. It was a  
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almost felt sad to stop swimming and start climbing. We climbed the wall of the  
sparsely planked wall and we could see light shining through the slits, but they were too  
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sawmill. It was a sparsely planked wall and we could see light shining through  
small see anything clearly through. When we were almost at the top Nathaniel got stuck.  
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the slits, but they were too small see anything clearly through. When we were  
He's a good climber but he was also the heaviest with his armor and all. Since we had  
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almost at the top Nathaniel got stuck. He's a good climber but he was also the  
been using a rope to make sure no one would fall, we all got stuck. It was easily enough  
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heaviest with his armor and all. Since we had been using a rope to make sure no  
solved, but there were a few tense moments before we all got up on the roof. The next step  
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one would fall, we all got stuck. It was easily enough solved, but there were a  
up the tower I climbed first and secured a grappling hook and the others followed easily  
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few tense moments before we all got up on the roof. The next step up the tower  
enough. Carefully we lifted a trapdoor peeking down, ready to spring into action. There was  
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I climbed first and secured a grappling hook and the others followed easily  
a small room. It was lit but there were no one there.
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enough. Carefully we lifted a trapdoor peeking down, ready to spring into  
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action. There was a small room. It was lit but there were no one there.
  
There were a ladder, a desk, a chair and lots of faces cut off people. It was an evil temple.  
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There were a ladder, a desk, a chair and lots of faces cut off people. It was  
We all climbed down there and prepared for a fight. Stealthily I opened the double doors  
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an evil temple decorated in this grotesque manner. We all climbed down there  
ever so slightly and looked through slit.
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and prepared for a fight. Stealthily I opened the double doors ever so slightly  
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and looked through slit.
  
I froze in place as I saw a man I immediately recognized but haven't seen in several  
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I froze in place as I saw a man I immediately recognized but haven't seen in  
months and had hoped to never meet again. It was Ironbriar. He was talking to most of the  
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several months and had hoped to never meet again. It was Ironbriar. He was  
workers gathered before him in a large room. I wanted to kill him but I couldn't bring myself  
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talking to most of the workers gathered before him in a large room. I wanted to  
to act at all. We all listened while he talked about preparing for a big finale. They planed  
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kill him but I couldn't bring myself to act at all. We all listened while he  
to kill the mayor. His voice gave me the chills.
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talked about preparing for a big finale. They planed to kill the mayor. His  
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voice gave me the chills.
  
I broke out of it and threw my dagger at him but still being shook up I missed. Through her  
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I broke out of it and threw my dagger at him but still being shook up I missed.  
magic Velicia suddenly appeared next to Ironbriar wearing that awful mask and said "The  
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Through her magic Velicia suddenly appeared next to Ironbriar wearing that  
skinsaw man have come for you!" hitting him with her sword. They were completely  
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awful mask and said "The skinsaw man have come for you!" hitting him with her  
surprised. Nathaniel went out into the room and drew some of workers and Ironbriar's  
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sword. They were completely surprised. Nathaniel went out into the room and  
guards to himself and downed several of them with sweeping slashes with my fathers  
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drew some of workers and Ironbriar's guards to himself and downed several of  
sword. I almost felt proud of him even though it was only his sword. Dorothea ran out and  
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them with sweeping slashes with my fathers sword. I almost felt proud of him  
engaged lots of the workers, but prepared for her scary magic. Honeypot jumped over one  
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even though it was only his sword. Dorothea ran out and engaged lots of the  
of his evil priests and attacked Ironbriar himself. Hoping to be steadier on the hand up  
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workers, but prepared for her scary magic. Honeypot jumped over one of his evil  
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priests and attacked Ironbriar himself. Hoping to be steadier on the hand up  
 
close, I ran up to him and attacked but my memories made my hands shake and I  
 
close, I ran up to him and attacked but my memories made my hands shake and I  
hesitated just enough for him to avoid my dagger. He teleported away just barely out of  
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hesitated just enough for him to avoid my dagger. He teleported away just  
sight around a corner, while his evil priest used magic to blind us with a big flash. It missed  
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barely out of sight around a corner, while his evil priest used magic to blind
me but some of the others got blinded.
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us with a big flash. It missed me but some of the others got blinded.
  
 
[[Image:Skinsaw cultist.png|right|thumb|The flamboyantly dressed skinsaw cultists.]]
 
[[Image:Skinsaw cultist.png|right|thumb|The flamboyantly dressed skinsaw cultists.]]
Nathaniel struck all around him in a flurry of attacks still hitting some although being  
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Nathaniel struck all around him in a flurry of attacks still hitting some  
blinded, while Dorothea showed her magic is at least as powerful as Ironbriars by  
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although being blinded, while Dorothea showed her magic is at least as powerful  
teleporting to block his way downstairs and downing several workers in an explosion where  
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as Ironbriars by teleporting to block his way downstairs and downing several  
she left from. Honeypot confused a magic user and I used that opportunity to kill him. Then  
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workers in an explosion where she left from. Honeypot confused a magic user and  
I hid in the awful temple room. Ironbriar said something out loud that sounded like "I lost  
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I used that opportunity to kill him. Then I hid in the awful temple room.  
the rest of your family but I will..." and ran up to me. He tried to do some kind of magic  
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Ironbriar said something out loud that sounded like "I lost the rest of your  
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family but I will..." and ran up to me. He tried to do some kind of magic  
 
reaching for me and teleported up the ladder.
 
reaching for me and teleported up the ladder.
  
Nathaniel killed both bodyguards around him and ran up the ladder after Ironbriar, and  
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Nathaniel killed both bodyguards around him and ran up the ladder after  
hanging on the ladder stabbing upwards with my fathers longsword he forced Ironbriar from  
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Ironbriar, and hanging on the ladder stabbing upwards with my fathers longsword  
the trapdoor and was able to follow him up. Honeypot ran up after them. I hid in the room  
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he forced Ironbriar from the trapdoor and was able to follow him up. Honeypot  
below them and hesitantly looked for an opportunity to throw my dagger at him. He  
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ran up after them. I hid in the room below them and hesitantly looked for an  
appeared and as I threw he gave me an evil stare and I missed again. I had a strange view  
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opportunity to throw my dagger at him. He appeared and as I threw he gave me an  
from below as Nathaniel attacked Ironbriar and with his impressive footwork tricked him to  
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evil stare and I missed again. I had a strange view from below as Nathaniel  
stand over the trapdoor. From the room I heard Dorothea cast her terrible black magical  
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attacked Ironbriar and with his impressive footwork tricked him to stand over  
cloud that eats everything. Upstairs Honeypot distracted and confused Ironbriar. He  
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the trapdoor. From the room I heard Dorothea cast her terrible black magical  
staggered on the edge of the trapdoor about to fall. I took the opportunity to rush up the  
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cloud that eats everything. Upstairs Honeypot distracted and confused  
ladder and stab him with all my strength, all my anger and all my collected hate for what  
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Ironbriar. He staggered on the edge of the trapdoor about to fall. I took the  
he had done. The dagger was buried deep in his figure and I almost lost it in the big flow of  
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opportunity to rush up the ladder and stab him with all my strength, all my  
fabric of his strange costume, but I held on to it as blood whet my hand and he fell past  
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anger and all my collected hate for what he had done. The dagger was buried  
me, hitting the floor with a loud thud. Tears were flowing down my cheeks. I jumped over  
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deep in his figure and I almost lost it in the big flow of fabric of his  
him and out the wide opened double doors and left the room.  
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strange costume, but I held on to it as blood whet my hand and he fell past me,  
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hitting the floor with a loud thud. Tears were flowing down my cheeks. I jumped  
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over him and out the wide opened double doors and left the room.  
  
 
49 hitpoints!
 
49 hitpoints!
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Velicia: Evil cult to Nerull. Father Skinsaw
 
Velicia: Evil cult to Nerull. Father Skinsaw
  
Look through evil temple and find books, maps, paintings. One strange ice town cut in frozen waterfall. Ice cathedral and domes. Fairytale book Fairy beautiful golden covers and paintings in it. Strange stories.
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Look through evil temple and find books, maps, paintings. One strange ice town  
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cut in frozen waterfall. Ice cathedral and domes. Fairytale book Fairy beautiful  
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golden covers and paintings in it. Strange stories.
 
Dagger. The diary of Ironbriar, but in cipher.
 
Dagger. The diary of Ironbriar, but in cipher.
  
 
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Episode no. Episode 34
Date 2009
Game Master Abbe
Characters Dorothea
Honeypot
Nathaniel
Nell
Velicia
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We decided to find out where the Seven's Sawmill is located through working the streets, looking for rumors.
"We'll ask around."
"And I know where to start. Nell, you need to go to the tailors." Nathaniel said.
"But, I already have clothes."
"You need new clothes, worthy of a Foxglove!"
Honeypot went looking for rumors herself and Velicia took off to go look for the Eladrins she met earlier. I, Nathaniel and Dorothea went to the Keystone district of Magnimar to look for a good tailor. We choose one and entered. Nathaniel looked around at what they had to offer and used his sense of fashion to select the style and fabric. I didn't really care as long as it looked good and I could move in it. Dorothea found a new set of clothes too and Nathaniel chose a dress for Shayliss Vinder to bring back as a gift for her. We ordered the clothes and while they took our measures we talked to the tailors and seamstresses. I asked innocently if they had heard any news lately as I had been out of the city for a while. They told me of murders of bankers, rich merchants and "people that matters". After some follow up I got some names and could ask some questions about them to see if they had been greedy. They all had been!

When all finished we continued on to Pug's Contraptions in the same district. They had a lot of different cages, traps and locks. A man approached us.
"How can I help?"
"This young lady have recently acquired a house and in it's inventory there were some cages of remarkable craftsmanship. We would like get to know more about them." Nathaniel answered.
I batted my eyes and smiled at him. Pug took out a big book and opened it on the counter. Browsing through it he stopped at an entry some four weeks ago and told us he had sold 10 cages to Aldern Foxglove. He had requested a quick delivery to the Foxglove townhouse in the Grand Arch district. I thanked him for his helpfulness and Nathaniel bought some music boxes for his sisters.

We had agreed to meet for lunch at a tavern we passed earlier and having finished our plans we went there early. I ordered a big lunch. You never know how long till the next meal. I took a couple of apples for later too. Soon Velicia showed up. She told us stories of Brothers of the Seven. They are an old organization of rich bankers that's got a lot of power. Soon Honeypot too showed up and told us that there were rumors of living forever surrounding them too. There were stories of the undead and of proposals to rich people to join them and all that agreed disappeared. It was some mystic merchant consortium. She had also heard that the Seven's Sawmill were located upriver. We decide to hire a boat instead of riding up the road.

Going to the harbor Velicia disguised herself to look like a human girl selling flowers. Looking around there were no boat for hire, but we found a boat and crew of two that we convinced to row us upstreams. The captain talked a lot in a friendly manner. I guess we payed him too much. The man rowing wasn't as happy though. As we went upstreams passing several sawmills, all working hard, the captain told us that there was a big demand for their work now. We passed Seven's Sawmill studying it, but didn't stop there. Instead we continued on to the next sawmill and put in at their jetty.

As we were disembarking we were met by a guard that wanted us gone. I talked to him and tricked him that I wanted to buy planks and mentioned some names I've picked up. He hesitated long enough for the boat to leave before answering we couldn't buy at the mill but had to talk to the owners in Magnimar. We left by walk back along road. It had been improved lately by adding gravel. It went through a swampy area leading out to a bigger road. We turned towards Magnimar and continued on until the next road leading to the Seven's Sawmill. That road was better and older than the road to the other sawmill. We left the road and sneaked through the forest to get there unnoticed.

When we could see the dark shape of the sawmill between the trees standing out against the river, we circled to the right and looked for a hiding place. We found one but noted that there were lots of footprints in the woods. There were even marks on the trees as if someone had been climbing too. I thought of the gangs of thieves back in my youth on the streets of Magnimar, training to become catburglers.

Looking closer at the sawmill we saw that it was much bigger than the one we landed at. It had been developed in stages and remodeled several timed but the original looked very old. It was a very tall building, built mostly over the river and had several waterwheels built into it. There was a tower to it too. It made a lot of noise suggesting they were working hard. There were still a couple of workers standing talking next to a pier. We noticed a quite flamboyant style of clothing on the workers, but the clothes were still used and worn. We could also tell they were not ghouls. We noted that small groups of workers left and others arrived. It looked as if they were some sort of patrols and not workers coming to work and goinghome. I sneaked up to one group and followed them. I overheard them talking.

"..looking for a group of five, with one satyr and one eladrin."
"That should be easy enough to recognize."
"As the last targets."
"Yes and I don't like it. Attacking richer people than we were told earlier. We have lost the spirit lately. It's not the way Norgober told us. I think the man is getting old. We should do something about it."
"That's dangerous talk."
"But he is straying from the true path."
I had heard enough. I hid in a bush and let them continue. Then I returned to the others and told them of what had been said. They knew who we were and that we were coming.

Velicia told us that Norgober is an old deity who is killing on Nerull's behalf to prevent things from happening in the world. Honey told a story about the skinsaw man that appeared as the boogeyman and killed in ways much like that.

As it looked very hard to approach undetected we decided to wait for the sunset. Still keeping the sawmill under watch we retreated a little further away to wait for dusk. When darkness slowly fell we discussed which way to approach and decided to swim. I didn't like the idea as I'm not a good swimmer and there was a strong current in the river. With the risk of getting into the waterwheels I thought we should try another approach, but the others insisted and Honeypot suggester a ritual turning us into sea otters. I'm not that fond of strange magic, but it's preferred to drowning and had the added bonus of being harder to notice and if the workers saw us they would just think it's a couple of otters swimming by. She also cast telepathy and some dark light that made sure we could see but that couldn't be seen.

The swim was hard and dangerous but it was made easily by being a sea otter. It almost felt sad to stop swimming and start climbing. We climbed the wall of the sawmill. It was a sparsely planked wall and we could see light shining through the slits, but they were too small see anything clearly through. When we were almost at the top Nathaniel got stuck. He's a good climber but he was also the heaviest with his armor and all. Since we had been using a rope to make sure no one would fall, we all got stuck. It was easily enough solved, but there were a few tense moments before we all got up on the roof. The next step up the tower I climbed first and secured a grappling hook and the others followed easily enough. Carefully we lifted a trapdoor peeking down, ready to spring into action. There was a small room. It was lit but there were no one there.

There were a ladder, a desk, a chair and lots of faces cut off people. It was an evil temple decorated in this grotesque manner. We all climbed down there and prepared for a fight. Stealthily I opened the double doors ever so slightly and looked through slit.

I froze in place as I saw a man I immediately recognized but haven't seen in several months and had hoped to never meet again. It was Ironbriar. He was talking to most of the workers gathered before him in a large room. I wanted to kill him but I couldn't bring myself to act at all. We all listened while he talked about preparing for a big finale. They planed to kill the mayor. His voice gave me the chills.

I broke out of it and threw my dagger at him but still being shook up I missed. Through her magic Velicia suddenly appeared next to Ironbriar wearing that awful mask and said "The skinsaw man have come for you!" hitting him with her sword. They were completely surprised. Nathaniel went out into the room and drew some of workers and Ironbriar's guards to himself and downed several of them with sweeping slashes with my fathers sword. I almost felt proud of him even though it was only his sword. Dorothea ran out and engaged lots of the workers, but prepared for her scary magic. Honeypot jumped over one of his evil priests and attacked Ironbriar himself. Hoping to be steadier on the hand up close, I ran up to him and attacked but my memories made my hands shake and I hesitated just enough for him to avoid my dagger. He teleported away just barely out of sight around a corner, while his evil priest used magic to blind us with a big flash. It missed me but some of the others got blinded.

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The flamboyantly dressed skinsaw cultists.

Nathaniel struck all around him in a flurry of attacks still hitting some although being blinded, while Dorothea showed her magic is at least as powerful as Ironbriars by teleporting to block his way downstairs and downing several workers in an explosion where she left from. Honeypot confused a magic user and I used that opportunity to kill him. Then I hid in the awful temple room. Ironbriar said something out loud that sounded like "I lost the rest of your family but I will..." and ran up to me. He tried to do some kind of magic reaching for me and teleported up the ladder.

Nathaniel killed both bodyguards around him and ran up the ladder after Ironbriar, and hanging on the ladder stabbing upwards with my fathers longsword he forced Ironbriar from the trapdoor and was able to follow him up. Honeypot ran up after them. I hid in the room below them and hesitantly looked for an opportunity to throw my dagger at him. He appeared and as I threw he gave me an evil stare and I missed again. I had a strange view from below as Nathaniel attacked Ironbriar and with his impressive footwork tricked him to stand over the trapdoor. From the room I heard Dorothea cast her terrible black magical cloud that eats everything. Upstairs Honeypot distracted and confused Ironbriar. He staggered on the edge of the trapdoor about to fall. I took the opportunity to rush up the ladder and stab him with all my strength, all my anger and all my collected hate for what he had done. The dagger was buried deep in his figure and I almost lost it in the big flow of fabric of his strange costume, but I held on to it as blood whet my hand and he fell past me, hitting the floor with a loud thud. Tears were flowing down my cheeks. I jumped over him and out the wide opened double doors and left the room.

49 hitpoints!

Velicia: Evil cult to Nerull. Father Skinsaw

Look through evil temple and find books, maps, paintings. One strange ice town cut in frozen waterfall. Ice cathedral and domes. Fairytale book Fairy beautiful golden covers and paintings in it. Strange stories. Dagger. The diary of Ironbriar, but in cipher.