The City Guards Arrive

“The City Guards Arrive”
Rise of the Runelords episode
Episode no.	Episode 38
Date	2009
Game Master	Abbe
Characters	Dorothea Honeypot Nathaniel Nell Velicia
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In this chapter the city guards come to investigate the fighting, but all isn't well.

The City Guards Arrive

Honeypot disguised as a maid.

After a little while seven city guards came, but they looked a little strange. I noted Dorothea inside a window on the second floor not far from where I was in the tree. I alerted her by throwing a twig on the window. When she saw me I signed to her that there were seven guards coming. We prepared a trap with Dorothea, Honeypot, Nathaniel and Velicia waiting for them to enter the house, but they didn't. After splitting up, three of them entered just into the backyard and then said with a raised voice that anybody inside the house should come out. Honeypot still looking like a maid, told them there were no trouble and that they could safely move on. They didn't believe her even though she was pretty convincing. She then tried to get them to come in to discuss it, but they didn't fall for that either. Meanwhile the other four split up into two groups of two. One group sneaked around the neighbor probably to the front while the other two entered the other neighbors backyard and sneaked into the Foxglove house's backyard out of sight from the house, just below me. They then continued to climb the wall and lay in wait on top of a low roof over the back entrance. As they prepared to attack and started to change shape I threw my dagger from my hiding place in the tree just above them. The dagger hit the base of the neck of the creature, killing it instantly. As it fell from the roof, I jumped down, hiding the sound of my landing with the creature fall. I hid in a corner of the house, almost in the same path that the guards themselves had entered. Honeypot cast a spell making a cloud of glittering dust on the three guards at the entrance to the backyard. They charged into the house but one of them rather stumbled after the others, blinded by the glitter dust. There were fighting inside and the other guard on the roof crashed through a window to attack. I cursed as they were destroying what was probably my house! I rounded the corned throwing my dagger into the blinded creature still outside killing it. Then I swung up on the low roof. The last one fled closely followed by Velicia out into the street. She then scorched half the alley alerting everyone that wasn't already aware of the fight. The creature survived so I unwound my sling and threw a stone that hit, but it still ran on. Nathaniel also ran out into the street. Then Honeypot ran out after them all and called the creature back. It went right up to her getting almost surrounded by the others. They easily killed it.

Returning back as I climbed down the others speculated about what kind of creatures they were and Velicia asked if these were real guards or if it was something strange going on. I told her that I've heard stories of strange creatures that could change their appearance to look like someone else, but I thought it was just a scary fairy tale and that as far as I knew the guards were usually ordinary humans.

I returned into the house and took out the brass key. Studying it I ran up to top floor and started looking for a safe or something similar there. I soon noticed lions on the fireplace and there was an lion motif on the key. I searched it closely and found a small keyhole. I use the key and it opened up. There were money and papers. I took it all and we all started leaving. On the way out we brought two of my fathers items. One was a pair of magical boots that I will use and the other his sword that Nathaniel will use. If he ever plan to replace it I will want it back as it is my family heirloom. We returned to inn.

Back at the inn we gathered in one room and checked the loot. There were 200 platinum pieces. The papers was about ownership of the townhouse and the manor. It was complicated to understand the ownership of the manor. It was built by Vorel, but largely financed by the brothers of the seven. There were no explanation of who they were. They will get it back after 100 years, not only the manor but also huge tracts of land and anything below the manor. They knew that it was an evil place and still want it. There were also notes of "Iesha's trip to absalon" and payments of 200 gp to B7 every week for months. It was delivered to the Seven's Sawmill at midnight.