The Hunt

“The Hunt”
Rise of the Runelords episode
Episode no.	Episode 6
Date	2008
Game Master	Abbe
Characters	Dorothea Honeypot Nathaniel Nell Velicia
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In this chapter the heroes are invited by Aldern Foxglove to go hunting.

The Hunt

I woke early, but not early enough to be up when Alden came. He though hunts should start very early. Some of us had had more to drink than me and were less than happy about the time. As we were a little late he had a second breakfast together with us talking about the hunt. When we got out he had several horses waiting and presented us with them as a gift. A GIFT! Horses are really expensive and he just gave them to us. He must be loaded. I was grateful but acted unimpressed as usual when I get men to give me gifts.

Aldern Foxglove.

When we left for the hunt and he helped us up on the horses he groped my behind. When I shot him an angry look he didn't see it at all as he was looking up my skirt. I bit my lip and got the horse moving. He then did the same to the others. Then we were off to where we were to hunt. It was called Tickwood. I hate ticks. They are disgusting little bugs. On the way out of town we met up with Nathaniel who was out riding early and to Alderns dismay Velicia immediately invited him to the trip too. Honeypot kept Aldern company. That was fortunate as Nathaniel and Aldern didn't seem to get along that well. During the hunt Honeypot and Aldern got separated from us others, but we found them again after a little while. The hunt was a success and Aldern and Dorothea were the sharpest with the crossbows with Nathaniel close behind. Honeypot was really happy about the competition and cheered when anyone had a clear shot. She celebrated Alderns hunting success with a lot of hugging. During all the time in the woods I kept a sharp lookout for ticks and not much else.

When we got back I took the two boars we had shot to the Rusty Dragon to get them done. Ameiko promised to make a great feast out of them and in return she could keep the rest of them that we didn't eat.

I and Dorothea saw Nathaniel being approached by Shayliss who asked for his help to get rid of a rat problem. Apparently it was in the cellar and she led him down there. As we knew of her reputation as "loose", we decided to see what would happen. Stealthily we followed and watched. When Nathaniel was half undressed and Shayliss mostly undressed her father appeared. The two of them didn't notice until he shouted at them waving a club about. Nathaniel answered by saying: "What I have done to your daughter, many have done before me." I could not believe my ears. It was hard to not laugh, but he continued "None the less, I know what I have done and will take what punishment you think would be just, as I respect you as her father." Her father beat him, but his anger was apparently soothed by Nathaniel's willingness to take the punishment. Dorothea and I made sure to leave before we were noticed.

We all met again at the Rusty Dragon later for dinner. Velicia asked Nathaniel what had happened to him as she noticed his bruises and was very impressed at how he respected Shayliss' father. I think she is a little smitten by him. Honeypot showed up a little later together with Aldern. He gave a big sack of coins to us as a payment for saving his life the other day. It was a thousand gold coins! He must surely be very rich. Then the boar arrived and it was delicious.

I have earlier hinted at being good at sneaking around and keeping an eye on things to Velicia so she used one of her magic tricks and whispered in my ear that now that Aldern was here someone should check out his room. I asked Dorothea to come with me. Before I left I filled my bag with bread, cookies, some vegetables and filled a small plate with boar to eat while walking to the other side of the whole town. When at the White Deer we saw his servant eating in the first floor dining room and went up the stairs to his room. I picked the lock while Dorothea kept watch. We got in and looked around. He didn't have that much stuff, as if he isn't really that rich. I mostly found a lot of papers. I asked Dorothea to read them but she said they were too boring. She was right. The papers were hard to read and very boring. I only got that it was about estate and there were the Foxglove house, the Foxglove manor, Foxglove estate and the Foxglove farm, or something like that. As we left I locked the door.

When we returned I was thrilled to get back to the dinner that I had been promised would be refilled all night, but it was mostly finished when we got back. I asked the servant girl for more but there was some problem in the kitchen. We went there to investigate and found lots of food. Most of it wasn't cooked, but there were some pastries, bread, butter, cheese, apples, pears, cookies, cakes and other cold dishes ready to eat. The others said something about the halfling cook and some strange letter, but I mostly looked for the best cold dishes. I always get hungry after acrobatics, and I love cartwheeling, jumping fences and such things, so I do it all the time. But anyway we found out that Ameikos brother that we had heard about earlier, and planned to ask Ameiko about, but never got around to, wanted to meet with her at the glassworks at midnight. It was already after midnight so we hurried over there.