Tall Tales & Trappers
Before leaving the mine Amos via successful intuition roll can tell Martina is hiding something. He confronts her and she admits a scholar came asking about the mine a few weeks ago - let's chat later she says.
Norgrim hangs in the bar telling tales of his adventures. Fafordda in the shack meditates on the shack - this was a living area before it was used as a store. Magdalena at the farmhouse asks old Mathilda who lived in their shack, Karl she says, and becomes edgy - he disappeared last grunsnacht, was a weird boy, very religious, Axel named his dog Sigmar to wind him up. Magdalena says maybe Ada should stay with them tonight, Mathilda seems offended when they leave.
Amos joins Norgrim at the Pit Prop and asks more about the mine. Karl is mentioned, someone says he disappeared down the mine, other's dispute this. Herr Mulderbrook comes down and starts telling tales of Giants. Amos goes off with Martina soon after she arrives. They start drinking in her shack - she tells him about the scholar (Karlinsel Spedklein) and his bodyguard from Cathay, that the gaffer wouldn't let them down the mine, so they bribed her. He said his research was secret. She took them down a couple of times, then they went down by themselves and never came back. It was a week later Karl didn't come back from a shift. Maybe old man Willie is right, maybe they summoned a demon. Amos suggests they could investigate, and they both fall asleep in her shed drunk.
Magdalena takes first guard. Farfordda casts Lie of the Land, consequently sees the warpstome shot through the stone caves beneath the mine. Norgrim stumbles back to the shack not long after the hideous screeching starts up from the head of the valley. Farfordda takes over for a 4 hour shift, and magdalena returns to duty as Amos is missing and Norgrim out for the count. Farfordda wakes disturbed from a nightmare where he goes down the mine to see the Undersun, waking when Morrsleib gapes down to eat him - he is shaky for most of the morning.
Amos returns and they make plans over breakfast in the shack (tho Norgrim goes to farmhouse to sort it out). As soon as he is able Farfordda heads off with the intention of spending the day learning a spell in the forest on the far bank. But he badly fluffs his swim roll and loses his bow, then elects to spend the rest of his day getting it back (will return at sunset). Amos goes back to see Martina - how about they go down the mine tonight once Axel has finished his shift - so long as they say nothing to the gaffer. Come back before you do and I'll fetch you a map.
Mags goes to see the Gaffer - they will stay one more night then head back to Dunfurter in the morning. Fine he says. Norgrim goes to the smithy and spends the day repairing equipment at the forge.
Come lunchtime Amos spots a trapper wandering into town. He saunters into the Pit Prop. Jakan Is his name, he's come from Lindenheim, mentions that Kepler Karzbudger is staying there (also about monks being ambushed on the road). He asks Amos what he's up to - oh we're up here looking for a dwarven temple. The dude spits out his goats milk and tries to regain his composure, he heads out for a smoke.
Amos spots that the sword in Jakan's bundle has a sigmarite marking, like those they took from the goblins. Where did you get the sword? Found it by the ambush site on the road. Amos goes to get Magdalena. Jakan strolls about having a look around the village - Magdalena confronts him somewhat, carrying her own sword - she questions him about his sword. Its early afternoon, 30th Vorgeheim…
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