December 04, 2004

Hook

Adventurers wanted to investigate mysterious happenings at the Portal Farm. Meet Erle at the Stopover Inn at noon.

Plot Synopsis

In the past week, one person has been injured and two more disappeared without a trace. Erle, a retired T’orite (and a very incompetent old guy, at that) was ordered to figure out if the occurrences were related and try to stop them, if possible.

After the party ekes out as much info as possible from the senile old man, they visit the families of the people who were injured/lost. Selina had some fun bluefielding the party at one point, delaying the investigation for a whole day. After discovering that the injured guy was probably doing some less-than-savory activity down an alleyway (and that he appeared to have been attacked by a creature of some sort), they travel to that section of town to try to find clues. One party member spots a large but dirty and matted navy blue feather on the ground.

They then decide to visit some friends of one of the guys who disappeared, while Dom and Hawke go randomly searching the town. Hawke manages to “find” the creature doing the attacking, is paralyzed, and is carried/dragged through an unguarded portal. The party later discovers that Hawke has disappeared, and Dom discovers Hawke’s and a weird bird scent through the doorway of a seemingly-abandoned portal. They go through, finding themselves on a desert world. A shadow drako search begins.

In the meantime, Hawke is flown to the bird’s nest. Thankfully, it’s still daytime, and the creature waits until darkness to feed the chick. Hawke manages to behead the bird before he becomes dinner, and the party rescues him just as the bird’s mate returns to the nest. After a brief combat with the mate, the party leaves.

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