Article: S01 - Midwinter Burglar Mystery

Adventure Log: The Adventure Begins

Session number: 1
Locations:
1. Vilamond, The Dancing Pig tavern
2. Vilamond, Royal Palace, throne room
3. North Alandor Basin, wilderness
4. North Alandor Basin, on Lake Nordan (frozen)
Party Members:
- Archibald
- Pyrgos
- Gorfin
- Ildur
- Roulph

Roulph had advertised that he was looking for adventurers to establish a party, and had scheduled a meeting at The Dancing Pig for any interested individuals.
Four people arrived, Archibald, Ildur, Pyrgos, and Gorfin.
The tavern keeper persuaded Archibald to pay his tab of 1 GP.
Each member introduced themselves and settled into the group.
There was confusion about the purpose of the adventurer party.
Pyrgos was not content with the proposition and wanted to leave, but Gorfin talked sense into him.
Gorfin had been skulking in a dark corner of the tavern before stepping forwards.
At some point, Pyrgos swiped a bottle of wine from the counter without paying.

Looking to get a formal adventurer license for their now established party the group went to the royal audience.
Pyrgos tried to cut in line but got thrown in the gutter by the guards.
Gorfin unsuccessfully investigated a pile of horse droppings looking for something to aid his agricultural understanding
Roulph managed to get an official adventurer permit from the king, with a tax on their earnings.
After the audience, the Master of Interior took the party aside to ask them for help investigation a series of mysterious burglaries.

During their investigation, the party visited the victims, gathering clues and noting the magical nature and chaotic pattern of the thefts.
The party met with an elderly woman in the slums, discovering that even trivial items like a wooden spoon had been stolen, hinting at the sentimental value of the stolen goods.
Archibald and Ildur notices a mysterious glow on the sky in the direction of lake Nordan (a couple of days travel northward), which coincides with the burglaries.
Ildur with his sailor's knowledge of weather understands that this is highly suspicious, and the party decides to check it out.
On their way back into the city, the party was ambushed by thieves but managed to defending themselves, showcasing their combat skills and camaraderie.
During the battle, Roulph was injured and treated by Gorfin using horse droppings, causing a bout of sewer fever that Roulph managed to heal with his own holy touch.

The party rents rooms at an Inn for the night.
Roulph and Archibald goes to bed, but Ildur, Gorfin, and Pyrgos decide to go out to expropriate a horse and cart to carry their equipment on the journey.
During their self-proclaimed quest, they almost scare the life out of a stable guard, steals a horse they later name Fjadla, and also find and steal a cart.
The next day they sneak through the guard with the stolen horse and cart without incident.

The party travels throughout the day with some smalltalk about the purpose of the adventurer party
When night falls, Gorfin hunts a deer, Pyrgos share his stolen wine, and they have a nice moment before going to bed
During the night the party is attacked by a pair of wolves, they fight them together, with Ildur cutting one down and throwing his axe at the other, killing them both.
Gorfin crafts a hat from one of the wolves' heads.

The journey continued to the frozen lake Nordan under mysterious atmospheric conditions where the party discovered an igloo village.
Pyrgos scouts ahead under stealth and spots some twisted gnome like creatures in an igloo working with items stolen from the city.
Ildur and Roulph tries to storm the igloo by bashing down the door, but slips on the ice, finally Gorfin just opens the door, which was ironically unlocked
The party kills the twisted gnomes (now called gnawlings)

The party uses the fact that no alarm has been raised to take some time and rest in the igloo.
The session ends.