Candle in the Dark Campaign Diary - Session 10: The Wizard, the Lady, and the Tiefling

The Cast:

• Enid, half-elf cleric of Bahamut
• Nashgar, dragonborn paladin of Bahamut
• Leilua, tiefling warlock
• Corrin, halfling barbarian

The heroes arrive in Fallcrest and decide to get a room in the Silver Unicorn Inn for the night.  They spend some time in the taproom, getting some information before heading out to visit the wizard Nimozaran the Green.  On the way they pass by Naerumar's Imports, a store of oddities run by the tiefling, Orest Naerumar.  He seems somewhat smitten by Leilua, but pays little attention to the others, who leave shortly after entering.  Leilua talks to Orest about her origins and questions him about whether two humans can produce a tiefling (yes), then asks if he has any magical items beyond the trinkets on the showroom floor.  Leilua ends up making a trade for a magical cloak and Orest offers more potent magic in exchange for items of equal value/rarity.  

After leaving the shop, the group heads to the Septarch's Tower and spot some multicolored smoke coming from a window towards the top.  An elf boy opens the window and is chastised by his master.  The group head to the tower, but find no door.  They wrap on the wall and a magical mouth forms from the stone and asks if they have an appointment.  After interacting with the mouth several times, they manage to get an appointment for 3 days later.  Unsatisfied with this, they throw rocks up to the windows, and then Leilua conjures an magical servant to knock on the window.  The elf boy answers and calls his master to the window.  The wizard tells the heroes to make an appointment and dismisses them.  However, as the group turns to leave, the boy opens a magical door in the tower and says his master's calendar has cleared and he can fit them in.  

The boy leads them into the tower, up a magically rotating spiral staircase to his master's reception area.  The wizard is an elderly man trying very hard to look important and powerful, conjuring chairs and a desk, magically lighting candles, and so on.  The heroes sit and tell the wizard what it is that they need information about.  Nimozaran has his apprentice bring up various tomes to research the Lord Mage Starris and the dragon Calastryx, but does not really impart much information of value except that the Lord Mage once had a tower in Gardmore Abbey.  The heroes happen to mention their encounters with kobolds and eventually mention the orc warband they had a run in with, which Nimozaran finds troubling.  He tells them that they need to meet with Lord Markelhay immediately to report this information.  

The wizard takes the group to Moonstone Keep, but learn that the Lord is away. However, Lady Markelhay is present, so they gain an audience with her and disclose their information.  The Lady Markelhay recounts how Dyson's Legion came through town recently, warning of possible invasion, and now this news makes the likelihood of this happening much higher.  She states that Lord Markelhay had left to investigate these rumors himself and she now fears for his life.  She asks Nimozaran to find her husband with his magic and asks the heroes to work on behalf of Fallcrest and the Vale to alert its leaders of any such threats.  In exchange she offers to equip the heroes with items from her armory and her personal collection of magical items.  She sends a guard with the group to the armory.

End of session