Idum Mid Lorsath 15305

Death of the Half-Orc Bard
After a lengthy conversation with Toman, the party split their ways from him and spent the night at the Restful Drink.

The next morning, they went to the Traveler's Respite in search of Jetta Cleaves; Kathy, owner/operator of the place, said she is staying there, then sold Eli a mead and left. Eli awkwardly drank it for a while.

On their way to meet Toman at his room in the Peaceful Slumber, they heard a scream and followed it to a nearby house, wherein Jetta was threatening two citizens, having already killed a 13-year-old child, gender inconclusive. They stopped her and demanded answers from her, learning: After killing her and saving the lives of the citizens (including the child), they pulled it out of the father (with the mother's help) that both he and Eileen were members of the Spider Cult, and were occasionally tasked by Eliose to kill people near and far who had been identified as followers of Catos, enemy of Limia.
 * That Simon was killed by the citizens' daughter, Eileen, and Jetta didn't know why;
 * That Jetta had no idea who Catos was, but 'operated under Chaos';
 * That Jetta works for her father, who also operates under Chaos;
 * That she was given orders to protect Simon and the gem he was supposed to carry;
 * That, upon learning how dead Simon was and how not on him the gem was, she was tasked with discovering why he was killed;
 * And that Jetta was even more of an asshole than previously thought.

Upon learning this, the party revived Jetta and forced her to march the group out to where Simon had been killed. Along the way, they were attacked by a single, ravenous Dire Wolf, which released a puff of purple smoke as it died.

When they reached the spot, two bodies were there: Simon's partly-dried husk, correctly identified by Aislinn, as well as a cleaned-off skeleton, correctly identified by Jetta. Aislinn then killed Jetta and collected some stuff from Simon's body, and Ana muttered a few rites for all three of the fallen.

The party then returned to their inn, disquieted by the day's events.

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