Session 7 7/2/2021

 The Missing Dog

Urist Lighbender, Royal Magician to Rogar Hornbreaker has come to the party via the Mage's Guild contact. Rogar's favorite hunting dog, a dog with the advanced template, bred and enhanced by the alchemists guild, was stolen. Divinations indicate that it was stolen by the orc tribe outside the village. He worries if he tells Rogar, then the dwarves will march on the tribe and completely wipe them out. Seeking to avoid the bloodshed, he wants to see if the party can recover the dog.

The party went to Arkus, who wasn't aware of the dog, but some young ones were still out on their Mor-Zog Gog and haven't returned. Arkus led the party to Lynn's Lake, where the naiad Lynn would let them use the pool for scrying. They discovered that the boy Runs with Rivers was inside Ivy's Forest- an area dangerous to men, which is patrolled by the Qatgirl a dangerous lichenthrope.

The party tracked Runs with Rivers through the woods, to find he had taken Trapper as his animal companion during druid training, and that he was tracking Shaking Spear, a young orcish girl who he had dreams was captured by the Qatgirl. They party faced and defeated the Qatgirl and saved Shaking Spear.

The party negotiated with the Orcs to give away a direwolf pup to be trained as a hunting beast by Rogar and was able to negotiate trade with Rogar for Trapper, and thus avoided war and let the boy keep his dog.

Making a Man

Adam and Steve from the Fighter's Guild asked the party for help. A recruit, Eric, had been wounded during a patrol a month ago, and since then he's been very wary about engaging in combat, often letting his partners go forward and fight on his behalf. This has caused people to stop trusting him, and is jeopardizing his position in the guild. They wanted the party to capture a monster and sic it on Eric, forcing him to fight it and get his courage back. 

After the party tried to come up with several plans which did not involve the mission, such as pretending to be bandits, Vesper attempted to hypnotize him in public, which failed and caused him to start reporting her for spell-assault. Pending came to speak with him, and during conversation realized that there was something more to his fear. They discovered that when he was wounded he contracted lycanthropy and he was afraid to enter combat for fear the wolf would come out. They reported his disease to the fighters guild for them to take care of.