Adventure Title
DDHC-RotF-01 Ten-Towns

XP Gained

Location Played
Roll20

Notes
# Teilnehmer: (1) Arikatzi020 - Skalli "Frostgaze" - Shifter - Barbarian lvl 1 (1) Raimundo - Beru Chillwind Akannathi - Aasimar - Paladin 1 (1) C0ldw0lf - Aerlyn Fuyu - Eladrin - Ranger 1 (1) Yaidz - Kylan Bloodchaser - Goliath - Cleric 1 (1) Frederic - Elric - Human - Wizard 1 # Starting the Adventure: The players have come to **Bryn Shander** at the behest of **Speaker Duvessa Shane and the Council of Speakers** to aid *Ten-Towns*. Shortly after arriving, the party has encountered a wounded **Crag Cat**, that has made its way into town in desperation for pray and begun eating away at a frozen-to-death fishermans corpse and bounty. The party managed to dispatch the beast non-lethally and released it into the wilderness. **Sherrif Markham Southwell**, alerted by the fleeing bystanders, has commended the party for their quick and sensible judgement and initiative and offered to accompany them to the town hall meeting. # Quests: **Main-Story Quest:** *Cold-Hearted Killer* **A serial killer** has descended upon the Ten-Towns. They have slain three prominent figures in three separate towns: **Bryn Shander, Easthaven, and Targos.** They leave a distinctive calling card in their victim’s chests: a knife, made entirely out of black ice. With the Ten-Towns divided by the stress of the Rime, concerned officials stand little chance of stopping the killer in time before they claim their next victim. **Hlin Trollbane,** a retired veteran and bounty-hunter, has taken it upon herself to investigate the recent murders because no one else—not even the Council of Speakers—can be bothered. She has asked the party to help her take down her only suspect: a man named **Sephek Kaltro.** *“Sephek Kaltro works for a small traveling merchant company called Torg’s, owned and operated by a shady dwarf named Torrga Icevein. In other words, Sephek gets around. He’s charming. Makes friends easily. He’s also Torrga’s bodyguard, so I’m guessing he’s good with a blade." “His victims come from the only three towns that sacrifice people to the Frostmaiden on nights of the new moon. This is what passes for civilized behavior in Icewind Dale. Maybe the victims found a way to keep their names out of the drawings and Sephek found out they were cheating, so he killed them. Maybe, just maybe, Sephek is doing the Frostmaiden’s work." “I followed Torg’s for a tenday as it moved from town to town. Quite the devious little enterprise, but that’s not my concern. What struck me is how comfortable Sephek Kaltro looked in this weather. No coat, no scarf, no gloves. It was like the cold couldn’t touch him. Kiss of the Frostmaiden, indeed." “I will pay you a hundred gold pieces to apprehend Sephek Kaltro, ascertain his guilt, and deal with him, preferably without involving the authorities. When the job is done, return to me to collect your money.”* **Reward:** 100gp # Sidequests: **Foaming Mugs.** Three frostbitten shield dwarves approached the characters in the snow-covered street, **Hruna, Korux and Storn.** They were due for an iron shipment for their forge, the **"Blackiron Blades"**, but on their way from Kelvin's Cairn got ambushed by a peticularly violent **Red Yeti.** Their brother Oobok got brutally killed and now they're missing 600 pounds worth of iron for Bryn Shander forges. She promised the party a bag of gems worth 50gp each per Charakter, if they agree to bring back the missing sled and wares. After being held off for a few hours by a blizzard, the party found Oobok's body, aswell as traces of the sled and around half a dozen goblin tracks left in the snow. Having dealt with the looters, **Goblinboss Izobai** surrendered and begrudgingly fled with the survivors to their fortress of **Karkolohk**. **Treasure:** Izobai carried two potions of animal friendship and a sealskin pouch containing 13 sp, 25 cp, and a bone whistle (1 sp). The other goblins carried 37 cp in sum. **Reward:** 5 gems worth 50gp each and 10% discount at the Blackiron Blades. *"The friendship of the dwarves of Icewind Dale can also be a boon in these harsh times."* ... **A Beautiful Mine.** Speaker **Duvessa Shane** has hired the party to help with problems around Ten-Towns for a pay of **10gp per tenday**. She recently has recieved a request for help from **Termalaine**, where Kobolds have taken over the local gem mines and tasked the party to travel north-west to investigate the issues. ... **Lake Monster.** Rumors from **Bremen** about a strange *sea monster* have reached Bryn Shander and Duvessa Shane has tasked the party to go and investigate around **Mear Dualdon**. ... **Mountain Climb.** The party overheard a group of fellow adventurers (**Mokingo** - male goliath warrior, **Astrix** - female tiefling wizard, **Perilou** - female halfling cleric) talk about **a goliath werebear named Oyaminartok**, who might have some information about what has befallen Icewind Dale. They are currently on their way to **Targos**. # Loot so far: **52,85gp** per Person **2x Potion of Animal Friendship** each charakter recieved a trinket from the rollable Table in Appendix A ... **Beru Chillwind Akannathi** -1 Level in Hexblade warlock recieved: **Oyaminartok's Legacy.** This pole has a metal hook and a reinforced iron tip to break ice and provide additional safety when hiking through glaciers or steep mountain passes. There is a small indentation on the middle handle that, when pressed, extends a fishing rod at the bottom. Temperate. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as −20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit. **[This item is RaimundoO's Pact weapon and does not exists as a magic item outside of this Hardcover. It is just fun flavor.]** _______________________________________________ **After having completed 1 Sidequest in service to Bryn Shander the party has reached 2nd Level!**