Lost Mines of Phandelver by kyleh2486

Where do the members staying behind wish to hang out/hide? 

(OOC Just throwing it in, Gramgran is definitely going to make sure the family is good, so she’s one of the escorts.)

((So, Gramgran & Yuri escort, Vah'Lhorn, Morpetor & Kim stay?))

((As for the plan, I would suggest that everyone walks back to the entrance, the party hasn't seen the way Mirna came in, and there might be trouble on the way. Sounds like a hallway, but no mention if it had adjoining rooms etc. Once back to the exit by the stairs, party splits up. We use the room with bunks to rest in (1 hr short rest) then run through each room for anything we might have missed. I don't think we have been over the bridge in the cavern room, and I want to search for any sign of Thel in there, as well as seeing if we can determine where the young Redbrand ran. Any other thoughts folks?))

OOC Nope, plan sounds good. Let's get these folks home.

OOC - Morpetor will stay in the Crypt, doing a thorough search, trying to learn as much as possible about its inhabitants. Taking a short rest.

Kim stays as she trust Yuri and Gramgran top get them back safe,  along with breeding the rest. 

Yuri and Gramgran escort Mirna and her children out of the Manor. She leads the way out the way she came in through. This path leads you east , taking you through section 3. There is a board she places over a section of the hallway (where the red X is). "There is a pit trap below. We had to walk over the plank to get to the cells. They said if we fell in, they would leave us to die...." Mirna tears up a little. You all are able to nimble make it over the plank to the other side. As you continue, you end up in room 1. Mirna and her children look terrified of all the blood spilled by Ren. The bodies are beginning to give off an unpleasant odor. Mirna and the children push through the horrors in this room. They are more concerned about getting out of here and back home. As you all move up the stairs, the door was left open. Outside, the sun has set and moonlight lights the way. From the plateau the manor sits on, you can see the main town to the west. Torches light the street and taverns. 

Is there anything you'd like to talk with Mirna about on the way?

As you appraoch the town, she leads you to a small shack on the outskirts of the town. She pushes open the door to the shack. The door falls off the hinges. "The Redbrands broke in when they took us....." She looks around her ransacked home. Mirna's home is small, but cozy. One large main room is filled with old worn furniture and two sleeping sacks. The fire in the fireplace has gone out and a cold draft fills the room. Mirna moves into the bedroom and grabs a large canvass sack. She falls to the ground on her knees and begins to cry. Her children rush to her side and hold her. "We can't leave here. What about my husband? If we leave he won't know where to find us. But if we stay, the Redbrands will come again. I know it." 

Morpetor examines the crypts. You do find a dusty tome in a small alcove in the wall. The tome is filled with the Tresender family history. According to the tome, the family made their money centuries ago while mining in the area. 

Where is Van'Lhorn and Kim resting? 

Yuri is quiet on the walk to Mirna's home. The night is still the thought of Redbrands emerging from some dark corner sits at the forefront of his mind.

After an uneventful journey, Yuri is glad to see the family returned home, although he shares Mirna's concerns. He lets Gramgran take the lead in physically comforting her, that old elven lady is among the most caring he has met. Looking round the shack at the devestation caused by the Redbrands he feels compelled to see them disbanded and disgraced

"If he is in the manor, we will find him and bring him home. If the Redbrands come back here, send for me and my friends, we would be happy to correct them on more than a few matters."

Rifling through his purse, he presses an amount of gold into her hand.

"Get your home repaired, get some food into your bellies. We will take care of the Redbrands."

OOC - Yuri leaves 10gp with Mirna.

Gramgran 

Gramgran tells the family, “You stay here, and we’ll find him.” Taking Mirna to the side, “You just have to have faith dear, believe he’ll come back. You can’t give up until you know for sure. You must put on that brave mother’s face for the children dear.”  

Mirna sobs as she takes the gold from Yuri. "I'll repay you, I promise." She begins looking around at all the damage. Mirna begins to gain her composure after the pep talk from Gramgran. "I know, I know. For the children. I am just still so scared." 

Any other interactions with Mirna? You two headed back to the manor? Making a stop anywhere else? 

((Vah'Lhorn, Morpetor, and Kim will use room 2 to take their rests, since it has beds and is reasonable secluded against most foot traffic, it makes the most sense. If Morpetor is searching the crypt first, Vah'Lhorn will make the most of the chance to recover, and use the first hour of the wait as his rest period - unless we are disturbed in that.))

During their collective rest, should Vah'Lhorn have opportunity to speak with each of his new comrades, he will ask "So, how did you come by this place? I know of your association to Sildar, but what led you up to that point?"

Once he feels fully rested, Vah'Lhorn will stand making to leave the room, "I fear that we need to investigate the cavern with that fissure and fiend in - I know I am sounding somewhat obsessed with it," He chuckles in self-derivation "But we need to see whether that runaway made out of the manor  - in which case, Yuri and Gramgran could be at risk should any of the Redbrands have returned to town. If not, then we need to be cautious here, and knowing what could come from there." Understanding showing, knowing those that have remained both suffered a traumatic moment in that place,"I shall do so alone should you not wish to enter that place again" And I hope that they will be of a like mind to take action against it, should they come with me.

Vah'Lhorn, Morpetor and Kim enter the barracks (area 2) to start their short rest. This rooms appears to be a storeroom pressed into service as living quarters. Two double bunks stand against the wall near the door, while barrels and crates fill the southern half of the chamber. Additionally, three dirty scarlet cloaks hang from the bunks.

Those taking a short rest: what benefits are you using? Hit dice? Arcane recovery?

 ((RECOVER 1 Pact Magic Slot - I'm at full hp, so that's the only benefit for me.))

Seeing the red cloaks hanging on the wall, "It might be worth the three of us donning some appropriate garb whilst we are here." Vah'Lhorn ties a cloak around his shoulders, not liking the act of impersonating a Redbrand, but knowing that it might allow him to get closer before they run. He carries on walking towards the crevasse.

((Vah'Lhorn will head there regardless of any company from Kim or Morpetor, but I'd like to hold off long enough to give them the chance to decide one way or another.))

OOC- I am going to use hit die. If you could roll them for me.

Kim addresses Vah'lhorn. "Before we start following you into areas of distress, I have questions for you. First, why ARE you obsessed with that horrible creature? Next, you have come here into our group and added a commanding presence. Why? Why should we trust those decisions? And most importantly, where did you learn to do act that way?"

Kim has felt that his appearance interfered with her perceived leadership of the team and has been annoyed with it, but not had an opportunity to voice it until now.

“I agree that this monster holds a certain danger while he is still alive.  He has the power to get inside your mind and make it terrifying to move against him.  Any attack we make will need to be swift, we’ll thought out, and with numbers. He cannot restrain all of us.”

ooc - Morpetor will be restoring spell slots.

Kim hit dice - 7 PUTS YOU AT 18/23 HP

OR SPEND 2 TO GO BACK TO FULL  4 23/23

OOC I think Yuri just wants to get back to the manor. Happy to RP with Gramgran on the walk back though.

Seeing nothing but a hole in this house that he can do nothing about, Yuri elects to get back to the manor and search for Mirna's missing husband.

The way there had been uneventful, but Yuri keeps his head on a swivel on the return trip.

Perception 24

"Sildar tasked me to come here because you needed help. My pact led me to come here because there were evils that needed to be broken, and innocence that needed to be protected. It is true that we make situations out to be relevant to our own ends. I see the need for me here. You are all good people from what I have seen, though that Gramgran seems far too kindly for this life. There are times when good people question their actions too often, when they would better serve the greater good by being the blade instead of the scales. You say I have come here and added command to the group, I perceive it as knowing the path I tread and walking down it. Should you walk with me, then you are bound by my direction, until you walk your own path. I do not expect you to trust my decisions Kim, you can make your own path, and your own decisions, and you should trust those. I give a choice. You may choose to walk with me for so long as your goals and mine share a direction." Vah'Lhorn shakes his head, and his tone is unusually weary, "My pact has long steered my path, and I find myself only in control so long as I walk a long it. Thus I may not waiver like you, who has the will to choose... I am going to explore the cavern for the reasons I stated. When it comes to the fiend's pit I hope not to find any hint of Thel there, but if I do, I would be thankful for your aid in what may follow."

For your hours rest in the manor, did you leave the door open or closed? 

Is Van’Lhorn taking off after the rest to go battle the one eyed creature? Anyone going to follow?