The Sound of War

With the dragon slain, we headed back to town, and it seemed that all was well. Apparently, the dragon and the Nothrogs had chased out many of the predators from the mountains. We stayed in town for a few more days while Obegard scribed the spells that Jarba promised him. I took the time to cast a spell to bring Jerold back to his normal senses.

The trip to Condor's pass was uneventful. We entered the keep and was finally able to sell the weapons and armor we had collected from fallen foes. I was also finally able to be fitted for a suit of full plate that I had been pining for. The others took a few days to buy good and supplies for the last leg of our journey. During this time, we received ill news: that a large Devoranian army was headed this way, blocking our way to the Dwarven town completely. The Devoranian claimed that their towns in the borderlands had been attacked, and everyone slaughtered. The commander of the keep told us that there had been many attacks on towns on both sides of the border as of late.

We tried everything: we first teleported to the town to see if the killers had left any clues. They had not. I even questioned one of corpses left in the town. He hadn't seen anything before he died. We then headed back and I prayed to my deity for guidance. I was answered with the cryptic phrase, "seek the eye." We tried to look for anything that talked about an "eye" in the library and around town. No one had a clue, and Albrecht did not answer my summons for more information regarding this "eye". We finally questioned the captured Nothrog commander from the dragon caverns. He didn't reveal much except that the Nothrog too, had been attacked by assailants as they were passing through the area.

As a side note, I've found out that for all of Ili's loud preaching and boasting, she knows almost nothing about Albrecht. I have no idea what solecisms Ili had been blurting out to the cook. The fact that my church had been so lax in instilling the basic tenets of the faith astounds me. Surely the end times are upon us!