A Winter in Neverwinter, Part 1

The Special Tasks Unit exited the Wave Echo Cave to find that winter had arrived in the northwest, with several inches of snow on the ground.  Carrying Gundren's dead brothers Tharded and Nundro, you made a brief stop in Phandalin to procure a horse and wagon (Gundren paid), and Gundren arranged with Daran Edermath, the ex-Guardian, to take a few good men to Wave Echo Cave to guard it until Gundren could arrange for a security contingent.  You then proceeded to Neverwinter, to the Rockseeker compound.  Gundren expressed an intention to go to the Cathedral to see about the resurrection of his brothers (though this has not yet happened).  Melori took ill and was indisposed during the journey north, and was taken to her room in the Rockseeker Compound to recover. 

News of the World: Reading the Neverwinter News, you discovered that Reidoth - the druid you had encountered in Thundertree - had been arrested and was scheduled to be publicly executed in five days.  You also read that the woman Aukan and Micah had helped to deal with her stalker had been arrested for the murder of that stalker.  Aukan and Micah received a summons to testify in court during the trial.  And Flippy got a letter from Elodia.  You met Mikkel Langfriede, Chief of Security for Rockseeker Enterprises.

Witness for the Defense? Aukan and Micah visited Chief Public Defender Tantiana Moorloch to discuss her summons for them to testify, and after a discussion agreed to appear at the trial and attest that the woman - Konstanze Stelzenmuller - has been threatened by the man who was killed.

Pognot Goes Shopping: Flippy visited two shops in the Protector's Enclave to see about selling the magical chain shirt the group had acquired in the Avrigard Mansion.  At the first, he ended up possibly commissioning the creation of a pair of specially-enchanted gauntlets to help him with his "intricate watch repairs."  At the other shop, he dropped off the chain shirt to be appraised for a possible sale.  Flippy also got an initial lead on an antiquities dealer -- Johnson McPhee -- who might be able to help Flippy find a way to sell the Avrigard paintings you "acquired" during your time in the mansion.  Flippy expressed an intention to also seek a buyer for the valuable spirits "procured" in the Avrigard home.

Planning a Prison Break: Meanwhile, Aledwyn had been visited by a little bird, which carried a message from someone she knows.  Following this, she discussed with the rest of the group the need to rescue the druid Reidoth before his execution.  Micah disclosed that the complex of the Divine Cathedral of Mystra contained a prison used for religious prisoners, which was probably where they would keep a druid.  Micah remembered that the prison housed an infamous inmate - Rebekah - a former Sister at the Cathedral Hospital who had euthanized patients and animated their corpses to perform menial labor. 

While Aukan cooled his heels at the compound, Flippy, Aledwn, and Micah scouted out the Cathedral complex.  Aledwyn learned at the hospital that sick prisoners are treated at the prison, not brought to the hospital.  All three learned, however, that the prison contained a couple of other prisoners, and that the prisoners can receive visitors.  Micah, making strategic and persuasive use of funnel cake, finagled her way into the prison as a visitor, where she spent some time talking with the youngest and newest inmate, Etheline, a young acolyte who had been caught stealing from the offering plate, and scouting out the prison security.  She learned that the druid was being kept in "the special cell".  Rebekah, on the other hand, was in a cell across from Etheline's and was apparently kept in a straight jacket.

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