Special Tasks Unit

Keeping Busy Over Winter      The STU spent the cold winter months learning new skills and engaging in various activities. Aledwyn spent time in the forest researching and developing a new spell of her own creation, Aledwyn's Blinding Fungi.  Seething with bitterness and anger over the execution of Reidoth and the increased persecution of druids, she also spent much time staking out and observing High Cleric Adelaide, discovering her residence and her routines. Aukan learned Gnomish and Elvish, and sowed rumors throughout Neverwinter that damaged the reputation of Malgitor, possible making it more difficult to find contracts. Melori became proficient in the art of deception, and - borrowing Micah's gauntlets of ogre strength - participated in several rounds of pit fighting (with mixed results). Micah learned Gnomish [and and additional skill TBD] and spent some time carousing, where she made some new allies: Craven, the one-armed goblin bartender of the Beggar's ...

As the northern autumn begged for mercy … and eventually fell … before winter’s implacable advance, news of Aukan’s and Micah’s heroism in the courtroom spread quickly through the city of Neverwinter, lifting the pall that had descended on the city in the wake of the attempted disruption of the execution of the Druid Reidoth, which had shaken the city’s confidence in its security and awakened long-dormant memories of the Druid Rebellions centuries past. Aukan, Micah, and Melori were feted by the upper crust of Neverwinter and presented by Lady Governess Dagult Neverember herself with the Order of Hotenow’s Wrath, a golden medal emblazoned with a sigil depicting an erupting Mt. Hotenow, the city’s highest mark of valor.   The mage Iarno, who had terrorized Phandalin as “Glasstaff” was released from prison after a mistrial was declared due to a lack of evidence, which had been stolen and never recovered when the Court Archivist was murdered several months prior.  Her curren...

Confrontation at the Inn In the wake of the botched rescue attempt, Flippy made it first to the Croaking Timber Inn, where a visibly upset Malgitor was castigating the manager of the locale for not clearing the room quickly enough.  Malgitor then attempted to dress down Flippy for the failure at Lurkwood Square, arguing that the STU had not continued their efforts long enough and had stopped just when everything was starting to work.  The wagon guards had not gotten far enough away from the wagon, he argued, for him to slip in unnoticed and free the druid. Flippy argued as good as he got, and was soon joined by Melori.  Malgitor let them know that he had been intrigued by the STU because larger things were brewing in Fronland, with the bandit attacks and dragon sightings, and he thought the STU was among the few capable of an adequate response.  He did not believe the Regency's claims that druids were behind it.  However, his faith in the group's capabilities ha...

On the 20th of Tenmonth, the STU got an early start and scouted out Lurkwood Square, where they had planned to stage their attempt to free the Druid Reidoth along the "parade route" between the Cathedral complex and the River Market, where the public execution was set to take place. Finalizing their plans and spreading themselves in tactical locations around the square, the STU waited for the arrival of the "parade" before springing into action to create a distraction significant enough for Malgitor to break the druid out of his cage.   While Melori failed at her attempt to set fire to the Temple of Tyr and got into a tussle with a suspicious monk of the temple, others had more success.  Aledwyn created a lightning storm above the square, with lightning striking down a few participants, causing the beginnings of a panic.  The panic was increased with Aukan running through the square screaming "Druid attack!" Micah added to the panic by making use of beasts...