Special Tasks Unit

  Caravan Members Merchants and Travelers Aldor Urschorn : male human lawyer from Triboar.  Looking to relocate to Adelstad. Around 40. Bendragon Jaesor : male human noble, 40s. Proprietor of Jason’s Fineware in the Blacklake District of Neverwinter.  Employs Larion and 2 other guards. Dai Angesstun : male human horse baron from Longsaddle, 56, relocating his family and stock of horses (20 riding horses). Employs Audhild Elderkin.   Shayla Angesstun, Dai’s wife, 34 Dathra Angesstun, Dai’s daughter, 14,   Dannar Murnig : male rock gnome commoner, 180, proprietor of Dannar’s Mechanical Marvels in the Blacklake District of Neverwinter.  Heading to Adelstad with a sample of his goods, and to purchase more there.  Employs Oliver Esseren, Grunk, and Tevana  Elhedri Lewel : female high elf from the High Forest, selling exquisite wooden carvings. Employs Sulesdeg the Pole, Aukan, Flippy, and Micah Lucinda “the Silent” : human merchant, 42, shipp...

On the Road During the first few days and nights of the southward journey from Triboar to Adelstad, the STU spent much of their time getting to know the other members of the caravan and to try to gain more insights on which wagons belong to the dragon cultists.  Notable encounters included: Flippy's middle-of-the-night meeting with Larion, a half-elf guard in the employ of Bendragon Jaesor; Several instances of Lord Dai Angesstun either abusing or improperly caring for his horses, much to the consternation of teamster Eloneth Tobun Losvius Longnose, the caravan's halfling teamster, seemingly asking about everything the STU owns Lord Angesstun verbally abusing his wife, Shayla Shayla complaining of some kind of object of value going missing, with Dai dismissing her concerns Dai's daughter - Dathra - taking an intense interest in a signet ring Tsara wears, followed by Lord Angesstun offering to buy it from Tsara The party noted that the two cultists Tevana remembered seeing i...

The Special Tasks Unit spent the next four days in Triboar, dividing their time between searching for evidence of the cultists and participating in some of the events the festival had to offer.  Ex-Guardian Onthar Frum, while maintaining his front of a vainglorious blowhard, proved - after the STU displayed some prowess in the festival activities and located some of the cultists - to have a more serious side to him, pushing the group to locate and track the cultists to wherever they were taking their stolen hoard. Among the highlights of the festival were:  observations of the nightly antics of Tolmara Hysstryn, the innkeeper of the ramshackle boarding house, The Six Windows, where the group quartered during the festival; Grunk making it through several rounds of the fighting tournament before falling in what seemed an even match with Sulesdeg "The Pole" Vallankalli, a Goliath Gladiator; Tevana having a streak of bad luck in the archery competition; Tsara holding here own in ...