Chapter 4 - Lightning strikes - Wed 28th Aug 2002
"The Watchers wait on Toman's Head.
- The seed of the Hammer burns the ancient tree.
- Death shall sow, and summer burn, before the Great Lord comes.
- Death shall reap, and bodies fail, before the Great Lord comes.
- Again the seed slays ancient wrong, before the Great Lord comes.
- Now the Great Lord comes.
- Now the Great Lord comes.
- Blood feeds blood.
- Blood calls blood.
- Blood is, and blood was, and blood shall ever be.
- Now the Great Lord comes."
Organising leaving [Adar-6]
- The members of the group go and buy what they think of as essentals from the town:
- TyrgrimTorenan buys some new clothes
- UzulfTzun buys a mule to carry his stuff, him being to large to ride a horse
- the rest?
- TygrimTorenan? sees one of the Thief Takers and returns his horse, this supprise the Thief Takers
- JeninTheArmsman is followed around town, he spots the Thief Takers. This upsets him so he describes them and informs anyone that will listen that they are horse thieves (that was the germ of a nice setup if TyrgrimTorenan would have allowed it)..
The Thief Takers
- The group are about to set of with this caravan when the Captain of the Theif Takers comes into the barn at the Inn. They are prepared to let us go if we say where the renegade fireworks master has gone, this is a bit hard because most of us don't know, or have to much honour to talk to them. He say that he will tell the town watch that we stole the merchant's caravan and murdered him if we don't.
- TyrgrimTorenan persuades the captain that he know nothing and then states that we should just leave. As UzulfTzun does not know what happened, but knows that JacAlNorey does, he want to know what JacAlNorey knows first, so suggest that the group discuss the offer first. TyrgrimTorenan is upset by this suggestion and say he will have nothing to do with this. The rest of the group except TyrgrimTorenan and UzulfTzun have a discussion in the caravan.
- OlivaAnStein attempts to double bluff the captain into believing the captain that he might attempt to meet us out of town' he possibly buys it.
- JacAlNOrey? as the only one that knows where Elbreth went panics, or strategically retreats from the Inn via the roof. Unfortunately, there is a thieftaker on the roof. JacAlNorey, JeninTheArmsman and the thief-taker get into an altercation, Jac ends up injured and falls of a roof, the thief-taker is killed by JeninTheArmsman. But this is not before there is a lot of shouting about murder.
- TyrgrimTorenan, Oliva and Uzulf leave town as honist mercants after giving a statement.
An Angry Discussion
The Quiet Road [Adar-6 to Adar-15]
- The group travel with the caraven across an area full of small farms, manor houses and quaint villages. TyrgrimTorenan leaves money for the thief-takers, in attempt to regain there trust. OlivaAnStein attempts to collect information.
At a Cross Road [Adar-15]
- The group arrive at a large town on a cross road called Four Kings. The group take rooms in the most expensive Inn in town. The group splits up and attempt to find out if the Aes Sedai agents are around. OlivaAnStein latches onto a rich merchant. UzulfTzun pretends to be a merchant and talks to the other merchants. TyrgrimTorenan goes looking around the town in the Inns for the young men described by the Aes Sedai. He find them in the 'dark inn' being gleemen. He comes back for JacAlNorey and JeninTheArmsman, they stake the place out until the Inn closes. It seems that 'a rich merchant' is in the drive looking at the agents.
- the group are requested to leave by the efficient bouncers. The merchant stays.
Lighting Strikes
- TyrgrimTorenan finds several people quitely attempting to get into the dark inn around the back.
- JacAlNorey arrives back at the posh Inn, UzulfTzun interrogates him and finds the fact the he was drinking odd. He heads off to find his friend, he find JeninTheArmsman by the dark inn. OlivaAnStein joins them, they decide that something is very wrong and OlivaAnStein is sent to see if she can get back in the Inn. JacAlNorey rejoins them.
- OlivaAnStein bluffs the guards that she is the Rich merchant's paramour. She is left in. She has been in some second when she hears the Merchant shouting stuff about the dark. She screams. The boys charge the guards, Jac chops ones head off and UzulfTzun kicks in the door, and knocks over the guard that was just opening it.
- There is a lightning bolt, the back of the Inn is destroyed, it arcs though the Inn and kills the Rich Merchant. The men outside the back are vaporised and TyrgrimTorenan is blinded.
- UzulfTzun charges towards another guy on the stairs, this is an assassin. There is a fierce fight, with JeninTheArmsman and the Assassin using expert swordmanship, and UzulfTzun a gigantic morningstar. The morningstar eventual kills him with two massive blows.
- The two 'agents' make a run for it.
- The place is searched, it seams that almost everyone in the place was expertly killed. JeninTheArmsman rips off the Rich Merchant burnt body.