Chapter Two: Interlude (Lichgate)

The heroes spend the evening in Lichgate after having warned the village council and the local constable of the coming Duergar threat. The locals have set to action and are working on packing up and heading to Saragost. A few of the younger, unmarried males have set out to warn nearby homesteads and minor villages before heading out for Saragost themselves.

In the meantime the heroes spend the early part of the evening talking with as many locals as they can to gather any information they can about what may be going on in the area:

Gather Information Checks

• Tilk: A sadist called Vanson Braddock runs the city watch in Lower Scumsgrove, the nearest town south of here.
• Neil: Apple Merrywind is unmarried and might settle down if the right halfling came along; she would insist that the people of Lichgate have a good replacement for her before she left town.
• Celegorm: the Council of Elders may need a bit more prodding to ensure that the town evacuates entirely. There is word around town that Elder Timmons has started making the rounds trying to encourage any "brave, hearty souls" to stick around and try to fight the Duergar.
• Alev: Farmer Cobbet, a local who lives on the eastern edge of town, has complained about someone/something strangling his sheep lately.
• Rumus: the Council of Elders are the real movers and shakers in town. While there is little need for "government" in Lichgate, what little must be coordinated among the locals goes through the Council of Elders.
• Larien: The Guild of Merchants in Lower Scumsgrove makes a lot of money by importing illegal goods and contraband that would not be allowed in at Saragost. This has made the guild rich enough to buy off the authorities.
• Rygorh: Lower Scumsgrove, the town to the south, has a mayor named Hodgkiss, but the real power in town is the Guild of Merchants.
• Seebo: Apple Merrywind is a good person to know. She has traveled far and wide throughout Chillhame and knows people on the local constabulary or militia in most towns and villages on the island.
• Casey: the name of the town, Lichgate, has absolutely nothing to do with any undead creature(s) of a similar name.

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