Chapter Three: Saragost (Interlude I)

Quick timeline recap:

• March 16, afternoon: arrive at Saragost; ambushed by Captain Severin; meet Council; receive reward.
• March 16, evening: get rooms at Inn of the Flaming Beard; attend the mermaid show at the Grand Baronial Hotel.
• March 17, morning: attend Council meeting; receive civic honor: Freeman of Saragost; learn of Captain Severin's trial/punishment; Lady Arigaine reiterates Council request for heroes to warn lost villages.
• March 17, late morning through late afternoon: spend the day "shopping" for gear and magical equipment; Rumus studies at the library in the Sanctuary of the Seven Archways; Casey and Rygorh spend some time at the Grove of Hernun.
• March 17, evening: rest at the Inn of the Flaming Beard.
• March 18, morning: Rumus receives a bottle of fine Elven wine with a black address label on it.

While resting overnight between March 17 and March 18 those of you who are sleeping (or meditating) around midnight have some very disturbing dreams. You see a vision of the night sky. Suddenly the stars are cloaked in darkness. The shadowy form of a massive spider appears to consume the night sky. As the massive shadow moves closer towards you the scene suddenly changes . . . You see a great, shining light drawing you in. You feel the pleasant comfort of being a child again. It reminds you strongly of your time at the Tump . . . the light vanishes and you are plunged into darkness. Where the light was a deeper, inky blackness now radiates towards you. You know that if that deeper darkness touches you then you will die. You wake with a start in a cold sweat. You are nauseated for a few moments and then you feel a deep sense of loss.

Anyone that was awake (on guard?) at midnight did not have a dream or vision, but you did feel the nausea and deep sense of loss.

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