Wahesh, Cando and Stabem stayed at the Witch’s End Tavern
for an hour chatting with Alcie Kruptin and her patrons. During that time, they
heard a lot of the following sentiment, if not verbatim responses, when asking
about the Sarinis, “Those evil Sarinis were hanged—they were hanged high! Ever
think where the ‘gallow’ in Saringallow comes from?”
They also heard from one of the patrons, “Goblins have taken
over the abandoned Sarini Estate! The town watch ought to do something about
it!”
The party moved on to the Temple of Erastil to check on
Gellion. The boy seemed to be on the mend and his spirits were raised upon
hearing of Nixa’s rescue and safe return to town. Wahesh stayed to talk with
Father Ildris and Nolaria while Cando went across town to visit Petrello’s
Haberdashery and Stabem went to Dependable Drummady’s.
Wahesh spent 2 hours catching up with the pair and other
folks at the temple. Father Ildris repeats the nursery rhyme that many of the
locals related at the tavern. Nolaria offers, if no one else has offered, to show
the party the way to the Sarini Estate but she fears that there may be fiendish
creatures there. She can describe the complex’s rough layout, including the
main house, the stable, the mausoleum, the gazebo, and the general courtyard
area but she has never actually gone within the estate’s walls. [A map will be
provided later.]
Cando’s visit to the haberdashery took a total of 3 hours. Petrello
Pindlion, his daughter Betrona and his customers proved willing to talk and had
strong opinions on the subject. Many subscribed to the goblin infestation
theory first heard at the tavern but the half-orc did pick up a few new
nuggets; “The Sarini Estate is haunted! Hungry ghouls and ghosts lurk in the
shadows!”, “The Sarinis worshiped demons and devils, and they held unspeakable
revels at their estate back in the day!” and “The Sarinis kidnapped children
and drank their blood.”
Stabem’s visit at Dependable Drummady’s lasted 3 hours. The
halfling chatted up Drummady Laterna, her son Pavolus and various customers
over that time. The Drummady related the belief that the estate was haunted
while her boy provided his understanding that “Some folks say they’ve seen
little blue people near the estate!”. One of the customer provided an
observation, “They say there’s a funny smell coming from the estate, and it’s
the smell of rotting corpses.”
When done at the temple, Wahesh headed back across town to Pricknettle’s
Potions and Poultices. He spent another 3 hours talking with Majara Pricknettle
and perusing her wares. He also spoke with other customers as they came and
went. He only learned more about how the estate was purported to be haunted and
how the Sarinis were justifiably hung.
When done at the hatter’s, Cando headed over to Gunty’s
Hearty Breads. He found Gunty Keronna and Noemi hard at work baking and selling
their goods. Talking with the merchant, his apprentice and various customers
over a couple of hours did not yield any new information.
When done at the cobbler’s, Stabem checked out Saringallow’s
Sundries. The halfling spent 2 hours talking with staff and various customers
but he did not come away with anything new or interesting.
After a full day of interviewing people, Wahesh, Cando and
Stabem met back at the tavern to compare notes, have a drink and a bite to eat.
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