For Whom the Bell Tolls

Maurice asked the group to deliver this skull to a young boy named Tobias in Weatherby.

Furus delivered the skull to a very excited boy who lives with his grandma and who wants to be a wizard one day.

Hightown appears abandoned, but Nell Bund tells the group a strange story. There was a party at the manor and afterwards attendees didn't seem right. People were taken from the streets, including her twin sister Alora.

She says they carry lanterns that emit darkness and are attracted to noise. They seem to patrol the area. While the group hasn't met one yet, their exploration of the city was not without peril.

The group promised to return to help Leonora free Hightown.

This symbol has shown up several times now. Belladona saw it under the mountain, the goup found it on a deck of cards in the corrupt Shinze temple, and again in Thornyside, in the Hightown Church and Tanglewood Manor.

When dropping Nell Bund off at Lowtown, there were groups of people cloaked in pure black robes moving through the crowd. Midna suggested finding some black robes and trying to infiltrate the group. When they finally meet, the group is even sketchier in person. They claim to be followers of Liguaquide, that they are helping the town, and blessing the water. When the group attempts to heal the rown, they flee, but not before issue=ing a strange warning: The Devourer will have us all.

While traveling to Thornyside, they met Merchant Maurice whose wagon was attacked by a strange shadow and cloaked creatures.

After helping him get on his way, a shadow bloted out of the forest, attacked Venus and Carindrina, then retreated into the forest after seeing the rest of the party. They attempted to follow, butlost the shadow as it headed toward Hightown.

Alora gave the group critical information to help them breach Tanglewood Manor, and trhey managed to free her sister Nell as well as several other captives, though not all were so lucky.