VITCTORY

THE GROUP GETS MARCUS RESURRECTED. THEY INFILTRATE THE ROYAL CASTLE AND TAKE THE HEAD OF THE KING. THEY RETURN BACK TO FORTHINGTON. THE KING REWARDS THE GROUP WITH A MILLION GOLD. THEY ARE ALSO DESTINED TO RECEIVE LAND FROM THE KING. HE IS QUITE PLEASED WITH GROUP. THEY SINGLE HANDEDLY PREVENTED A WAR AND TOOK OUT ALMOST ALL OF THE HIERARCHY OF A KINGDOM. WELL DONE GUYS & GALS.

THE CLERIC FALLS

The group escapes safely as the Norworth dies around them. They observe all of the Peasants and merchants leaving either for the river or inland. But they notice that the Duke nor his men are with the fleeing citizens.
The adventurers find that they are all holed up within the cavaerns of the Dukes castle. They barge in and kill them. Marcus falls in the battle dead.

The Night of the Rat

The group regroups after bedroom scen. As they discuss their next plans the warning bell sounds and people run for their homes. They grab riding horses and flee the city. As they escape and band of the dukes guards is hot on the trail. The group attacks them with spells from afar. They escape the town of Hillshire unscathed.
They head north following along a pretty decent sized stream. Several days into their journey, the stream turns to muck and the putrid smell of decay surrounds them. They notice that all of their food, water, & potions are spoiled. Then this huge rat with no eyes attacks. As the battle ensues with this hideous hungry rat, Nyrissa hits the thing with a fireball. Though the creatures takes damage, it howls a moan of ecstasy as it pops out baby rats everywhere (gremlins style). The group eventually kills the rat and most of the babies. the rest Graz'nuk takes as pets. It is determined that these magic beasts poison food & drink just by their presence.
The group arrives a few days later in Notworth. The city is Gorgeous and plush with a good economy due to its location on the trade route. The adventurers rent a place to stay while Marcus visits with his local church. They hatch a plan to poison all of the food and water to the town. They buy a powerful aging potion. Graz'nuk calculates how much of a dose is needed to age the baby rat to adult. Narissa prepares boxes that when broken a fire spell goes off. They set the rat traps all over town. As they are leaving, one by one the traps set off and the streets are filled with rats. The infestation is so large that it is safe to say no one will ever eat or drink here again.

Ding dong the Duke is dead

After Rollin's death, they decide to store his body in a bag of holding until they can figure out what to do with him. They leave the confines of the Knights estate after deciding how best to get at the Duke of Hillshire. The group flies up to his chambers and makes quick work of it. He never even had a chance to react. Now North to Notworth.

The knights of Longincane

After a few days travel North, the group is met by a Knight of Longincane and his men. He introduces himself as Sir Douglas Hathaway, knight of the Realm and Paladin of Noram. He questions the group about the letter he received stating the Gilded keep has been destroyed by Ion and the need to travel to the south east border. They are able to pass the test of lying to the Paladin of Noram. He wishes them safe travels and invites them to stay at his keep as his honored guests. He gives them a seal and key to the guest house.
The group arrives at Hathaway keep and gains entrance to the estate. They gather all of the servants and pay them 100 gold a piece for them to keep silent and a blind eye to their affairs. But even with all of their planning, two Knights arrive and quickly see through the ruse. The group quickly kills them. After great discussion of how to proceed, it is decided to come clean to the authorities ( a little). They send word for the law and it arrives a half hour later in the form of a knight and 20 men.
The parlay and ruse are unsuccessful and a massive battle ensues. Rollin Alwishus Picklweel is cut down dead by the Knight. But not before entangling half of his men with hoards of rats preventing their attack for some time. Eventually, the group prevails and slays the last one. The group contemplates how they can best get to the Duke of Hillshire...