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Date: 1-16-2026 Session Number: 8 Campaign Name: Bear Witness! Players:

• Black-Eyed Belmwin, played by Mistuh
• Luther, played by Conspite
• Cordon Withrope, played by MrMann
• Pignose the Barber, played by Oldhawkeyes

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We start the session trying to get back to the fort, moving at walking speed despite the fact that we have horses. Along the way we encounter a group of 9 Dwarves and 12 Humans, who are arguing amongst themselves about tracking down some people. We remain hidden (thankfully we come across the scene from on high atop a hill) and discover that the dwarves and humans are about to come to blows over the tracking endeavor.

The humans give a secret signal to strike down the dwarves and Cordon leaps into action, Sleeping a large chunk of the humans and warning the dwarves of the incoming attack.

The dwarves, numerically superior to the humans, say they're going to report this event to Ezzek (we learned in an earlier session that there's a racial schism among the bandits, Ezzek is one side of this conflict). We give them our names and faces so they know not to ambush us in the future and we head out, encounter safely avoided.

The rest of the return trip to Fort Arrendale is uneventful.

Hadrian's cloaks (cloaks that protect from non-humanoids, -2 AC in fact!) take 4 Furby pelts and cost 1000gp. We had one made for us last time we were in town, so we collect that and have a new cloak! We give him some furs and one of the Furby eyes to examine for magical properties and sell off the extra for 1200gp.

Esmerelda (a high-ranking cleric in the Church) pays us a visit to ask what happened to the clerics. We explain the situation with the massacred clerics and get Esmerelda up to speed. Cordon cautions her against attacking the monks out of retribution and she decides to petition her god for help on what to do.

At this point, we enter into downtime and do stuff of that nature until the end of the session.

Takeaways/Threads to Look Into

• Those damn monks
  • What the flip is up with these guys!
• Esmerelda and the Church
  • She is pretty powerful and seems p committed to stopping the demon outbreak, she's a good ally to have while we're exploring the barrows I reckon.