Yesterday was interesting. I finally reached Lodenburg two days ago and went into the Pink Dragon tavern and I'd barely been there for an hour before bandits came in and raided the place. At least, I thought they were bandits. I tried my best to defend against them, but some of the tavern patrons died. There were 4 other people who were also fighting with me. One was apparently a member of the local police force (or what's left of it), and asked if we could help. The other people(?) were a plant/human contraption named Ainfean, a gnome named Luella, who is apparently an alchemist, and a half-elf named Kaelyn who appears to be a rogue. I'm honestly a little concerned about all of them. The police woman Oahi seems honorable enough, so I gave the reward the innkeeper gave us (for at least trying to defend his tavern) to her to help fund the police force. They apparently are running really low on supplies.
But as for the other people...They all jumped to defend the tavern, which says good things about their character, but I'm more than somewhat concerned. Kaelyn, the rogue, seemed to be mostly using her talents for good, and we did find a use for them in the dungeon -- er, sewer -- we went into. The alchemist really makes me uncomfortable. She seems very concerned about wealth and, well, she's an alchemist. She honestly shows more rogue-like tendencies than Kaelyn does. Her general demeanor of wanting to know what she can gain from any given situation...she reminds me of the merchant. And she keeps talking about the "research" she's doing about the alchemical arts and...It just makes me uneasy. I don't understand why she'd try to tap into that sort of power, and, more importantly, why she's so overt about it. She just screams it as if she's not at all ashamed of it. Like she thinks it's respectable. Doesn't she understand how...unnatural it is? I understand that she wants the power but I just...being power-hungry is not a trait I'd scream to the world. It makes me wonder what else she's hiding if that's what she finds appropriate to display.
Kaelyn seems nice. We roomed together at the guild hall and, despite being a rogue, she hasn't shown any overt signs of greed and she seems to have a good sense of humor. Ainfean is...a plant. A living, humanoid plant. She says she's studying the humans but she doesn't seem to like them much. She's very harsh and...I dunno. She seems very disconnected from society, which I guess is logical for a plant. She seems to be a decent fighter...I'm not sure what else she is. I guess I can't argue with having more brawn in the party. I recognize Kaelyn's talent in battle. Being able to strike the enemy's weakness has helped quite a bit.
The police force asked us to rescue a mother and her son. We progressed through the sewers rather quickly, though I'm still sore from breaking down those doors. I actually beat an iron door until it gave way. When we got to the room with the bandits, the mother screamed out for her son to run and she was immediately stabbed. It was a really difficult fight, and it took just about all of my spells for the day. When we finally rescued him (he seemed to call upon both divine and arcane magic and it was very uncomfortable to see those two in the same being). I didn't notice it at the time, but he was a seafolk too. I tried to talk to him afterward, asking him if I could do anything to help his pain. I tried to tell him how I understood loss and wanted to help but he just acted catatonic. I'm honestly...I'm honestly a little bit upset that he wouldn't even care what I'm showing him a kindness. Doesn't he usually get treated less than that? Does he appreciate at all that I'm trying to treat him like an equal?
The next day, I offered to retrieve his mother's body as we ventured back to clear out the dungeon, so we did that and brought it back to him to do...whatever seafolk do with their dead?
That was the day where most of the odd things happened. We found a bugbear in an oddly tiled room in the sewers along with a room with a huge mural of some gods I didn't recognize. In the last room, we found a swarm of poisonous centipedes, and I was worried because I couldn't figure out any way for me to be able to hit them. Ainfean promptly ran up to the centipedes and starting eating them, screaming something about poison immunity. It was honestly one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen. I honestly don't even remember the rest of that day, but I woke up back in the guild hall. I woke up and most definitely thought it was a dream. I guess it wasn't. Today, we should probably see if there's anything else we can help with. I hope so.
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