Woolhope (Episode)

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Overview
The adventurers wake up at dawn and notice large plumes of smoke seeming to be coming from Avis. They decide to head for Woolhope, a small town to the north-east of Avis. On the way to Woolhope, the adventurers see a small path leading toward the Sea to their north.

The adventurers decide to explore the path, and find an old cave system that looked like it was used by smugglers. The adventurers loot the cave and find a few useful items and some gold to take with them.

The adventurers arrive at Woolhope around nighttime. The decide to go to the tavern, Sheep's Foot, where they meet the barkeeper, Eryn Deepwater. Timmy immediately starts flirting with Eryn and the group interacts with a small group of mercenaries who are bragging about their recent escapades killing guards and soldiers. Timmy finds out that they recently killed the guards of Woolhope, one of which was Eryn's husband.

The group attempts to kidnap the seeming leader of the mercenaries, Tusk, who leaves the bar alone. Tusk, an extremely confident half-orc scares the party off. The group decides to look for Tusk's other mercenaries instead and find them in the inn, Counting Sheep run by James and Liza Gerard. The group kills many of the mercenaries and leaves one alive to interrogate him.

The last remaining mercenary tells the group that Tusk is devil-spawn and is an absolute savage. The mercenary tells them that Tusk hired him, and he was unsure who had given Tusk money to ravage the smaller towns and outposts in the Kingdom of Ishira. The adventurers find out when the mercenaries were supposed to meet the next morning, and decide to ambush Tusk.

The group ambushes Tusk and manage to kill him. Timmy takes Tusk's Blade of Fire as his own.

Events

 * The adventurers travel north-east to Woolhope.
 * They find a small, empty smugglers cave and loot it.
 * Upon arrival at Woolhope, the adventurers find out the town's guards were killed by Tusk and his Mercenaries.
 * The group kills Tusk's mercenaries first, interrogates one of them, then kills Tusk.
 * Timmy acquires Tusk's Blade of Fire.

New Characters Introduced

 * Eryn Deepwater (NPC)
 * Tusk (NPC)
 * James Gerard (NPC)
 * Liza Gerard (NPC)

Memorable Quotes

 * "Roll perception."
 * "3!"
 * "You do not see the Half-Orc charging directly at you."

Trivia

 * The group finds their first uncommon loot item, Blade of Fire.
 * Timmy will flirt with any pretty female seemingly with no preference of race.