
Out of Character: : It's still the same place. And, my posting will be spotty till after the weekend. My computer died so I'll be working on that and recovering my adventure notes.
The keep hasn't changed much. There are the usual merchants arriving and leaving with the rest of the inhabitants going about their daily business as usual.
The only difference today is that when you happen to see the barrel maker, he gives you a hopeful look but his face quickly falls and he looks away when he realizes that his daughter is not with you.
Observing the looks between the barrel maker and the party Hunter also asks, "Who is that man that looks at you with some level of hope?"
He would not at first answer as his lips pursed together, before Jonathon says, "We promised to find and return his daughter, who was kidnapped."
Making sure no one else was but the party was looking, the storyteller was step near the barrel maker before say to him with a hand on his shoulder, "We will bring her back, we have only returned for a moment. Do not lose hope!"
Jonathon would then say more loudly, stepping away, "Good day, and stay safe!" He would return to where the party was.
Hunter's eyes open wide while hearing Jonathon. He looks at the father and now understands his grief. Hunter looks back at Jonathon, "You have any leads? You know the story surrounding her kidnapping? We should be on this right away!"
Once Ardo gets back to town he goes to strike a deal with the church to bury Thane for him so he can get back to the caverns to look for the missing girl. Once that is taken care of if no one has explained to Hunter the situation of the barrel makers daughter he goes over in detail of what he knows of the possible kidnapping and the hope of finding her alive. With no solid leads on where she might be they decided to start exploring the caves area to look for her. He will also show Hunter the map of the valley and go over in detail which caves have been explored and what was found within them. “And with that Hunter, I would ideally like to explore the cave closest to where we found the bandits but I am not sure if we want to tangle with those halflings again so soon so we will have to be very stealthy to get by them”
Out of character: Can you update the outside map to show which one was where the bandits cave was we just finished off. Also is there a cost to go up a level and is there training needed?
Ardo will also give Jess 5gp from his stock since she was helpful but no treasure was found to split and enquiring if she would still like to come along again on the next expedition hopefully leaving after dropping Thane off to be buried.
Hunter looks over the map that Ardo shows him and shakes his head in agreement. "So is the plan to take care of Thane's burial and then get moving or do we have other business here?"