1)
What’s
downstairs?
a) He
has only been here a few days. He fell down the trapped rubble and he has not
been able to do anything else since
b) From
forays by his fellow bandits, there are a few rooms below that have been looted
and a pile of burnt zombie bodies. One door is jammed from the other side and
two other doors are blocked by piles of debris that no-one can be bothered to
move yet
c) From
furtive questioning - he is not aware of the secret door in the chamber in
which he lies (neither were any of his compatriots from what you can make out)
– so, he is only aware of one way down to the dungeon level
2)
Where
are his bandit mates based?
a) Everyone
came up from Castleford; hired on by some members of the Iron Ring. No names
were given but ours were taken, then everyone was transported up or down river
by one of the two river pirate ships that operate in these waters to Nulb or
other destinations unknown
b) His
base of operations is here and they were to await instructions on when to
strike
3)
Who
is running the outfit?
a) No
names were given. My direct report was the leader of this outfit. He has his
own chain of command, but he did overhear a few names during his short wait for
the ship and subsequent delivery into the hands of the next contact in Nulb
b) His
leader was part of another group of bandits not affiliated with the Temple that
harried the caravans before he was enticed by the glory that would come with
joining the effort for the release of the great Zuggtmoy
c) The
contacts within the pirate group are: Tolub and Grud Squinteye (deliver
recruits to Skole, who in turn passes them onto the Temple representative
Rentsch)
d) The
contacts in Nulb are: Skole (Boatmen’s Tavern) and Rentsch (Waterside Hostel) –
the pirates and Temple people do not see eye-to-eye but tolerate each other due
to mutual requirements
4)
What
are the passwords, signals, call-signs that go along with the amulets?
a) He
does not know – he has been told he only needs the amulet to be recognised by
fellow bandits doing the same job as him, but there is a further cadre that
requires a certain type of cloak for recognition. This cadre is of a higher
rank than him and more fully ingrained within the Temple hierarchy – the
wearers of the cloaks are trusted more as they have proven themselves worthy
(either by deeds or time served) to wear the cloak by reason of services
rendered or by certain magiks if of a higher level still
5)
Why
the grey ooze? Does he want to become a zombie?
a) The
grey ooze is part of the great plan by the demoness to convert those not
willing to be followers voluntarily to become her minions none-the-less
b) Those
of us who have signed the pact are willing to give our afterlives in the
service of one so great
6)
What
traps/monsters are in the keep?
a) Due
to being injured he does not know anything other than what the others have told
him – there are giant ticks breeding in the southern room of the east wing and
a pack of giant rats have taken over the kitchen. A week or two back a band of
adventurers wiped out the entire upper level, but strangely some of the corpses
came back to life only to be butchered again
b) They
all keep hearing strange noises but nothing new seems to have appeared in the
last few days. They have left the ticks alone as they lost a member of their
band to them. It seems the previous group of bandits also lost a member of
their party in the same room to a giant snake. From what he has heard there are
loads of corpses of strange creatures in there, piled up by unknown hands
7)
Does
he have a map or local knowledge of the area? Where is his base of operations?
a) He
doesn’t have a map but can give directions to Nulb, where he disembarked. It
was a long walk south to get to the moat house but he has an idea how to pass
through some of the fens without getting trapped in the bogs
b) He
was a bandit from the Dyvers area, by the great Silver Lake. Pickings were good
but the prospect of serving Zuggtmoy was too great an opportunity to pass up.
He joined the followers of the Temple with a few of his old band, but they were
all sent off in different directions to aid the cause better
c) The
main area of operations nearby is based in Castleford – the main recruiting and
delivery of fighters for the cause and supplies happens from there. There are
more bandits in Nulb who go out raiding, and the Temple has followers in villages
all around to spread the word, recruit new members, or generally keep an eye on
the movements of the Thuringian elite in readiness for the return of the
demoness
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