MOOR'S END - 2

Treasure is divided from delve into caves west of Moor's End - Certain interest is taken in Clara & her dying dog, Joey & the stunted turnips he is fed - Tales are told to the party about a giant carrot that devoured a farmhand while men were trying to dig it up - Kruger the Blacksmith is met & then later challenged by Devedos to a duel - Renfro & Gileegan try to pick up the pieces...

PARTY CAST:
Gileegan, hobbit thief - MN
Devedos, monk - RM
Renfro the Regarded, magic-user - JT
Mattie the Mournful, cleric of the White Widow - NPC
Link, neanderthal - NPC

ENCOUNTERED NON-PARTY NPCs:
Iggy - barkeep @ the Forgotten Worm
Clara - young girl w/ dying dog named Joey
Mystery - Clara's mother
Cleatus Jeffers - veterinarian
Oogy - owner of curiosity shop
Gil Kruger - blacksmith/armorer

Having returned from caves late @ night the party divides the booty. Renfro gets the silver dagger & Gileegan the silver arrows. All retire for night, Mattie returns to Church of the White Widow.

Next morn, Devedos is watchful out front of Inn, watching the folk of Moor's End begin their day. He takes interest in a young girl carrying a dog up to the building next door. Clara tells of her sick dog, Joey, & soon Devedos is chatting w/ the veterenarian, Dr. Jeffers, about what he uses (herbs) to heal Joey & how often he comes in (once a month - takes a week for him to get better, etc) & asks what Joey eats (turnips & watermelon) & after vet, Devedos gathers the others (Gileegan & Renfro were now outside eyeing Oogy next door the other way who was smoking a pipe, Gileegan was talking about those "orc grenades" & his interest in them - Link is still alseep as his sleep is way off having lately been nocturnal on Horror Hill) & they follow Clara to her home which is a shack up NE from the Inn. There the party meets her mother, Mystery. Devedos examines the small garden plot they have. Strangely, here in the spring, when things should be growing, most of the garden is already dug & gone, minus a few turnips... Looking around, he sees the same in other plots nearby. Mystery tells them a story that her husband, Cujo, has told her: that out @ a farm one day not long ago, a number of men were trying to pull up a giant carrot from the earth, next thing they knew, one of their number was missing & they saw some legs & shoes disappear into the carrot like it had gobbled the man up. Devedos wants to investigate. They leave in search of Randy's Farm where Cujo is currently working. Mystery doesnt know how to get there (Cujo changes farms often).

Party decides to inquire about Randy's Farm @ the last establishment to the east of town as they walk from Clara's home. The establishment is a blacksmith's shop & armory. The owner, Gil Kruger proves to be an S.O.B. & the party clashes a bit w/ him in regard to their questioning. Irritated they take their leave & head back through the shacks up to the Church of the White Widow where Mattie rejoins the party. She thanks them again for the contribution she was able to make to the Church & her refreshed hope in locating the diamond spider. She spent the morning praying for Cure Light Wounds to aid in their adventuring. They head back to the Forgotten Worm Inn, only to find Kruger inside, inhaling his lunch while cutting it up w/ Iggy, the barkeep. Devedos is still hell bent on finding info about Randy's Farm, whereas Gileegan is now urging that their task lie elsewhere, as in, heading back to the caves... Iggy tells Gileegan that it is believed that Orcs of the Black Hole are building up forces in the caves & may soon threaten Moor's End. Seeing Renfro, Kruger asks if he's seen the librarian. He says there's a librarian in town who's known to have some of the oldest known books in all of Furthermoor. Renfro tries buying Kruger a drink to learn more but Kruger refuses & becomes an ass again. Devedos becomes highly irritated & after he's had enough, challenges Kruger to a duel.

Out front of the Forgotten Worm Inn, first, Renfro approached Kruger & tried to sneakily cast Charm Person upon him; however, Kruger just brushed him off, not sure what he was up to. Devedos & Kruger then went @ it. At first, Kruger blunders & Devedos is able to take advantage by dealing some significant blows to Kruger & then, Devedos w/ an impressive kick, not only rids Kruger of his two-handed sword, Delilah, but also, in struggling w/ it, the blade cuts into Kruger & does him damage as well, the blade flying to the ground 3 feet away, Kruger jumps for it... In a crucial moment, Devedos misses Kruger, Kruger pulling Delilah back up, Devedos chops again, but misses & then turns to feel Delilah slicing through his guts. Devedos falls into the dust, dead... Mattie begins sobbing & running over, falls over Devedos. Kruger wipes off Delilah, & injured, stumbles back up & into the Forgotten Worm, yelling.

Leaving Mattie w/ Devedos' body, Gileegan & Renfro quickly work out a plan & running across the street, they work their way behind a number of establishments until they get to Kruger's shop. They end up running around & trying the front door, which is locked, but Gileegan successfully picks it w/o any problem. They move in & relock the door. They search the place locating Kruger's bedroom & behind that the forge room w/ a window. They stake out in the bedroom, waiting. About 45 minutes later they hear Kruger unlocking the front door & stumbling in, tossing stuff onto the table in the main room. Before long he comes pushing the door to the bedroom open & before he even has any idea, Gileegan has backstabbed him w/ a dagger into the doors of death. Renfro & Gileegan find a key on his body that opens a chest near his bed. The chest contains 72 gold, 800 silver & 2 potion vials. They move into the forge room & stoke the forge & then lay out some cloth from Kruger's bedding to start a fire which will trail down & burn the place down... Gileegan moves out of the window & races to the Church of the White Widow. Renfro moves back toward the front door & grabs Delilah...he wraps the two-handed sword in cloth from the bed & then follows out the window, wrapping back around & then crossing the street, back toward the Forgotten Worm. Mattie is still out there in the street, though no longer crying, watching over Devedos. Every now & then, passersby will stop & inquire what happened. They dont seem surprised when they hear that Kruger is involved.

Before long, smoke can be seen on the eastern edge of Moor's End, twisting up from the back of Kruger's shop...

5:00 PM, Thursday, 14th day of the month of the Hummingbird, Moor's End, Furthermoor