Session 6 Observations

The PC’s have spent a few weeks traveling about Elsir Vale dealing with troublemakers. No evil army has surfaced, but they can piece together some interesting observations.

Lucien commands a sizable organization. He’s the thieves’ guild leader in the area. There are likely smaller groups operating in the Vale, but his overshadows all others. His people are predominantly “PC races”, but he has werewolves in his employ. And he has dealings with other races. He does a good job of concealing the upper levels of the organization.

The goblinoids are evil humanoids living on the fringes of civilized lands. They live in small (<200) clans ruled by the most powerful of their kind. They are cruel, self-centered and filthy, but not chaotic. They all seem to be geared well. In fact, these unmarked weapon crates have popped up everywhere. The slaves can attest to having seen such crates at the fort, and the leaders there were sporting new weapons. Could there be a common weapons dealer in the area?

The slaves also got better looks at the 3 little cloaked figures that fled the fort. The slaves saw them come & go several times while they were imprisoned. They were doing business with the goblins, but it had nothing to do with slaves. Piecing together the descriptions (and making a knowledge check), the PC’s conclude that these are Dark Ones, Halfling like people from the shadow plane.

In short, there are a lot of groups operating in the Vale, good & bad. They pretty much do as they please outside Brindol city walls. Many have peaceful relations with several other groups, but no real alliances. No single group could field 1000 troops if needed. An army could sweep through here with little resistance. But there’s no apparent resource or treasure worth such attention. Is this evil army real? If so, are they just bent on revenge?