Back in Oxenburt

Ansem and Drogon decided to catch up on errands whilst the rest of the party relaxed and drank themselves into a stupor back at the inn in Oxenburt.

Ansem, after buying various goods at Garfield's paid a visit to Mera the female dwarf he met in Falfayre. Upon opening the door to the Thistleborns General Goodstore all the candles were extinguished and the curtains drawn. Mera, wrapped in warm clothing stumbled downstairs at the sound of the chimes when Ansem entered. Coughing loudly and pale she was happy at the sight of Ansem.

Ansem soon discovered that Mera's husband had returned and since she has become ill. She refused to take the thick scarf from her neck and requested Ansem to leave.

Ansem and Drogon headed back to town and rested for a day. Whilst they rested, Ansem was attacked whilst the rest Drogon slept next door and the rest of the party were drinking and singing with the rest of the inn's patrons downstairs. A vampire resembling Mera's husband Albus had pounced at Ansem from the window and made enough noise to wake Drogon and was fought back before falling back out of the window and hurrying to an alley way.

Ansem pursued him and saw a displaced sewer grate. Wanting payback Ansem and his two skeletal constructs Chuckles and Randy descended into the sewers. A labyrinth of walkways and rooms he found evidence of clawed creatures and started to hear chanting.

On an attempt to inspect Chuckles was overcome by a gelatenous cube causing Ansem to disturb the ritual by casting magic, the loud sound of crackling lightning echoed of all the sewer walls. The chanting was soon replaced with screeching, and the sounds of claws against stone and footsteps. A small horde now chased Ansem back to the sewer grate.

Ansem casted Fly on Chuckles and was lifted to safety. Randy however was grabbed and taken by the cultists. Ansem, enraged flew a fireball into the sewer and immolated a few of them but the rest scarpered.

After a rest, Ansem and Drogon went to meet Henrietta Morgrove the Guildmaster of Oxenburt. She told him about the burned company and offered a deal in which he retrieves four keys to the infamous vault and she'll find directions to the fifth.

Whilst in her library Ansem also discovered rumours about the Everspire and Contesta bloodlines. Theories that they had lived unnatural long lives and each written about as different races, Avencian, Goliath, Halfling, Dragonborn etc.

Calcifer then spoke to Ansem. "Gambion is looking forward to seeing you again, he plans to travel north."