Session 8

The party is on the outskirts of the quartz and zinc mine. They are waiting for the work day to end so they can see what Seppo does. As the day comes to a close and people leave, Seppo leaves south into the other direction. The party follow him, with Theodor's owl high in the air watching him. The owl sees that Seppo has a weird, euphoric but tired look on his face. The party wonder if Seppo is under the influence of drugs. Eventually after following him for a short while, they smell and hear the ocean. They see Seppo arrive at a small cottage by on the beach of the ocean. They see Seppo knock on the door, and the door opens. Seppo heads inside.

Theodor casts Disguise Self on himself to turn into Seppo's wife Jonna, and goes on ahead. He knocks on the door. Seppo opens up and seems very confused to see his wife. They exchange a few words, after which Seppo wants Jonna to come inside as well, since he has someone he wants her to meet. Seppo also asks who Jonna was talking to earlier. Theodor then uses his Hypnotic Gaze on Seppo, and Seppo falls unconscious.

The party gather around, and from inside the cottage comes a creature that looks like a fish and a human woman. Theodor and Mundo are completely charmed by her. She takes Mundo inside. Ossie and Brae tie Theodor up in Ossie's rope, and take him away from the cottage. The creature closes the door, after letting Seppo inside as well. Ossie and Brae start breaking the door down with their weapons. While this happens, the creature starts draining life energy from Seppo, but he nor Mundo seems to mind at all. Brae attempts to Charm Person the creature, but the creature is immune. Eventually, they break down the door, and Ossie interrupts things by attacking the creature, and a battle ensues.

After some rounds, Theodor, Brae, and even Seppo are uncharmed by taking some damage. Seppo loses some teeth in this. The party fight the creature, who is revealed to be a siren. It's a tough fight, and Brae and Ossie go down in it. Eventually they defeat the siren. They find some gold jewelry on her. They also find two rings and a gold necklace inside the cottage, which are both magical. Seppo seems very distraught, but Theodor calms him. They spend the night by the ocean.

In the morning, they head back to Cleyden. The party go to Seppos house, and explain to Jonna what has happened. Seppo seems very sorry and confused. After explaining the situation, Jonna seems content, and gives them some gold. Seppo heads inside, and the party head off.

The party go to Willis' Inn & Tavern. They sit down at a table with beers, and think about what to do with their magic items. They realize they need to know what they do first, so Theodor goes to the local magic shop, and buys a pearl for the Identify spell. He then returns, casts the spells and the items turn out to be a pair of Ring of Shared Suffering, and an Amulet of Health. They give the amulet to Ossie, and Mundo and Theodor take the rings.

Theodor then casts a subtle Detect Thoughts on Willis. Willis seems to be thinking about very casual thoughts concerning his business.

The party then decide they will take a long rest, and do some investigation about Tehrel Deepwith during it.