November 1. 2020

We return to Sandpoint, catching a glimpse of the massive statue of Nethys. As we arrive, we see a funeral wake for Ven Vinder, the general store keeper. Shump Shump and Linzi head to mayor Devrin's office, where she is meeting with Sheriff Baylor. We learn that he was found dead by his wife, Solsta, with a sihedron carved in his body. His daughter Shayliss gives a somewhat mixed eulogy, noting that he was a workaholic but a good person. We visit the brewery and see that it has a new facade and the workers need about another week. We go to the general store and Dionaea misty steps in. There's no evidence of a scuffle, but lots of red ink in the leger and a note that there was a loan from Farbis. The last person to buy anything was Nisk Tanner, he bought vials for potions. Next, we go to the Vinder household and see a huge blood splatter and a chalk outline of the body on the floor. Laudius detects faint necromancy magic around the scene of the crime. We scope out the rest of the house and see a broken window upstairs with something like claw marks on the ledge. Dionaea speaks to a tomato in the neighbor's garden and learns that it was a single creature, tall and scary, who came around dusk. Shump Shump interrogates Baylor and learns there's no record of who came in and out of town. Linzi and Laudius go visit Borir and Lyrie but they have never heard of a sihedron rune being used in any necromancy or sacrificial act. We go back to the general store and pick up shovels and further inspect the leger, we learn Ven has been moving money around and is maybe doing less honest dealing than we thought. We sneak into the graveyard and feel that we are being watched. The bird assassins previously encountered by Laudius and Dionaea in Magnamar appear and start attacking us. We kill all but one, who under Linzi's charm reveals that he no longer has a name and was sent by Father Skinsaw....