Closing Shop

The party members rushed out of the back door with Arao half-carrying Lloyd and Gryffin not far behind them.

“No, I’m okay.” The warlord told the dragonborn. “I just need to take a seat or something.”

“You sure you’re all right? How about your wound?” Gryffin asks as he moves closer to his friend, adjusting his robes to the weight of the added items he got from the goblin warchanter.

“I’m fine.” Lloyd assures his friend. “Whatever you guys did healed most of it.”

As, Arao allowed the half-elf to lean upon the back wall of the store, it was then that Jarek arrived.

“You guys ok?” The ranger asked. “Where’s Guy?”

* * *

Guillaume made his way out the way he came in – thru the front door. There he was met with Ven, the store owner.

“My shop is on fire and there are goblins in my store!” The shopkeeper shouted as he saw the insides of the building. He turned around to the cleric with a perplexed look on his face. “What happened here?”

Guy quickly told the owner of the story as to how he and his friends were able to deal with the goblins who broke into the store. It was about this time when three young men, with small nicks and grazes visible on their faces arrived at the shop’s door. Guy recognizes one as Tomil, an earnest young man from a poor fishing family.

"Master Ven! You were shouting for us? The town is under attack!" Tomil pants, as he stops before you, hands on knees as he hunches over to regain his breath. The guards see the small flames inside the store as well as the goblin corpses. They quickly pull down some blankets and some sand from the shop to put down the fire.

"The world has gone mad. We have seen goblins all over the place, jumping off roofs onto people, setting fire to things, stealing food, killing dogs, and ... people. There are bodies!!" He trails off, shaking his head.

One of the other guards speaks up.

"We saw you fighting - thanks for your help! Did you see more? Have you seen the sheriff’s second in command? We know he was with you earlier. If you see Mister Avertin please tell him that Sage Quink is looking for him. He’s with Father Zanthus and It seem they haven’t heard from his neighbor the tinker and he’s getting worried."

As he speaks you, you hear screams in the distance, and the three men raise their weary heads towards the source of the noise.

"We better go! ” They offer, before bounding off.

As they leave, Ven steps up beside you and offers his thanks for saving his store.

Guy looks up and he can make out, in the distance back towards the festival grounds from which you came, a goblin that is clambering along a roof-top edge, seemingly following something below him. With a pounce he launches himself into the air, arms outstretched, blade coming down, before missing his target and hitting the ground head-first with a horrendous crunch.

Madness indeed!