The Search for Ameiko

The party proceeds to tie up Tsuto.

Arao updated Lloyd of what has occurred in the Glassworks; from the time they talked to Bethana up to the time they found Tsuto in the factory. Jarek looked over the still unconscious Tsuto. The rest of the party spreads out in the Glassworking room looking for clues but finding none.

A few minutes later, the mayor brought more troops. Her face was lined, ashen. The men with her talked in hushed, fearful tones. They heard the message, understood that they must not spread rumours of what happened in her. Mayor Deverin, normally so calm and thoughtful, appears terribly shaken. "Who, what could do this to these men? Family men. Good men!"

After escorting their captive , the Mayor and a couple of town guards take the unconscious Tsuto to the Garriron awaiting his questioning. The rest of the guards start the grim job of collecting the bodies of the dead.

The party is left to search the rest of the factory for clues on the missing Ameiko.

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The Glassworks is a sprawling complex, with a large display room (A1) to the north of the macabre Glassworking room (A17). The display room contains much broken finery, but also many still untouched works of glass, from the practical (bottles, window panes, bowls) to the beautiful (figurines in various shades of blue and red, stained glass window segments).

Llloyd and Gryffin leads the party along the factory as they are a bit familiar with the place. A long corridor snakes round behind the Glassworking room to a cluster of little rooms. These range from store rooms (A2 and A4)and cleaning closets (A3) to a staff dining room (A6 - the room is a wreck) and a dormitory for the workers (A5) who clearly had to spend many a long day and night forking for Lonjiku. The dormitory appears to have been the scene of some carnage, for although there are no bodies, there are signs of blood on the floor, and drag marks towards the Glassworking room.

This takes the party back into the room from which they first entered. They find a small office (A13), reception (A12), meeting rooms (A11) and various file stores (A14). The place still looks largely untouched from the last tim eyour group was here.

The only area the party have not checked so far is the door to the east (A16). Quietly pushing open this door reveals a short passageway, unlit, ending in a narrow flight of stairs that heads down into what must be the basement.....