PC:Shroud's Last Hope

From Loranon

While grabbing a bite to eat in the bar, the Party noticed an older man begin to cough terribly. After a moment, he coughed up a large amount of blood, as well as what looked like pieces of his innards, and fell over dead. The room began to panic, and a patron ran to get the town sheriff. Malic investigated the corpse, and noted that there was a good amount of fungus in the man's blood.

The sheriff recognized the man as a miner and had his deputies take him to Payday for identification. After grilling the Party and Jak on what happened, he concluded that this must just be some random illness that was not his problem.

When the group went out, they were shocked to see a large number of townsfolk also coughing a small amount of blood. Malic sprang into action, gathering what people he could and trying to stave off the disease in an alleyway by the Jak'n'Apes. Lars and Fagan traveled to the Shrine of Heironeous and sought Lady Sarthana's aid. She was less than pleased to be thought of as a mere healer, but after Lars plead on the townspeoples behalf, she agreed to allow some of the victims to stay in her shrine. The Party transported the sick, and Lady Sarthana mentioned there was an herbalist outside of town that might help. Lars and Fagan pushed their way past the crowds outside the Apothecary, and asked the older lady for aid. She was frantically searching for a cure at that time, and Lars happily paid for one of her first batches.

The potions had no effect on the disease, and Lars and Fagan returned the next day. She informed them that there was a bit of Voodoo in a book her mother acquired that spoke of a cure, but the ingredients were quite difficult to come by.

(edit to be finished and revised at a later date --Scottbp 15:32, 14 July 2007 (EDT))