Since the attack on Leavendale so much has happened I don't know where to start. On our way to find clues about the raiders in Relkingham, we got attacked by huge spiders! Not only that though, Sariel is quite talkative and distracted by her we ended up stuck in a huge spider web. The battle raged while Sariel and myself futily attempted to get clear of the web, but Tyrion managed to get us both clear of it. (He earns his money, but I sometimes wonder if there's more behind it than the money...) After we managed to get the spiders to flee, we continued on our journey, hoping for a hot bath though still have itches everywhere and always seem to find some strands of spiderwebs everywhere! But of course that couldn't be it, we still had to be attacked by a pack of wolves. Truely not our day, fortunatly for us we managed to dispatch them fairly easily with some impressive magic from Sariel and well... some barbaric executions from Streisan. Have to admit these sisters seem to be able to handle themselves quite well, it's quite unfortunate that they never seem to stop talking.
Anyways finally we arrived at Relkingham and I have to admit I was eager for that hot bath, but having booked an inn for the day we first made some inquiries around town. What we found out was shocking to say the least, not only was there a large trade of a narcotic plant, which we found out later from villagers and Sariel's experimentation on herself (I'm not sure Tyrion will ever be the same again..), but the Caliph of Wylia was going to implement a tax requiring sacrifices of the flesh! I had never heard such dispicable and horrendous law, especially after hearing it would likely become Holy Law for followers of Erathis. I went to the Temple of Erathis to see how they felt about this. In the temple I encountered what to say the least was an 'impressive' paladin of Erathis. Dragonborn, huge and very scary he introduced himself as Ghesh, we talked a bit about how he felt regarding the laws, and that he told me he was on a carrier mission to give a message to the Vyzier and High Priest of Erathis in Wylea.
To gain further information we made an appointement with the Mayor of Relkingham for the next day, and finally I was able to get the much wanted bath I was hoping for.
The next day we met with the Mayor of Relkingham who told us that this law would destroy the trade of Wyllflower (the narcotic plant) in his town and would be a disaster for the economy. He wanted us to go on a mission to Wyllea to try and confince the Caliph not to implement the tax. Although I do not agree with saving the trade of the narcotic plant, the tax is a far greater evil in my eyes and we decided to accept the quest. Although we did have to ask some help with fast transportation and a lettre of introduction to get us access to the Caliphs palace which the Mayor provided for us. At the Mayor's office, we also met Ghesh, who seemed to have fluttered the three sisters and even silenced them for a few seconds (a feat I thought near impossible). As he was traveling in the same direction and said he would help us to try and convince the Caliph not to implement the tax, we invited him to join us as it would be faster on the boat the Mayor had provided us with.
