Session 10: Orlane Afternoon Part 2 Day 23 of Readying

For the rest of the afternoon, we stayed close to the inn and went to meet with some folks around the area there.

We met with Kenton Miller at his mill and he was friendly but dismissed us after some small talk. We decided to visit Ramne and ask his advice on how much to share when we speak with the villagers in order to get better information from them. He recommended that we be careful when talking with them and first share information we have verified to be true in order to determine whether or not they are trustworthy, and certainly not to trust anyone who recommends the Golden Grain Inn. That seems like a good question to ask everyone! We're going to be looking for lots of inn recommendations as we meet people around town. He also recommended we talk with everyone in the town in order to get any information we can from them

We left Ramne and went to the farm north of the Slumbering Serpent, under the guise of inquiring if they needed any work done. The farmer Allan was initially just polite and friendly. He told us the other farm to the north is abandoned because the widow who lived there needed a simpler place to live. As we were speaking, Kyro asked whether or not he recommended the Golden Grain Inn, and at that point Allan gave Kyro a secret ranger sign. This confirmed to him that he could trust Kyro, and he immediately invited us all in and introduced us to his wife Meriek. He said that they used to be adventurers also but chose to settle here about two years ago and raise their family. Recently they have also noticed suspicious things around Orlane, beginning with the residents of the home to the east mysteriously disappearing for ten days before returning a few weeks ago. He recommended that we visit the widow where she is staying now, and said that some shadow has fallen on the temple but he doesn’t know what to think of that. We shared that we have met with some strange situations with the villagers, as well, and told him that if he wanted he could leave messages for us at the Slumbering Serpent.

Leaving there, we decided to venture over to the widow's abandoned farm to the north. The barn doors were open and the barn was empty. We pried off some boards over a window and Gnorcia and Myrtle Dixon went inside, but other than some floorboards pried up in the center of the building and an empty hidey hole beneath, it was just dusty and empty as well.