Today the weather is equally as wet and miserable as it was yesterday.
In Valleymouth the Old Dwarvish Road has its eastern terminus...in the central square of the village as a matter of fact, where it meets another Great Road. You read the signpost located there -
The Southern Road: N: To Strabath and Milkland. S: To Grell Inn, Blandville and Hork. The Old Dwarvish Road: W: To Carnovy, Sandas and Silver Mountain.
You turn north onto the Southern Road.
The road winds steeply up a narrow valley into the Mountains of Nlad. You only ride for two hours through farmland before reaching the gates of Strabath. It is a large city, more than five times the size of Sandas, located just below the entrance to the pass that carries the Southern Road over the Mountains of Nlad and into the Halfling lands beyond.
After getting directions, you head north into the city. The streets are filled with people from all walks of life...including a lot of elves and halflings.
Soon you arrive at a large square...Angus Square. There is a large horse and livestock market in action right now. On one side of the square is an enormous whore house...on the other a carraige station, and before you is the Holiday Inn.
You make for the latter. It is a large, prosperous place. You book rooms (18sp per night), and put the elves to bed.
After settling in, Illyana and Britan ask directions of the innkeeper...and, following them, soon end up at the temple of the god Forseti.
You explain your problem to a priest.
"Of course we can resurrect him," he replies, "For a donation of 13,000gp."
Illyana scratches her head. "Anyone in the group have money they are willing to donate?"
"Hmmm..." says the priest, looking at the wand. "That will cover the cost nicely."
Illyana nods. "Deal."
He takes the wand and leads you to the back of the temple, where an aged cleric stands by the altar. You lay what is left of Raz atop the altar, and the old man starts involking.
Raz's body grows whole...he shudders and starts to breathe again. Then, he leaps off the altar and starts jumping around...definitely alive.
Raz looks about the room. Looking at Britan and Illyana he asks, "Where are we? Where are the others? What happened?"
Raz then looks around on his person and the room for his personal items.
Britan says: "Welcome back from the dead Raz and it is nice to have you back."
"That whatever it was we ran into on the road was a bit nastier than we thought, I had to sell your wand to ressurrect you but I figured you would prefer to be alive rather than dead. As for the rest of your stuff, I think it can be replaced rather easily."
Raz looks relieved...escpecially after he finds his spell books....he says, "Thank you Illyana and Britan for saving me. That bastard we met was something else. Where's everybody else? Are we the only ones left alive?"
"Kelar and Aldarin are in bed, still recovering. I do not believe that the other half of our group has made it here yet."
You head back to the Holiday Inn, where Aldarin and Kelar are in bed recovering from the attack that killed Raz.