It appears releasing that Oni had more consequences than anticipated. Oh well. Lief wants to see it killed. Azrael too, I feel. I for one am not looking to make an enemy of it. I see no reason to interrupt it's rampage, but... i do need to keep at least some abbil, so I suppose I'll help.

We recruited a killer. Which is fine. I do not see the issues the others do. We were hired to take care of a problem, and we did so. And now we have an ally against the Oni for when we face it.

I do not care much for the followers of Chauntea beyond the gold they provide. They are inconsequential in my mission home.

The same village we already investigated twice, with the lost gesse and murdered family. Now someone murdered cows of the guy who found the latter bodies. And local priest and nun of Chauntea informed us a long-time follower of the church went missing AND a local boatman saw someone carrying something heavy few days ago. After spending some time investigating an odd artifact in the church, some sort of spear left after local hero has slain some sort of unspecified evil i nthe area, still holding a piece of said evil, we sent off to investigate.

First we checked the killed cows, though it is more correct to say others have confirmed it was some sort of ritualistic murder, while I consoled the farmers and expressed distress over how many horrible things have befallen this single town in a short time. We then talked with the old boatman, who told us it appears this stranger he saw was carrying something person-sized and headed towards the old, unused crypt. Finally, we investigated the house of missing man, discovering he has lost a wife and child and last entry in his journal was that someone can help him bring them back.

We decided to check the crypt, only to be immediatelly jumped by Revenants, who beleived we were the ones to desecrate their graves. Three of us almost beaten us to a pulp, but we prevailed. After I convinced Azrael to not take the gold that person who actually desecrated the gaves has just...threw into a pile in the corner, we descended to face the culprit. it turned out to be a missing man. Through tense discussion we convinced him to go with us and help us get revenge on mysterious "tall blue one" who had convinced him that by killing local nun in ritual sacrifice, he can bring his family back. Azrael in particular seems suited to get information out of the man. However, when we realized the nun has been kidnapped days ago and yet we talked with her just hours ago, we rushed to the church.

Inside we saw priest murdered in a gruesome way on the altar, and the spear stolen. Our farmer friends also saw a blue monster flying towards the forest. This creature, the Oni, has played us from the start. We all agree this requires appriopriate response - to hunt it down and slay.

We had gone to investigate a Disappearance and the murder of a few cows. We looked at the cows which seemed to be sacrificed, and after following the lead, we found that of a fool who was deceived by an Oni, we talked him down and started to head back to find the priest who hired us had died. Turns out the Oni has been on a spree since we released it. We are going to kill it soon enough though.