Party: Lukan, Kamathariel (Kami). Onics, Venn, Zephyra

Location: Brackenridge

The Syndicate had been requested by Bracklenridge Councilor Brenna Holt to investigate the disappearance of some of their residence following a violent incident and unusual activity in the surrounding woods. Upon arrival, Holt explains the situation further:

• Tomas Marrin has gone missing six days ago.
• He had gone to the charcoal pits in the woods where he normally works, and never came back home.
• Two days later, he had gone back to his and his wife, Elira Marrin's home where he had an incident with his neighbor, Harl.
• The incident resulted in two dead goats and a severely injured Harl.
• Harl has massive scratches across his chest that did not seem to match any kind of normal animal.
• Tomas fled the scene after ripping past Harl and fled into the woods. No one has seen him since.

We were tasked to find Thomas and investigate the strange circumstances in the woods. A strange mist had been rolling in from the north that had not been the case previously. We were also told about howling and other strange sounds coming from the north, which were not common around these parts as well.

We decided to speak with Harl to get his perspective of the situation. The information that he provided corroborated with what Holt had told us. Zephyra healed Harl's wounds. He seemed surprised. It seems, Brackenridge doesn't get very many magically inclined people coming through.

Our next objective was to go and investigate the woods and the mist. We entered the woods and began to look around. We spotted a large oddly-shaped boar that we identified as a wereboar. Other monsters came out and attacked us. It was a difficult fight, but we dispatched them.

After recollecting ourselves, we followed a lead that led us to a large building- The Arclen Field Institute. The place was in shambles. A massacre had happened there. Blood everywhere, research strewn about. As we were investigating, we were attacked by two horrible abominations. One, was this fleshy multi-mouthed thing. Another, a conglomeration of body and spirit. We fought them off and eliminated them. Once things settled, we gathered as much information as we could. Our discover revealed that there were researchers that were abducting people that showed signs of lycanthropy. They experimented on them, forcing them to transform and revert and recording how long, and memory retention. They were torturing these people. Eventually their experimentation became too much, and their containment faltered. The experiments escaped. Some of the researchers were able to escape with some of their research, but many never made it out of the institute.

We found Tomas barely alive, but we managed to save him. He explained to us what happened to him, which matched the researcher's journals we had found. We told him that both Elira and Harl were alive and Tomas agreed to go back to Brackenridge, though he asked us to not let him hurt anyone else if he changes again. Something difficult for us to ensure, but some of us will most likely return to Brackenridge to check up on them from time to time.

End Report
Venn Charles