{"id":362,"date":"2025-01-14T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/?p=362"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:51:20","slug":"dragonbane-quest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/dragonbane-quest-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragonbane Quest 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><h2 class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Big+Shoulders+Display;font-weight: 600;font-size: 85px;line-height: 1;text-align: center\">Dragonbane Quest 3<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1cfdb9ee wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-14T18:01:00-08:00\">January 14, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/category\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fantasy<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-839c3b89 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/elf-2_orig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" style=\"width:484px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/elf-2_orig.png 878w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/elf-2_orig-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/elf-2_orig-768x700.png 768w, https:\/\/hdrpg.com\/kritfayle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/elf-2_orig-600x547.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Acme;font-size: 21px\">3rd quest of the Guild of Outskirt<br>(by Esme Khit\u2019teen)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"fonts-plugin-block \" style=\"font-family: Alata\">This mission took the Outskirt Adventuring Guild trio to the not-so-end-of-the-road rural Road\u2019s End Inn. A family of shepherds in that area had lost one of their flock \u2013 their daughter had gone missing with their sheep.\u00a0 Thus began a fine tale of how adventurers often find solutions that they were not even looking for.<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visiting this rural one-stop inn was the first step to trying to find out more about the upset family and their missing daughter.\u00a0 Amazingly enough, the mission was solved before the first round of drinks had been drunk \u2013 the missing daughter was in the Inn. What Luck!<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 However, there was more going on. Though the Inn seemed to be doing good business after being closed\u00a0 for several years \u2013 it had recently reopened and seemed to be thriving. People here seemed to enjoy it so much, that some even seemed disinclined to move on. So it was that getting Antellia home to her family was to be more of a challenge then it first seemed. She had actually been in the Inn for several weeks at this point &#8211; after returning from disposing of her family\u2019s flock. She still seemed in no hurry to go home.<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Questions were asked, answers were given and some avoided. Arrangements for meeting someone who seemed to know what was going on were made for the next day. So rooms were purchased and sleep had.<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is where the tale then took to the supernatural as Baazar, Leda and the scholar all woke up in the middle of the night in the same room.\u00a0 This was especially notable as Leda always slept outside and the other two had purchased separate rooms.<br><br>The discoveries that followed were macabre and certainly disconcerting, but whether it was real or a dream they had no way to tell.\u00a0 As they progressed room to room to find a way out, it became obvious this was both similar and not at all like the Road\u2019s End Inn they had fallen asleep in. After all, who builds a pond into one of their rooms? After each encounter being more weirdly disjointed than the last, the matter finally came to a crux.<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Though not readily apparent if the old hag in chains who suddenly appeared before them was a prisoner or the cause of this odd dream-like reality, the trio defended themselves.\u00a0 When the chains finally came to a rest on the floor after the epic battle, the hag dissolved into a key and the exit, while still guarded by witch hounds, became obvious.<br><br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once through the exit, they found themselves waking in their actual beds, no worse for wear and one inn basement key richer (the only feat still unexplained).<br><br><br>What followed, was the piecing together of the tale \u2013 of an old woman accused &amp; imprisoned unjustly. Her death causing\u00a0 people to be cursed to remain in the inn until one of two conditions were met. Needless to say, these outstanding\u00a0 Outskirt Adventuring Guild representatives had met the condition for permanent curse removal.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While tidying up the gaps in understanding of the origin of the curse, with the person they arranged to meet,\u00a0 it was discovered that Antellia had already left for home as had a number of other \u201cguests\u201d. Once the team finished letting everyone know that any further odd problems might be solved by the reopened Outskirts Adventuring Guild, the trio checked Antellia had made it home and confirmed a satisfactory quest result, as reputable adventurers do.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soon triumphantly home again, the hardest working adventurers at the Outskirts Adventuring Guild ensured they were ready for the next opportunity to darken their doorstep.<br><br>[Editors note: The innkeeper either had a part in the accusing of the old woman or their family had. 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