#51 - Chaos in the Garden District

With the help of the Wizard Merl, the party brings the petrified thief from the North Gate Basilisk Incident back to the magic shop.  There they restore him to life.  There learn that his name is Garrett.  Garrett and his cousin Roscoe had been approached by a strange old goblin.  The goblin paid them to place teleport sigils throughout the city.  Ostensibly these portals were being placed to set up some later burglaries.

Garrett told the party that he had placed two other sigils.  One each under two bridges in the garden district canals.  Roscoe had agreed to place one as well, but Garrett did not know where.

Garrett told the party that if they sent a message through a barkeeper in Blackburough, they could arrange a meeting with Roscoe.  Through a messenger they arranged a midnight meeting.

In the meantime, the party went to the Garden District, seeking the sigils beneath the canal bridges.

One sigil was overgrown with plant growth.  These plants turned out to be two shambling mounds.  One of them nearly took Gevin by surprise.  As the party engaged these two plant monsters in combat, the other sigil activated, bringing a 5-headed Hydra into the canal.

After some struggle the party defeated these enemies.  At one point, the hydra had as many as 12 heads, 4 of them biting Samm in a single round, nearly taking him out.

After this battle concluded the party met up with Roscoe, who told them that he had planted the last sigil in a theater in the Aldhaven district.

The party went to Aldhaven, and picked the lock on a backstage door.  They intent to take a long rest before entering so that Perra can prepare "Dispel Magic" to destroy the sigil.