Back From The Black

"Someone's coming up!" come the yells above, as you rise into the sunlight. The shafts of pole arms are gripped, and then relaxed when Kaspar comes into view, carrying the third body. "It's them!" yells a constable.

Hands grab the body and bring it up. Like the others it has been mostly stripped of valuables. As the trio rise out of the manhole, the poor soul is identified by his widow, and the lamentations and consolations of the crowd rise and fall.

"What happened?" Einian and Scowlen demand together.

"It was amazing!" Humfred yells, standing in front of you. "The heros beat a warforged!" The crowd gasps, and you recall the strong bias against warforged in this town. "Yea verily, hear my tale!" the gnome begins. "The warforged roamed the sewers, deliriously thinking that the Last War was not over..." A very colorful account of your battle follows, wherein Kaspar stood toe-to-toe with the beast, trading blows while Castille chanted great spells.

"So the warforged was the serial killer!" Einian says, clapping his hands together.

"Oh no," says Humfred. "He had no crossbow. Just a standard-issue Thrane greataxe. No, he was not the serial killer. Now if you will excuse me, I have a report to make to the Korranberg Chronicle!" He waves goodbye and runs off through the crowd.

"Quite impressive," Scowlen says. A slight smile plays at the corners of his mouth. "Looks like you can't blame this one on the warforged Einian."

"Don't lecture me!" snaps the constable. His anger and hatred is palpable. "All of those THINGS should have been dissected after the war." He turns on his heel and stalks away.

"Hmph," Scowlen grumbles. He hands you a new sunrod. "Good luck on finding the others."

Back into the sewers, or did you want to talk to Scowlen first? (Fast Eddie is not around, and Einian is now busy.) If you do go back into the sewers, in what direction do you want to go? (You did not explore the area on the other side of the vat.)