The Lake Monster
Morning finds our party in the Buried Treasures Inn, where they enjoy a warm breakfast made by the proprietor and innkeep, Cora Mulphoon. Jamekas notices that she seems a little forlorn, and while talking with her hears a story about her son Huarwar. Several weeks ago her son had joined a search party to find Speaker Shalescar after he went missing during a blizzard one afternoon. The speaker was brought back safe and sound, but Huarwar got separated from the others and didn’t find his way home until the following morning. He had frostbite and could barely walk. Over the next few days, Huarwar displayed a meanness toward his mother that was uncharacteristic. The change in his demeanor started after Cora found what looked like a shard of black ice in her son’s room. Huarwar snatched it away and threatened his mother with bodily harm if she touched it again. The next day, two tieflings (a male and a female) arrived at the inn and Huarwar left with them. She has no clue where they wen...