resources:adventure:the_money_pit [Memento Mundi]

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====== The Money Pit ======
===== Initial Brief =====
Wanted: capable individuals to assist a would-be pilgrim in honouring a family tradition. Experience in mountain travel a plus, but all offers considered. Payment of 27 Riel on successful completion
===== PCs =====

===== Debrief =====
Gerhart Molter hires the party to assist him on a 'family pilgrimage' up to a remote Builder Temple in the Bluepeaks thought lost to the flux.

The group is waylaid as soon as they leave the city by a group of thugs who express an interest in looting the fabulous treasures of the lost temple before the party make short work of them.

Travelling South the party make their way through foothills still infused with the powerful magics that once blasted an battlefield in the war against the Serradics.  Gaping maws emerge from the earth to menace them but the adventurers win through.

At the base of the mountain they speak with villagers about the path leading to the temple above, and having sworn to plunder no treasures and to safely return what they take, they are entrusted with the sacred Turnimabob, the crucial component of the the mechanism allowing swift ascension to the temple.

At the elevator they find the remains of a Caulish party, bodies and broken golems seemingly torn asunder by some wild creatures that burst forth from the cliff face.  Rafe takes precaution against the beasts returning and the party ascends, only to be assailed by the shattered pieces of the golems.  They beat the constructs down and make their way to the summit.

...IN PROGRESS...

The party head back down using the mechanical lift and catch the other thieves, recovering Gerhart.   Victor purposefully turns the Turnimabob the wrong way at the bottom, resulting in an ominous //clonk//.

Returning the sacred Turnimabob to the village at the foot of the mountain they rent a wagon and head back to Acryn, taking their prisoner to the Builder Church. They explain the situation and the attendant priest is well pleased to learn of the fate of the temple.
After a consultation of the Church records Gerhard's previous attempt to break into the temple is revealed. The church offers **40R** in expertise and assistance to any future construction project the party members might embark upon, and suggests that the ne'erdowells be escorted to the Watch.

They then take their prisoners to the Watch and they find that the thug leader, Penrose the Throttler, is worth **20R** in bounty, covering the costs of their wagon hire.  Gerhart, a known minor criminal is kept in custody whilst the rest of the prisoners are eventually released.
Alonso tries to persuade the three released thugs to put their efforts towards more worthy causes but only one seems willing to listen.

Merrisa commends **???**, the invisible junior Wayfinder to the guild. Hoping to begin a beautiful (cost saving) friendship.

Victor's nights are thereafter haunted by the sound of grating gears and ominous clonking.

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