23th of Tarsakh, 1376, Year of the Bent Blade

We go to the cluster of houses. Three houses have smoke coming from the chimney. We suspect the other was the unfortunate people who've died's house. We knock on the nearest house's door, and are greeted by a lady. She introduces themselves as the Ederfields. She says that they called for guards a week ago. Her husband and one of the other neighbours had gone out, after hearing a terrible scream. Her mother-in-law yells out that it was a banshee. We go to speak to the husband, and he described the scene, which is basically that they were terrified. He also mentioned that they did not look injured. He said his mom lived for ghost tales that her dad told her, and the banshee's tale was likely one of those. He also mentioned that Johan Stephenson (the dead guy) had come back from town with an expensive gift for his wife, that they hadn't found after. They also buried the bodies.

We go and check the Stephensons' house. It is cold and empty. We see an empty bag on the ground.

We return to the Ederfield's to hear the tales of the banshee. The mother-in-law tells us that the banshee has lived here for more than a hundred years. They start as a vain elf who gets corrupted and undead, and so cover their mirrors to avoid what they had had and lost. They hoard beauty. And that, as a small girl, she was told to never go to the small copse of woods to the east.

We speak to Dereth, the other fellow who went out after the screams. He told the same story as the Ederfields. 

The third house was weird - the lady there wanted more information. And she had what looked like a covered mirror.

We walked towards the copse of trees to the east. As we get closer, we see a beautiful, white glowing person. It notices us and comes towards us. Oh my gosh! Her face! It is an abomination! I know I need to fight her, somehow, but I cannot move forward. I try my magic fire, and she doesn't notice. I try my darts and it is as if they aren't there.

Fortunately, Vorest's moonlight hurts her, and Vondal is doing some sort of magic bolt that seems to work. They manage to kill her, while I manage to not run away.

We decide to sleep for the night, and check for her lair in the morning.


 

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