Round 45 Transcript

The search transcript reveals no recent mentions of the word "awakening" outside of Gravedigger Renn's frantic warnings. However, a few mentions of strange noises and movements in the area do appear in the recent transcript, including a reference to a "scuttling noise" from beneath the ash-covered street. The city guard leader takes a step closer to the party, his hand tightening on his sword hilt. He growls, "We need to get out of here, now!" The guards move closer, trapping the party between them and the tunnel entrance. Suddenly, the massive chitinous limb bursts forth from the darkness once more, its claws scraping against stone mere inches from Jeane's face.

I'm pulling back toward Gravedigger Renn despite being dragged—the party needs to understand: we can't just flee blindly when we have pieces of a puzzle. Whatever took them down there is specific and deliberate, not mindless violence.

The city guard's lantern flickers, casting shadows that dance across the ash-covered road. We need to get Gravedigger Renn inside that church! I shout over my shoulder as I'm pulled back between buildings. He knows more than he's saying—I heard him mutter something about 'the awakening' when he thought we couldn't hear! Whatever's happening is tied to that old church, and he's got information locked in his head that might save us all. I try to reach for Renn but my arms are pinned by the force pulling me back. You need to come with me! I call out to him. What you know about 'the awakening'—it matters right now more than anything else we could learn from running!