Episode 7: Return to Warwick after a successful job?

When last we left this band of misfits we had just cleared out a cavern of an evil party that was skinning sacred wolves. The town is about a day's walk from where we are so there's some general chit-chat on the way back. We're all contemplating things like ale, good food, some rest and getting paid for our services. All the things one does after a mission.

Upon our return to Warwick it was dinner time, but we still went straight for the chapel to find the priestess of Neria. We gave her the rough outline of what had happened and promised to return in the morning for a full accounting of details, and handed over the desecrated wolf pelts. She told us to find a room at one of the inns in town for the night and they would pick up the tab.

Discussing amongst us we decided to go to a hole in the wall tavern for some cheap but filling food and ale, then go find an inn for the night. We were mostly successful, though neither food option appealed to Meghan. But we all ate and had an ale or two and just general chit chat relaxing sort of evening.

When we went to settle our bill for food and ale though, that's when the wheels came off this bus so to speak. There was a brilliant flash of light and all hell broke loose. Several of the patrons and workers of the tavern turned into werewolves, and all magic ceased to work. Except for the party, their magic all still worked. Turns out the mystery spell Neria had given Meghan was to protect the party from the foretold disaster.

Turns out this disaster befell the entire town, and a good chunk of the populace turned into werewolves, so the werewolves then proceed to relatively peacefully herd the humans out of town and lock us out. OK, that didn't go so well.

So now the party and the non turned humans from town are in the woods about 1/4 mile from the town trying to figure out what happened and what is going on. The mayor is having an emotional break down, completely clueless. There's some minor injuries, scrapes and bumps. And there's no supplies. So we set in to organizing things a bit. Meghan scampered back to the perimeter and set up overwatch with Paul, to make sure the werewolves don't go on the offensive. Lutor wades in to the populace to reassure and deal with some of the minor injuries. Fizzledorp starts quizzing the mayor, and that was quite the task.

No one really knows what is going on, and the mayor is next to useless. But one lady, who appears to be the town joke, claims there is a book in her bookstore that tells this tale and how it was solved. Everyone around though shouts things like it's a fairytale and some derogatory comments towards the bookstore lady.

And so now the party is going to somehow sneak into town to get this book. Joys.