Investigate Wizard of Wines

Objective

Investigate why Wizard of the Wines has missed its shipment to Blue Water Inn and why proprietor Davian Martikov has not contacted Urwin Martikov in over a week.

In-game: Neyavr 8 → Neyavr 10 (completed)

Progress log

• Urwin Martikov: winery shipment four days overdue—never late before (Neyavr 8 · Session 18 @ 03:07:35)
• No correspondence from Davian Martikov in over a week (Neyavr 8 · Session 18 @ 03:09:08)
• Davian heads Keepers of the Feather spy network branch; shares intel with Urwin weekly (Neyavr 8 · Session 18 @ 03:10:12)
• Route: Old Svalich Road west, left at fork (Neyavr 8 · Session 18 @ 03:12:12)
• Party agreed to investigate after festival; return to inn for messenger escort before departure (Neyavr 8 · Session 18 @ 03:15:00)
• Urwin Martikov reminded party tomorrow morning departure—still overdue (Neyavr 9 · Session 21 @ 02:00:24)
• Party long-rested at church; winery trip due Neyavr 10 morning (Neyavr 9 · Session 22 @ 01:28:00)
• ~8 a.m.: Party departed St. Andral's Church for Wizard of the Wines (Neyavr 10 · Session 23 @ 00:21:24)
• Found Davian Martikov alive in hidden cavern; Forest Folk druids invaded winery at dawn Neyavr 4 (Neyavr 10 · Session 23 @ 03:00:03)
• Scout intel: 4 druids, blight horde, 3 Greater Strix; head druid's staff controls blights (Neyavr 10 · Session 23 @ 03:11:02)
• Party agreed to retake winery via secret cellar tunnel; short rest at noon before assault (Neyavr 10 · Session 23 @ 03:29:46)
• Cellar infiltration: stealth past twig blights; second-floor recon via Ember and Mercurio's spider (Neyavr 10 · Session 24 @ 00:28:45)
• Lorgoth slain; Gulthias staff identified and destroyed—blights within a mile wither (Neyavr 10 · Session 24 @ 02:39:33)
• Captured druid executed; revealed seed of the pine taken to Baba Lysaga in Berez (Neyavr 10 · Session 24 @ 02:51:21)
• Caged ravens freed; party cleared veranda/storage/workshop and exited winery—Greater Strix no longer patrolling (Neyavr 10 · Session 24 @ 03:23:35)
• Completed: Reported to Davian Martikov at cleared winery; druid occupation ended (Neyavr 10 · Session 25 @ 00:10:42)

Follow-up

• Recover Martikov gemstones — see Recover Gemstone at Yester Hill and Martikov Gemstones (Neyavr 10 · Session 25 @ 00:19:02)
• Recover Seed of the Pine from Baba Lysaga (Neyavr 10 · Session 24 @ 02:52:01)