We made the two day trip only to find that they have been under siege all day, and the lizard folk from the Mistmarsh made off with 3 of tower guard, and Marzena.
Edsel is one of the guard. That has assumed charge since the captain of the guard was killed. He is reluctant to take the post, but no one else has stepped up.
Allustan wanted to leave immediately to find out what Marzena fate is, and understandably so, but we could not leave the keep in its current situation and expect it not to be overrun when we returned.
We had Allustan stay in the tower with the guard, and told them to rain down arrows on the group of lizardmen that were to the east of the tower. We struck out southward to attack them head on. After quickly dispatching 15 of the lizardmen, we figured the remaining contingent would be fleeing back to wherever they came from. This actually worked out well for us, because it would give us something to track, and hopefully keep the rest of the Blackwall Keep guard intact. So without any undue time wasted, we headed south into the Mistmarsh. We weren’t able to go too far as exhaustion racked our bodies; we pushed ourselves as far as we could that evening.