There's quite a bit of treasure, that the spriggans have collected; a large storehouse contains enough dried food and tools to count as a single BP worth of items. A hidden niche in the well contains four potions of Water Breathing. The armory, in addition to a wide variety of common armor and weapons, contains a single +1 morningstar. The leader of the spriggans carried a +1 Breastplate, and a +1 Seeking heavy crossbow, and had a bag of holding Type 4, filled with coins, gems, the +2 Defending Longsword that Sarianna had been seen carrying, a wand of Spectral Hand (17 charges), a single ring of Friend Shield, and an exquisitely crafted +2 Thundering Darkwood Composite Longbow (+4 Str) - which Nordri identifies as being similar in design to the ones the Nomen centaurs use. In addition, they find a torn spellbook, from which a few spells can be salvaged (bear%u2019s endurance, comprehend languages, flaming sphere, keen edge, mount, and tiny hut.) They also find a map, detailing the environs surrounding Varnhold, providing the layout of the region for about 25 miles around the city (2 hexes in every direction).<br/><br/>"Stories say they're guardians. Don't know much beyond that - what they guard, why, or anything. Tend to not like people, very warlike. Fought against Restov a decade back or so, lost. Badly."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Sena Infodump</div><div class="spoiler_body">Legendary hunters and skilled warriors, centaurs are part man and part horse. Typically found on the fringes of civilization, these stoic people vary widely in appearance, their skin tones typically appearing deeply tanned but similar to the humans who occupy nearby regions, while their lower bodies borrow the colorations of local equines. Centaur hair and eyes trend toward darker colors and their features tend to be broad, while the overall bulk of their bodies is influenced by the size of the horses their lower quarters resemble. Thus, while an average centaur stands over 7 feet tall and weights upward of 2,000 pounds, there are vast regional variations%u2014from lean plains-runners to burly mountain hunters. Centaurs typically live to be about 60 years old.<br/><br/>Aloof with other races and at odds even with their own kind, the centaurs are an old race only slowly coming to accept the modern world. While the majority of centaurs still live in tribes roaming vast plains or the fringes of eldritch forests, many have abandoned the isolationist ways of their ancestors to walk among the more cosmopolitan cities of the world. Often such free-spirited centaurs are considered outcasts and are shunned by their own tribes, making the decision to leave a heavy one. In some rare cases, however, whole tribes under progressive leaders have come to trade or make alliances with other humanoid communities%u2014typically elves, but sometimes gnomes, and rarely humans or dwarves. Many races remain wary of centaurs, though, largely due to legends of territorial beastmen and the regular, violent encounters the centaurs have with stubborn settlers and expansionist countries.</div></div><br/><br/>His knowledge of the language is fairly incomplete, but he does catch some relevant information. The journal is that of Willas Gunderson, one of Maegar Varn's scouts, since before settling in Varnhold. It seems to record his career spanning back many years, and mentions some bits about encounters with centaurs, locally, but he can't make out all the details of it. The last entry is dated a few days after the last message from Varn, but he'd notice there was one page that was partially torn from the journal - the top half of the entry was a little over two months ago, and he can translate the message: "Found bracelet by the river." The rest of the page has been torn away, and the next page bears only a single, large rune - a symbol to ward off bad luck.