The group managed the thwart the attack of the first death dog, probably due to sheer luck rather than actual fighting ability but why quibble, and the second one ran away. Let's pretend it was in terror after Tyrtaeus' frightening humming noises, not unlike what a steam powered small-scale suction device would look like if it was used on a carpet. 

We followed the fleeing hound to a den, of sorts, that had two old graves, which Team Excavators (Davion and Tyrtaeus) promptly decided to, well, uhm, excavate. For science and the pursuit of truth, obviously. I believe two desiccated skeletons were found. At least that's what they brought back to town the next morning. Tyrtaeus seemed convinced that if he understood why the death dogs were lingering around, he might pierce the secret of their creation and maybe be able to conjure his own death dachshund. 

Jade Empire's concert went splendidly. In the meantime, Eugene decided to stay outside the inn and keep an eye out for additional death dogs. He claims he spotted four circling outside of the knight's house and howling. Maybe they were trying to harmonize with the popular singer that was taking over the town hall. Or maybe he was just trying to find any excuse to go and knock on the knight's door and chat with his hearing-impaired daughter-in-law.

The team gathered again around at breakfast time, some tired, some dirty, some still drunk/drugged from last night. Since the two bodies the excavation team found appeared to have died a violent death, something to do with swords, several members of the team decided to head straight to the knight's house to investigate the issue further. This resulted in a lot of bones piled up on the knight's carpet and a clever fake letter being conjured to invite Archibald the traveler to dine at his nephew's house, near the forest.

The caravan accompanied the old man to his family house and that's when we got attacked by death dogs. Again!