Session 5: The Trouble with Tirah

Friday, June 16, 2017

Getting Home

 * Two months have passed since the party (minus Mogen) entered
 * Vigilance gives us: lapis, super shiny sapphire, bloodstone, gold comb with dragon on the side, ID papers - young woman (tan w/blond hair, brown eyes, expensive necklace - Braeland coat of arms; notarized by House Civis: Lady Jana Ir’tain, from Sharn - IMPORTANT)
 * Vigilance whispers to Vesun: “If you’re serious about helping our cause, heed the following instructions: Go to The Shepherd’s Lodge in Sharn and tell the bartender you heard that the most pious of Metarol survived the Day of Mourning. He’ll ask you why you think that, and you must reply ‘because their only sin was perfection’”
 * Vikrit figures out that we’re north of Fairhaven, far further than the distance we actually walked in the Underdark, and it’s been 6 weeks.

Back to Fairhaven

 * They head back to the city. People seem nervous, there are many more guards, and a House Lyrander airship. They get directions from a guard to halfling healing house. Vanesse is concussed and stays there (G wasn’t here).
 * Then they go back to the Leaky Barrel, S contacts Mogen.
 * Mogen has a workshop in Shivatari’s basement in the Whiteroof district (Innovation district according to Mogen). The rest of the party goes there. Mogen declares T his best friend.
 * Cornerio hits on a 10 year old gnome (Halla) working in Shivatari’s.
 * The gang tell Mogen what happened, she tells the gang she made explosives and started a business.
 * Mogen got a letter from Yanger describing history - demon age. Daelkyr from Xoriat. He mentions Gatekeepers (not by name) in Eldeen Reaches, dimensional wars. Stargazers?
 * There are a few people in the bar upstairs. There’s a prizefighter hobgoblin with wrestling pants on drinking heavily (Azad). Mogen says hi (knows him) and he hugs the party. Vikrit buys him a drink, and he talks about defeating a Warforged (apparently he ripped it apart at the neck).
 * Also: female half-elf Leanne, who doesn’t want any of their shit.
 * Dwarven guy with shield of silver flame, female human who looks rich.
 * S goes to talk to Rowana (?) female human. She’s here from Sharn (rep congress of Braeland) to discuss trade with the Queen in 2 days - S says she can get her in touch w/prince, but Sarienne makes her suspicious.
 * V goes up to talk to Alastair Bevins paladin who tries to convert him, on a quest for Goblet of Goblinhammer. V asks if Silver Flame good at killing demons, he said yes. He talks about how humans are the most pure, Mogen tries to con him into buying carts and lies that there’s another chapter of the Silver Flame in Aundair, saying it was Gary at the Leaky Barrel.

Where’s Kalti?

 * They head to the Grand Bazaar to find a map, but it’s closing down. Kalti is missing from his stall, and Mogen finds a ransom note. The rest of the party hides in the cart and heads to the docks. S (with V’s shortbow) and V hide elsewhere, T &amp; C hide very poorly in the cart. DONKEY IS NAMED EDDIE.
 * V hears 2-3 human voices from behind him and tells S &amp; M over the earpieces.
 * M sees a boat, S sees the humans running away. V shoots 2, killing 1. C destroys the living one’s other knee and knocks him out while trying to interrogate him, takes masterwork shortbow. V clambers up and sees the remaining 2 run away, him S and C follow. V tracks them.
 * Mogen and Tork row out then turn around.
 * V finds a low grate smelling like humans, but it’s locked. S picks it. The others catch up. C gives V the key he found.
 * They clamber down, some tumbling.
 * Meanwhile, C hides the body and ties up the knocked out guy. He’s invisible (powder) with the cart and 4 humans, 1 half-elf, wondering where their buddies are, start rolling it away. C shoots the half-elf, who was barking orders. He moves around, shoots him again, then gets hit by the humans mobbing him.
 * C murders the fuck out of one of the humans by hitting him in the balls and kicks him into the river. Two try to run away and C hits one hard. All the humans are either gone or fucked up.
 * C interrogates the half-elf. He’s part of the Golden Fellowship, who were supposed to interrogate Mogen.
 * He learns that Kalti is at their HQ, with Tirah (the leader of the Golden Fellowship) is there.

Rescue Mission

 * The others keep following down the sewer. Something invisible bites T, V tumbles to the back. T slashes and hits something, green blood pours out. S slips when trying to move into the sewer water. V gets knocked down and his chest gets ripped open. T attacks plant creature with fire, deafening V. V finally kills the invisible fungus creature.
 * They head down the sewer and see some torches. They reach a huge room with tents, a fire pit, a wooden hut, turbine, figures walking around.
 * They see Kalti chained up.
 * A female half-elf comes out to them and says they can negotiate. There’s some kind of tentacle creature in the water. She says they can disarm and talk. Lord Darro paid her to kidnap Mogen - kidnap Kalti, get all of us.
 * She agrees that they can do something for them, they ask for Kalti upfront. She asks for gold - each give 10 gold (C gives 20 to cover T). The party is supposed to meet her on her boat.
 * They’re all brought blindfolded back to Fairhaven.