Episode 1: Disappearances

== Session Recap ==
Last time in our world of Valinova, we met Draven, Hazel, Petra, and Moon, very different individuals all finding themselves linked to a murder case and break in that occurred several weeks ago. Draven, via a meeting set up through their contact Nix, learned that a man he knows named Paz may be partially responsible or involved in some way to that crime, and has been missing ever since. The meeting took place with an orc named Garvv DeRozan, a mid-boss of the DeRozan crime family, who implied potential implications of their group to the entire debacle. He informed Draven to look into the recent death of a Knight of the Emerald Order if he wanted to investigate further.
The victim of that murder, Sir Tiamon, was the Banneret of the knight apprentice, Hazel. After a sad goodbye during Sir Tiamon’s funeral procession, Draven met up with Hazel as she straggled behind and began to question what she knew in order to unravel the yarn of events. Aimless within the order after the passing of her Banneret, and with her future in question, Justicar Ethbert of the Emerald Order lets Hazel know that solving the mystery of Sir Tiamon’s death may be the best way to prove herself, and gives her a clue from the scene of the crime: a business card for an attorney named Seodoc Goodbottom. Together, Draven and Hazel head off to figure out what they can.
Petra Shadowvale, mother of 17 and long time friend of Doc Goodbottom, also notices HIS disappearance after he fails to attend a family function to celebrate her newest grandchild, Adrianna, and through a city guard named Virmyar, learns of his last known location: a shop down in the Dredges by the name of “Plant Shop.” After finding some time in her busy schedule to head that way, Petra meets a man named Moon as he returns from a community dinner with his family and extended circle.
Draven and Hazel also meet Virmyar when they go to investigate Doc Goodbottom’s law office, and are similarly pointed to “Plant Shop.” With some conveniently orchestrated timing that nobody should look into too deeply, Draven, Hazel, Petra, and Moon all end up meeting together. Realizing they may all have a connection to the same case, the group attempts to open the safe of Moon’s also missing sister in hopes of finding some sort of clue. After some trial and error, Moon figures out the combination to the safe, the date of his father’s imprisonment, and discovers inside several magic items, letters, and a locked notebook written in Sylvan and a difficult cipher. After having Petra’s son Vonrum visit to identify the items, the group is left with more questions than answers. Unable to break the code of the notebook themselves, Moon sends a bird to her sister Ellinor to ask her to visit and give it a crack.
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