WoDaD Session 17

== Title ==
The Escalation of Silence
== Recap ==
Bran manages to escape Nandy Skyhawk's office below city hall - almost. He gets to the ground level but when he tries to pickpocket the elevator key from the guard operating the mechanism, he gets caught. He uses a small bit of magic to charm the guard but is seen by another guard, so things escalate quickly. The rest of the party searches for the bard, starting at the tavern he was last seen at. Yorsog manages to pick up on some clues to find him, but Maria is noticed by a strange dwarf in the process. Still, they make their way to the city hall where they're stopped and asked to hand over all magic items and creatures. They argue that they're the heroes who saved the city, so the guard heads inside to ask about that. They just walk in after her. 
They see a scene of chaos and think "We could ramp this up a bit." With Bran being practically tackled in the elevator, Maria grabs his lute and a magic dog toy from the confiscated storage room while Yorsog obscures the room with totally-not-magical smoke. Maria distracts the Elusa Hounds and manages to talk most of the guards into leaving Bran alone to help with the rest of the scene, then Chi Pin shapeshifts into a guard and takes over from the last guard. In the elevator, Chi Pin helps Bran break his handcuffs and just hears a second of the other ghosts, who have been mysteriously absent. They head down to the depths below city hall, Amros still pissy, and meet Nandy Skyhawk. When Chi Pin shackles Nandy to their own wrist, the madam stabs them with an anti-magic blade. This seems to kickstart the ghosts and bring them back - though all they remember is shadow and grief. Shar makes an appearance and says she'll be with Chi Pin soon. 
The party learns about the gauths and how they're the only thing holding the city up. They argue (lightly) about whether Nandy and the gauths should be taken out of power, but don't come to an agreement.
== Continuity ==
The previous session is WoDaD Session 16. The next session is WoDaD Session 18.
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