Ep. 30 Account for the Fallen Chapter Three (C2)

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C2 Ep. 30 Account for the Fallen Chapter Three

—Reynard

The crew gets the ledger from Allundra and almost makes their getaway, but are stopped by Siphist Coaldoor, who reveals himself to be a Dark Lantern working undercover. Erys reports him to Allundra, and after some trying to figure out the truth, she leaves them with the ledger and takes Siphist with her to find out what's actually going on.

Milo flips through the ledger on the way back to the Four Sails, and discovers a note from Kylie in it; she was in contact with Siphist, and suspected that her life was in danger.

## Synopsis

Reynard watches the destruction he's made as three people are knocked out by a falling chandelier. A tielfing woman, Allundra, turns and asks who they are. Reynard gives his name, and asks for the ledger—and he totally didn't mean to knock all their stuff over.

Allundra tells them they did indeed come into possession of a ledger from the Boromar Clan recently. The group gathers, all pretense of sneaking gone. She suspiciously asks Milo's last name, to clear that he's not a Boromar himself.

If they've been sent on this mission, Allundra thinks there's someone in the clan who's not overly fond of them. She's worked alongside the clan plenty; House Tarkanan has an alliance with them, that the clan won't take their assassination jobs. Things have been shaky recently, and she needs the ledger as leverage.

Word has started getting out that Boromar is taking assassination contracts. Allundra wants to find out who's behind that, and discredit them in some way; convince Boromar that the assassination game isn't worth it.

Reynard says they have a plan—Hob's got it out for someone. They agree to look into it, and she hands them the ledger.

The ledger being their reason for being there, the Tarkanans begin to move out. Siphist stays behind, and after everyone else has cleared out, tells them that he's been working undercover for almost half a year, and it was all to get that ledger. He's really part of the Dark Lanterns, and for a long time they've been building a case against the Boromars. They have power over every facet of the city, and the Dark Lanterns want to put a stop to that. He had a contact feeding him information, but they broke that contact, so he went undercover to get some tangible source.

Milo feels the book vibrate, but doesn't say anything about it just yet. He says he doesn't see any reason to give the book up, when they were sent to get it, and are expected to return with it. There's some disagreement over it, and Siphist informs them that if they don't hand it over, they'll be obstructing justice, and therefore enemies of the King's Citadel. Hob points out that they need to return with *something* to say they completed the job; there has to be a way to make both parties happy. Siphist disagrees.

Erys steps outside to "make sure it's not a trap." What she actually does is get Allundra's attention, and spills that Siphist is a Dark Lantern. Allundra calls her people back and confronts Siphist, who says he was trying to do her a favor; he doesn't trust these people, and thinks they're lying about being against the Boromar Clan. They try to suss out who's lying and who's not, until Reynard points out that there's a House Phiarlan agent right there under her nose and she didn't notice, so surely it's not too wild to say Siphist is a double agent, too.

There's a puff of smoke, and when it settles, Lanan's mark is gone. Allundra takes Siphist with her to sort it out, leaving the group with the ledger.

As soon as they're out of earshot, Erys makes it known that she thinks Siphist needs to die. The others don't agree, and she backs off eventually, though she's not happy about it.

"*I think he needs to be dead.*"
—Erys
They finally make it out of Fallen. the ledger is vibrating again, and Milo brings it to everyone's attention this time. He flips through it, and finds various markings, but most notably a note on the back:

*Everything has been marked clearly in here. Please share this with those you know need it. My life may be in danger.*

He recognizes the writing as Kylie's, and makes the connection that Iron Hatch is Coaldoor. After finding this he doesn't want to give up the ledger, but Erys says she can remove the ink from the back, and Hob suggests getting it copied at a Sivis enclave.

They return to the Four Sails. Jason comes the following day to pick the ledger up, and pay them their 7gp each.

End of episode.

## Quotes

"Gentlemen, what happened last time?"
"We got ambushed by some hoodlums."
*—Eric and Trevor* *0:01:28*

"But look at my fancy car!"
"It's a boat!"
*—Philip and Trevor* *0:32:38*

"Does anyone have a bag?"
"I've got a lot of baggage."
*—Jeff and Trevor*

## References and Footnotes

1. ↑ The same place that Reynard had fun with a cockatrice at.