Session 4 Recap

Riverwatch,

* The Barley and Hops (Inn),
* The Torchbearer's Gaze (Upscale Inn, Located near Riverwatch Headquarters),
* Madame Ren's Birdhouse (High-End Brothel),

* Jerimy 'Oddjob' Iverson (Human of many talents, presently Sheriff of Waterford, an old crony of Arik)
* Jimmy Three-Fingers (Local Fisherman living in Waterford)
* Aelrindel (Elven Cleric and member of Dragon's Heart)
* Douhg Magnusson (Gar's Uncle)

[With a few players unable to attend, the session focused on the activities of Gar, Dandy and Arik

**Previously...**

## And Now...

The group, currently consisting of the PC's, Priestess Giana and her Retinue, Bogga, The Scholar and about a dozen people from the bar, entered the town of Waterford hoping to find a boat. They were immediately met with Jerimy 'Oddjob' Iverson, an old crony of Arik to whom Arik owes money. Iverson had recently been given the role of sheriff (chiefly due to the fact that no one else wanted it). He kept a watchful eye on the group, not noticing Arik slip away. At one point, he gave Dandy a look at his badge of office (an ad hoc bit of metal), and she forgot to give it back.

The group then splits, with Bogga and the other bar patrons going their own ways, while the Retinue looks towards finding a way to Vynelvale.

Arik haggled with a local fisherman, Jimmy Three-fingers, to take them across the river (and then once they were on the boat re-negotiated the job to take them to Riverwatch). They arrived at the city the next day, and were particularly awed by the huge lantern-carrying statue heading the cliffs by the bay.

Giana tells them she'll spend the night at the Church and meet them in the morning. The PCs then visited a bar called the 'Barley and Hops' (Named after a pair of gods who are collectively the gods of the tap) and got some food, alcohol and rooms. The bar was abuzz with excitement and music as a famous adventurer, Aelrindel\*: a member of 'Dragons Heart', was present and the crowd was enjoying songs of her great deeds.

At some point, Dandy regales the bar patrons with a Tale of an ancient Black Dragon King.

At the Bar, Gar encounters his Uncle Douhg. They greet and go to one of the hired rooms to talk privately. Douhg wants Gar to return home but when he refuses, Douhg instead insists on taking the sword and returning it to the family. Words become heated and when his uncle bad-mouths Gar's 'Old Granny'. Gar punches him, knocking Douhg down and accidentally knocking him out. Gar returns to the bar and convinces the group they need to leave immediately (and doesn't share the reasons).

They move on to a more upmarket inn, 'The Torchbearers Gaze', far from the last one, located alongside the Riverwatch Headquarters. They spend the night there. Realizing that they no longer have a meet-up location for Giana, Goldie contacts her in the morning to cement the arrangements. The other characters spend the morning in the markets and shops buying equipment and looking into buying various forms of transport (including a small boat) to get them to Vynelvale.

While shopping, a panicked man asks them if they have seen his brother. He explains the two of them inherited some money but his brother currently has it all and is spending it quickly and unwisely. They ask around for the man and find the brother was seen entering a nearby 'shop' called 'Madam Ren's Birdhouse'. It's a colourful little cafe with exotic talking birds on display, all of which is a polite cover for the brothel in the back. Dandy remains oblivious to the 'underside' of the establishment and buys some very expensive tea and biscuits while the others question the madam.

They do end up finding the brother out the back, sleeping off a hangover and completely broke. Later, Dandy will discover the sheriff's badge she had polished and signed has been lifted by one of the markets pickpockets.

The session ends with the characters still in Riverwatch, hoping to visit the lantern-statue before laving the city for Vynelvale.

*(\*She has Wing tattoos which can apparently activate to give her flight. She 'Looks like Annie Lennox' as an Elf.)*

### Continued in Session 5...

*15xp*

*(65xp)*