Part 1 (S0)

* Played on: 9/3/23
* People Present: Addie (@aceartz), Gabby (@bibo), Kaie (@hsrs\_faraday\_triangle), Victoria (@mhango\_0), Dani (@solis\_artsy), May (@rosesweatergirl), and Lianna (@cherrystixz)

* Start in the Leaky Pipe Tavern in Chram, North Brookridge-a run down tavern with a hole in the roof
* Alanis Mica-Dorcaryn, a wood elf ranger with caramel brown eyes round glasses wearing an impressive cloak, enters the tavern and goes to table 4 (per the adventure ad)
	+ At the table is:
		- Willow Blight, half-elf with amber eyes golden/white hair wearing a red and white mask that obscures half of her face
		- Nardina-Saeel Taheem, a naga (half-snake) with hair covering one of their eyes
		- Priele Winvyre, an Eladrin with pale blue skin + hair wearing holy looking clothes and a steampunk plague doctor mask covering her entire face

* Kracselish Lacrimosa, a strange looking half-tiefling enters the bar, talks to the barmaid (asks for a hug) before sitting at the table
* The door slams open and a pale gray tiefling wearing a muddied velvet coat enters looking around paranoidally
	+ Approaches the table and drops a gold bag that Priele divides evenly between everyone
	+ Introduces himself as Garros Jonalian (person in adventurer ad) and warns the party against the dangers they might meet while on their mission
	+ Garros tells party they need to travel to Fiddlefoot to meet with the mayor
* Leads party to a small fishing boat (seemingly purchased last minute)
* Party asks some questions about the quest/ disappearances
	+ Mentions Hulran Lightfoot is the mayor who wants to look into the case, wants to remain somewhat discrete
	+ Children are the ones disappearing- the mayor blames Godfrey's Traveling Circus
	+ Mentions his relationship with the mayor is "tense"

* Party talks among themselves
	+ Doc comes from Ozmil and used to be a performer
	+ Alanis was previously a archivist from Mo'aime
	+ Willow also used to be a performer from Vopnafia but stopped for "reasons"

* Group looks into the water to see a school of Glowfish (typically seen as a bad omen)
* Party lands in Fiddlefoot, tiny gnome/halfling town
	+ Priele starts looking at the people, searching for someone, and accidently makes a kid start to cry
	+ Doc does their best comfort them

* Party arrives at a horizontal house (slightly taller than other houses) and see a figure Hulran Lightfoot make a dash for the outhouse
	+ He takes a while before flushing and coming outside
	+ Stout halfling with gray peppered hair + beard, seagreen coat w/ gold trim, silver ornaments in his beard

* He leads the party in the house and walls are covered in portraits of himself, the inside seems larger than the outside
	+ When asked about the children says he doesn't know anything and admits he's just doing this bc the election is coming up
	+ Wants party to investigate the "circus freaks" (freaks bc they're tall)

* Gives tickets for circus to everyone but Garros and tells them to get another ticket somehow
	+ Garros and Hulran antagonistic in interactions

* As Hulran leads the party outside and closes the door Nardina punches the door off the hinges and knocks him unconscious
	+ Everyone leaves and ends up running towards town square
	+ Doc reprimands Nardina and reveals a blue forked tongue

* Circus tickets probably sold out so need to get a ticket some other way
	+ Notice a kid (halfling with large forehead, freckles, and green eyes) with a ticket

* Nardina attempts to intimidate the kid into giving the ticket and he punches them in the stomach twice
	+ Notices Garros and starts jumping him

* Nardina goes to throw the kid (Kenny/Kevin) but Doc grapples their arm before they can
	+ He then grapples Kenny/Kevin and pulls him off Garros

* During the distraction Willow grabs the ticket from Kenny/Kevin
	+ Kenny-Kevin is impressed by Doc and gives himself to be their student

* Party goes to the Schoolhouse to ask the teacher about the missing children
	+ Meet the teacher (half-elf half-halfling w/ long red and a scottish accent)
	+ She tells them Tobias Jake recently got enrolled and went missing a few weeks ago around the time the circus came to town
		- Butcher visited him a bit before he disappeared + others are suspicious of him ("watching the kids in a strange way
	+ Malcolm Eversett and Sophia Morningbrew also disappeared around the same time

* Doc asks Kenny-Kevin and he mentions Ana (his crush) also disappeared
* They leave the schoolhouse and agree to investigate butcher next
	+ Garros meets back up with them and reprimands them for not being very discrete

* End session