Session Seven

The seventh session of the Adventures of the Dragon Crag was on the 10th October 2021.

## Party Members Present

* Brandr Sigurdson
* Snorri Morgrimson
* Relnwe Adiath
* Professor Meino Osterhaus
* Aleksi Lehtonen

## Synopsis

### Visiting the Dour Dwarf

After resting up in Our House, Brandr and Snorri decided to present themselves to Master Runesmith Rorantok Dourstormer of Clan Damirson as their Grandfather had suggested. The two dwarfs went up to Skalf's Hold and toddled along to the Damirson Clan Hold in the Holdfast. They met Rorentok (who carried a large hammer) by some large forges and the dwarfs greeted each other in the correct Dwarfen manner. Rorentok said that they could use the forges at the cost of a quarter of the price of the item being made.

#### A Conversation between Runesmiths

Rorentok took Brandr aside to discuss their craft and told him that he had facilities that could speed up Brandr's work and that, in return for use of those facilities, Brandr should tell him of any discoveries concerning runes.

#### The Temple of Ancestors

After leaving the Damirson Clan Hold, Snorri took Brandr to visit the Temple of Ancestors in the Temple District and showed him the image of their Forgekeeper ancestor, Runelord Stormbeard. Brandr examined the image closely. The two dwarfs then returned to Deadgate.

### Aleksi Goes to Town

#### Searching for Nikolai

Finding he has some spare time and not knowing quite what to do with himself, Aleksi decided to search for his lost friend Nikolai in Deadgate. He decided to ask around shops and taverns.

#### At the Ice Maiden

Aleksi decided to start at the Ice Maiden, a place for fun and losing all one’s money to the house. Inside there were loads of Kislevite bouncers in fur hats as well as various other attractions. There was the Rat Maze and Kislevite Basket Ball. Aleksi approaches one of the dealers at a card table and asked to see the man in charge. Aleksi told the dealer that the fate of Kislevite people was in his hands which confused the dealer. Aleksi then wandered off.

#### The Rat Maze

Aleksi decided to try his luck at the Rat Maze. He placed a 3 shilling bet on the sleekest, most streamlined rat (which was actually the most decrepit, skinny bugger on the table). Inevitably, Aleksi lost.

#### Gossiping

After loosing money to the house, Aleksi tried to ask around for Nikolai. He asked one of the bouncers but they only knew Nikolai the Bouncer, who was not the correct Nikolai.

### Smithing

Snorri got to work making a pistol for himself in Our House, whilst Brandr made a pair of mail sleeves for Rel's mail shirt in the Damirson Clan Hold.

### The Professor Reads some Books

#### Book Boy's Book

Meino decided to study the book he took from Book Boy's limp body. He found that it was all in the common tongue rather than any arcane language as one might expect from a sorcerer's tome. He managed to determine that book boy's name was Betran Cadieux. Meino also found references to a man named Ludwig in the book. There were also passages about how to move objects with thoughts and how to clear an area with thoughts.

#### The Library

Meino returned to the Libraries of Skalf's Hold to continue his investigation into elvish magic stones.

### Investigating the Saboteurs

We decided it was time to delve into the mystery of the saboteurs. To begin with, we wanted to see if anyone was stockpiling metal in an attempt to make money by closing down the Norgunson Mines - the hold's greatest supplier of ore.

#### The Mining Guild

Rel though a place to start asking about metal stockpiles was the Mining Guild. The party went up to Skalf's Hold to the Gold Quarter where we met Molatok Nokinson, the Guild Master of the Mining Guild. He brought us to his office and after we asked some probing questions, he said that he knew about the saboteurs as he was close to the Norgunsons. He told us that he thinks that there's another entrance to the Ruins somewhere and the Mining Guild is employed to find and destroy such entrances. Criminals smuggle treasure through such hidden entrances and stockpile it somewhere in the city.

Molatok told us a place to continue our search might be the foreign quarter as we wanted to know who might employ only humans to attack the mines. He told us we might try an inn frequented by people who go down in the ruins: the Inn Way Too Deep.

#### Brandr's visits the Library

Seemingly, Brandr had more important things to do than solve the mystery of the saboteurs and so abandoned the party to pursue his own interests. Instead of coming with us to the Mining Guild, he went to the Libraries of Skalf's Hold to research the last days of Karak Izril. He found information about the last stand of Stormbeard and information about the Dragon's Hoard. (See the History of Karak Azgal)

#### Inn Way too Deep

After Brandr graced us with his company again, we went to the Inn Way too Deep in the Foreign Quarter of Skalf's Hold. Here we saw Zambor's Well and a large square with shops around it as well as the Inn Way too Deep and another gambling hall called the Golden Mug.

It was decided that Aleksi and Meino would go into the tavern and pretend to be human hard men looking for a touch boss to give them a job. They went into the pub and found it full of adventurers armoured, armed and seeking fortune. They saw portraits on the wall and noticed one of the men in the painting was actually in the bar himself. They decided to go and talk to him. He was extremely drunk and told them that everyone on the wall is a hero and that he, Aedelhardt the Hero saved 20 men from a Wyvern.

Meino then went to the toilet and never emerged. Instead, Bruce the Big came out of the toilet. Bruce went to talk to Aleksi who was confused that Bruce seemed to know the party's exact plan, but accepted that he knew Bruce non-the-less. Aleksi and Bruce asked Aedelhardt who would employ big, juicy men like themselves. Aedelhardt told them to talk to the barman, and the barman said go try the Golden Mug and be less conspicuous.

Aleksi and Bruce left the Inn Way too Deep and met the rest of the party outside. Aleksi introduced the party to Bruce and the general consensus was that we liked him more than the Professor - good riddance I say (we need more brawn than brains). Aleksi high-fived his new friend and his hand sunk into some sort of illusion. 'How strange' thought Aleksi. Then Bruce the Big told Aleksi that he would pay him 5 shillings if he didn't tell anyone.