Lightly Cursed Deeds

*Hired by*: Beldin

*Mission Request*: Burn down Angustora's Bitters

*Reward*: Rest of the 850gp of the 1K reward

*Discovered Places*: Angustora's Bitters (alcohol shop)

*Caravan Allies*: Gromlo (antiquarian), Caliban (cook)

*Monsters Encountered*: Thri-kreen, Ankhegs

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## Summary

After receiving the scarab necklace, the party relaxed in the Armadi Enclave for a week. During this time, Aster took some of her singed feathers and made a small altar by their holy pool. She also played with a small Armadi child, giving him one of her feathers and showing him how to dual-wield with some harmless reeds plucked from the water's edge per the permission of his parents. Eira spent her time helping to patch up the hole in the Mythfall Cavern. Alas-Šur took the time to rest and recover from expending a large amount of his magical energy. C2 was twiddling his thumbs...? Arco came out from the caravan and used his time to introduce the Armadi people to his god Dorime (also known as Onema). He was able to convince the clan (Nat 20!) to follow Dorime and even officiated a wedding between to Armadi.

The party left on April 4th making their way back toward Uqhesh. On the first day of travel, they ran into a group of Thri-kreen riding on Ankhegs. The Thri-kreen gave the party an ultimatum: hand over your valuables or forfeit your life. The party handed over 29gp and a relic instead of fighting them. The Thri-kreen left peacefully and the party went on their way. The second day, they found a seemingly abandoned purple covered-wagon rolling across the desert and went to loot it. The party learned they accidentally tried to break into Beldin's Bazar of Questionably Jinxed Objects. They made a deal with Beldin to burn down Angustora's Bitters in the Sun Market in exchange for store credit.

On April 7th, the party arrived back in Uqhesh. They made a beeline to Ceylonius Sadavir to recover their reward for the scarab necklace. He gave the party the rest of the 1,000gp reward he promised them. Afterwards, they made their way to find Angustora's Bitters, which turned out to be a spirits and bitters shop. C2 bought some alcohol and left the shop with Alas-Šur. Aster and Eira stayed behind and stalled the shopkeeper. C2 set fire to the wooden shop with the alcohol and magic, then wildshaped into a swarm of beetles to bury underground. Smelling the smoke, Aster quickly ushered Eira out of the shop. Arco rushed into the shop after hearing an explosion and helped the shopkeeper while simultaneously proselytizing about his god. Aster and Eira hurried back to try to help the shopkeeper in order to seem less suspicious. They managed to distract him and learn about various places around the city they could find more adventuring jobs. He also theorized that maybe his shop burning down was a message from the local crime syndicate The Brotherhood of the Left Hand.

The party sought out Captain Valentin Aguilera to help investigate the murders that have been happening in town. He showed them the most recent corpse of a drug runner named El Coyote. He had a hole in his forehead and his eyes were rolled back in his head. This is the 7th body in 4 months and the murder rates are increasing. The main link among all the deceased are that they were drug runners and had some connection to The Brotherhood of Left Hands. There have also been some recent thefts in the local temples, which might possibly be connected to the deaths of these criminals. The party was tasked by Captain Aguilera to do more snooping in the underbelly of the city to learn who is committing these murders.