Shipwrights' Ball

The **Shipwrights' Ball** is a gala held every year on Ches 25th during Fleetswake. It was once a guild-only celebration but has spiraled into one of the biggest social events of the year.

## Layout

* Two staircases from Dock Street
* Front lawn, on an elevated patio.
	+ Ticket check happens here
* Ballroom w/ band and passed appetizers
* Dinner wing
	+ Some private dining areas and various barrooms split off
* Galleon Hall
	+ six scale-sized ships are hanging upside-down from the ceiling as artistic decorations
* Private rooms
	+ accessed by the ballroom
* Garden Terraces
	+ accessed from ballroom and private rooms
	+ Winding paths & gently bioluminescent plants
	+ Think Lunestre Estate from WoW
	+ walled off from rest of the city

## Guests

REMINDER: Which NPCs are talking to each other??

* Renaer Neverember
	+ *Lord Torlyn Wands. Last seen in C2 E5: A Nu Start Inn trying to counteract the effects of alcohol, but woke up in an alley in the South Ward next to a snoring troll. Now incensed that he has to be in the same room as Lord Terras, who has filed another civil suit that guests of the Wands crossed into his property. Terras and the Wands have been feuding since Lord Torlyn's sister turned down Terras's marriage proposal.*
	+ *Meloon Wardragon. He asks oddly probing questions about the Grand Game. High perception will notice some small purple fluid leaking from his nose, which is evidence of the intellect devourer.*
	+ *Elra Harsard. Concerned about Meloon, who has been avoiding her lately. Not sure what she's done to deserve it. It's been several months since their last Force Grey mission together into Undermountain.*
* Jalester Silvermane (20)
	+ Part of the The Rosewinds
	+ interested in what the PCs know about the necromancer & the Phoenix Mechanism, but won't share any information as they're his allies
	+ Dislikes Vajra Safahr
* *Vajra Safahr, the Blackstaff (216). Part of the Cult of the Junction*
	+ Talks to Tom telling him to bring any information about Brass Mechanisms to her
	+ Worried that the new devices present a threat to Waterdeep
		- "I don't care if a bunch of nobles squabble for Neverember's money as long they don't get anyone hurt but themselves!"
	+ Knows that the Phoenix Mechanism reanimates beings around the user, but runs on an unknown source of power
* Laeral Silverhand, open lord of Waterdeep
* *Lord Vittoro & Lady Ammalia Cassalanter*
* *Mirt the Mirthless (211),*
	+ knows that there is a mechanism involvement somewhere in the Enigma but doesn't know how
	+ suspicious of the entertainment: "you know *actors*—keep an eye on your purses!"
	+ *At the party investigating rumors that someone has started a rival network of spies*
* Remalia Haventree (215)
* *Esvele Rosznar, the Black Viper*
	+ Knows Grinda Garloth outfits gladiators for Xanathar and also his agents' for activities
	+ Knows that the Cassalanters are involved in the demonic cults mentioned in the Wazoo
* *Meloon Wardragon, who has been acting odd lately*
* Many noble families (generator)

* Rubino Caswell, Guildmaster of the Shipwright's Guild
* *Savra Belabranta*
* *Obaya Uday, priestess of Waukeen*
	+ They traveled from Chult to sponsor expeditions into Undermountain, with the goal of bringing its magical treasures back to their employer, the merchant prince Wakanga O’tamu of Port Nyanzaru

## Events of the Evening

* PCs arrival—cocktails & apps
	+ Red carpet experience
	+ Cassalanters talking to Jalester Silvermane (both part of The Rosewinds)
	+ Mirt checks in with the characters
* Captain Zord & Sea Maidens' Faire parade in (8:15p)
	+ Fireworks, bears, dancing stilt walkers, and a faint hint of lavender
	+ Nimblewright servants emerge and join the staff serving appetizers/cocktails
* Grand Promenade (8:30p)
	+ People go into the ballroom based on precedence, starting with Laeral Silverhand and continuing with Vajra, Renaer, etc
* Rubino's speech (incredibly boring)
	+ People are murmuring in small circles, trying to look like they're paying attention
* Dinner
	+ PCs are seated at a table with Esvele Rosznar, Elra Harsard, and Lord Torlyn Wands
* Dancing
	+ ~~Entertainers try to steal Ladro's bag if he gives an indication that there is anything valuable in it~~
	+ Esvele Rosznar tries to dance with Tom/Tovarish to get information about what happened at Gralhund Manor
	+ Cassalanters check in with the characters during this time
	+ Renaer tries to dance with Ladro

## Topics of Conversation

See also Current Secrets.

* Neverember's Enigma
	+ Thuggish break in at the Gralhunds' Villa
	+ Cassalanters and Davil Starsong know the PCs were at the Villa
	+ Some nobles know the Cassalanters were researching the Stone of Golorr and associated artifacts recently
* Explosion in the North Ward (Fireball!)
	+ The watch is still pursuing the culprit
* *Brass Mechanisms*
	+ *The PCs are a growing number of people asking about them*
	+ *Three of the four known mechanisms have been seen, but not the Eagle*
* Gossip
	+ Dasher Snobeedle's disappearance
		- The Snobeedle family is in attendance but publicly claim to still be searching for their son
		- word on the street is that he's joined a gang of wererats
	+ Misra Tesper eloped to Daggerford with a half-orc, causing a stir
	+ Tonight's entertainment from the Sea Maidens' Faire
		- *Captain Zord's origins (no one knows)*
		- *Someone thought the Eyecatcher sailed oddly for a ship of its size:* *"Despite being so loaded down, the loaded waterline was still visible. There must be something lifting it up—but why and how?"*
	+ *Nimblewrights have become very popular among the noble families*
	+ *Recent expose in the Waterdeep Wazoo on devil worship in noble families*
		- *It's a key part of the "richest, most powerful families"*
		- *One of the "secret fronts" mentioned in the article is a house on Aveen Street in the North Ward*
		- *There have always been rumors of an ancient site of worship below the city, but no one knows if it's real or not. "I suppose the Surveyors', Map-, and Chart-makers' Guild would have it in their records somewhere?"*
* *Nimblewrights have a watching/surveillance device embedded*