Session 10

3/29/20

Coming off of a near-deadly tournament win, the party is escorted up to the private suite of Lord Emerick Proch, where he congratulates them on their victory and personally invites them to his ball that evening. They are then taken back downstairs, patched up, and handed their winnings of 4000 gold pieces, the deed to a new home in Brook Borough, and three invitations to the ball that evening. Rakkesh gets his armor embossed with a familiar family crest, while Jack and Flynn create a couple of extra party invitations for the ball. They also spend some time tracking down Russ and Randy, who have been slinging fried fish during the festival and are making a killing. It takes some convincing, but the two eventually agree to accompany the party to the ball that evening. With that, everyone heads back to The Hound to get cleaned up, but not before Rakkesh makes another attempt at the rock game. It, unfortunately, doesn’t go well again. At The Hound, plans are discussed. The plan is for a cask of Torrid Hound ale to be carried to the party, where drinks will be given out freely. Using the potion given to the group from Jared, they will slip it into the drink of the jailor, steal his keys, and grab Douglas out of the dungeons. Everyone heads for the party, where their weapons are checked at the gate, but the cask of ale is allowed to pass. Jack mingles with some of the nobility and Flynn catches up with Aubree. The party eventually make their way into the main area of the castle where people are enjoying dancing, drinks, and food. A table near the back door is found, and they all post up there. They decide to approach Lord Proch and offer their cask of ale, which he agrees to. Jack convinces Lord Proch to allow him to play a song for the audience, and his daughter appears to be very excited by this. Meanwhile, Russ and Randy make their way back to the kitchens to start tapping the cask of ale. Flynn “attempts” to dance with Aubree. After some time passes, Jack approaches the musicians playing for the ball and gets himself warmed up, before making his own performance. Flynn heads for the kitchens, and Rakkesh also “attempts” to dance with Aubree. Flynn checks in with Russ and Randy who give him the sign that everything is good to go. Surprisingly enough the guard is passed out when Flynn makes his way down into the dungeons, grabs the keys, frees Douglas, puts him in the bag, breaks into the treasury room, steals three rings, several gems, a staff, and a battle-axe. He makes his way back up to the party to find Jack
 ully captivating the audience with an extended edition of the well-known song, The Whiteshell Waltz. After thunderous applause, Lord Proch declares that it’s time for the fireworks show, and the party makes their way back to The Hound. Flynn manages to snag a kiss on Aubree’s cheek before parting ways. At The Hound, they party briefly exchange tales with Douglas where he claims he needs to get his wife and get out of town, for the time being, possibly heading for Arannis’ tower. He heads off into the night, everyone stays up for some time and casually enjoys the night's festivities, hoping that Jared will show up, but he never does and they all head to bed.