Oshuamp - Episode 1: The Last Light of Dumar

## Recap

Nesgrim and Ritora, aboard a caravan from Leririane, arrive at the gates of Oshuamp. They meet several eager citizens and a curious elf merchant, Ethir, who sells items crafted from bones. A small tabaxi girl, Jerky, steals a bone dagger from his shop. Felix, a water genasi, meets the other adventurers and continues to enjoy the festivities of the Estver, the autumnal celebration in Oshuamp. Jerky robs a small child named Timothy; Felix listens to a song about St. Ostador’s Crusade; Ethir and Ritora help Ethir to sell his bone items to drunk customers. As the day passes, they accompany Ethir to the West District, to visit his Museum and prepare lodgings for the evening at the Inn near his store. As they pass through the tunnel to the West, they are given passes and enter a dilapidated area, filled with poor folk and grey and brown clay ground. The homes are ramshackle and patched, the people look destitute and emaciated. People are gambling, drinking, and getting into fights. Ethir advises them to avoid people and follow him to his museum. He displays his trinkets, and tells his new friends about the various adventures he has undergone to gather them. He introduces them to Elisa, the owner of the Quiet Night, an Inn near his store. She offers lodging to the new arrivals, and informs them of the dire situation in the West Slums. She recommends that Nesgrim be quieter about his nature as an Aasimar, and suggests Felix do his best to lay low. Ethir offers a small trinket to Elisa’s young son, Benjamin, who is timid and wets himself and follows after his mother. Nesgrim and Felix want to find the bookstore and Ethir says he will help them to find it. He knows the name, and that it is in the West Slums, but has never been there. As they journey outside, they meet a pair of drunks, who overreact to the appearance of Felix and interrogate them. A group of children perform a heist against Ritora and steal her West Slums pass. Jerky notices and chases after the small child who bumped into Ritora. Jerky starts a fire and an alarm bell rings; the Guards approach the street and begin to extinguish the flames. She catches up to the child, and threatens her in front of her friends. The girl refuses to admit her crime, and Jerky cuts her throat, killing her. The other children alert the nearby guards and eventually Jerky is captured and discovered with the murder weapon and taken to the Gallows. A new guard, celebrated by the people appears and pulls the lever, releasing the trap floor, but Felix attempts to intervene, creating clouds below the stage at Jerky’s feet to support her. Though her neck does not break, she is unable to destroy the noose around her neck. The guard on the stage elevates her noose, breaking it. Jerky calls out to the crowd to support her, but fearful of the presence of the guards, the crowd instead grab at her as she flees. Jerky dodges many of the hands, but eventually runs into the belly of a tall guard. He picks her up by her scruff, and she attempts to claw at his eyes. He slashes at her with an axe, missing. A guard from behind Jerky approaches and slashes through her side, killing her. “Everyone pays in Oshuamp.”