A Great Deal of Spit

On the East end of Valour Haven

**A Great Deal of Spit** is the 19th Session of the Second Season of Where Shades Rule. This session marks the last appearance of **celery\_clues** as Tore Wolfram before departing leaving their character in subsequent sessions to be played by former Deagon actor **itisi2**.

## Recap

After slaying the corrupted Loe and his undead husks, the party return to the Three Magickos for magical cleansing of the Curse of Malite clinging to their bodies. After recovering back at Bragna House, Vandor confronts Davion on something he sensed from the Knight suggesting he was not a Knight as he appeared. Later, the Six decide to hunt down the lead on the Barricade in hopes they may also find the last ingredient they need for the Three Magickos mysterious bomb...

## Summary

Recounting the information given to them by Spa Concierge "Andrew", the Six wonder whether or not to go through with this clandestine deal to procure the saliva of a Blink Dog. The Six ponder whether the Barricade would simply take their money and run while others remind the group that the Saliva might be the last key they need to build a Bomb that may turn the tide of the coming battle.

The group decide to decide after they return to Bragna House as the Spa may have ears. After they depart, Vandor and Tully notice that they are being followed. They steer the group around a corner and mention the pursuer. When they attempt to look again they notice someone else following them through another alley. This continues until their return to Bragna whereupon they notice an elderly man watching them from afar. The Six are now concerned that the Barricade know where they are.

With this information arousing their suspicion, the party decide to investigate the Barricade further and Vandor reveals that he familiarized himself with a coin he paid with and it was possible he could track it. He sprouted his wings and did a quick fly over the city whilst focusing his senses. On the East End of the City, he felt a ping come back far from the Spa he had spent the coin. He returns with his findings revealing that the location was close to the mouth of the River that feeds the City with fresh water.

The party decide to see if this leads to the Barricade's hideaway and Wulf suggests that the group do a 'sting' and bust the Barricade red-handed. Unsure if they wanted to endanger Wulf they reluctantly brought him along but with the intention of asking him to send for help should they run into trouble.

With Basil's help, the group discover a manhole near the mouth of the River on one of the City streets that sits in a less lit area. They go down and progressively climb down the hole and leave Wulf at the top to act as their lifeline should things go wrong.

Inside, they find that the sewer is indeed being used as a Hideout and can hear a man skulking back into the sewers muttering to himself. He goes into a chamber where they sneak up to despite some noise that almost catches the attention of the muttering man. Using *Greater Invisibility*, Vandor enters the chamber to see who is within and finds three men conversing. He reports back and relays that the men were discussing closing out their last deals in the City before departing.

The Six ponder whether it is worth interfering as they may get a fair deal out of the Barricade until they hear a girl scream from within and pleading for help. Unable to turn away a cry for help, the party enters and causes the two men inside to panic and inquire who they are. The girl cries and huddles behind Tore for protection. The Barricade men disdain that the Six have found their hideout and determine that they cannot be trusted. Vandor *sends* to Knight-Commander Gamreve for reinforcements which perplexes the men who attack. To Tore's the surprise, the girl behind him is a man who magically disguised himself and stabs Tore with a poisoned dagger.

## Featured Characters

### The Six

* Sir Davion Phylund
* Tore Wolfram
* Tully Tanglefoot and Basil
* Vandor Tah
* Dame Dagmar Woodfang

### Returning Characters

* Knight-Commander Gamreve
* Wulf Phylund
* Daniel