Session 01 "Seven Strangers"

**Session 1 recap *“Seven Strangers”***:

Seven strangers, came together to stop an attack from two wolf like creatures in Waukeen’s Promonade, a place
you were all in for various reasons, a place many go to for various reasons as
it is the most famous market place on the continent. Undoubtedly you saved many
lives, including the life of Rhys who bravely entered into direct fray first
with the large beasts but was quickly overwhelmed. Fortunately, thanks to the
quick thinking and wise spell use of both Muffy and Kohlam, he was spared. In
the fray, one of the creatures, after being badly injured by Tanik and a
mysterious stranger in a tree (that none of you saw), fled and got away. The
other was finished by your combined efforts, the killing blow being struck by
Dorn. Many who saw your deeds looked on with wonder and thanks, and a small
child was in particular awe of Rensig’s acrobatics, though no one else saw
that.

When the city guard, The Arm
of Ucerin, showed up, however, they treated you with suspicion. In particular,
Lt. Tordek Bofdann, a rather gumpy, older, dwarven gentleman, had questions
that you simply could not answer: primarily, where did the wolf like creatures
come from? When he saw the mark of arcane magic on the body of the dead wolf,
the mark of Muffy’s Chill Touch, on the face of the dead creature, he became
even more suspicious. At that point it looked that he wanted to take Rhys,
Kohlam, Dorn, and Tanik in for questioning as they were the four near the
body—Dorn in particular was covered in the entrails of the beast after slicing
it’s belly open with his short sword.

This is when businesswoman
Devandra Kravandrous showed up. After having words with Lt. Bofdann, and a not
so subtle enough to escape your attention pass off of a pouch ostensibly
containing gold, the Lt. was quelled, but said if you find anything of note
about any of this to come find him at either the Walls of Tribute in the Guard
District, or at the guard station in the public city square in the Bridge
District. Devandra then came up to you, she had seen what you had done and
offered to buy the four, and then eventually the six of you when Muffy and the
soaking wet Rensig showed up, a drink in thanks, as she viewed this section of
the market her personal business.

You accompanied her and
Medash, her brass dragonborn body guard, to Muggy’s where she revealed that she
had other motivations. She told you of her missing father which in particular
sparked Muffy and Rhys’ interests as they had been sent to investigate missing
nobles in Athkatmon. The rest of you became interested when she offered to pay
for your services. After agreeing to terms, she left the six of you with 20
gold each as a down payment, and left requesting to meet around the same time
of day tomorrow, late afternoon at Muggy’s for an update.

After Kohlam went to his room
that he was staying in at Muggy’s a few of you decided to tie one on. In
particular Dorn and Rhys got rather wasted, however Muffy who was keeping up
with them seemed fine.

It was then the that Rhys
dared Dorn to talk to the only other person in the bar that did not work there.
A mysterious hooded stranger who ran to the bathroom as soon as Dorn
approached. When she came out again he tried to talk to her once more, but then
she left the bar. He finally caught up with her outside, rather drunk, and they
had a few words before she walked off, not revealing anything. A little while
later, Muffy again spotted the stranger peaking in a window. Eventually this
lead to some rather strained interactions—things heated up when the stranger
tripped the drunken Dorn as he went out to look for her once more. This then
escalated when she threw a bucket at his head when he was heading home for the
evening—a seriously intense shot (5hp of bucket damage!) causing the two Light
Bearer’s in Training, Muffy and Rhys to run out to intercede. Dorn took matters
into his own hands however when he whipped the stranger around the waist,
forcing her to talk, though she still revealing very little. Muffy and Rhys
told her they’d be throwing a bucket at HER head if they saw her following them
around again.

Finally Dorn did leave, but
the stranger followed him home, and that’s when a chase picked up, and finally
a confrontation between the two as the stranger had learned something about
Dorn that he was not too keen on anyone knowing. But of course a guy who gives
a fake name every time he’s asked is bound to have secrets.