Adventure 29

**Real World Date: 6/17/2018**

**In Game Dates: March 15th, 5001 M.E. - March 20th, 5001 M.E.**

**XP: 4500 (Total: 36051)**

## Chillin'

The party relaxes inside the cave, attuning to some new magic items and healing up. Arkul Wrax sees his sword, Arkais, hovering outside the cave. He waves him outside to talk. He says that because he is close, their talks don't stop time, so Wrax might look weird talking to no one. They sit down at discuss the Blue Dragon they just fought. He asks Wrax whether he thinks beings can be inherently evil or good and they talk for a while.

Meanwhile, in the cave, Ren receives a message from Jorna Aluhm, who is in the area. He also saw the vision that Ren saw and is currently working to determine where it takes place. He says that this must have something to do with the plot that his boss is looking into, because the enchantment is designed to only display things that a directly connected to that plot.

## Dead Man Walking

The party travel further down the road. They cross what appears to be the border guard of Falmar, who ask them some cursory questions and let them pass. They are told they are still about a week away from **Ramande**. As they travel down the road, they notice something on the side of the road. Then they realize it is a coffin, knocked on its side, with only slight damage to the top. A living person reaches out, trying to get out of the coffin.

They help the man out and give him some water. He tells them that he was attempting to fake his death and his allies who were "bringing him in" must have been attacked or compromised and the coffin containing him must have been dropped on the side of the road. He is avoiding a man called the Gray Fox in the town of Massara. He apparently slept with one of his concubines. He says he needs to figure stuff out and is going to head away from Massara as quickly as possible.

## We're Kidnappers Now

The party realize that this Gray Fox may have useful information for their current quest and that having this Loryl might give them the leverage they need to get that information. So Wrax fills a water skin with a potion of suggestion and gives it to Loryl, who drinks it. He is told that letting them tie him up would be a good idea. He allows it, and the party tie him up and put him in the back of the wagon.

After the potion wears off, Loryl is upset, but they continue on for a day and a half and reach the town of Massara. They immediately realize that water is an important business in this town as everyone is buying or selling it. They also reach a town square and see that one of the public statues honoring some hero was been defaced with a gray fox face.

## Meeting the Locals

Aust asks the guards nearby about the local crime boss and it doesn't go well. Ren harasses an old man and threatens some kids on a stoop, which yields only some information about a warehouse where the men of the Gray Fox hang out. Dhamon takes the blue dragon hide and comissions some studded leather with it and a waterskin. Wrax bribes a man who is selling tokens for water who the Gray Fox is where can they find him. He confirms the warehouse info, but also says there is a water treatment plant that he runs and that's where they should look for him.

The party make their way over to the water treatment plant, where the guards their have a gray fox logo on them. Dhamon and Ren go invisible while Wrax redeems his tokens for five large jugs of water. He then asks for a "supervisor" hoping to speak to the Gray Fox. While he waits, Dhamon and Ren sneak into the plant and look around. Aust interrogates Loryl about **The Pits**. Turns out it's common knowledge and legal for **The Pit** to exist so it should be easy to find in **Ramande**.

## The Gray Fox

A man comes out of the main office building with two large guards flanking him. Dhamon and Ren watch him exit the plant and head to speak to Wrax. Wrax drops hints that they have Loryl or know where he is. The Gray Fox introduces himself as Alban and maintains ignorance about this "Loryl". After Wrax realizes that there isn't anything else he can offer him, they end the conversation and Gray Fox heads back into the plant.

They decide as a group that Loryl is no longer any use to them so Dhamon turns him invisible and they give him some water and he flees. They head to an inn and take a rest. Dhamon heads to a bar and talks to regular people to see what opinions this city has of the Gray Fox. They seem to view him as a necessary evil, although some hate him outright for his selfish and thuggish treatment of the citizens of the town. One patron approaches Dhamon and offers him a job...

## Till Death Do Us Part

The man is Telban. His wife was a wealthy merchant but on one of her trips, she was waylaid by bandits and sold into slavery. He managed to track his wife's location down and determined she is being held somewhere in this city. He has made contact with her captors and they have asked for a ransom. He is to meet them the day after next and he would like bodyguards to accompany him when he makes the exchange. He offers 100 Sanctums per person for the job. Dhamon says he will let him companions know and they will meet him back here tomorrow to let him know what they decide.

During the night, Wrax has restless sleep. He has a nightmare about Talis Hightower and his patron. He awakes to find Arkais sitting in the room. He talks to him about his relationship with Talis. After a moment, he leaves, letting Wrax go back to sleep. The next morning they meet for breakfast and Dhamon tells them about the job he was offered last night.

## Day On The Town

Wrax makes a trip to an alchemist shop, purchasing some healing potions. The party relax and enjoy the day before they head to meet with Telban. When they get there, they negotiate with him for 150 Sanctums per person. He informs them that he received a letter telling him where the meet is taking place tomorrow, but they say they are not bringing his wife. They are going to give her location to him for the agreed upon price. The party agree to meet with him on the day of and head to the meet.

The next morning, Wrax picks up the healing potions he commissioned. Dhamon picks up his blue dragon studded leather and blue dragon water skin, tipping the craftsman generously after he sees the finished results. They head to meet with Telban and head to an abandoned warehouse. They walk in, find it empty, with only stairs leading to the basement.

## I Saw This In A Dream Once...

 **Location** | Warehouse Basement, Massara

The exact vision that Ren saw occurs. They line up opposite the five thugs, preparing to exchange the money for Telban's wife. One of the thugs opens a chest and turns it around to display what is in it to verify that a map and key are in the chest that will lead him to his wife. Before anyone can even look to see if it's legit, an arrow flies into the chest of the thug by the chest, and battle begins.

Using a Wall of Fire, Wrax divides the battlefield and Ren and Dhamon both launch fireballs into the fray. They turn and see Jorna Aluhm was in the corner, invisible, and became visible when he fired that arrow. Jorna quickly goes down, but the party manages to defeat the five and Telban is unharmed.