Game 41

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**Freedrick and Priscilla's Arrival**

Freedrick awakens to the sound of heavy machinery, in the storage container that he stowed away in. He is with Pricilla. There is a blacksmith in Silverymoon whose help he needs.

*“Get your foot off of me.” Pris “We fell asleep.”*

*“Oh. Sorry. We both— Well, we’re not asleep anymore.”*

*“This is really heavy. What are we going to do? Get your foot off of my face.”*

Outside “We’ve arrived. Who is that over there? Oi, who goes there?” Heavy footsteps are coming that way. Poking his head out, Freedrick sees a royal Cormyrian guard.

*“Who are you!?”* Commander Cairus Thadamere exclaims.

*“Last I remember I was being attacked by some ruffians.”*

*“Donnelan, what you doing down there?”*

*“We’ve got a couple stow-aways.”*

*“Where are we, D'arlin?”* Freedrick inquires, casually spinning a from the barrel rope around his finger.

*“Only my wife calls me darling.”* They begin to clap him in irons.

*“Who are you?”*

*“They call me Freedrick.”*

Back in the druid grove, the group discusses how to enter Silverymoon, given the way they left it. Damian is concerned that the circumstances under which we disappeared (chasing Morbay Corso throughout the streets, to have him die in Cormyr). The group arrives in Silvery Moon and Damian disguises Rowan. There are airships hovering over the city.

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Freedrick steps out blinking into the sunlight. This reminds him of the ruins that he saw during his solo. They begin leading him down a rope bridge. They let go of his wrists. as he walks down a plank single file into a minaret that the airship is attached to. Donnelan takes them to see the commanding officer. Freedrick sends a subtle message to Priscilla;

*“Keep quiet and observant. We won’t try anything until we have a sense of our surroundings.”*

Commander *“What do we have here, then?”*

*“We brought you a stow-away captain.”*

*“Good morrow, Captain!”* Freedrick beams.

The captain’s expression is inscrutable; he wears his face like a mask.

*“If he was aiming for the Prince, he could have taken his shot earlier,"* the guard induces.

*"...Why did you board our vessel?”*

*“We were pursued in the dead of night. We took the path of least resistance, aboard your ship.”*

*“Aboard a military vessel?”*

*“I assure you, whatever was pursuing us is much scarier.”*

*“Lieutenant, why did you bring this to me?”*

*“I’m sorry.”*

*“You’re not sorry. You’re incompetent and demoted. Separate them, put them in the dungeon, and get out of my sight.”*

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Rowan and Damian make their way in the city to investigate. Damian pulls Rowan into an alley to suggest that they visit Otto’s temple. As he suggests that, a man next to a refuse pile says “Arh. Who goes there. What are you doing in my corridor?”

He propositions them with business.

Dam *“Why are the Cormyrions here?”*

Man *“What is it worth to you?”*

Dam *“We have gold.”*

Man  *“Everyone has gold. I like items.”*

Dam *“Gold is an item.”*

It’s at about this time that the man recognizes the robe Damian is wearing. It used to be his robe. *His* sandwich robe. Damian is talking to the shopkeeper from whom he stole the robe.

He tells them he is looking for a small box. (The music box.) They tell them that the last person who had the box was crushed by a snake.

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“I’ll be at Solar’s Smiling Satyr.”

They then head over to Raestor Maten’s to speak with Alcinoius. Tohmas is there, who takes them to Alcinious who is writing a series of letters. There is a bottle of perfume, which he uses to watch Rowan and Damian as they enter. (Disguised)

*“The prince is here. One of the oldest. He is polite, but some of them throw their weight around. They found Morbay’s body. They don’t know who the group was that followed him, but maybe you all know something about this?”*

*“They are accusing Silverymoon of holding sympathizers to the Nether. Unfortunately those kinds of claims can’t be disputed. Now look, when the prince fell down this well, it is said that he fell down with a friend. When they hit the bottom, it's said that it opened and led into a pocket of the Underdark. They were missing for a week. The friend was gone, but he was found. But he was found with a broken knife, and somehow he made his way to the surface. Who knows if the story is true, but he is driven.”*

The prince is Lionard Donellan the IV. His father is King Leonard  Donellan III of Cormyr.

Dam *“Has there been any other word of the plague?”*

Alcinous *“The bardic college is about ready to burst. More infected are flooding the city. The inoculation is not always working. The city is close to panic.”*

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