TNoW - Session Four

Session #4 (24/01/2021) (07:00) NZDT.

**Location: Waterdeep (Black Dog Inn.)**

Caesar/Hemnon/Kieln/Guilliman/Nirn/Renoa/Raoul.

**Session Overview.**

The group (except Raoul) break briefly to run personal errands. The “Waterdeep Watch” is introduced and tells us that they saw Diana Srevlin alive and with both hands 25 mins prior. Hemnon has a disagreement with them. Kieln has a visitor. Barrten and Scuffins return, Barrten asking Hemnon to find him some unique ore. Scuffins incinerates the hand in the forge - keeping the ring. Scruffins tasks the party with killing the clown tomorrow. Guilliman gains new information about his personal goals and informs us that the Blu Brothers have made a case to have Raoul freed from jail. Nirn has a strange dream.

**Notable Events:**

* Nirn heads to her workplace “The Sleepy Bear Lodge” to talk to her bosses about the year long contract with the Blu Brothers. The Lodge is empty, she leaves a note mentioning where they can contact her and that she’ll come back.
* Caesar heads to market and buys a “+1 Pathfinders Greataxe” - upon returning to the Inn to meet with the party he is approached by a trio of odd characters. He is questioned by the female Woodelf and then shoved through the Black Dog Inn door by her after getting no answers to his investigative questions.
* Once the party is all in the main room of the Black Dog Inn, the trio head inside and announce “By the Order of Scuffins, we are here to take one - only one. We will know by a mark on their forehead.” The party also overheard them talking between themselves about a “Glowing Hand.” Netara heartsights them and they’re mostly lawful good (The Male Firbolg “Orvus” seems to be wary of bugs/Netara). Female Woodelf - Mergen (LG) / Male Halfling - Rosco (CG) / Male Firbolg - Orvus (LG). They introduce themselves as the “Waterdeep Watch '' a group under the order of Scruffins. They mentioned that they’d been on the water for the last few days dealing with Snake People immigrating. Mergen apologises to Caesar for shoving him.
* Hemnon asks the Waterdeep Watch if they know of any of the Lords of Waterdeep owning a militia. The Waterdeep Watch responds that they -sans VolDe’Martin- believe all are capable of obtaining a militia but that Eynd prefers to trust one prominent person - wink wink. The Waterdeep Watch (hereby known as “WW'') inform the party that they were talking to Diana Srevlin in person about 25 mins ago so they know that she’s alive and well with both arms. Also, they mention that the Blu Brothers have a sibling, a sister who “stays at home” and that the Blu Brothers work with Capscan.
* Mergen disappeared to snoop around upstairs, Hemnon followed, not liking the invasion of privacy. Once reconvening in the main room of the Inn, Hemnon and Mergen had a spat (Dirty Elf, Mutt) with Hemnon disregarding/insulting the WW and their Badges of Office, stating that he didn’t believe that a badge gave them the ability to operate the way they were. Roscoe leaves and Mergen storms out. Orvus places his badge on the table in front of Nirn mentioning that he’ll be back for it. He also mentioned that the WW had a rough upbringing and were “chosen by Scruffins herself when she was chosen.”
* Kieln goes shopping for magical items, he finds a horn with the name “Roscoe” on it. Kieln makes purchases (Sells +1 Dagger, Buys Horn of Silent Alarm, Folding Boat and Cloak of Elvenkind) and learns from the enchanter “Far east there’s a big battle going on and we’ve been shipping out resources, so many resources.” Upon returning to the Inn and his room, Kieln finds a visitor...a Soot Skinned, Golden Eyed Visitor. They have a short “conversation” (mostly through the spell Arcane Sign Language) “What do you know about the hand?” “Do you know who that hand belonged to?” “Wait, Diana - The Lord of Waterdeep’s hand?” he holds out his hand for a handshake and gives his name - Alistor Black. “Gotta go.” and he fades away.
* Barrten returns and rummages beneath the floorboards behind the bar through a set of dwarves runes. Hemnon finds out how magic helps the forge/Inn works. Barrten tells Hemnon about an Island where there is a strange and dangerous egg-shaped that he would love to work with. Hemnon promises to bring some back for him when able. Barrten thanks him and mentions that he learnt this information from his nephew.
* Barrten tells the party that he has spoken to Eynd and she has organized a night watch to keep the Inn and it’s guests safe, this seems to be the WW. He informs the party that Thuun loves reading dwarvish cookbooks if we ever wanted to give him a gift.
* Nirn has a talk with Hemnon regarding his attitude and conduct towards the WW. “I’ll be as nice to them as I want.” he replies. (Some of the party report seeing Mergen around the tavern during this time.) Nirn disapproves of his behaviour and believes it to be childish and unhelpful but she leaves it alone for now.
* Scruffins arrives at the Inn covered in snow. Barrten uses the forge to help warm her up. She throws the hand into the fire and mentions that she went “North, to far north.” Guilliman confronts Scruffins about her having been in his room without permission. “I just want the pieces to fit, the pieces don’t fit.” she replies. When the party told Scruffins that we obtained the hand from a clown, she became agitated, mentioning that she had JUST finished talking to said clown and tasks the party with killing him tomorrow. She asks if her men had been through and we explain that Hemnon had a disagreement with them and that they’d left in anger. Scruffins say that she will check on them and also informs us that the Blu Brothers had made a case for Raoul, but that he will be wearing “something to prevent him from starting any more fires.” Scruffins mentions that she will make sure the Blu Brothers reward us for killing the clown and gives Guilliman information about the insignia on the pauldron he found. “If Eynd comes tomorrow, don’t tell her anything about this. She deserves a nice time.”
* Guilliman investigates/prepares to do a 2 day trip to Red Larch after Scruffins gives him information concerning the insignia on the found pauldron. Scruffins convinces him to stay in Waterdeep at least until the Freedom Festival is over and we kill the clown.
* Nirn sleeps and “dreams” of a beautiful underground city with an upside down pyramid “ziggurat” that emits a downwards facing light. The people are celebrating, they look familiar and many have facial tattoos. The Ziggurat levitates and then crashes down. Nirn wakes.

**Notable Characters Met:**

* Female Woodelf - Mergen (LG) **WW**
* Male Halfling - Rosco (CG) **WW**
* Male Firbolg - Orvus (LG) **WW**
* Alistor Black - Speaks using “Arcane Sign Language” Soot Skinned, Golden Eyed, seems to be on good terms with Kieln.

**Notable Characters Heard of:**

* “The Blu Sister” Sister of the Blu Brothers.