Session 12

**Real World Date: 5/16/2021**

**In Game Dates(x): 20th of Lencten, 5151 M.E. - 20th of Lencten, 5151 M.E.**

**Party Level: 3**

## NPCs Met This Adventure

* Peren Riverwall - Human father of the Riverwall family, in jail awaiting trial for his dealings in the slave trade
* Amy Riverwall - Eldest Half-Elf daughter of Riverwall family, had jewelry box looted
* Emerson Riverwall - Middle Half-Elf son of Riverwall family, had bedroom destroyed and cuff links stolen
* Diana Riverwall - Youngest Half-Elf daughter of Riverwall family, is keeping to herself on the bottom floor
* Karat - Xorn summoned by Diana Riverwall, protective of her and eating her siblings' jewelry
* Micah - butler of the Riverwall house, extremely nervous and anxious about everything

## Summary

### Early Morning

Vola leaves early like she usually does from Bashan's bedroom. She heads downstairs. Sitting downstairs already, having not gotten a lot of sleep, is Quintus. He recognizes Vola but can't place her as she leaves. She crosses path with Sabina at the entrance. Vola is impressed by Sabina's suit and large briefcase and makes a passing comment to her as she leaves.

Sabina approaches Quintus, who asks what she is wearing. Sabina says their father always wore suits to business meetings, so she is wearing one. They both wait for the rest of the party to come downstairs and they all gather for breakfast. Quintus introduces her as his sister and she states that she has a business proposition for them.

### Just Business

Sabina tells them she is hunting down the ship, the **Triton's Blade**, as she needs to find Ubok. She knows that the people that may have captured him may have had ties to this illegal deasling involving the **Riverwall** family. She hopes that info on exactly which port Ubok was taken to might be in some hidden or secret shipping records inside the Riverwall Manor.

She also knows that they are currently working for Quelenna Riverwall to help clear her name. She thinks Quelenna being ignorant of her husbands illegal dealings doesn't technically maker her "innocent" but she is not here about her. She pulls out a large gem worth 500  and offers it as payment for them to investigate the house and find the info she is looking for.

### Family Matters

Several of the party notice hiding in her jacket pocket is a creature, and she reveals a strange looking bird. Quintus recognizes it as a bird from his continent, but it is her familiar. She also reveals that she is a druid, which is a big deal back home, but here it's not a big deal. She states they should be investigating the Riverwall Manor and hopes they can take care of her request at the same time.

She hints that her and Quintus' parents are in need of Ubok for some reason, but she doesn't elaborate. After the party agrees to the job, she gets up and leaves the inn. The party then discuss their next move, which now seems to be to head to Riverwall Manor and hopefully get to take a look around, but not before they run a few errands.

### Side Notes

Poem then notices Kendarah Silkwood has been sitting across te inn, head down, this whole time. Poem heads over and sits at her table. She looks messed up, and mentions that Poem should send a better assassin next time, as this one failed. Poem doesn't know what assassin she is talking about, but takes credit for it anyway. Kendarah asks for a truce, however, stating she is realizing that "A Man" she is looking for might not be Poem, but perhaps another person related to him. Poem agrees to a temporary truce and rejoins the party, while Kendarah limps out of the inn.

While Bashan heads out to the shops to find a healing potion, Cue heads out to pick up his new Azulian Steel sword. Impressed by the craftsmenship, he tests it out and finds it suitable. He is also informed that enchanting this sword, because of the material, will cost his less money and time as Azulian Steel takes to enchantments better. After they regather, the party heads to Riverwall Manor.

### Riverwall Manor

The party arrive and they are announced by a butler, Micah. Quelenna comes downstairs and ushers them upstairs to a small study where she tells them she will bring every document they have and they can search for what they want. However, the city guard seized a lot of her documents and she has very little left to show them. Micah "stands guard" outside the room while the party look through the paperwork.

Baka tells Micah he has to use the bathroom and Micah shows him one down the hall. While out of sight, Baka begins looking at the other rooms. As he bashes into one of the rooms, he finds one of the bedrooms and it has been ransacked. Micah comes after Baka, who claims he thought this was the bathroom. While Micah is distracted, Bashan sneaks upstairs to the top floor.

### High Level Access

Bashan sneaks upstairs and manages to look around a bit. He finds a large library and begins to look around. He is spotted by a guard upstairs, who he knocks unconscious. He drags the body down a side hallway, hoping to keep him out of sight for a while. He then goes to the final room, which turns out to be the private quarters of Quelenna, who is standing there drinking a glass of wine as he enters.

Quelenna is surprised he is up here, as her guards should not have let him up. Bashan pushes passed that, hoping to get better access to the room. He thinks if her husband was doing illegal dealings, he wouldn't just hide things, he would use magic, and the party has the means to find magical objects, if they would only let them look around. After they share a glass of wine, Quelenna agrees and tells him that Micah will show them around the house.

### Checking Out Books

Bashan rejoins the party and they begin to look through the house. They encounter two of the Riverwall Children, Emerson Riverwall and Amy Riverwall, who complain about a series of thefts. Apparently various pieces of jewelry have gone missing in the last few days, and the room that was ransacked that Baka found earlier was Emerson's room. The party says they will look into it, but they have other priorities.

They gather at the library upstairs and using Detect Magic they find a book in the library called **From Earth**. It is magical and contains rituals to summon Earth elementals. It looks like it was put back wrong, so someone must have recently pulled the book. They ask the guard outside (who is nursing a headache from Bashan knocking him out) who might have pulled this book. He states it might have been any of the two, er, three kids, having now just remembered the youngest, third child, Diana Riverwall.

### My Dinner with Karat

Heading all the way downstairs, they approach Diana's room. She doesn't want to talk and doesn't care to help them on whatever they want to do. She dismisses them and won't let them in. Bashan has a hunch, so he tells the rest of the party to head to the other siblings while he lingers behind.

Bashan listens at the door and hears Diana have a conversation with someone she calls Karat. Apparently she has summoned an Earth elemental that she has been feeding jewelry to for a few days now (explaining the "robberies"). She has grown fond of him and named him Karat, and Karat seems keen on staying and protecting her from any harm. Bashan knocks on the door. Diana is annoyed, but when he mentions Karat's name and offers some gold coins, she begrudgingly allows him to enter.

### We Got There Eventually

The rest of the party ask Emerson and Amy about the book. They seem to know nothing about the book. However, as they are questioning them, Micah, their guide, seems noticeably upset. The party then begin to interrogate him. He eventually reveals that he suspects that Diana might be behind the books and the thefts. The party head downstairs to confront Diana.

They arrive to find Bashan has befriended Diana and Karat, and that Karat may have found something. While eating the jewelry and coins, he accidentally devoured some paperwork in one of the rooms. It was a little destroyed, but he couldn't risk putting it back. When the party inspect the paperwork, then find a list of shipments that are obviously slave trade.

Not only do they correspond with dates Quelenna was out of town (clearing her name) but they also have a delivery port named, so Sabina gets her info as well. They copy down the info Sabina needs, then deliver the paperwork to Quelenna.

### Parting Ways

Quelenna pays the party the remaining fee of 1000  for their job well done. They don't give up Diana, but part with the Riverwalls. As the party exit the manor, having solved multiple mysteries and completed several jobs at once, they come outside to find Sabina waiting for them. They give her the information, so she pays them. She tells Quintus when she discovers exactly where Ubok ended up, she will contact him to help her free him. Quintus appreciates it, then she leaves.