Session 1

## Summary

The player’s find themselves gathering at the industrial citadel of Teiros. Mibek and Faraday find themselves arriving on an airship headed by the intrepid goblin, Bentley, Mercher of the Skies! On the docks they meet the incorrigible badgerkin, Ivanov, who on a quest to find some hired muscle found himself entranced by the exotic dryad beauty of Faraday. After fully stuffing his foot into his badger maw, he convinces the two of them to hire him for a tour of the city in exchange for accompanying him to meet with a potential contact, Libelle, and also to negotiate a distribution deal with Bentley.

Meanwhile Mikael comes into possession of some guarded knowledge regarding his father’s imports, specifically of some potentially dangerous and mysterious artifacts coming from Ephelia.

Down in the pits of Teiros, Krela stirs from a disturbing dream sent to her by her patron. She is given the vague instructions to find a “Mote of his essence recently arriving into Teiros” and to look “up.” She immediately seeks out her main informant, Scratches the Ratkin gangster. He directs her to Ivanov whom she meets on the way to the lifts. After brief discussion, they discover that they may have aligned interests in some incoming shipments, and agree to meet as a group at Adelia’s to form a potential coalition.

After a brief jaunt through the city the following day, Ivanov, Mibek, and Faraday meet with Krela at the high class restaurant, Adelia’s. Together they meet with Libelle to discuss a coalition. During some disputes with the sous Chef Mikael, and a nearly failed attempt to pump for information about his father’s schedules, they were attacked! Three of the waiters surround their gathering and attempt to subdue Libelle with a quick knock to the head with a sap. Fortunately, they were noticed and the initial thrust was successfully parried.

The restaurant erupted into chaos as full combat took place, during which the Tauri thugs were dispatched by the group after an intense struggle. Unfortunately, the Mousekin arcanist was able to flee the scene of the crime just as the Featherguard noticed the commotion. We ended the session with Mibek and Ivanov running from the Feathers and the rest of the party waiting to face the consequences of making a scene.

## GM Notes (Refrain)

The Quest:

The Hook: Krela tosses and turns in the dark dilapidated space she calls her workshop. The clicking sound of ratcheting metal drifts into her dreams. The sputtering of a machine coming to life rises out of the darkness and she sees a glowing blue halo over two glowing blue lenses. They are many times her own size and she feels a spike of fear at the sheer volume of this presence. “Kreela, my waaard.” The ratcheting sound matches the rise and fall of her voice. “A mote of my essence has arrived in Teiros. Find it!” Krela snaps awake covered in her own sweat.

Quest: The red circle is bringing in a new shipment from Ephelia.

Bringing the party together: Ivanov is connected to Mikael, as in he knows of him to be a good contact if you want to find out anything about his father.

Mibek is traveling with Faraday, as they have a similar background and route. Mibek quickly discovers a need for coin if he’s going to find any success in the city and turns to the pit for work. Faraday will most likely go with him as the arcanum will quickly become the best lead for her to find the traffickers.

Libelle is in the city exchange for reasons that still need to be explored. Maybe she’s sought out as a private investigator by a detective from the Featherguard.

Most likely she has a connection to the Circle of Red. One way or another I think some members of the circle might choose to attack her, probably because she either didn’t follow through on a deal or because they felt she knew too much about them. Most likely she knows about a shipment containing a piece of an astral entity.

Krela seeks out her contact, Scratches, who directs her to Ivanov. Ivanov takes her to Mikael.

Destination: Everybody needs to somehow make it to Adelia’s where disaster occurs, that encourages them to work together.

The Disaster: The group is attacked by thugs working for the Circle of Red in an attempt to silence Libelle and Mikael. The rest of the group gets involved and from there they’ll likely lay low and bring all their information together. If they follow the clues I provided they should figure out that they need to go to the 2nd floor of the docks at a specified time and raid a very specific vessel.