Session 11

The eleventh session of the Golden Order Campaign took place on 8/3/2023

## Summary

* The session starts with the party chatting with Balkar who explains that he and the Bleak Knives have not accepted a contract that was placed on our party by a young man with red hair.
	+ He reveals the location of Bas, the man who placed the hit, as The Pot and the Lynx Pub located in Miner’s Rest.
	+ The reason behind the Bleak Knives not accepting the contract was later revealed by Balkar to be the will of the Malefactor God named Zehir, the Cloaked Serpent, who is the patron god of assassins. He explained that the Bleak Knives do not aim to further Zehir’s goals outright, but they owe him respect and will carry out his wishes should he ask.
		- Balkar specifically had a vision of a serpent wrapped around the iconography of Pelor, which is brandished on Torah. He understood this vision as Zehir not wanting them to accept the contract.
	+ Balkar asked Rome if he had any interest in joining and promised to keep him in mind if the rogue wanted to later on.
* The party then immediately went to the Pub to confront Bas, with Fjorm galloping off on Moradin, her horse. The fighter found the young man slumped next to several empty tankards at the Pot and the Lynx and interrogated him:
	+ Bas claimed that he had to place a hit on the party because he was captured by a returning raiding party on their way back to the Old Fort. They tortured him and uncovered the identities of the party and told him to clean up his mess.
		- They claim to have his family captured and threaten that if he ever wants to see them again then he will need to fix his mistakes
	+ Bas also revealed the other lieutenants in Kalarel’s operation, Fouxious and Drovanna. Foxious is a necromancer operating out of the city of Furness out of a former smuggler's hideout in Carigtown while Drovanna is operating out of a sweets shop in the city of Oar’s Rest.
	+ Fjorm then knocked out Bas and paid the bartender, Stornvi, to take the unconscious boy to a nearby tavern and to watch over him. Stornvi took Bas to the Swordsman and Crossbow, an inn located nearby.
* The party then went to the harbors located in the Loch. They were propositioned by some prostitutes, but declined and made their way to the floating airship of the Lady Ferrous which is owned by the adventuring guild the Rumbleshields.
	+ They boarded the boat and met the leader of the Rumbleshields, Brokdis Greatborn, who explained that if they could outdrink the fiery dwarf then they could secure passage and take the spots of some mercenaries they promised passage instead.
		- “They’re poor drinking mates.”
	+ The drinking competition ends in a tie and Brokdis accepts 100gp to secure the party’s passage aboard the Lady Ferrous. Brokdis kicks out the remainder of the mercenaries, members of the Gallowmen, who are less than enthused by our party taking their spot.
* The party then goes to their quarters below deck and exchange information about their backstories save for Halon, who was exceptionally drunk from his drinking challenge and subsequent shot of Firebrandy. They feel like they’ve known each other for quite some time even though they have only traveled together for three brief weeks. They then called it a night and awaited what the day would bring.