Ep. 26 Eberron Reduced “Retribution” (C2)

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C2 Ep. 26 Eberron Reduced “Retribution”

—Saidan

The Loaded Dice are invited to a gathering for the Boromars, from Saidan himself. Reynard judges from the card that it's a casual dress event, so Erys is relieved that she doesn't have to change.

They meet various people in the Boromar Clan at the party, including Lady Briar, Hutch, and Tarvul Boromar. Reynard and Milo drink with Lady Briar, and Hob and Erys talk to Tarvul, and Kath arm wrestles.

In their private meeting with Saidan, he assures them that Viggo has been talked to, and they shouldn't have to deal with anything like this threat again. If they do, they should see Saidan or Mira, and they'll settle it. He offers them meat as an apology.

## Synopsis

The crew is doing their usual stuff at the Four Sails. Hob thinks he's allowed to go into the kitchen whenever he wants now, and Erys is working on a rolling desk that will float around and cast Prestidigitation.

*"Erys is going to invent the Roomba."
—Philip0:05:08*

A halfling in a decent suit, cropped, slicked back hair, and a beard gives them in invitation from Saidan Boromar. There's a gathering for the clan, and he wants a word with them personally.

The event is full of heads of various organizations in the clan. It's something Milo has heard of before. Reynard checks the invitation and judges that it's a casual dress event, which to Erys means she doesn't need to change.

They get Tasha and head to the upper part of the city. Erys puts away her goggles and gloves, and instead wears a pair of black opera gloves(which she's removed the fingers of.)

Only when they pull up to the party does Reynard realize he's made a mistake in the level of fanciness. Reporters from various papers are there, talking to as many important people they can. The outfits are *very* nice, and *very* fancy. Not just expensive in appearance; some of them have glammerweave, which has magical illusions coming off of them. The Loaded Dice cannot afford to dress for this party.

There are a dozen people in the main hall. It's a cocktail buffet, mingle type party. In the room they see Saidan, and Viggo has had a couple drinks already and is laughing with some other halflings. A tall human with short cut blond hair is standing next to him with a very serious look on his face. One of the receptionists from Boromar HQ is there, but she's not talking to anyone. Half of the people in the room are halflings.

Hob has a nice conversation with Ruth. Reynard, Milo, and Sana go to get drinks at the bar, with Hob warning Reynard that he needs to be able to talk to Saidan later. Mira tells Hob about some of the people at the party, like Nessa Phaba, Hutch, Lyssa Boromar, Dell, Tarvul Boromar, and Lady Briar.

Erys follows Hob to the Pier Lads; Kath arm wrestles the warforged.

Milo orders an ale from the halfling bartender. Reynard orders "whatever is strongest," which turns outs to be a drink called Daughter's Brew. Lady Briar pays for Reynard's drink. After Reynard says they're Saidan's special guests, Lady Briar asks what they do for the Clan. Reynard makes her apologize after she disrespects Milo—she's surprised that Reynard is friends with a member of the family. Milo clarifies that he's not, and she pays for his drink, too. The bartenter tells Reynard to not order anther drink—the one he has is a minotaur special that's poisonous to other people.

*"I feel myself feeling it."
—Trevor*

Mira takes Hob and Erys over to Tarvul. Standing next to him is his son, Coran. Mira leaves them to talk, and they discuss the Black Lamps, the division of the clan that breaks into places and steals things. Erys points out that all of it is crimes. Tarvul talks about his wife, who was the smart one who knew how to operate the group, but has been put in the Dreadhold for killing two Dark Lanterns. Tarvul has heard good things coming out of the Black Lamps, and is sure it's because of the Loaded Dice. The old head of the Lamps was Viggo's dad, who was killed. The Tyrants and Daask are trying to get street level narcotics into the city, and the Boromars have been trying to stop it. Kath returns, having failed at arm wrestling.

Lady Briar asks Reynard and Milo what they do for the Clan. Reynard says a lot of things, and Milo says they do specialized services. Reynard expresses how much he hates Viggo. They learn that Lady Briar oversees the Ravens—scavengers who go into the lower parts of the city with ancient ruins, and collect artifacts to sell. A large part of her force are individuals who ran afoul of the Clan in some way, and were offered to be turned in for their crimes, be outright killed, or be assigned to her team.

Hob and Erys talk to Nessa and Hutch. Hutch asks Erys if she's "from home." Erys looks down at her coat, and says not anymore.

*"I'm not from that part. I'm from the part they gave up before that."
—Erys*

Hutch and Hob get an arm wrestling match that ends in a stalemate. After an awkward amount of time, Mira asks if they can call it a draw. They get up on three.

Finally, it's time to talk to Saidan. They're led through double-doors, and Saidan sits behind a desk. He thanks them for coming. He apologizes on behalf of Viggo. He offers them seven satchels of meat, imported from the Eldeen Reaches, ethically raised. Some kind of bovine animal. Erys is surprised, and wants to be angry, and had worked up that anger into a scathing speech, and now doesn't know how to act. Hob tells Saidan that after they completed a job, he was trying to explain how their crew works, and Viggo claimed to be able to have him killed in an hour. Erys adds that she wanted to punch the taat in the face.

Saidan assures them that Viggo has been dealt with and it should not happen again. It wasn't his place to make such threats. He asks them to handle Viggo with kid gloves, and if they get threatened again, tell Saidan, or Mira.

Hob brings up how Viggo wanted them to kill someone on the job; Saidan confirms that Viggo has authority to alter the parameters of the job, but generally speaking, if they want someone killed, there are other groups that take care of that. Erys wonders what happened to Grum; Saidan says he'd been taking an extra cut, and so he joined the Ravens.

Erys wants Saidan to see about Sigil's house being blown up, seeing as the city's dragging their feet about it. Saidan says he'll have his daughter make some calls.

End of episode.
## Locations

* Boromar party
* Four Sails

## Quotes

"Gentlemen, what happened last time?"
*[Philip breathes]*
"Be nice."
*—Eric 0:01:29*

"Milo, do I need to go get my shirt?"
*—Hob 0:09:09*

"Everything Erys wears you can buy at Hot Topic."
*—Philip 0:19:56*

"I can feel myself feeling it."
*—Reynard*

"If we let him keep getting drunker, he'll die this episode."
*—Jeff, about Reynard*

## Trivia

* Milo names the group the Loaded Dice, which is a throwback to the campaign he, Eric, and Philip played in.