Session 1

## The Dusty Screw

Four strangers are dispatched with various goals and missions, ending up at the seemingly inconspicuous tavern, the Dusty Screw in the city of Thrmia. The four are the original Player Characters, Evyann, Grey, Thelephora, and Cecilia. The strangers arrived to find one another, and two half-orcs as the few guests of the tavern. The barmatron, Obvi welcomed them and served drinks.

Grey Purcell, wary of his mission sat alone at the bar, ordering a couple drinks and kept his ears peeled for any information that would lead him to his goal. Cecilia, an adventurer from Kenssa was looking for the Kensian Ambassador, who had disappeared. Cecilia engaged the two half-orcs and sailors, Elar and Fen, in conversation to find out if they had more information on the Ambassador's disappearance. Thelephora, a wizard of the Order of High Magics was given a similar mission to find the Kensian Ambassador. It was revealed that Elar and Fen had been on the same ship as the ambassador and that it had been part of a shipwreck. In the midst of the chaos, Fen and Elar both described the disappearance as magical in nature.

Evyann seemed to be keeping an eye on things from the corner at the beginning of the encounter.

Attempting to gain an advantage, Grey finished a drink and attempted a ruse to appear more drunk than he was. The act got the attention of Elar, who approached him in order to check in and move him to a table near the conversing group. Evyann approached at this point, aware of Grey's goal and sharing a search for the young, clean-shaven bald man with an eye-patch. Evyann made herself known to Grey, which made the Aasimar suspicious that he was in competition to recover the item he sought.

Noting another Aasimar in the tavern, Grey walked over to introduce himself to Thelephora. He shared a warning that Aasimar could become targets in Thrmia and to be careful of the religious fanatics of the city. When Grey shared the description of who he was looking for, the half-orc Fen overheard and said the description matched a friend of theirs, Kimari. Fen and Elar explained that he was well known to them, and that he was good at procuring certain hard to obtain items. They described him as a pretty good guy. While conversing with Fen and Elar, Grey somewhat drunkenly attempted to flirt with Elar.

Kimari, the man in question, arrived at the Dusty Screw a short time later. Both Evyann and Grey attempted to approach him with offers to procure the items they were seeking. Evyann brought Kimari up to a room where they exchanged a certain service in promise to receive the goods in question. When their transaction completed, they joined the group down in the main dining room of the tavern.

Shortly after that, a commotion was heard outside, with fearful strangers running in to the tavern explaining that some murders had taken place. Some thought to hide in the tavern, but Kimari was convinced that leaving was the best option. Refusing to lose his lead, Grey chose to follow the thief, as did Evyann, Thelephora, Cecilia, Elar, and Fen.

Their flight from the city was mostly uneventful. They managed to maintain their stealth as they moved, Kimari recovering his hidden stash in the tunnels outside of Thrmia. After recovering the items, the group was ambushed by several cultists, wearing green, with their faces covered by skull-like masks. The group entered combat, further ambushed by a mage hidden behind some fallen rock. The group was able to dispatch the ambushers, killing the fighters and causing the mage to run away. They attempted to follow but were unsure which direction he went. Tired from the fight, the group sat down to catch their breath.