Episode 98 - Game Log 2021-02-10

The session begins with the Tibe going to see about Mimmay in the Rectched Tulip. Arkenite is glowing still, from his treat from the worlds slowest baker. As the Tribe walks, they noticed a squad of Guards walks in front of them, with the blue sash of the suntree pin of whitestone on their sashes. Evresh is called on, with the guards ordered to bring her to embassy in whitestone to begin trade negotiations with EnThanus. It is further explained that frost steel will be very useful, she eventually agrees to head off to EnthanUs, with Allyria in tow to protect her.

As the Tribe continues to walk Entropy gives the bag of bird oragami to Arkenite expaining that maybe they can use this to send a message to Mimmay, or to send a bird and follow it to her as well. And with that the Tribe arrives at the Retched Tulip, with putrid raw sewage seeping down the steps down to a a "door". The smell is truly something to imagine, and as the door opens they see inside a gnome flung through the air.

The gnome quickly stuck to the wall, two half orcs tossing gnomes across the bar. surprisingly large room, crates and boxes, maybe a bar but just really a board with two barrels.  This is truly the worst of the worst as far as bars go, a true disaster of a place, and exactly where Arkenite thought they could find Mimmay. As the Tribe enters the place comes to a standstill.

At bar there is a thick gray hair woman, braided behind, with the hair hanging over both shoulders, square faced, covered with rags and fur neck piece. entropy orders the worst drink they have, and the Bartender Malia, yells for 5 sticky winks, commanding a boil faced man who goes to a bucket, ladels some liquid from the bucket into wooden cups, and brings those back to the group with a grunt.

Entropy asks Malia about Mimmay, and mentions maybe the Tribe wants to take part in the pit fighting, while Arkenite sends out an origami bird to Mimmay that flies immediately out the door, and goes in search of the fighting pit. While on his way to the fighting Pit, Me looks for a game of dice, at which she eventually wins a gold profit by stealing it... showing a very abrupt and drammatic shift from her previous continence.

By this time Arkenite has found the fighting pit, and looks around finding some bruisers camped up on benchs next to the pit as some dogs continue dighting inside. Arkenite talks to the bruisers, and then sees a dwarf accross the pit in the corner with a tightly trimmed slicked back hair and beard, ho is ordering people around. Thinking this must be the person running the pit, Arkenite goes up and asks if he has any real fights scheduled later. TO this the dwarf replies that maybe later there will be some contestants.

Arkenite pulls out 10 gold dropping it on the table, challenging the pit champion to come fight him. The dwarf says that for ten gold he will bring Fang out to fight. The pit manager Mundrug Windthane is his name explains the rules to Arkenite, while Gray who has trasnformed themselves into a random NPC and Entropy move around the room talking down Arkenite, trying to bring up the odds to make more money betting on him.

Rules of fghting pit - the managers name is Mundrug Windthane.  Gray tranfors into a misc ugly character, and Entropy and Gray both move around getting bets against Arkenite, Entropy struggles to sell people on his deception, but Gray has made a life and career about reading people and rooms, and they identified two folks off on the side who appeared to be the controlling interests in the betting. Gray goes to them and finds out some information about Mimmay not covering her bet and having to be dealt with. She was otherwise indisposed now Gray felt this sounds an awful lot like Mamay.  Gray does a very good job conversing with these two individuals, bringing a load of cash into the bet against Arkenite.  With this Entropy bets 1,200 gold on Arkenite, and Gray tells Arkenite about those other two who know about Mimmay. Me, with her new fund spirit goes up and bets a gold on Arkenite as well.

After this betting was ended and a giant fat orc who must be Fang jiggles, when he jumps in to the Pit for the fight, just a massive fat, eye patch wearing orc.  Entropy, looking for some insurance, casts unseen servant into pit, while Arkenite hides two berserker salts and takes it to start the fight.

As the fight commences in the first round Fang almost knocks Arkenite out on the first punch.  After this, sensing his gamble was going poorly, Entropy uses the unseen servant to throw sand into the orc's one good eye, and Arkenite jut lays him out.  Crowd goes silent, fat goblin screams out, Waldrof (one of the two big gamblers) leans side to side and says hey Mundrug, you set youself up with a weird fight.

Waldorf says Arkenite is friends with Mamay, Mundrug then says you may have beaten Fang but, and quickly 5 guys with cross bows are around the circle.  Dwarf gestures to archers, to lower crossbows, as he describes that Mimmay has promised some goods, Mimmay was supposed to acquire the goods for him and if we can acquire the goods he will let Mimmay go free. Turning to Arkenite the Dwarf huffs and says that you may have used some of the goods, which might explain how you could beat Fang.

Mundrug agrees to allow just Entropy to leave and talk with Mimmay to get the details on the goods, and that the rest of the group must stay in the bar. He dwarf has some odd deference for Entropy, he is apparently picking up on some of the Clasp signaling and understands Entropy's affiliation. Arkenite goes to Entropy giving him the stick and vine elk head, and says to give this to Mimmay, that she will understand it. Ash turns and casts shield of faith on Entropy while Arkenite casts Hunters Mark on Entropy to tack him, and Gray again speaks into Entropy's mind, terrifying Entropy yet again!

Entropy is led away by Gunk and Mundrug, outside the bar, they turn around climb some stairs and arrive at the warehouse directly above the bar. Looking inside Entropy sees stacks and stacks of boxes, all over, just chaos, as this appears to be a dumping ground with no planning probably an illicit warehouse for stolen goods. At the back of the warehouse is a crossbeam, with manacles hanging rom them and Mimmay tied up blood stained clothes and fair hanging from her face with a young Gnoll whipping her asking her over and over again if she has it for him now.