Session 3

**Real World Date: 9/13/2020**

**In Game Dates(x): 6th of Lencten, 5151 M.E. - 10th of Lencten, 5151 M.E.**

**Party Level: 2**

## NPCs Met This Adventure

* Thissius Gentry - Lord and mayor of the city of Azul
* Yelbronna Stavenger - leader of the Azul branch of the **Sovereign Brotherhood**

## Summary

### Off to a Good Start

The party decides to take the road south to Azul. Half way through their first day of travel they cross paths with a caravan. They signal a friendly greeting but intend on passing without stopping. However, Baka And Quintus notice a small child peak their head out of the canvas of one of the wagons and an alarmed mother frantically pulling him back in and closing the flap.

The party stops and asks some questions. The leader of the caravan is very annoyed, claiming they are in a hurry since they are supposed to be traveling by sea but have been forced to travel by land. Very quickly it becomes obvious that the guards of the caravan are ready to fight the party, but they won’t stand down.

### Freedom and Fire

The party engage with the guards, fighting them off. Baka is quickly surrounded but the guards are intimidated by the damage that is dealt to them quickly. Quintus startles them with his pistol which they have never seen before and Bashan Uses his blood rites for the first time and ignites his sword in flame, taking out the last guard.

The caravan leader attempts to flee, but he is run down quickly. The party open the five wagons and discover that they are full of slaves. They free them, give them some coin, the weapons and armor of the guards to the few that look capable, and direct them towards Coppersdale. Quintus gets emotional seeing these slaves and reminding of a fate he narrowly escaped. A random Falmarian Man senses his sadness and gives him a long hug.

### Yelling at the Sky

The party continues on. Cue realizes that he can live a life outside the monastery just on his skills, not needing the pilgrimage to get him to his ultimate destination: Ostoril. Bashan is realizing he can make more money with people, that their strengths are greater than the sum of their parts, and he might fare better on a team than alone. Their first night Quintus has a bad dream about being underwater and dragged by two blue-skinned figures away from a battle.

While they travel the next day, Baka talks of Aubade and bringing his light with Bashan and Quintus, encouraging Quintus to keep the book he lent him and continue reading it. The party comes upon a man near the edge of the water, yelling out into the sea. Baka stops and finds he is a servant of Tolujar and he is yelling about unfairly Tolujar has been treated in society. Baka sits and prays next to him for a few moments before the party continue on their way.

### Roll for Encounters

The next couple days are filled with drizzling and often times heavy rain. The party briefly stop under a canvas put up on the side of the road. Under this canvas a man has set up a dice game. Bashan is the only one who partakes, and he manages to convince the man to risk a whole silver sanctum. Bashan wins, and gives the winnings to Baka and encourages him to give it a try. When Baka says it would be better spent as a donation to the church, Bashan takes it back.

Late on the fourth day of travel they arrive in Azul. The guards let them in without question, but Cue stops and asks the guard where the temple of Lorkayn Is located in town. His conversation goes sideways and almost gets in a fight with a guard. Bashan manages to comes in and calm down the guards and they get directions to the temple.

### Payment Up Front

The temple is located in the **Hightop District**, which is inside the inner wall of the city. They are eyed suspiciously as they enter, Cue almost annoying more guards. After entering, the party finally arrive at the temple of Lorkayn, which is just simply a library. They deliver the Sinkers Guide to the Multiverse and receive the second half of their payment. After leaving they head to the nearest inn, the **Golden Forge**.

While deciding how many rooms and how many nights they want to stay, bells start ringing outside. The alarm sounds and begins to spread and pretty soon the bells ring throughout the city. The innkeeper explains that the city is now in lockdown. The last time it happened, the city was locked down for days, so he needs the party to all pay up front for a week, as rooms in this inn will quickly become a hot commodity. Angrily, the party agrees and pays for the week, heading off to bed.

### Normal Errands

The next morning the party run some other errands together. Bashan heads to the local **Nailo Banking Company** (NBC) branch in town. He provides a number and a key to a safety deposit box for his reward for slaying the Fire Drake. He is accompanied by Baka and Poem. He gets his payment, gives the empty pouch to Poem, then realizes there is a note underneath. It is from Yelbronna Stavenger, who says she has work for him and Tegan Dunhall recommend she reach out to him if he was in town. Bashan folds the note and puts it away.

The party next head to City Hall to visit the Mayor of the city. Quintus produces the letter he was given by Omar Donoghan. With the seal on the letter, someone recognizes it as “…one of those…” and gives Quintus audience with the Lord Thissius Gentry, the Mayor of Azul. Upon reading the letter, he states he will send out word to search for Ubok and his ship. Quintus mentions the Imperium Solus, which Thissius is very interested in. Quintus lies and states he doesn’t know anything about it.

### Spending and Earning Coin

The party then split up for the day. Bashan heads to the address on the note from Yelbronna. He meets with her outside a plain building simply labeled “Sovereign Brotherhood” along the outside. She explains she has been put in charge of this branch of their organization and she was told by Tegan to find him if he’s ever around as he would be a reliable hire. She details a monster in the sewers and offers 100 Sanctums to deal with it. Bashan agrees to help but he will also run by the party.

The others go shopping. Baka stops by a smithy in the Farthing District and commissions a pendant made of Azulian Steel with the symbol of Aubade on it for Brother Walerin, which will be finished in two days. Poem pretends to be working for the city of Coppersdale and convinces a patrol of guards to compare notes about why the city is in lockdown. They state a man named **Baras** was killed in the palace. The King himself walked in on the murder, fought the assassin, wounded him, but the assassin got away. Poem nods and disappears into the crowd before they can ask him too many questions.

### Cue Assaults a Dude

Cue finds a smithy with a nice Azulian Steel longsword and purchases an ornate one with a green hilt and matching scabbard. While he is admiring his purchase, a random stranger punch’s him in the shoulder. Before Cue can even ask, the man yells at him for abandoning his play, assuming that he is already rehearsing a play by someone named **Diego**. Upon prying, the man reveals he thinks Cue is someone named **Rylee** and whenever Cue denies it he just dismisses it, thinking Rylee is just “in character” right now. Their words eventually escalate into blows and Cue strikes him with his new sword.

This causes a commotion as the man goes down instantly from the wound. A guard patches him up and the other makes to arrest Cue. Not wanting to deal with this, Cue attacks the guard then flees, using his monk and Elven speed to his advantage to run far then duck down an alleyway. After a moment passes, Cue hurries off back to the inn.

### Regroup

The party back at the inn, they get some drinks together and discuss their future. They all seem open to the idea of continuing to work together. Bashan mentions he has a job and he would split it with the party if they wanted to help him with the job, which may lead to more jobs down the line. The party agrees, especially Cue, who might need to lay low for a while, and the sewers would be as low as you can get. As if on queue, Yelbronna shows up with Bashan’s half up front.

Yelbronna details the job, that someone she hired previously went down into the sewers and hasn’t come back, and the whatever is down in the sewer is dragging people in the **Redburrow District** into the sewers and they should start there. After she buys the party a round she leaves. The party discusses the job and decide to head to the sewers at first light the next day.