Michael's Report, 2022-12-18
General Summary
Last session started off dealing with a Druid Assassin, who proved to be not very amenable to interrogation. We did not get her name, but we got the name of the priestess who sent her: Eletha Erharice. The assassin was turned over to the prison, with the warning that she will most likely try to kill herself.
Overnight, Djhim spotted Zonthosh assassin Daniel Turnbell emerge from a teleportation circle hidden in their Castle Ward safehouse, and followed him on his route to deliver 30pp worth of bribes to the ward's guardhouses - money that Djhim rescued to serve the greater good. This led to the watch raiding the safehouse, though they did not know of the teleportation circle until we revealed it and dispelled it.
On the Changeling front, the Brightridge Record printed a story directly claiming that William DeFino is a Changeling and secretly The Obsidian Viper. We might want to look into what fallout there has been from that. The other changelings have accepted our idea to assert their citizenship and property rights.
Finally, we brought Brunhild's delivery of timber to the Crow's Eye Lighthouse, and set it on fire as instructed. An investigation of the scene and interviews with the locals suggest that someone will likely come after dark and collect the ashes from this, so we left Djhim on site to watch while we went to collect payment from Brunhild.
That brings us up to now - I have us finishing up and collecting our money from Brunhild in the Raven Docks at 5:30 PM. We should probably try to get back to the lighthouse before dusk.
Other Zonthosh leads for the future:
Continue spying on the sewer hideout for as long as we need to
Find Carson Hayden and question him about how the Zonthosh payments were coordinated - how did he know where to look for the money?
Find and interview Elegnos
Raid Istrid Horn's warehouse (at night)
Other general outstanding items:
Wash to find animals in the wilderness for wildshape
Vathash has crafting and Archives research to do
We've learned that Daxton probably had a benefactor to help him escape from the prison - we should interrogate Jersey Girl for leads on this
We still haven't met with Walter Fenwick to ask about the job he left us a message about
Find out if there's been any blowback from the accusations against William DeFino
A nighttime infiltration of the Firelight estate might also be informative
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World date: Tide Day, 11th of Reaping, 1493, 2AM
Tied up the druid that attacked us in the night, brought her back to the Friendly Ghost
Was approached by guards, but we convinced them to let us handle our prisoner
Wash: "You don't goof a god."
Joined up with a group of people that wanted to catch a god (it was not Beshaba)
It was supposed to be Tymora, goddess of good fortune
It turned out to be Beshaba in disguise, who revealed herself and start throwing out damage and curses
Wash fled immediately, but was cursed to revert to childhood as she fled
Vathash identified two items
Band of Loyalty
Ring of Temporal Displacement
Interrogating the assassin
"I think you know why I'm here"
Was ordered by a higher priest to come and exact revenge
Was sent by Eletha Erharice
"How long have you been hunting this one?"
Week and a half, to two weeks
"Are y'all in the city."
Didn't answer
Wash kicks her in the crotch, but the she still wouldn't talk
Offered to tell us anything if we end her life - we refused
Wash and Xev took her to the prison
3AM, at the Zonthosh Safehouse
Two guards move the table to the side, pull the rug aside
There is a teleportation circle
Daniel Turnbell (assassin) emerged from the circle and left
Djhim followed Daniel to six guard houses in the Castle Ward
Dropping off 5pp at each one
Guards aren't seeing him do it, placing it discreetly
Djhim swiped the money from all six guard houses, got 30pp
Daniel went back to the Zonthosh Safehouse
Djhim went back to the guardhouse that would have the Castle Ward's
4AM, Xev and Wash return to the Friendly Ghost
Vathash gave Wash a custom-made harpoon
Vathash broke down the Band of Loyalty into an arcane essence
6AM, at the guardhouse under surveillance by Djhim
At the shift change, a guard came to look for the money and noticed it was missing
World date: Tide Day, 11th of Reaping, 1493, 2AM
7:00 AM, knock on the door
Pipe fitters arrived
"Hello, my name is Hillithymm Riverstone"
"This is my son, Jholassan "
80gp quote
Can get started in about two days
Will be done the next day
"My father is the master of the plumber's guild"
Orphans arrived, delivered some harvested reagents
10:30 AM, finished long rest
Daily Brightridge Review headline: William DeFino is a changeling, also the Obsidian Viper
Xev gets message from Everton, asking for update on establishment of a thieves guild
11:30 AM, went to the Safehouse
Found that the city watch were already there, no sign of the other henchmen
Were searching the place, appeared to be pompous and "flexing some muscle"
11:45 AM, arrived at castle to see Savra Drake
Wash filled her in (in too much detail)
Xev filled her in about the payments and the disruptions thereof
12PM
Got there and revealed the teleportation circle
The lieutenant seemed genuinely surprised (insight 20) at the presence of the teleportation circle
Lieutenant: Deacon Nevin
Carson Hayden is the guard that claims to have gotten the tip
Claims he gotten the tip in writing, doesn't recall who he handed the note off to
Wash really braced him to try to give specific details and got him really flustered
Savra quietly spoke to the lieutenant (mentions the bribery)
Vathash overheard it
Lieutenant claims he suspected something was going on with the safehouse, but let it slide as he wasn't aware of how bad it was
Vathash uses his Reivan steel halberd to dispel the teleportation circle
Savra Looked a bit impressed
Follow-up information on Daxton
There was a dead guard in Daxton's cell wearing Daxton's clothes
1PM, went to the House of Cleanliness to see the changelings
Proposed getting the property in their legal name temporarily, and then obfuscate it afterwards
They accepted the idea
It will take about a week to get the property in their name
2PM, Raven Docks
Checked in with Ser Pounce - no one of interest seemed to come and go
Istrid seems to send her own people on errands
The shop closes up at around 1AM
Istrid stays in her warehouse overnight with 1 other guard inside
Picked up the timber from the Raven Docks, says we're supposed to bring it to the lighthouse and burn it up
Says he is surprised that Bruhnhild didn't tell us to burn it up
While we are on the route to the lighthouse, Brunhild arrives at the Mule Skull tavern
Djhim appears on the table and asks if we're supposed to burn the timber
4PM, arrival at the Silk Docks and the Crow's Eye lighthouse
There is a clearing where timber appears to have been burned in the past
Arcana 24: Vathash is confident he's never heard of any magic relating to shields that would
There are marks on the ground from shovels (it looks like people have been collecting ash)
Xev and Vathash went to ask around for witnesses
One resident says this happens once every now and then - varies, sometimes every few weeks, every few months
Ash pile is gone in the morning
Has heard someone come for the ash, but hasn't seen it
Shield around the lighthouse
Visible translucent, shimmering barrier
Barrier seems to forcefully repel anything that touches it
4:30 PM, lit the timber on fire and left Djhim to watch
5:30 PM, returned to the Raven Docks to collect payment from Brunhild
Got 20gp reward (not added to inventories yet)
Brunhild claims that she simply didn't think to mention we were supposed to burn the wood (Insight 24, seems legit)
Report Date
18 Dec 2022
