KKO Session 1: A Wedding and a Tiefling

General Summary

7/4/875

• The party’s been hired as guards for a wedding in Sanjuro City: a halfling bard name Bucephalus the Rambunctious, a black dragonborn paladin named Balasar, and a kuo-toa cleric named Guppy Yoho
• Taka Kawa and Mitsune Kiri are being married to end centuries of feuding
• Party was recruited by Chagall Kawa, the groom’s father
• General mood of celebration and relief at wedding
• Party gets to know each other
• Bucephalus tries playing for the clan elders, but his lute breaks
• He leaves with his dignity at least
• Balasar is a little reluctant to share past and why he’s adventuring
• Guppy says he was shipwrecked and saw Seevo, god of the sea
• They run into a tiefling named Judith who’s worried about something happening
• Later on the party notices a suspicious man in a white suit, sneaking up to third floor, where the bridal chambers are
• Bucephalus sneaks into room, Balasar and Guppy wait in hallway
• Bucephalus discovers Taka and Mistune murdered in their beds!
• Man in white sneaks up from behind and stabs him
• Boss Fight: The Man in White
• Bucephalus takes several licks
• He has to wait a couple rounds before Balasar and Guppy get to room
• Balasar tries to hit man in white, but keeps missing
• Eventually Guppy goes wild and beats man in white to death with a mace
• In the fallout Bucephalus investigates the killer/murder victims
• The man in white dissolves into pile of burnt paper upon man’s death
• Taka and Mitsune were murdered with expert precision in their sleep
• An origami dragon is found on the pillow with their names written on it
• That’s when Chagall Kawa comes in with some guards, assumes they killed newlyweds
• In moment of quick thinking, Balasar breaks open room window with spear
• He jumps through it with Guppy and Bucephalus in his arms
• They all take damage, Bucephalus is nearly killed by fall
• Party has to run through different streets and alleys
• Almost gets caught by guards, but Guppy finds seedy cafe for them to hide in
• Balasar dives inside, the staff gives them a hidden room to stay in
• They’re given food, told to lay low by staff till a ‘client’ stops by
• Bucephalus stabilizes his wounds
• After a while Judith the tiefling joins them in their hidden booth
• She explains how they ran into a member of the Paper Dragons, a shadowy criminal group who’s long profited from the Kiri-Kawa wars
• Judith works for minor clan elder interested in stopping them
• She drops three piles of 100GP each onto table, the amount they would’ve been paid for guard gig
• She offers them more stable work and an escape out of the city
• She doesn’t provide many details beyond that
• The party agrees despite suspicions about Judith’s motives
• Balasar wants to clear his name, Bucephalus needs lute strings
• They have one last meal before sneaking into wagon and out of city

Report Date

02 Apr 2019

Primary Location

Sanjuro City