Session 01 Summary

General Summary

The party members met at the Yawning Portal Inn in the Castle Ward for drinks. After ordering some drinks from the barmaid, Bonnie, they sat chatting for a bit before deciding to chat up the large half-orc warrior, Yagra, at the bar. She didn’t end up with anything much of value to say. The party then noticed when a group of five ruffians entered the bar and surveyed the crowd. They then took over a table by scaring away the person sitting there. The party successfully identified them as members of the Xanathar Guild; an organised crime group that regularly causes trouble in Waterdeep.
Before long, there was a commotion in the bar and the party found Yagra in a confrontation with the leader of the thugs, a man with a shaved and tattooed head named Krentz. After leaving their table to approach the combatants, they found Yagra on top of Krentz and the other ruffians on the verge of interfering. After a successful strength check, they pulled Yagra off the man and Horus managed to persuade the other men to stand down. Yagra wasn’t impressed with the interference and stormed off, while Krentz got back to his feet and made to leave, not wishing to engage further. Lunchmoney managed to persuade one of the ruffians to speak briefly and explain the nature of their group's confrontation with Yagra. Turns out that Krentz is a person who expects a level of respect that Yagra isn’t willing to give.
Before the commotion had fully subsided there was a second unexpected event. A filthy, malicious troll had emerged from the Yawning Portal’s well. Durnan the barkeep yelled “Troll” and leapt over the bar with his huge greatsword in hand. The party members kept their distance with ranged attacks before Durnan’s turn, where he systematically cut the Troll to pieces. Durnan thanked the party members for having the courage to stand up to the troll, and gave them a free round of drinks.
As the party settled back to their seats, they were approached by a foppish, well-dressed nobleman who introduced himself as Volothamp Geddarm or “Volo”. Impressed with their efforts in the night’s two confrontations, he offered to pay the party to do him a service. He would give them each 10 gold (which Lunchmoney negotiated up to 12 gold), to find out what had happened to Volo’s missing friend, Floon Blagmaar.
Volo describes Floon as a handsome human male in his early thirties with wavy red-blond hair. He was dressed in princely garb when Volo last saw him. Two nights ago, before Floon disappeared, he and Volo were drinking and merrymaking at the Skewered Dragon, a dark, bawdy tavern in the Dock Ward. Volo recommends that the characters start their search there.

Report Date

02 Nov 2023