20.10.2019 - Kithri Tealeaf

General Summary

• Stationed in Bricot (The town the others are in)
• Have been hired by a local noble to track down and hinder/delay/stop a group of adventurers that has killed an heir to one of the local lords
• Reward: each day they get delayed, we'll get 1000gp
• the group is currently stationed in the town
• we need to prevent them from leaving town by any means necessary
  • Didn't specify if we could kill them or not
• the murder took place last night
• We were contacted very early this morning
• Don't know when they will leave
• We need to buy time
• Know that
  • they seem to be foreigners
  • One human, one half-elf and one tabaxi, one deep gnome
  • Might be some other characters they are in allegiance with
  • Gets descriptions of some of them
    • Human: tall, gladiator
    • Half-elf: round-bellied
    • Tabaxi: rouge-ish
• We're staying at the shitty inn outside the gates
• Lots of refugees/beggars
• We try to enter the town. Lots of traffic. Guards stops everyone that looks like a refugee, at least checks everyone else
  • We show the signet ring of the lord
  • The gate captain remember the group
    • Assumes they're staying at the Rusty Lion Inn
    • He'll let his men know not to let them pass
• Bautastones on the side of the road past the gate, grove (habitat of an elf), large smithy. Sees the large keep in the distance, cathedral to the east
• Walk by the gallows: They are being fixed for a public hanging. Crowds are starting to gather
• Market is packed with people
• Enters the inn
  • There has recently been some commotion in the kitchens
    • Smells of smoke
    • The doors to the kitchen has been removed
  • Multiple patrons eating breakfast
  • Large mirror behind the counter
  • We talk to the innkeeper, Bella
    • Smoke etc. was because of a small accidents, the group rescued them
    • Asks if it was them that caused it and not saved them (crits on persuasion, 31!!!)
    • She believes me and is now convinced they are very bad people
    • they took all their thing and left
    • She will help us with anything she can
    • we ask her to stall them if possible, but not endanger herself
  • She refers us to her doorman, Namur, who might have seen where they went
    • Fit, sharp-eyed
    • They headed north when they left
    • They where escorted by some guards
    • We should talk to the captain of the guard, Julom
      • Most likely to find him in the keep
    • They were with some other people: A half-elf and a local drunkard
    • Seemed to be formidable, if maybe a bit hurt
• Goes to warn the south gate not to let them leave
  • Larger gate with more people
  • We talk to a guard, who goes to find his gate captain
  • A few urchin sneaks past the guards
  • The captain is a human woman
  • She will detain them if she sees them
  • Sends a guard with us to get us to the captain general quickly
  • An urchin steals all my money :/
• We reach the keep to speak to the captain general
  • He's not available, busy with the earl and some guests
  • Don't know how long it will take, but he alerted the guards of the keep of the group
• we talk to the front entrance guards
  • Describes the group to them
  • They are with the earl right now
  • They doesn't believe they can hurt the earl
  • Will notify the captain general, and maybe stall/detain them
  • the deep gnome is not with them, maybe he's somewhere doing nefarious things?
• Retcon, we got the mission together with Eik Greytouched, a lightfoot halfling spellcaster(??, Asgeir's character), but he had to prepare something before joining us
• We go to the gallows, meets up with
  • They're fixing it so three people can be hanged there
  • Holding area, huge cart with cages underneath. Inside is three figures
    • Two human males, one male deep gnome (unconscious)
    • They will try to notify us if they see anyone suspicious
    • They will also send a guard to the north gate to get reinforcements
• There are gates on the water for ferries etc
• Goes to the west river gate
  • They will try to stall them, but will be difficult since they only have a few men
• Goes to the east river gate
  • Will try to stall them, but needs reinforcements
  • Asks us to go to a location marked with an open eye behind the cathedral
  • Knock on the door and say that we need some extra guard help
• We goes to the spot behind the cathedral, small unassuming wooden door
  • We knock and say the stuff
  • An elderly acolyte listens to our explanation and leads us inside
  • He puts the map in front of the light, it reveals an open eye on the paper (the eye opens)
  • We tell him everything (including the possible conspiracy with the Earl)
  • He will send reinforcements
  • He will also make sure that the walls are further secured
    • Eik is talking about arming the people on the walls with buckets of sewage and guard dogs
  • They will do their duty as The Watch
  • They will also make sure that any other way out of the city is unavailable
• We go to stop the group at the keep
  • The group is still inside, and the captain general is still unavailable
  • We spend a lot of time making weird/stupid plans
  • Nortle sees a hooded figure keeping watch of the entrance on an opposing roof
  • Eik goes to fetch some rope, gives Nortle some rope in the meantime
  • Nortle casts Pass without a trace to let us hide easier
  • Plan: Hide and wait for them to come out, then cast hypnotic pattern and tie them up
  • Nortle goes to check the windows (stealth 38!!!), a tabaxi dashes past

Report Date

04 Dec 2022