Trail to the Black Market Report

General Summary

Black Market

21st of Irami’el 1245 AE

It appeared that the Doppelgangers that were recently executed weren't the only ones. The problems they caused had been going on for several already and three Doppelgangers could not account for them all. After leaving the pyres from the Archonic Order behind the group left for the Navigator’s guild where some recently executed Doppelgangers came from. A small square next to the guild was also the location of the dead drop the Shadow Fangs used. After some searching the group found a letter entirely written in Avaronian. The letter appeared to be a command for all left over members to travel to the Arena and contact the local leader. An additional map was marked with a location. The group decided to see what was there.

While traversing through the city they couldn’t shake the feeling that they were being followed but couldn’t find any source for this feeling. Once the adventurers arrived at the marked location they saw a tavern called the “Horny Bard”. Using his thieves cant Dimble managed to gain access to a secret passageway leading downward. He decided to look for other entry ways and found one of the tunnels leading to the sewers. The rest of the group could enter this way and continued to travel downwards. Eventually they arrived in a large cave complex where the black market of the city seemed to be located.

In the black market Dimble found a merchant selling a large range of books. However judging from his clothes Dimble could quickly deduce that the seller was a Keeper selling stolen books. Dimble decided to bring these books back to the Keepers. To do so he devised a plan to lure the seller by offering a rare book. Once they were in the sewers Dimble knocked him out and tied him up.

Arena Training

The rest group all went to the Arena to find out more about the possible writers of the Avaronian message. The Arena seemed to be an ancient Dwarven building that was repurposed, like so many buildings in the underground black market. But to gain access backstage they had to enter the arena as a contestant. This did not seem as such a bad idea since it would result in a bit of prize money as well. A Helmed Horror was their first opponent but it was no match for their skills.
Once the fight was done they started investigating any suspicous activity. They learned that recently a top gladiator died and that some of the other gladiators saw someone messing with the chains before the match. At the end they saw the Azure Defenders again. The paladin Alessa didn’t want to give any information since she saw the adventurers as a rival adventuring group. Osric, however, was a little more sympathetic and wanted them to work together. He told them of his suspicions of the boss of the arena.

Campaign

The Heretic's Sword

Protagonists

Finrod Ingoldo

Vittoria Bendetti

Half-Elf (Acolyte)
Cleric Forge Domain 10

59 / 59 HP

STR
15

DEX
10

CON
14

INT
12

WIS
20

CHA
10

Report Date

01 Jul 2018