Heroes of Swannport Report

General Summary

United under the guise of investigating a theft for the Archives, who were in turn acting on behalf of one Lord Pellham, Robert Carrick, the team came together at the Adventurer's Guild. Following a meeting with Ogarth, a librarian at the Swannport Branch of the Imperial Archives, they decided to investigate straight away.
At the in-town residence of Lord Pellham, the team quickly set about studying the scene of the crime and interviewing the staff. They were able to quickly deduce that thieves were able to sneak in when the shutters were left unlocked -- or perhaps used magic to do so. Grabbing some coin and the large emerald, they must have then slipped away into the night and disappeared into the sewers.
A trip into the sewers to search for the thieves immediately brought to attention that city really needed to send a cleanup crew down there. Between a small infestation of giant rats and a large swarm of carnivorous beetles, the team was thoroughly revolted. Still, Jak was able to find and pocket some coin that the rats had squirreld (ratted?) away in their den. Perhaps wisely, no one tried to sift through the pile of rotten meat to see if anything was left after they had dealt with the swarm of carnivorous creepy crawlies.
It was a bit of a walk thereafter, but the team next came upon a heavily protected side tunnel that was clearly not part of the regular storm sewer system the city built. A good thirty feet was trapped by dangerous, if crudely made, wooden grids dotted with rusty iron spikes, that snapped closed via rope-tension springs. Someone posited that surely if the trap was sprung enough times the tension would slowy unwind. However a brief experiment proved that this would take a while and was rather dangerous to do. The whole thing, including the 5' height of the narrow corridor, suggested this trap was really only dangerous to creatures medium size or larger. It was Jak who ultimately put himself in danger to disarm the trap along each ten foot section of hallway.
Upon arrival, they found a larger rom with a taller ceiling. Perhaps this was to accommodate any smoke from a cooking fire. Whatever the case may be, there were some exits, but the thing that was most attention-grabbing was the fact three goblins had had time to prepare for the Heroes' arrival. Hiding behind an overturned table, they threatened to shoot the entire party!
The ensuing engagement was brief and violent. In less than half a minute, two goblins lay dead, Esyllt and Rithari were shot, unconscious and barely alive. But Jak and Seraphina were on hand to save lives and assess the situation.
Session End

Rewards Granted

All Heroes advance to Level 2.

Missions/Quests Completed

Mission is ongoing, but consists of having a look around and recovering stolen property.

Character(s) interacted with

• Lunna
• Ogarth
• Robert Carrick
• Cecillia (Maid)
• Godwin (Butler)

Campaign

Swannport Campaign

Protagonists

Jak Ravenfall

Chaotic Neutral Half-Elf (Collector of the Archive)
Rogue 1

9 / 9 HP

STR
10

DEX
19

CON
12

INT
13

WIS
11

CHA
17

Seraphina Swann

Rathari

Report Date

16 Apr 2021

Primary Location

Swannport