Session 1: The grand game begins
General Summary
Purple is my life. I dress purple, I glow purple, I eat and drink purple. If you come in my house and insult purple, I will personally tear you limb from limb.
Xoblob
The Adventuring Party has come together in the City of Wittering at the request of one of their contacts. After some heavy exposition, they have gathered in the Yawning Portal to enjoy some drinks bought with their (rather low) funds as they wait for their contact. A bar fight breaks out in the meantime between a half-orc and some thugs, one of them with eyes tattooed on his bald head. The fight escalates quickly as the bald man gets taken down, when a large hand grasps the side of the yawning portal the inn is named after. A troll clambers up, sending the inn into panic. Durnan, the proprietor and ex-adventurer, leaps over the til with his sword at the ready, as Vidth throws his tankard at the creature. The fight is short-lived, and Durnan kicks the mortally wounded beast back into the gaping darkness. Having seen this display, the thugs do not take their chances, grab their unconscious friend, and make their way out quickly.
In the meantime, Volothamp Geddarm arrives at the table of the Adventuring Party. He introduces himself, then requests their aid in finding his friend Floon Blagmaar. Just a friend. He assures them repeatedly that they'll be well paid, and gives each 10 gold pieces up front. His friend is a great beauty with not too much brains, who he went out drinking with last night at the Skewered Dragon, a tavern in the Reekwater Docks. Volothamp Geddarm left early, but Floon Blagmaar remained, after which he hasn't been heard of by neither Volo nor Floon's wife. Volo seemed somewhat surprised he had a wife.
The Adventuring Party sets out to the Hightide District, following Vidth as he knows the location of the tavern. They make it there without any trouble, and start asking around. They quickly learn that Floon and Volo were indeed drinking here, but that when Volo left Floon was soon joined by another friend of his that looked a bit alike, but more posh. They set off past midnight, and were followed by five men. The Adventuring Party followed the directions given, but first came upon a cordoned off street to the side. Several corpses lay on the ground, with three men worked to the ground by a squadron of the City Watch. They tell the party to move along, and so they do.
Up ahead they come upon a rather peculiar shop. The Old Xoblob Shop is painted a bright purple, has a purple Beholder in the window, and a purple-painted Gnome with eyes painted on his head that calls himself xoblob. It's all viole(n)tly purple. At a great price they gain the information that Floon Blagmaar was indeed seen, and that he and his friend got jumped outside of the shop. Oda too finds the garish unicorn necklace that Floon wears. For an even higher price (teaching the man minor magical trick to turn things purple), they also gather that the black snake tattoos they've been seeing are from the Zhentarim.
They ask around outside for a bit outside as well, and figure out that they have to go to a nearby alley. As they head there, they also come upon little beads from Floon's necklace that were left behind by him to show the way. They make it to the dark alley, and quickly find a warehouse marked with the Zhentarim mark. They sneak around a bit, then break open a window and enter the warehouse. The inside of the warehouse is filled with chests, but Ansgar Tyr is quick to spot several corpses lying around. It is not long after that they're jumped by a handful of Kenku. Fighting erupts, and two of the Kenku are killed before the others attempt to flee. Two others are knocked out, and one gets away successfully, screeching into the streets in a panic.
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