Session III Report

Cassian and Sorin woke up early
- Cassian did some paperwork
- Sorin smoked in the hallway
- The smoke woke Jarryn, who thought there was a fire
Discovered Inigo had left earlier, so they woke Zayd to find him
Find Inigo and Sofia having breakfast. The party joins them.
Discussed previous night and Inigo/Nico's situation
Sofia cut in to tell them they can only stay with her for 2 more nights
Sofia also told them that they needed to clean themselves up.
- They were too dirty for her massage parlor. Seriously.
- She gave them a token to use a nearby bath house
- Inigo was not exempt, much to his displeasure
Made their way to Bolle, a public bath house
Given a group room by a disgruntled attendant
Everybody stripped, washed, and got into the bath
- Sorin and Jarryn were skeptical of the entire process
Inigo thanked everybody for their help - he believed he would be dead without them
- Offered to answer any questions truthfully
- Said he would answer to either Inigo or Nico (a nickname)
Left the bath house and went back to A Soft Touch to regroup
Inigo gave them some tasks:
- Contact his fiancée, Serafina Bianchi
- Find his ex-bodyguard, Meraad
- Find a new place to stay
- Retrieve his family seal
- Investigate any leads surrounding the murder
  - Tessa's ring and amulet
  - The Mysterious Elf they ran into

Went to the Bianchi Estate
Met the household steward, who made them wait in the main hall
- Were unable to persuade him to let them see Serafina directly
Noticed Bit in a hallway off to the side
- Sorin waved to her, and she waved back
- Jarryn got her to come over
- Cassian asked her to find Serafina
- Bit agreed
Serafina met the party and took them back to an office
- The party gave her Nico's letter
- The party told her she might be a target
- The party admitted they broke out of jail with Nico
- Serafina told them her family is in charge of the Costa estate now
- Serafina told them her parents are out of the city
Serafina agreed to help them
- Named a fence who could help with Tessa's ring and amulet - Alvin Haran
- Named the silver ring's owner - Paolo Galli
- Gave them directions to the Galli house
- Named the noble who owns the jail & stolen seal - Lord Tulio Galli
  - Suggested not doing anything with the seal
  - Suggested staying away from the northeast section of the city
- Told them where to find a safe house
  - Located in the King's Shadow section of the city
  - Gave them a fake name and seal to use - House Flores
Serafina wished them luck - she will be in touch

Found the King's Shadow section of town
Found the safehouse
- It had the 'Flores' sigil on the door
- It looked like somebody was living in it
Found the key to the house under a loose stone
- Opened the front door with the key
- Found the houses occupants - tea smugglers
Lead merchant/smuggler named Claudia
- Two guards
- One elven servant
Used the fake documents to convince the smugglers to leave
- Cassian tried to bluff at first, but didn't quite succeed
- Zayd followed up and convinced them
Claudia reluctantly agreed to clear out
- They gave her until the next day to leave
The party now has a base of operations
- They can move in next session
- Enough bedrooms for everybody
- Still needs an official name

Went to find the fence - Alvin Haran
Arrived at Haran's Fine Goods
- A group of thugs was sitting out front, warning people not to go in
- Decided to ignore the thugs and went inside
Found Osrick Haran, the new owner of Haran's Fine Goods
- Osrick is Alvin's nephew, and no longer wants to be a fence
Osrick examined items
- Galli seal was official and very clearly 'stolen'
- Tessa's ring was unknown, but interesting
- Promised to follow up on researching the strange symbol
- Tessa's amulet was tacky and unremarkable
Osrick asked party for help clearing out thugs
- Former customers who were angry Osrick isn't doing illegal work
- Osrick promised discount for helping
Made a plan to trick thugs
- Convinced thugs to buy Galli seal
- Convinced thugs they can sell it at another store
- The thugs were feeling vulnerable and decided to go with it
Osrick thanked party for help, gave discounts
Party did some shopping
Osrick told them they were always welcome

Worked with clue that Inigo's ex-bodyguard frequented a tavern
- Got general directions from Osrick
- Found the tavern with a little more direction from locals
Made it to The Iron Maiden
- The tavern's sign featured a muscled arm gripping a mug
Went inside and quickly found Meraad
Meraad had been drinking for a while
Meraad agreed to go when she heard Nico was in trouble
- Could not leave before paying her bar tab of 5G
- Put her sword and shield up as collateral and needed it back
Party didn't want to pay her tab
- Instead, entered wrestling tournament to win the sword/shield back
Needed to win 3/5 matches
1. (W) Zayd bested a wiry elf named Slim
2. (W) Jarryn dominated a tattooed pirate named Rosey
3. (W) Zayd defeated a masked wrestler named The Blaze
4. (L) Jarryn was defeated by Tulio's massive oiled thighs
5. (L) Zayd was broken by the Iron Madam (and kind of liked it)
Succeeded in winning Meraad's sword and shield back
Had some drinks
Left the tavern and returned to A Soft Touch to meet with Nico

Showed the ring and letter to Serafina
Serafina recognized the sigil on the ring as belonging to House Galli
- Tulio Galli is a lord who is in the wine trade
- Paolo Galli, his son, wrote the letter to his lover
Serafina shared the location of the Galli estate