05. 02/09/2018 Session Writeup

Session Summary
As the party arrives on the outskirts of Lanketi, they are startled by the appearance of Steve, Britni’s cousin (on her father’s side). After a slight misunderstanding involving one of Veronica’s daggers and Steve’s head, Britni reveals that Steve was there to act as her familiar by her father, then shoves him into a pocket dimension.

The party then goes to the inn, where they briefly run into Maike. Zoia tries to get room and board for performing again, but Badri reveals that another bard is in town – one that calls Zoia professor. The new halfling bard talks about how believed she was taking lessons from Zoia until a few months ago, when her professor suddenly disappeared. The halfling bard also plays a song she believes she learned from Zoia on a flute.

Veronica gets Badri to look after the kids, and Badri agrees to do so – but warns Veronica not to get involved with any devil or demon worship. Veronica then steals away to the hovel, where she lets the rest of her fam know that she’s leaving for a while, but will be back, and instructs them to check in with Badri.

The next morning, Farideh attempts to teach Veronica some fighting basics, and the rest of the party bedecks Steve in some of Taer’s jewelry. The party goes shopping, and when Lu goes to the merchant’s house, and finds Irene there. Irene introduces her to her mother, Darjean, who reveals that there was a reward for finding the missing kids. The party checks with the other guard in town, who tells them the officer they had talked to has left town.

The party then split up to figure out how best to get out of town. Eventually, they found the one-eyed elf, Cyril, trying (badly) to negotiate with Taer’s tribe to purchase some horses. He agrees to take the entire company on as bodyguards (less Zoia, who is providing some music), so long as they all leave immediately. They get most of the way to Kotumi that night, even after being stopped by some lizardfolk being led by a hobgoblin.

The next morning, Cyril leaves the party at The Merchant’s Cross, an inn on the lower level of Kotumi.  They note the jobs board, and find the following jobs available:

1.     Help fend off attacks on science! - 10 gp each – See Prof Zaur at Bard College

2.     Looking for information on Ivan Dmitrison - Ivan Ivanson - 30gp

3.     Trade negotiations, Dwarves preferred. See Karolina’s Jewelry

4.    Guards wanted for sentry work at Kvari keep (2 gp a day). No divine or infernal magics.

Veronica disappears to find some members of the thieves guild, and they tell her that if they need her, they’ll be in touch. The rest of the group goes to talk to Taer’s mother, Trina, and discover that the first job had something to do with accusations that science was some sort of gnomish plot. It turns out that the trade negotiations would hurt Trina – she had made a deal with some ‘friends’ to put some materials negotiations in her favor with the local dwarven settlements and Karolina wants to have them renegotiate.

The group meets back at the inn and by chance, find Ivan Ivanson. After talking to him for a while, Taer realizes that Ivan Dmitrison was the name of the warlock they killed in Lanketi.