Ptolus:ReqSum01
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Another day dealing with the meatsacks, and their absurd festivals. Celebrating a new year day as though it were a surprise it came yet again. At least the meat on a stick is tasty.
Having left the home near King's River and Emerald Hill, on the east where the day's light is brightest, clearest and most appealing, I ventured back among the monkeys. Whilst wandering around town, I was 'discovered' by those who claimed I was sharing in their dreams. Personally I think they were victimized by their rather rambunctious gnome bard and their latest inventions for adding things to waking states and calling it dreaming. However, they all claimed the same, so it is perfectly possible that Phoebul pulled them to me for some inscrutable task. Or perhaps my prayers have been answered, in spades, by providing companions that will be able to help me reclaim the throne and set certain other wrongs right. We shall see.
| Otto Liebnitz | The aforementioned Gnome Bard | Jerome |
| Kekitat | A large, rather curiously appealing half-lion | Mike |
| Cheval Vargus | Cleric of Tun | Adam |
| Mulwrit Sandhammer | Mercenary | Doug |
| Grundric Stonelocks | Grailwarden Dwarven Scout | Jeremy |
It seems my good friend and former traveling companion has been sighted once again in Ptolus. Rullus Hobb. This time, I shall have to bide my time appropriately, waiting for the right moment to renegotiate our last business transaction. I can only hope my new found friends will be so gracious to stand outside the locked door, and keep away the riffraff as we discuss things, despite the screams and puddles from under the door.
Two larger men, in quite attractive armor happened to pass our little band of folk, and offered us pamphlets for the Order of Iron Might. They both wielded 2-handed swords, which while quite impressive would certainly be a hindrance in a city fight. The Order is a guild for mercenary and sell-swords. The fees are 20GP to join, with an annual renewal of 10GP. Someone is making money here, and I doubt it's the workers.
We arrived, with much debate and discussion and sidetrip at St. Gustav's (alas there was no German food to be found). There we met with Brother Fabitor Thisk, a human monk, a Brother of Lothien. He asked us to check in on Phon Quartermain as she was revealed in a vision to be without a husband, but to be with child. The child is purported to be of great importance, though to whom was very vague, and thus we needed to ensure the mother's safety. Upon arriving at her shop that night, after Kekitat strove to assure her of his pure, paladinic intentions, two assassins were discovered there, and both were beaten into submission, and then turned back to the streets. (Will definitely have to check the character of this "paladin"; they broke the law, and attempted murder, twice over. If anyone deserved a swift, righteous death, it was certainly them.) We discovered these were lackeys for the Pale Dogs, based on their rings that bound two fingers together.
The Pale Dogs work for Balacazar Family, who is the main organized crime family in the city. They will also occasionally work for Vai.
Currently, we are keeping an eye out for a 14YO girl who went missing on Year's End. She has long brown hair, blue eyes, tannish skin, and goes by the name of Danna. Further, we are seeking means of increasing the cash reserves for ourselves. Well, at least some of us are. Others still have a few remnant sources of income from .. better days.
Ssurgul 17:59, 14 August 2008 (EDT)
