Ptolus:ReqSum03
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September 01, 2008
{Meta: Gained 1AP for submitting review from last session, even though it was horribly unformatted}
No "Of Course" to join us. As of yet, no one is facilitating my plan of getting him a Kaiser helmet and using him as a battering ram. We'll see how long that takes to make happen.
Upon entering the street areas out of The Cockpit, we hear babies squalling. Kekitat opted to try and investigate. 2 houses south, along Hyson from The Cockpit. We opted to then go to sleep, the rest at the hotel, me at my home. On the way home, ran into a pack of rabid dogs. They were chasing rats and chose to ignore me. Observed from atop a small house roof for the time it took to slaughter the rats and then continued on home after determining that the rats weren't the types that would generate returns for the public notice.
Rejoined the party in the morning. Had some 'food' courtesy of the paladin. Obviously religious charity clearly cascades down from the highers to the pawns. Then we went to St. G's, as Kekitat needed to speak with Brother Fabitor. Kekitat inquired about the two men that we encountered the night before prior to his arrival. Fabitor directed us to the Order of Dayra, which is the Sisterhood and ran the non-Church functions in the city. They have an orphanage in Guildsman District on Licorice Lane. Courtesy of the Paladin's unerring sense of direction we 'accidentally' wandered through Mane. Headed to the Order of Dayra following Kekitat's failed attempt to find names he had discovered thus far. Ran across many merchants and warehawkers but stopped at none as there wasn't any significant need to stop along the way yet.
Spoke with Sister Bruna at Orphanage who said that Cult of the Tolling Bell probably wanted the girl, Danna, for sacrifice. Probably the girl because they want a virgin sacrifice. Kekitat then inquired about Toridan Cran for the pregnant chick. Some of the street urchins that come into the orphanage have mentioned a ' Cran '. Kids doing jobs for Cran, mostly pickpocketing. She obtained Bob, the punk-ass who was a thief for Cran. Bob was convinced to disclose the area wherein Cran lived, Nar Street where it dead-ends.
Went into The Warrens to try and get information on what 'P' House could be, or where Danna might be. Two late teen boys {at #318}, one unnamed and one named Droga directed us to the drug house, to talk to Madame Kaethea {at #319}. 2 story stone building with tile roof. Kekitat knocked at the door, and got no answer immediately. He listened and found someone walking around upstairs. He boosted Grundric up to look in the upstairs windows, and he heard Elvish. He knocked again and got a Harrow Elf male to answer the door and told us to come back in an hour for the somehow non-existent offer to purchase Danna's favors. Kekitat wants to find a solution wherein we can monitor the house but we opted instead to wait it out at the tavern {at #321}. Couple of human males, couple more Harrow Elves, bartender (male human), in this seedy place (Nul's Tavern). I spoke with Harrow elves to try and determine why fellow elves would be gathering and offering favors of a girl. Bribed one of the Harrow elves (10GP) and he gave the name Lakimos aka Lackie aka The Beggar King. He gave the name of the abandoned Peyton House for where Lakimos is running scams, and probably using it for beggar housing. He runs a network of beggars throughout the city, with the beggars also doing some pickpocketing and thieving, but mostly information networking. Karetsan deals with The Beggar King, and he can be found at The Zar'At in the North Market. Anageo was the contact at the tavern, he has several tattoos, but not specifically elvish.
Passing the foundry at Smith St. and Vadarast St., we came to a tavern near Planter's St. while on Stable Ln. where a gnomish minstrel was playing a fiddle and collecting change. We then continued to Mane and stopped for spitted and fire kissed meats. Then we proceeded to Lower God Road and took that North to move toward North Market. We crossed at Blessed Bridge, where we encountered shrines on the bridge. We moved through and continued along the road, through the conclave of temples to the various ghods. We were stopped as the Procession of the Holy Emporer across Sunrise St.
We made it to St. Valiens Cathedral wherein Kekitat got information from one of the brothers about where to continue looking for information to retrieve Danna from the Peyton House. We went to the The Temple of Asche per the advice, and inquired of a random acolyte Mand Scheben for more information on The Zar'At or Danna. The Zar'At is the main conclave of Harrow Elves in the city. We, through the paladin, were warned to learn more of the Harrow Elves, before attempting to gain entry to the conclave. Karetsan fashions himself as the leader of the Harrow Elves here, and is heavily linked with the Necropolis. I inquired of Mand whether they were any upcoming holidays or days that would be sanctified by a human sacrifice. 5th of Rain is God's Day Festival, which is next festival for the City. Bright Father's Day, High Holy Day of Lothien on the 14th of Blessing, marks the ancient . Rumors of Chaos Cults calling something the Night of Dissolution, Runebearers are perhaps heavily involved; sacrifice of Runebearers will bring it about. Runebearers are born with the Mark of the Rune upon them. In Ancient Times, 1 in 4 were born with Mark of the Rune. With the disappearance of the Vallis Moon, the Mark disappeared almost completely. Lately a handful of children have been born again with the ancient marks. I asked about whether the Night of Dissolution might in some way bring about the return of the Vallis Moon. If the girl is found in time, return to this temple and speak with Mand again and he will put me in touch with the Lord Zavere and Lady Rill, of Castle Shard, to discuss the possibility of returning the Vallis Moon (a large crystal moon-like formation). He was then asked about Peyton House, where it might be located. Mand stated that he heard it might also be haunted, and was across the street from The Wagon Wheel on Passed Over Road. It's a popular site due to the lack of Haunted Houses in the City.
We then checked The Wagon Wheel to investigate whether there were available rooms or not. It is a wainwright shop with no rooms so the plan of renting rooms to watch the house is not going to happen.
