Session 11 (2025-02-21) - Brian
Recap
From Greg:
We're about a week out, so pulled out a calculator again (but this time it's not 1-2AM, so hopefully I fuck it up less. :D) Recovered currency and gems from the white skull fortress: 814GP Contracted work (70 scalps + 400gp bonus): 750GP Contract bonus (100% of Contracted work + 3000GP bonus): 3750GP Total currency: 5314 GP Shares: 6 Each share: 885GP, 6SP, 7CP (currency) 1x 200GP ceremonial gold dagger
Mother Verduna escaped. We got our next set of instructions from Armitage, getting railroaded to get out of Port Maraisa. We’re ok with that.
Mother Verduna got away with it. She put thumbs to Merchants. Albrecht was going to kill kids to get to the Auttencourt family. Armitage asked us to bring Dominico Falcone to him.
Auttencourt family are vampires in Riatavin.
As written, a middle class laborer, would be able to support a family for 30gp / year.
We got about 1000gp each.
Kira agrees to help Barrick acquire full plate when they find it available for purchase.
Bikke buys the crappy wine for 70gp and rents a cart to bring it to Armitage.
Verduna left Port Maraisa to return to the Lazaretto.
Port Mariasa
We all go talk to Dominico Falcone who is at City Hall. We tell him that Armitage wants to meet him. He’s worried he’s offended Armitage. He’s willing to go.
On the Road
We are ready to leave. We put the money in a wine barrel.
It’s now the end of October, the weather is turning. There had been a drought, the fall storms are coming through. Travel under overcast skies to Riatavin.
Tethyr has been ruled by the the Rhinduan since 1400s, had previously been part of Amn, briefly a free city, then the Rhinduan. Massive taxes for moving through Aurelian and Amn.
Riatavin has population of 80K (like London or Rome) - a massive city. Tethyr border town. At peak, was at 130K. Detroit. Shrinking.
Riatavin outer districts are abandoned. Mostly small holding, relies on imports. Feels on the precipice of real challenge. Massive gates east / west.
Riatavin
We are meet Armitage at the The Pewter Shield. We ask an urchin to find it. It’s on the western side of the city, south of the merchant’s gate wall. It’s popular among hireling guards - working toughs / bouncers.
We head to The Pewter Shield through the city but then stop at an [[La Quinta]] Inn with our cart. Leave the cart and Dominico Falcone at a Merchant Tavern. So Kira, Barrick, Gavin go to look for Armitage.
The further we go from the main trade road, the more abandoned it is. Past the 3rd wall ring, SE, we find The Pewter Shield. It is burning - started within an hour. It is empty, there is no one around. There is a body. Human, laying in the street, with 3 crossbow bolts in his back. Wearing the Corsis green. Military - sword & dagger. Ambushed by archers on the roofs. Gavin and Barrick escape into the sewers after Barrick meets Amelia in an alley.
Rowan told Amelia to go to the The Pewter Shield for work. She was a bar girl, it was owned by a dwarf. A few nights ago, folks came in and took over all the rooms. Innkeeper was cagey. The started shooting in through the windows, everything on fire. Farnar told her to escape through the sewers. She came back to find him, found us instead. She’ll take us to find those guests she helped escape.
Kira escapes as a rat, then returns to [[La Quinta]] and tells the rest of party what happened.
Amelia leads Gavin, Barrick through tunnels, following symbols / signs as someone who was taught to follow them. Takes some time to lead us to old city substructure, closer to city center. We find stone barrier with about a dozen people, injured, battle-worn, soldiers, including Armitage who is injured. They’ve regrouped and fortified.
Gavin sends a message to Hugh via a spell saying we’re ok and we found Armitage and meet at [[La Quinta]] and Kira missing after Ambush.