Haseldel’s Hassle
Cael went to the warrens to look for her friend Haseldel.
She found him and he had a nervous demeanor. He offered her a drink, but kept
looking past her. They got down to business and she offered him a position
hunting artifacts for the House of the Painted Eye. He thought that sounded
like a good idea as long as it was outside of Tyr. She said she needed good
people, loyal people. He agreed but was still nervous. He explained that now
that the Tunnel Boys are gone it is a free for all in the street. Then they
spotted a group of three thugs at the end of the street. At that, Haseldel and
Cael decided to leave but the thugs followed them. Though they tried to lose
them in the warrens, that did not work, but she did manage to lose the trail by
ducking into Under Tyr. Then, once they were safe they decided to get his
sister, Imladri who is a half elven stripper. Cael did warn her about C’aro,
first before bringing her to the House.
Placating the
Painted Alliance
Bay headed off to the merchant alliance. He went to see the
baker first and psionically contacted the hairdresser. Bay also hired an
assessor to see how much damage was done. He paid two gold overall to help
everyone out and they were very appreciative. The hairdresser contacted him to
come in, and the shop was empty. The hairdresser was flirting a bit, but he got
the feeling that even though the guy was playing it up, he was not actually
gay, though he did say that Varius Damocles was back. Then he started cutting
Bay’s hair while talking about how the nobles were needing money, one was even
selling his chariot. Though Bay skirted around the issue of wanting allies in
the fight against Kalak the hairdresser said that killing mekilots was not something
he was interested in, but Bay should go to the Gilded Chariot and order some
Asticles wine. The name of the noble with the chariot for sale was Lord
Jericles. Bay paid 50 ceramic for his haircut and left with his new
information.
Worth his Weight
in Salt
Ohzon investigated buying the salt house or a similar
building, only to find that such a building would currently be 30-40 ceramic.
Though he could not easily find a place immediately, it was suggested he should
talk to Rodderick for other leads, as Roderick might be willing to help for a
share of the profits.
Back at the
Warehouse
After meeting back at the warehouse, Cael approached Bay
about talking to Aristophaneles and trying to hire him for her new group that
would find the artifacts for the warehouse. Bay said that Aristophaneles was
his own man so she could do as she wished, but then he said he had a block in
his mind that seemed to be magical in nature, and he wanted to see if she could
help him with this. Cael checked and saw there was a block that was magical in
nature. It actually seemed to be part of an artifact or even a magical item and
it was implanted in his mind. Actually, everyone had one. It was defensive in
nature, hiding people from being searched and located. It also had several
layers of defense and not all of it was magical. It would take a powerful
wizard and a powerful psionicist to do such a thing. Cael wanted to see if
Undead Rokan or Bali had such a thing in their heads and if any was left.
“I swear by my
pretty bonnet…”
During the free hour in the afternoon most of the group went
to the Elven Market in an attempt to purchase replacements for their jacked
items. However, the Elven Market was horribly crowded, and the prices were at
least triple what they should have been. Ohzon bought a bolt of nice cloth to
replace his curtains and bedding, and some crodlu feathers. Bay bought clothing
and saw his own hat. The elf not only sold it to him for the horribly exorbitant
price of 14 ceramic but then sold him a scarf. Bay asked about any slave
markets and found out about one that would take place that night at 2am. Zarnian
bought clothing for herself and Timmuth, and bought nice bedding for Timmuth.
She also bought a supply of food and water so if there was a shortage, he could
still have enough food and water for a time. Cael bought some clothing for
Sorin. Most everyone got pick pocketed for some money. Then, two sky followers
approached Ohzon. They wanted Barok’s stamp on their pottery. Their names were
Ados and Thamos. Ohzon arranged to meet them at the Elven Bridge at midnight.
Checking on the
Kids
Back at the warehouse, Cael checked on Sorin. He and Timmuth
were chatting and playing. They were putting things away in sacks because C’aro
had put them to work. Zarnian told Timmuth what she bought then Timmuth
reported that C’aro was in his room with the elven girl. Zarnian told him that
after he got his chores done she would arrange some training time for him. Cael
asked Sorin to train, and at first he was reluctant, but then Timmuth got him
excited about training. Cael also went to where Sorin lived and picked up some
things for him. Then she heard a voice in her head tell her to make herself available
to join the alliance at midnight.
Sky Followers
At midnight everyone headed to the bridge. Ohzon meets his
followers and gives them the trinkets he had from Barok. Then he delivered a
sermon on the dangers of worshiping false idols. He got a nice crowd working
but when templars came by he made it sound like he was telling people to
worship Kalak which made it better and he was not harassed.
The Council
Cale went to the secret hideout and Bellesaria was already
there. After 10 moments she heard a voice in her head calling her to join them,
so she went to the nexus. It was a dark and shadowy place. People had robes and
their heads were covered so no one could see who they were. One began by
telling Cael she had done a great service by bringing the defiler to their attention.
They asked her for a recap of all that happened and she gave them one. They
asked Sheenan to collaborate and he did. He accepted his punishment but asked
for it to be quick. Then he disappears from the circle. Then they asked Cael
how much she told about the Veiled Alliance when she was captured by Astinicus.
She confessed she told about Trakas, Padrus, the members of the house and
Aegon. Then she was told that if she can go into the ziggurat, the Alliance
needs to know what is inside. Lastly, there was the matter of Sorin to discuss.
Cael spoke up to save the boy and though there were ones there who wanted to
kill him, he was given to her to raise. She will be responsible if he grows up
to defile. When she and Bellesaria awoke, Bellesaria said she hated the council
and they were assholes.
Slave Market
At the Elven Bridge, Bay used his new scarf to hide his
newly shaven face, and Zarnian used a turban to hide her topknot. Many of the
people at the slave market were also at Esticles party because they are nobles
there to get slaves in secret. Two of the nobles were the jerks that made fun
of Bay. When they started bidding, he drove the price up so they could only
afford to get one slave. Zarnian bought a kitchen slave to act as the House
cook for the horrid price of 700 ceramic. It was a quick auction because not
many slaves were able to be purchased. Bay did not find what he was looking for
and left empty handed.
The Ziggurat
Cael went to scope out and explore the ziggurat as a kestrekel
munching on some bread. There were two apparent entrances, but she wanted to
look for an under Try entrance later. The ziggurat was covered with scaffolding
and Jozal scampering around. She used magical sight to see that there was lots
of magic and already something inside the ziggurat.
Mobbing it Up
The next day the curfew was lifted but there were many
soldiers in the streets. Zarnian went to see Mitzrah and the others went as
well. She marched into his lair as if she owned it, sat down without being
asked, and presented the promised dust. Bay took the time to ask Mitzrah if he
knew of any slaves for sale. Mitzrah said he did know of a pair of dwarves that
were exotic sisters named Tereni and Jereni and gave Bay the name of the bar
where they could be found. Then, the group went to see the Carrion King. He
controls an area of the warrens with archers, guards, etc. But, when Zarnian
mentioned the dust she got an audience. She gave him a taste of the dust and
told him to leave the House alone, and that he owed her a favor for the dust,
then they all left before there could be trouble.
More Ziggurat
Action
Cael used more magical sight to see that there were a ton of
magical wards all over the ziggurat. There was also a nice balcony. There are
even ‘don’t blow up the ziggurat wards’ and wards against other magical and
non-magical attacks. She then came back to the house and told everyone that the
ziggurat was only one week away from completion. Unfortunately, each block is
enchanted at this point.
Barok’s Kids
Kidnapped
Three of Barok’s kids came running to the warehouse, crying
and saying that the templars took their friends and the nice lady that was
caring for them (the healer). Though Barok checked, there was no easy way for a
rescue and they were taken to the brickyards. C’aro told everyone to give the
kids food and water and a place to stay. Cael investigated the brickyards as a
kestrekel. The slaves are no longer being worked to death and there were tons
of new slaves to make up for the work that could not be done without killing
people. There were a ton of guards around and in 5 minutes an army of 500 could
easily be assembled, so it as decided to not rescue the kids.
Time to Pack
C’aro announced that everyone needed to pack up their rooms
since there was possibly only one week from Kalak defiling the entire city.
Trakas was lurking in the background, listening. C’aro said there was a caravan
coming with his nephew and Jingleheimer so everyone could use that to go home.
Then Trakas and C’aro went to C’aro’s office and argued. Zarnian listened in at
the door and heard Trakas say things like ‘we saved you’ and ‘you owe us’. Then Bay got called to play telephone so C’aro
could talk to Trinidas. Trinidas confirmed that they owed Trakas and the House
needed to see the battle with Kalak through. If C’aro did not want to stay then
Trinidas would take his place. C’aro agreed to stay but was not happy about it.
He said that anyone who wanted to stay could, but anyone who wanted to go could
be on the caravan. Everyone besides Zarnian was happy about staying to fight
Kalak. Ohzon said he will call the sky followers back to fight. There was a
large discussion of resources before the game was called.
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