Session 20
Sessionlog
At the end of a nice evening with the whole gang, Delbellis finishes up her work shift at the bar and grabs Cynic from the doorway. Cerrule, interested as well, momentarily speaks to an old fortune teller at a table and receives the card of Justice, earning her a sense of balance and consequence for 24 hours. With that out of the way, the group makes their way towards the Brassdorf Harbor...
The harbor appeared to be silent as there was no work activity at this hour of the evening. The group watches over the ships and finds the ship belonging to the Hydra Pirates. While Aragir and Cynic are not 100% themselves after a few rounds of drinks, Delbellis spots some unusual activity and declares finding several Obsidian Fist operatives on and around this pirate ship. The group considers their options but combat seemed the last thing they want. After some discussion, they decide to kidnap one of them. Kaimos stood up to the task and creates some darkness around one of the criminals down below on the lower pier and Dimension Door over there, grabs one of them and pops back out. The group immediately runs for the city, leaving behind the Harbor as quickly as they came in.
With an Obsidian Fist member on their hands, Delbellis stuns and blindfolds him with Cerrule casting levitate for easier transfer. Cynic joins Delbellis in flight and together the run through the streets of Brassdorf's Heatherarc zone up to the cozy Sleepy Lobster inn. Through an upper window on the top third floor opened by an intruding Cynic on the premises, they pay off the inn owner for a room there and begin interrogating the criminal.
After several threats, the Obsidian Fist operative opens up while Aragir begins reading his mind for additional info. Indeed, the Obsidian Fist is on a job for the Wardens. The Wardens, in turn, are financed by Gareth Hedral, a rather known figure to the Four Feathers -- an intermediary from the Adventurer's Guild! Further interrogation reveals the job at hand: a specific treasure map pointing to a beach that would contain some kind of mineral, valuable to the Wardens for something. The treasure map was created by Gilrog Elsar, a legendary pirate of the Fury Pirates, who would accidently stumble on a large crater in Istros Borealis. Here, the pirate would take a mineral and bring to the Eastern Kingdoms and hide it. The party knew enough and decide to find this map for themselves. Kaimos brings the captured criminal to the Fold through Cassius and the rest of the group will attempt a heist, going back to the harbor once more. Cerrule forges a genius plan: she would hide her appearance and put on the Obsidian Fist mask, fooling the other members in being one of them.
Quickly later, they arrive at the harbor. Aragir and Cynic stay behind while Delbellis takes flight and scouts from above and she would let out a bird-like signal to a drunk Arragir and Cynic to create a diversion, if needed. Cerrule begins making her way towards the ship and, indeed, fooling several members that she is part of them! Making her way into the pirate ship, she destroys a lock on the captain's chamber and heads in. Here, she grabs several treasure maps and finds a peculiar looking metal harnass. By some stroke of luck, she comes across a very special treasure map with the words Arcanum written at the top. With all this now in Cerrule's possession, it was time to duck out, but not before one last addition to this plan: create a fake resembling the real Arcanum map. Cerrule heads out and announces her success to the other Obsidian Fist members, handing out the fake treasure map to finish off the deception! The Obsidian Fist crew quickly disperses in victory and Cerrule makes her way back to the group...
Delbellis decides to follow one of the Obsidian Fist holding the map, and signals th the others to perhaps follow. Aragir, a little drunk, interprets this signal to begin some diversion and loudly considers the situation with Cynic, with Cerrule there yelling RUN. Here, the Obsidian Fist begins to realize what is happening and whistles to gather back the crew. Delbellis charms one of them with her newly equipped Amulet of Madness and, while they fight amongst themselves, the group quickly retreats. Meeting Kaimos halfway back, they return to the inn unharmed...
Back at the inn, they begin their rest after a long day of troubles. Delbellis heads out one more time to help at the Sea Swallows tavern and in the process makes several potions, eventually comes back to sleep... Cerrule dreams about her mother and speaks to a strange Aarakocra, cloaked with a sun-like symbol. Meanwhile, Delbellis meditates and experiences a wave of memories that turn unfavorable, meeting a figure named Solis, who exits through a bright doorway into a world much like Yggdrasil. Both Cerrule and Delbellis simultaneously wake from their dreams and regain their composure...
Everyone, including Kaimos and Cassius, meet at the Earnest Apple. Here, they share some of the found info while they buy some food. At a little fountain on the plaza there, they decide to momentarily split up to tie some loose ends while they are still in town. Cerrule heads out to the a blacksmith to attempt identifying the strange armor, Aragir heads out to the Palace once more to retrieve their permit from the Queen and Cynic decides to visit his old Getaway friends and makes his way to their known bar of choice, the Sunrise Ruby.
As Cynic enters here and announces his purpose to the barkeep, he is pointed to a back door. Through here, following a spiral step down into darkness lit by candlelight, he reunites with an old friend: Geralt. A dialogue occurs, Cynic persuading him on a plan to not only dismantle the Obsidian Fist, but join the Getaway ranks more officially. Amused by this, Geralt agrees this is the right mindset. He signals to open a large door in the tiny room they are in, revealing to Cynic that the Sunrise Ruby actually has hidden lounge underneath it. As they enter this hideout, the door slams closed behind them...