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Filla lands a solid hit on one of the thugs on the roof as Geo ties up the young man. The masked women then steps into view and with a few gestures the air above Fillia and Ēoswulf as several small stones begin pelting the area.
She then shouts at the two thugs with her on the ground, "Get those doors open!" The two men drop their crossbows and draw their swords as they cross the courtyard and open the stable doors. With a clear shot the two on the roof fire at Ēoswulf.
One completely misses while the other bounces of the Ulfen man's armor.
Dunbar doesn't find any weak spots, but there is a clear spot on the back wall.
Round 2
Fillia
Geoclunicus
Masked woman
Henchmen
Ēoswulf
Maximos
Mute
Dunbar
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Geo takes cover in the entry way. The masked woman steps up behind the man Ēoswulf attacked and casts a quick spell as the man is just barely able to stay on his feet at this point.
"Kill the angry one!" She shouts as they both swing their swords at Ēoswulf.
Both men miss as are both a little intimidated by how angry this man is.
The man on the roof attempts to return fire on Filla.
The bolt only manages to graze her arm.
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Ēoswulf sidesteps the thug and tries to take the woman down with a slash of his blade and a fierce slam from his shoulder spike.
"We are taking these dwarves out of here and YOU ARE NOT STOPPING US!"
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[ooc]That would finish him. I post a conclusion and if everyone gets details over in the discussion thread I'll try and get chronicles out this weekend.
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After we tie up the sleepers Maximos searches all the thugs for spellbooks, especially the woman as it looked as if she may be a caster.
"Sorry to ruin all the melee fun folks! The odds of sending them ALL into slumber were...", as Maximos spouts off numbers and equations everyone quickly loses interest in the rest.
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Ēoswulf ignores Maximos' comments and helps Geo tie up the prisoners. Once they come to, he demands to know why they captured the dwarven merchants
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The two thugs looks at each other then at the woman in the mask. Her icy cold stare seems to keep them quite. She on the other hand starts shouting "I am Holy Ahendile and as a representative of of the living god I demand you release us. I'll make sure they go easy on you if you do."
Rakuska and the other dwarves are led out of the stables at this point and Rakuska lets out an audible gasp. "That's her, the one that tortured us. As much as I'd like to do the same to her, we don't have time for this." The dwarf says as she looks down at the subbed priestess. "Best to put a quick end to her and get out of here."
After deciding the priestess's fate the Pathfinders head back to the Abacus and set sail all speed. Leaving the nation of Razmiran behind them. Having successfully recovered all the dwarven emissaries the Pathfinders are congratulated on a job well done. However they may have made a powerful enemy of the nation of Razmiran as the events of the Inn are fully investigated by the local authorities.
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"I will not stand to see a captive slain in cold blood, but we will not be releasing this one either. Let's take her and all the others running this place back with us as prisoners."
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Morning light streams in through the stained glass windows of the Cathedral of Aroden in Almas, where Venture-Captain Brackett sits behind a large, antique desk replete with hairthin lines that mar its surface like nearly healed scars. He scans a handful of papers before speaking to you and the other assembled guests, among them the no-nonsense wizard Wystorn Telfyr and Major Colson Maldris.
“I recently received news of a kidnapping in Sauerton, up in the northern wine country. Thalia Andares, heir to the Sauerton Red wine fortune and daughter of Consul Tercio Andares, vanished during the Silverglazer Sunday celebration and has not been seen since.”
With a meaningful look, Maldris catches Brackett’s attention, and the two nod in understanding as the major contributes. “Tercio Andares is powerful and widely respected; not only has he been the mayor of the large town for many years, but he is also a strong voice in the Andoren military—even for a consul. The Sauerton Red winery has made him extremely wealthy, and his financial support could be a considerable asset to the Pathfinders’ important work in and around the Worldwound. He seems uninterested in foreign affairs, though, perhaps because it’s politically safer to focus on domestic matters. Even so, he is known to help those who help him.”
“I appreciate the summary, major,” says Brackett. “I am convinced that the Andares’s gratitude would do much to refill our war chest for a struggle that is unlikely to end quickly. When you track down Thalia, as I trust you will do quickly, it is important not only to the Pathfinder Society but perhaps to the whole world that you request funding for the military campaign against the Worldwound. Of course, convincing Tercio to contribute troops and military aid would be even better, but aim for finances first.”
With a sigh, Major Maldris picks up his tricorne hat and prepares to depart. “I would stay longer, but I must make final preparations to travel,” he states in a quiet voice. “While I hope that the Andares family agrees to help the society, I am also wary of this political practice of mutual backscratching. As all of you are in Sauerton—especially those who care for this fine country—remain vigilant for signs of short-sighted corruption and abandonment of Andoran’s founding principles: freedom and democracy. Follow what you believe to be the best course of action, as I will not be available to advise you. Nonetheless, I would appreciate any reports of corruption after the situation is resolved.” After sharing a quick handshake with Brackett and a nod of farewell to the rest of you, he departs, closing the door behind him.
Telfyr breaks the moment of silence that follows by reporting, “My scrying indicates that the young Andares is being held in a building with high ceilings and once-elegant adornments in a style popular in this nation before the People’s Revolt. The structure seems to have sustained extensive fire damage which has not been repaired. Thalia is alive and unhurt, at least for now. She was reading a fresh copy of the essays of Alysande Benedict when I saw her.”
Brackett begins to bring the briefing to a close by concluding, “We have transportation ready to take you to Sauerton as quickly as possible. When you arrive, present this letter to Consul Andares before you begin your investigation. It introduces you and offers the condolences and assistance of the Pathfinder Society. Not only is this proper etiquette to announce your intentions to the mayor, but Thalia vanished from the Andares manor. Someone there should be able to make sense of Telfyr’s visions.
Telfyr frowns at Brackett’s diction. “Scrying, Brackett, is diff–“
“Alright, yes, scrying,” the venture-captain concedes as he pushes a sealed letter across the table. “Introductions, rescue operation, then negotiation for funding and possible military support. Make any questions quick; you’ve got a boat to catch.”
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"Present this letter to Consul Andares."
"Track down Thalia and rescue her."
"Request from Tercio funding for the military campaign against the Worldwound, and secondarily troops and military aid."
"Document signs of short-sighted corruption and abandonment of Andorans principles of Freedom and Democracy."
"Thalia is being held in a somewhat burned building with high ceilings and flashy Adornments. She's fresh copy of the essays of Alysande Benedict."
"Got it!", exclaims Max as he finishes writing their to-do list with a flourish.
"Ah, the Tales of Lady Liberty... Ms. Benedict gave up a promising career as a scribe to become a hero!"
"What enemies are the Andares known to have? Why might this woman have been taken?"
“Vivianna Talwin is the only major political rival Andares has to our knowledge. He has no obvious bad blood in the business of cheap wine. “Mr. Andares has publicly stated that he has not received any official demands yet, so we are unclear on a motive.”
Tercio Andares is mayor of Sauerton, one of the consuls who administer Andoran’s military, and owner of the extremely successful Sauerton Red winery.
Andares has generally remained popular in Sauerton despite the town suffering from a rash of attacks by wild beasts from the Verduran Forest in recent years, as his winery employs much of the town directly or indirectly, and it is rare for any public figure to suggest Andares might be responsible for any problems.
A few unpopular individuals around Sauerton say that the Andares family is rotten, and that anyone who makes trouble for Tercio or his kin is quickly and quietly encouraged to leave town.
Sauerton is infamous for its cheap and widely distributed wine, called Sauerton Red. It has become immortalized in an Andoren proverb that something of poor quality “must be down from Sauerton.”
quality “must be down from Sauerton.” 15+ Sauerton is a large town located in wine country in northeast Andoran, about equally distant from the Andoshen River, which is used to ship wine to Andoran’s southern ports for export, and the Verduran Forest, which occupies much of the tense border with Taldor and Galt.
Sauerton has been a site of productive vineyards for centuries, and the once-noble Andares family has been a major owner of those vineyards since long before the People’s Revolt. Although the Andares family chose to give up their noble privileges during the revolt, nearly every mayor of Sauerton in the 44 years since has been a member or close relative of the Andares family.
The local captain of the guard Merton Demrick has publicly petitioned for more funds to hire additional guards, claiming the current numbers are too few, but he has not received enough support from Mayor Andares or the townspeople to implement the change.
A local vineyard’s villa was burned down in a then-famous fire about the time of the People’s Revolt by a spiteful noble belonging to the Sauer family. It seems likely to fit the description given by Wystorn Telfyr.
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"The consul is generally a popular man; he employs most of Sauerton, one way or another. I have never heard anyone speak ill of him. There must be more to the story there."
"The only other things I know about the place are that they've been having trouble with attacks from beasts in the nearby woods, and that the wine they produce so much of is rather cheap-- so much so that the region is a byword for cheap goods." Ēoswulf shakes his head. "A shame for them. My father has always taught me that you must stake your name on the quality of your goods."
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Fillia ponders as she attempts to reconcile the place to her own mental map.
"I know of Sauerton. It's wine is cheap and found all over, Sauerton Red, if I remember it right. It has a bad reputation I'd suppose for poor quality after all 'If it's bad, it must be down from Sauterton. It's in ine country in northeast Andoran, about equally distant from the Andoshen River, which is used to ship wine to Andoran’s southern ports for export, and the Verduran Forest, which occupies much of the tense border with Taldor and Galt." after a brief pause adding on what else she knows about the area.
She frowns and then continues on.
"I heard that Sauerton has been a site of productive vineyards for centuries, and the once-noble Andares family has been a major owner of those vineyards since long before the People’s Revolt. Although the Andares family chose to give up their noble privileges during the revolt, nearly every mayor of Sauerton in the 44 years since has been a member or close relative of the Andares family."
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"Sounds like an interesting place. Though the family seems to have maintained some control over the region even through the revolts. We will have to do our best not to offend the Mayor it would seem." Hinkle says as he lightly tugs on his beard. "By the way it is good to see you all again. I'd love to hear how your last adventure went as I was stuck here doing additional training with Master Zey."
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"It is good to see you as well, Master Gnome. We found and rescued a group of Dwarven merchants that had been captured by the Razmirans. We couldn't find out why they were captured, though, despite our best efforts to beat it out of their captors. So we brought the captors back to the society."
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"You got to rescue dwarves?!? You guys get all the fun missions," the gnome says as he is visibly disappointed he didn't get to go. "Well maybe there will be more dwarves on this mission, or some unexplored caves," he says as he pumps himself up for the next mission. "I'm ready to get going we ever you all are."
So you head off to the boat.
The voyage up the Andoshen River is swift, and you enjoy good weather until the last hour, when a light rain begins to fall. The Andares’s manor is not difficult to find, being one of several dozen stately homes still standing in the town as functional reminders of a past age’s nobility. Most of Sauerton appears well maintained, and although the seasonal workers who arrived a few months earlier to help pick the grapes have since departed, several presses are still set up in the town square—the residents await the return of fairer weather so they can resume their wine production.
As you begin to navigate Sauerton, a halfling wearing light armor and a rain-spattered helmet hails you. "Hello! I am Captain Merton Demrick of the nation of Andoran. What is your business here in our fair city?"