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Panish states, "I know it is a tremendous burden at this time of mayhem and lawlessness - but I'm trying hard to give the women and children in Iomedae's sanctuary the illusion of a steady and secure life. Something more than a gruel, something to remind them of better times - to this end, is it at all possible that this house can cater with a Varisian ham, or possibly a honeyed dry-cured ham?" The guardsmen's eyes narrow, as his greed is overshadowed by the chink in the story, "Did you say Sanctuary?" As he sees Drakus appearing through the fog. He bolts for the back of the shop, yelling..."We got us some Meddlers."
Sollus/Sarge what are you doing? Aliandara: Spoiler:
You pull yourself up on the roof, and silently stride across the tiles, you see the room is lit with a lantern, and stay out of the light, a male form finishes dressing as straps on his blade. Panish: Spoiler:
The man's eyes flare with murder when you show the pouch as his hand tightens around the cleaver causing a drop of blood to fall. "Why, Oi think we moight be able to work out sump'n if'n y'll just step inside..."
As Panish approaches the door, Aliandara moves quiet as a cat around the outside of the building, she begins to climb the building, as she reaches the top, she makes a mistake she hadn't made in years, she forgot how slick the tiles would be in the early morning fog. Aliandara slips, a knocking a tile into the mud below with a squish it lands, Aliandara dangles by a single hand. Meanwhile, at the front door, Panish waits, until the door opens, and the ugly deserter stands there, covered in blood; holding a large cleaver in his meaty fist. "Whut you want?" he bellows. "Greetings to All the World's Meat! May Iomedae request a delivery of meats?" Panish says in a bright cheerful voice. "Priest huh..." You see his eyes shift around, a sure sign of thinking up a lie. Then he speaks after a few seconds. "Dis meat 'as already been bought priest, Mebbe y'kin come t'morrer and we kin arrange fer a d'liv'ry."
Aliandara sighs " This isn't getting us anywhere; I will just go in like I tried yesterday and ask for meat then see where that gets me this time ". Aliandara looks around to see if she spots any other people awaiting the butchery's charity and then approaches the front door of the shop. The shop is still closed in the wee hours of the morning. Another hour or so til sun-up. You approach the door, and over the gated fence area you hear: Spoiler:
"Ole Pinkton better watch how much he gouges us on this meat, or we'll be serving him up..." "Shut up you fool, Vancaskern will hear you." as they take a goat into the building and close the door.
From the sounds of it, the drovers have arrived at the Livestock gate on the side of the building. You hear "Oi! We 'ere wit de 'livry!" a few seconds pass, you hear "Hold on!" as the bar is lifted off the gate, and they pull the gate open through the muck of the pen. "Olroight, that'll be 3 crown for each o'th heffers, and 1 crown fer each o'th goats. And 10 crowns fer the trouble..." "WHAT? twenty crowns? For 2 diseased cows and 4 skinny goats...? You're insane!" "Oi'm sure oi'culd foind me a buyer fer that...'ungry people round 'ere...'ungry people oi say" "Keep it down, get the livestock in here, we got a lot of work t'do still." "Fine!, here's your 20 crowns." "Olroight, pleasur do'in bi'ness wit'cha gents. Pleasur, Oi say..." [i] You all realize that those prices are very steep, especially if the livestock isn't in prime condition. And they're giving the meat away...
Aliandara Spoiler:
You hear some chopping from within the building, just before you hear the cowbells as the drovers approach with 2 cows, and some goats. You all hear cowbells as some drovers approach with 2 cows, and some goats. You also hear some conversation between the guards and the drovers, "The building is up ahead."
Drakus: Spoiler:
You know from the local scuttlebutt, that livestock has still been arriving, though some shipments have been lost many have been still arriving, though in limited numbers. Bribes have most likely been used to redirect certain shipments. Shipments have been guarded most times. Everyone make a Perception: (Sound Based) please
Aliandara: Spoiler:
As you sneak into the shadows, you cross paths with a pseudodragon chasing a quasit, a common site in Korvosa, you note several broken roof tiles laying on the ground, that must have been the source of the noise. You hear the sound of heavy footsteps approaching in the fog, boots crunching on the damp ground, likely it's one of the guards investigating.
A: Spoiler:
You hear the former guards say the following, though it's broken up... "Right, after this rough-up job, we'll have to keep clear of Vanderca***n" another voice: "Of course (broken up) the livestock (more broken language) morning." First voice: "...then the pigs and cows. stupid beggars don't know the difference." There's a crash outside: "What the hell was that?? Let's go look..." Once A returns, you head to the Inn for the evening.
Aliandara, are you going back to scout for awhile it's foggy? Drakus: You going to try to find a good vantage point in the dark? You hear the approach of a group of Hell Knights off in the fog, they coulnd't sneak with a silence spell cast on them, the shaking of the ground would still give them away. Whether it's the same group or not is unknown.
Spoiler:
About a half hour til dusk The current time is about a half hour before dusk. The Weather is cool, and wet, as the marine layer is moving in, towards the water you can see a fog bank beginning to form. Sounds of Rioting can still be heard in various locations, few fires are burning now.
The Hellknight orders are part of the Church of Asmodeus, they pretty much consider themselves above the local law...The Church of Asmodeus is still powerful in Korvosa. The Hellknights would consider guardsmen acceptable out after curfew as long as they are on official business. You definitely don't have authority over the Hellknights. The Hellknights have been instrumental in crushing the riots, though a bit heavy-handed.
The Hell Knights look at the ragtag group lead by the gruff Sergeant, they begin to bristle at his harsh words, then at Sollus' words, there leader steps forward. Through the helmet, the Hell Knight speaks, "Not even guards are above the law, if we catch you loitering or causing trouble after dark, don't think we won't put you down." With that, the Hell Knights form up again and march off down the road, Two handed swords held in their grip, the wicked blades held upward.
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You note only windows on the upper floors, make climb and stealth checks if you want to scout the roof, and peek in the windows. )actually make 5 of each, we'll do this like a skill challenge from 4e).
On the ground, you note there are currently no livestock in the pens, there is no gate, but you can see that it has a bar across the inside. You could probably make it over the fence and check it out, it's not very tall. Wait til dusk? (this would be 3 climb and stealth checks) When you prod the guard, he stares at you hungrily. "Keep it up little one and you'll be breakfast tomorrow." He's a tall man
Aliandara Scouting: Spoiler:
You arrive at 22 Stirge Street, initial inspection of the area shows a 50'x80' square building. On the North side (streetside) a 20'x25' storefront added to the front of the building. Above the storefront is a second story 25'x40'. There is a 35' long fence attached to the west side of the building that runs the entire 80' length, judging by the smell, this is where the livestock is kept prior to butchering. The building itself looks in ill repair, as if it was unoccupied for a lengthy term. A couple quick questions results in the information that the building was indeed vacant for over a year until after the riots.
There are two entrances, one at the storefront, and a gate for livestock delivery on the eastern alleyway fence. As you arrived, a rough looking guard shooed you off, "I already told you, we're out of meat today, come back tomorrow morning scrub!" Feel free to either ask more questions, roll stealth if need be, search rolls etc, or report initial findings to the rest of the team.
Spoiler:
16 str (10pts) 13 Dex (3 pts) 16 Con (10pts) 12 Cha (2pts) you can still apply your human bonus of +2 to any stat.
Field Marshall Cressida rises, "Yes, Sergeant, you're dismissed...only you are part of the military though, these heroes are not members of the military, they are assisting us because the guards are needed for civil duty. The incident you went through might actually come in as an asset in this situation, though I know your innocence, I know you fight every day to erase your unwarranted reputation...a reputation these deserters might find tempting for letting you in."
Marra is my DMPC, go ahead and role-play the interaction, ask Cressida any questions, she reiterates the mission briefing she gave the rest of the party. REPOST OF THE BRIEFING:
“Vancaskerkin and his men have holed up in an abandoned butcher’s
"All we know is where Vancaskerkin and the rogue guards are, we haven't
"Sergeant Drakus! How many times to I have to tell you to address me as Field Marshall." She yells as she pops tall. Then a smirk crosses her face and shatters her grim visage, "Sergeant Drakus, how long have we known each other? 2 years? 3 Years? No need to impress our guests with your bearing."
"Sergeant, please show our other guest in."
A lieutenant enters and hands something to Field Marshall Cressida, who unrolls a scroll and begins to read. She puts down the scroll and speaks; "Hmmm, it seems we have more heroes about to enter. Therefore, I'm going to ask Sorin and Tamarie to deal with a special problem that has arisen. Tamarie you're to escort Sorin while you attempt to make contact with a rogue guard friend of mine, he seems to have taken the loss of the King quite hard, you will find Sergeant Grau."
"All we know is where Vancaskerkin and the rogue guards are, we haven't had the man power to scout the area. I had reports that they were giving away meat to the poor yesterday and today. I can only assume he's attempting to build himself into a local hero of sorts." She seems unimpressed with Pavo, perhaps she prefers those with more...military...bearing. Or perhaps she's just too exhausted to see his charm. Headcount? I may have to recruit again...Sorin had said he was sticking to this game...but he's not here...Unless you remaining people want to just hang it up...
"All we know is where Vancaskerkin and the rogue guards are, we haven't had the man power to scout the area. I had reports that they were giving away meat to the poor yesterday and today. I can only assume he's attempting to build himself into a local hero of sorts." She seems unimpressed with Pavo, perhaps she prefers those with more...military...bearing. Or perhaps she's just too exhausted to see his charm.
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