Hell of a Summer (PF1 Eberron)

Game Master karlprosek

Investigation Notes (updated 4/25):

Fireball clues:
1) Martem's necklace. -> A Necklace of Fireballs produced by a well known magic jeweler, designed to be reliable and pass notice. See this post and this one.
2) Zander's observations on the roof. -> It was a nimblewright that threw the fireball stone. Idrassa's contact is going to provide a list of nimblewrights and theorized a way to detect nimblewrights. -> A nimblewright matching the correct description is in Lady Yalah Gralhund's retinue. -> Lady Yalah's nimblewright threw the fireball.
3) Note and key on the dead gnome (Dalakhar) -> note from Kalain of the Nine Waters -> Kalain provided a stack of Lord ir'Nelview's papers (see this post).
4) Dalakhar's room contained a death mark from House Tarkanan

Supposition:
A) Declan's encounter with Floxin (he was a tough merc, dressed the same as 3 dead Tarkanan thugs). -> Floxin headed west from Trollskull Alley and was in no condition to travel very far.
B) Renaer's father's stole half million galifars. See this post. -> The Tarkanans who kidnapped Floon seemed to be looking for the money as well as something called the Stone of Golorr. See this post.

House Tarkanan:
There's a low level an escalating street war going on between Daask and House Tarkanan -> "Somebody stole something from someone," per a Tarkanan thug guarding a ritual site and teleportation ring (see this post)
A Tarkanan agent was following the group around the city and taking notes of their activities
House Tarkanan is trying to brainwash broadsheet publishers
A high level spellcaster set up a teleportation circle under a tower in Castle Ward being used by House Tarkanan cultists of the Mockery
Shan Chien the tabloid publisher is going to research Manshoon and bring his results to you in a few days (he also wants to interview you and feature you in his paper)

The Grand Game:
Powerful groups (likely more than just Daask and House Tarkanan) seem to all be looking for Renaer's father's stolen money. See this post.
House Tarkanan kidnapped Renaer ir'Nelview and Floon Blagmaar, looking for information on the Stone of Golorr -> the interrogation was interrupted by a Daask raid on their hideout -> the party rescued Floon (case of mistaken identity, see this post that also mentions their interest in the Stone of Golorr) from a Daask hideout in the sewers (leaving alive a blue goblin and Grum'shar, a half-orc spellcaster) and briefly encountered a mind flayer

The Stone of Golorr:

Lady Yalah Gralhund has the Stone of Golorr (post)
The Stone requires 3 Eyes to activate; it is currently inert because the Eyes are missing
She suspects House Tarkanan has 1 Eye and Daask has another (see this post)

Other Hooks:

Assigned missions:
Investigate elf murders in Dock Ward- House Phiarlan (no results on Night 1)
Investigate explosion in Trollskull Manor- self-assigned
NPC Jixel is going to research the Stone of Golorr at a magic library

Personal hooks:
Ash wants to help the shifters and owes Blaze a favor
Idrassa can be as involved or uninvolved with the arbitrage trade you set up in Field Ward as you want
Illendur agreed to go to dinner at his sister Fientia's- they're having a dinner party and she mentioned that Lillian from accounting will be there and she just broke up with her boyfriend
-we can play that out or just say it happens offscreen, up to you :D
Zander was interested in a clockwork bird he noticed flying east-west and back over the neighborhood and tracked it to a neighboring villa in North Ward
Running a tavern?

Background points of interest PCs have noticed:
There's a sea-faring circus that just got to town called the Sea Maiden's Faire
There's something called the Grand Game, played by powerful individuals and groups to get influence over the city

Completed:
Find Red Susie- street urchins
Find Maxeene/return Maxeene's familiar- Remallia Haventree/Maxeene
Protect clinic in Field Ward- ir'Cassalanters
Rescue Floon- Vordik Gaebler/Renaer ir'Nelview
Take noble handkerchief to contact in Dock Ward- Boromar Clan (or the Tyrants?)

Also! Hit me up with personal goals! This is a huge metropolis! If there was ever a game where you thought 'I want my PC to accomplish X,' this is the one to do it in. Does your PC want to do something? Let's make it a hook!