Meerthen *NPC*'s page

I'll assume Epik doesn't split the party again?

As you head across the city to the Southeast, you come across Meerthen and the Striders.

"Hey, looks like this party of the city is good to go. Freed some families from a burning building, killed a few demodands and avoided some stampeding horses ... where do you want us to head next?"

Meerthen steps up, "I'll summon the Striders to take a section of the city. Where do you want them to go?"

For the purposes of this effort, the city is divided into 5 sections: Lakefront, NW, NE, SE, SW

Meerthen and the Striders nod to Nowzai, "We have some contacts in that area that we havent touched base with in a long time. Will see what happened. We are taking Nemoris with us. May have need of his prowess on this one, I'm afraid."

"Be aware that the nobles still control large parts of the city and while you have some of the merchants on your side, without Maavu, you will have a hard time swaying them away from the traditional nobility. Your biggest chance of getting the entire city on board with a new government will be through your strong contacts with the church. I recommend getting the entire Council together to vote on new leadership according to the laws of Cauldron. A certain high priestess could arrange that for you. "

As they leave, he turns back to you b]"Ah, a personal aside... did you find Thirifane's spellbook? I wouldn't mind a peek at it. Fario and Fellian tell me she was an accomplished transmuter."[/b]

Meerthen and the Striders nod to Nowzai, "We have some contacts in that area that we havent touched base with in a long time. We will see what happened. We are taking Nemoris with us. We may have need of his prowess on this one, I'm afraid."

"Be aware that the nobles still control large parts of the city and while you have some of the merchants on your side, without Maavu, you will have a hard time swaying them away from the traditional nobility. Your biggest chance of getting the entire city on board with a new government will be through your strong contacts with the church. I recommend getting the entire Council together to vote on new leadership according to the laws of Cauldron. A certain high priestess could arrange that for you. "

As they leave, "Ah, a personal aide... did you find Thirifane's spellbook? I wouldn't mind a peek at it. Fario and Fellian tell me she was an accomplished transmuter."

"The Red Prison," the Strider leader spits with distaste.

"Evidence certainly points to that rationale for the cages, but why? I can only assume two reasons. Imprison someone (or a lot of someones) or to release someone. Neither sounds good for Cauldron."

"The Lord of Eyes seems like a reference to the beholder, most likely ... eye tyrant, eye lord ... maybe."

"Three-Eyed lady? She hired the assassin per your questions. Are the eye themes tied together with the lord of eyes and your beholder? Didn't your report say that there was a woman with Lord Orbius in your early encounter's in the slave bazaar?"

Meerthen moves to scan your notes again, shuffling papers, "Ah yes, here ...'Danyell saw a humanoid woman and some blob. She called the blob Lord Orbius ...' guess we know that's the beholder now ... 'they took the boy'..."

The some time dwarf, some time human, former Pathfinder and leader of the Striders enters behind her, peeling off a fake mustache and rubbing a way some of the dirt/makeup for his latest disguise.

"Time to take our relationship public, I'm guessing. It is unfortunate that Maavu can't join us."