I looked up the fate of the kidnap victims in "Life's Bazaar" (Chapter 1) and took notes on it, just because. I assume none of them show up in later chapters? Just over half can be rescued from the Malachite Fortress.
1) Tieran Wispwort - m gnome age 91 - alchemist. Not found. Missing 88 nights.
2) Jorl Seerkin - m gnome age 72 - law clerk. Not found. Missing 83 nights.
3) Azmi Dresker - f human age 19 - prostitute. Not found. Missing 81 nights.
4) Skellen Rycah - f human age 20 - prostitute. Not found. Missing 81 nights.
5) Krylscar Endercott - m human age 24 - drunkard, ex-militia. Warrior 2 in Room M18. Missing 74 nights.
6) Callum Sunnyrush - m halfling age 37 - groom for Lathenmire's. Not found. Missing 69 nights.
7) Gryffon Malek - m human age 33 - barkeep. Commoner 1 in M33. Missing 66 nights.
8) Szordra Callagher - m human age 35 - bookshop owner/sage. Not found. Missing 60 nights.
9) Tambor Kalavan - m human age 25 - minstrel. Not found. Missing 52 nights.
10) Irruth Mercadi - f human age 36 - chandler. Commoner 1 in M18. Missing 47 nights.
11) Deven Myrzal - m human age 18 - lamplighter. Commoner 1 in M18. Missing 45 nights.
12) Jeneer Everdawn - f halfling age 42 - jeweler's apprentice. Commoner 1 in M27. Missing 40 nights.
13) Lorthan Ironfold - m dwarf age 125 - cartwright. Not found. Missing 35 nights.
14) Sondor Ironfold - f dwarf age 127 - housewife. Commoner 1 in M27. Missing 35 nights.
15) Rikaldo Veskor - m human age 34 - skinner. Not found. Missing 31 nights.
16) Lestor Coldwater - m human age 26 - scribe/poet. Not found. Missing 26 nights.
17) Jelluth Sirlana - f human age 33 - shoemaker, Lestor's girlfriend. Not found. Missing 26 nights.
18) Ellethor Ashstaff - m half-elf age 58 - wizard. Not found. Missing 22 nights.
19) Maple - f halfling age 22 - thief. Rogue 1 in M27. Missing 18 nights.
20) Corystan Pike - f human age 35 - retired adventurer. Rogue 1/Sorcerer 2 in M21. Missing 16 nights.
21) Jasper Drundlesput - m gnome 74 - mathematician. Expert 2 in M18. Missing 9 nights.
22) Deakon Stormshield - m dwarf 20 - orphan. In M34. Missing 3 nights.
23) Evelyn Radavec - f human 9 - orphan. In M34. Missing 3 nights.
24) Lucinda Aldreen - f human 8 - orphan. In M34. Missing 3 nights.
25) Terrem Kharatys - m human 9 - orphan. In M34. Missing 3 nights.
I've also done some speculating on the fate of the missing. In my campaign, the backstory for the Underdark is based on Wolfgang Baur's "Kingdom of the Ghouls" in Dragon 70. That is, True Ghouls have made a kingdom in the Greyhawk Underdark, and are expanding. The "White Kingdom" of the ghouls is allied with the Cloakers, and fights against the Illithid (Mind Flayers) and Kuo-Toans. The Duergar and Troglodytes have already been badly defeated and are on the run (to the Forge of Fury in my campaign). And Kazmojen is a duergar, not a half-troll/half-dwarf (something that makes no sense in my campaign).
With that background, here is my groundless speculation of the fate of the missing:
1) Tieran Wispwort - m gnome age 91 - alchemist. Not found. Missing 88 nights. Kidnapped to order by the duergar, kept for making alchemist's fire at another location (the Forge of Fury).
2) Jorl Seerkin - m gnome age 72 - law clerk. Not found. Missing 83 nights. Acquaintance of Keygan Ghelve and Tieran Wispwort, he got too close to figuring out what was going on, and was abducted and killed (eaten by hobgoblins).
3) Azmi Dresker - f human age 19 - prostitute. Not found. Missing 81 nights. Sold to Kuo-toans for a sacrifice.
4) Skellen Rycah - f human age 20 - prostitute. Not found. Missing 81 nights. Sold to Kuo-toans for a sacrifice.
6) Callum Sunnyrush - m halfling age 37 - groom for Lathenmire's. Not found. Missing 69 nights. Sold to Illithids as a servant.
8) Szordra Callagher - m human age 35 - bookshop owner/sage. Not found. Missing 60 nights. Sold to Illithids for food.
9) Tambor Kalavan - m human age 25 - minstrel. Not found. Missing 52 nights. Sold to Illithids for food.
13) Lorthan Ironfold - m dwarf age 125 - cartwright. Not found. Missing 35 nights. Kept by duergar, moved to another location (Forge of Fury) to work as a craftsman there.
15) Rikaldo Veskor - m human age 34 - skinner. Not found. Missing 31 nights. Sold to Drow as a laborer.
16) Lestor Coldwater - m human age 26 - scribe/poet. Not found. Missing 26 nights. Sold to Drown as a laborer.
17) Jelluth Sirlana - f human age 33 - shoemaker, Lestor's girlfriend. Not found. Missing 26 nights. Sold to Drow as a laborer.
18) Ellethor Ashstaff - m half-elf age 58 - wizard. Not found. Missing 22 nights. Sold to drow as a sacrifice, escaped on the way to Erelhei Cinlu (the Vault of the Drow). Wandering the Underdark alone.
If it's interesting or useful to you, cool. If not, oh well, it amused me.
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My players captured Kazmojen and turned him over to the town guard. Their interrogation of him required me to figure out where everyone ended up. XD
Tiervan Wisport (male gnome, age 91): A local alchemist, Tiervan lived with two cats and ran a marginally successful business. He disappeared 88 nights ago.
(Sold to kuo-toa from Bhal-Hamatugn.)
Jorl Seerkin (male gnome, age 72): A law clerk who worked for a local gnome barrister named Aeryk Gylbar, he disappeared from his home 83 nights ago.
(Sold to Pyllrak Shyraat, died in servitude.)
Azmi Dresker (female human, age 19): A known prostitute who plied her trade at the Slippery Eel Tavern, she disappeared from her residence 81 nights ago. She and a coworker, Shellen Rycah, rented the house from an old woman named Matira Hathaway, who was asleep in the house that night and didn?t hear anything.
(Sold to drow according to Kazmojen. No regular contacts, usually different patrol groups.)
Shellen Rycah (female human, age 20): Another prostitute who frequented the Slippery Eel Tavern and shared a house with coworker Azmi Dresker and their landlord. Shellen disappeared 81 nights ago.
(Sold to drow according to Kazmojen. No regular contacts, usually different patrol groups.)
Krylscar Endercott (male human, age 24): Kicked out of the local milita for drunk and disorderly conduct, Krylscar vanished from his parents? home 74 nights ago. Neither parent hear or saw anything suspicious, but they believe Krylscar may have robbed them and fled the town in disgrace.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Callum Sunnyrush (male Halfling, age 37): He groomed horses and ponies for the Lathenmire noble family. He vanished from his room at a cozy local inn 69 nights ago.
(Sold to Pyllrak Shyraat, died in servitude.)
Gryffon Malek (male human, age 32): He worked as a barkeep at the Tipped Tankard tavern. He disappeared 66 days ago, three days before his planned wedding to tavern barmaid Imelie Deranti.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Szordra Callagher (female human, age 35): A self-proclaimed sage, she ran her own small bookstore. She was last seen 60 nights ago by her 18-year-old Leagan, a mason?s apprentice.
(Sold to Pyllrak Shyraat, died in servitude.)
Tembor Kalavan (male human, age 25): A local minstrel of some repute, he vanished 52 nights ago from his room in the Laughing Horse Inn.
(Fed to the ogre Xukasus after his singing irritated Kazmojen.)
Irruth Mercadi (female human, age 36): A local chandler who disappeared from the apartment above her shop 47 nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Deven Myrzal (male human, age 18): A lamplighter who vanished 45 nights ago. Guards found the pole Deven used to unhook hanging lanterns in the street a few blocks from his home (which was not robbed).
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Jeneer Everdawn (female Halfling, age 42): A jeweler?s apprentice who did volunteer work at Bluecrater Academy, she disappeared 40 nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Lorthan Ironfold (male dwarf, age 125): A skilled Cartwright. He and his wife Sondor, vanished from their home 35 nights ago.
(Sold to drow according to Kazmojen. No regular contacts, usually different patrol groups.)
Sondor Ironfold (female dwarf, age 127): Wife of Lorthan Ironfold, she and her husband disappeared 35 nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Rikaldo Vesker (male human, age 34): His ransacked home contained blood droplets and blood-encrusted knives ? not surprising, since Rikaldo worked as a skinner. He disappeared 31 nights ago.
(Sold to Pyllrak Shyraat, died in servitude.)
Lestor Coldwater (male human, age 22): A trained scribe and struggling poet. He and his girlfriend, Jelluth, vanished from her home 26 nights ago.
(Sold to Ral Redan, a human wizard who frequented the bazaar.)
Jelluth Sirlana (female half-elf, age 33): A struggling shoemaker who inherited her father?s failing business, she vanished (along with her boyfriend, Lestor) 26 nights ago.
(Sold to Ral Redan, a human wizard who frequented the bazaar.)
Elethor Ashstaff (male half-elf, age 58): A wizard and trickster who occasionally performed minor feats of prestidigitation at birthday parties for upper-class children. A dead rat ? possibly Elethor?s familiar ? was found in his home. He vanished 22 nights ago.
(Sold to an illithid, name unknown.)
Maple (female Halfling, age 32): Last name unknown. Maple was rumored to be associated with the Alleybashers. She disappeared 18 nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Corystan Pike (female human, age35): A retired adventurer who was living on stolen loot, she walked with a cane. She disappeared from her modest abode 16 nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Jasper Drundlesput (male gnome, age 74): A reclusive and eccentric mathematician who worked at Bluecrater Academy, he is believed to have vanished nine days ago. Pieces of parchment covered with numbers and symbols littered the floor of his ransacked house.
(Rescued by the party and currently in the care of St. Cuthbert.)
Deakon Stormshield (male dwarf, age 20): A bright dwarf, Deakon was taken from the Lantern Street Orphanage three nights ago. The orphanage took him in when he was six years old, after his parents failed to return from an adventure.
(Rescued by the party and returned to the orphanage.)
Evelyn Radavec (female human, age 9): A quiet, sullen girl, she was taken from the Lantern Street Orphanage three nights ago. Her father and mother succumbed to the filth fever plague that struck Cauldron seven years ago.
(Rescued by the party and returned to the orphanage.)
Lucinda Aldreen (female human, age 8): A gregarious but superstitious child given to the Lantern Street Orphanage at age four by her poverty-stricken mother, Lucinda was abducted from the orphanage three nights ago.
(Rescued by the party and returned to the orphanage.)
Terrem Kharatys (male human, age 9): This orphan, taken from the Lantern Street Orphanage three nights ago, is a dour and temperamental lad. His parents died shortly after his birth (circumstances unknown).
(Taken by the beholder, Master Orbius, and returned to the orphanage by a heavily robed figure.)
The captive Kazmojen states that more slaves were procured, but that they came from the Underdark, not Cauldron.
Cool, thanks, TriOmegaZero.
Interesting that we have 3 of the same end buyers -- drow, illithid, and kuo-toans.
What's the thinking behind all of Pyllrak Shyraat's prisoners ending up dead?
In my mind he was a middleman, and was buying prisoners to sell them on to the Kuo-toans and Illithid, who I wouldn't waste their time on mere commerce.
The Drow, though, I agree are wandering types and would do their own buying.
Also, is Ral Redan the wizard your own inventions, or in SCAP somewhere?
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I'm not at all surprised that we had similar ideas. I based mine off of the common Underdark denizens, so it's only natural.
I recall there being some mention of Pyllrak asking for younger slaves, because they're easier to 'break in' and reasoned that he was very hard on his slaves, working them to death regularly, thus making him Kazmojen's best customer. It's been awhile and I don't recall exactly where the ideas came from.
Ral Redan is an inside joke from my first time running the game. My old group was my buddies in Afghanistan, and anytime we were figuring out who was to blame, the first answer was Ralph Nader. So, I mutated that into an in-game wizard for a one-shot, who kidnapped adventurers and put them through deathtrap dungeons Jigsaw-style. Never got to go anywhere with that idea unfortunately.