You live in Amateru in the kingdom of Karros. The cpital city with a population around 50 thousand. Karros is run by the king and the three great houses. It is near ruins of the Akashi Empire. Ruins are scattered around the kingdom and rumor has it that they are scttered throught the world. The biggest ruin by far is near the capital.
There is a rumor that someone is selling stuff from the ruins. Most are harmless but some are not. According to rumor one household has been wiped out. Lord Keldarrin assigned Gelwyn and Rokarrin to investigate the rumors and highered two others to help them.
You are all gathered in Lord Keldarin's gardin.
I stand behind Lord Gelwyn, hands clasped behind my back, quietly surveying the two hirelings. I know that Gelwyn is a competent swordsman, and if he has absorbed the lessons received at the hands of his father, Lord Keldarrin, he will be a competent leader. As yet, however, he is unproven.
Keldarrin had specifically asked meto keep a protective eye on my nephew as he carried out this first responsibility. I watch intently to see how things unfold.
Thain stands about 6.0 even his hair brown and short and to show off his proud half elven heritage his cloths are quite simple,he has calm expressions but he nervously shifts from side to side.
"im thankful to be tagging along i was sure there would be others better then I"
Thain gives a bow* "I am Thain Staves the it is a plesure meeting you milord"
i'm known for my investigative skills im also a vary good archer if i get my range so i guess freelancer fits"
Well I have a few I ideas where to start and as for the ruins, i would see to getting the papers to going in em so we don't break the law and get you two in trouble with it. I'll find out what I can sir"
"We have the papers." Rokarrin says darkly, holding up a sheaf of 4 embossed and sealed parchments. "We have the authority and the directive to capture or kill anyone or anything we find in the ruins that does not also have documents such as these."
"I will distribute them once we are entering the ruins. I wouldn't want anyone to 'lose' their documents and inadvertantly provide some miscreant safe passage there."
ah i see that makes this easier well i get to work on the information on what or who we are looking for"
To begin I need just a little information like what rumors you have heard.
Thain nods listenin* thank you (how do you make roles)
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You have all heard Devon Hampsted is selling the relics but not where he is. Gelwyn and Rokarrin you both recognize the name. Devon used to work for the family you replaced.
Thain,
If you need any special equipment, within reason, before gathering your information, I can authorize a draw from Lord Keldarrin's armory.
the equipment i need is a book, blank pages so i may keep record of the information I'm digging up and your assistance in digging up information I'm not well high enough to get, but if it really only involves you you may leave information out and only give the information that would make it easier on us. The book that will will be turned in to you guys by the end of the investigation so if any thing comes up that would put us in some bad light we can deal with it as soon as it starts causing trouble, also i believe it will be a pleasure working with you
I direct a servant to bring a blank book and a water-resistant case with a small lock to Thain Staves. The lock won't keep out a determined individual, but it will provide some privacy from those prying out of mere curiosity.
In addition to my rapier, dagger, and the suit of studded leather personally crafted and fitted for my by my father's best armorsmith, I add a disguise kit.
While I posess an exquisite forgery kit with an array of papers, waxes, inks, seals, and ribbons that is adequate to allow me to reproduce most documents issued in the Kingdom, if given enough time, it is too bulky (and illegal) to carry on my person.
Instead, I keep a wallet of some of the more common and trivial documents needed in every day life about the city. Most are legitimately issued documents supplied by my brother. Some are not. As a scion of a rising noble house, I rarely need such documents, but occasionally I am in disguise--at which time they become very convenient to posess.
I provide some of the more useful of these to Thain and his colleague to allow him the most freedom in maneuvering through the warrens of the city.
"These should be helpful to you Thain." I pass the documents to a servant who again takes them to Thain. "When you locate Devon, I want word from you. I would like to speak with him personally."
Looking through the documents and smiling at the challenge of this job he looks to the Rokarrin* " I will do the my best and then some"
The servant takes few minutes but comes back with what you ask for, which he passes to Thrain.
he stores it in his pack*
Thain bows and heads off towards the warrens, stooping to his apartment to get equipped8
Oddly, I don't know much at all about the recent rumors. I am uneasy in this state. I usually pride myself on knowing all things of importance within my brother's holdings and those neighboring them.
Respectful of the fact that this is my nephew's first time leading a mission, I am carefuly to solicit his preferences regarding my next move.
"Unfortunately, Gelwyn, I know very little about this situation. Much less than I like knowing. I can't even seem to recall the name of the family who is rumored to have died or how they have passed on. With your leave, I can accept one or more of my recent social invitations and see what information I can gather at Lady Sorrensen's ball or Lord Garrick's fox hunt--unless you have other preferences for how I should proceed?"
I look towards Gelwyn with a brooding, pre-occupied, expression, as I plan out my course of action for gathering information at the fox hunt.
"They are useful. I like to be prepared, young Lord."
I worry that Gelwyn is setting himself up for heartbreak of some sort. He is clearly mistaken about Lady Sorrensen. But sometimes youths must learn lessons like that the hard way...
Thrain roll Diplomacy.
Gelwyn when you go to your father Devon was high enough in the other family for him to remimber his actual job was to direct most their dirty work. In the last few years nothhing has been heard from him and your father thought him dead. Devon was known as a swordsman.
The wealthy nobles don't know much, they have heard the same rumors as you and for the most part don't care. A few have looked into it. According to the cityguard report the house of the missing family was hallow and the only thing inside was a small piece of medal about a foot long and about an inch around covered with ancient writing.
The metal was given to the king's scholars which are notorius for never letting anything go.
Thrain you find out that Devon comes to the Lion's Head Inn every week that is where he does business. Also he has been seen going to the Tempered Squid fairly often almost everyday. The Tempered Squid is a fish store. A wagon come from the ruins the night before he goes to the inn. The wagon should come in two days.
Scouting out the 2 areas looking for assessable spots and points of view to see and or snipe of need be and the day before sending a message to Rokarrin*
I inform Gelwyn: "I've gotten a report from Thain. He has the location near where Devon presumably recieves shipments from the ruins mapped out, with advantages spots to wait identified. It is a fish store called The Tempered Squid. He is expected to have a shipment in within the next two days."
"I assume you will want us to be there to 'inspect' whatever comes in that wagon? I'll remind you that we are authorized to take whatever actions we feel necessary within the ruins themselves, but actions we take within the town will have political consequences."
The Inn is known for having a bartender and servers that don't allow any crap. There are always two guards outside The Tempered Squid but it is two stories and has several windows on the second floor.
Thain will attempt to meet Rokarrin and Gelwyn before going to see Devon*
"Gelwyn, if I did not want Devon to recognize me, I can take very adequate precautions to make sure he doesn't. Nevertheless, I think your plan is a solid one. Let us make the necessary arrangements."
(would you guys be at the garden?)
The king's scholars are literal famous for being closed mouthed about anything to do with the ancient civilization. No one is hired for the unless they are known for that.
The delivery and Devon's trip to the inn are on different days.
Thain asks a the entrance to be let in to the garden*
When one of the servants lets me know that Thain is in the garden, I walk by Gelwyn's rooms to walk down with him.
"What news, Thain?"
Devon dose business in the lions head inn every week and he also goes to the tempered squid, a fish shop, almost every day I have a few plans for both that we could use your influence as well as nobility to our advantage
Well if there targeting noble houses we can use you or your uncle to get a reaction and if it dose not we get information if it dose I can use my archer talents to make sure we get a clean getaway another plan is we use the fact that we have authority out side the city to ambush the wagon coming in 2days from now rather way I kind of like the fact I can stay out side off harms reach and they won't see me I promise that"