--- title: "2024-02-22" type: Session created: 2025-12-22 00:35:50 modified: 2025-12-26 19:27:37 --- # 2024-02-22 [[#[[7dc4c906-1b88-4ff9-92d5-d508417fb09d|ugma]]]] checking out [[Bell Tower]] and Market * Rest of the crew going to Town Hall * [[[[58e52574-fec3-4002-a94c-4fd53a4ba55c|Belago]]]] leads the crew * Everybody else hangs back so he’s seen as the leader * Blue-cloaked soldiers outside the town hall, surprising because it’s not city watch * Captain [[[[df4fc922-248a-4ba7-9547-690a8c3e4288|Prudella]]]] tries to turn them away at the door * [[[[c908a529-fcee-4b5a-a7cf-a728679ec259|Malliano]]]] bribes his way in * Wizard * Town council is extremely busy * City council writ to take to the barracks * See 2 goblins tailing them * [[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]] * Sellswords - at least 6 * Relaxed * Once I’m in view, they nervously finger hilts of a sword * [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]]] is known for having a bell that’s associated with it * Chats with the mercenaries * Mercenaries w/captain [[[[df4fc922-248a-4ba7-9547-690a8c3e4288|Prudella]]]] * Contract with city of [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]]] * They’re using the [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]#^f62bc4|Bell Tower]] as the headquarters on the order of the council * Under strict orders not to let anyone in but I can look around the bell tower * Person talking with hasn’t seen the bell and don’t really care about it * Somebody more dexterous could climb the tower * Can see the silhouette of the [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]#^f62bc4|Bell]] * At a more opportune time, they could get up there * #resources Paid for a couple rounds of ale, maybe some good will? * [[[[36ea84ad-46a6-4c03-96dd-487de79bdfcd|Fera]]]] “can I see a dwarves, I’ve never seen a dwarf” * Others have said dwarves take care of the bell so they’ve been made to go elsewhere * Mercenary wasn’t part of the first group to come to town, heard from other people * ”Let’s go find your dwarves” * Tell me about the dwarves, what have you heard * Street urchins say that if they’re nearby, there are rough directions * We head off in that direction * Come to a building * Go to knock but realize that the door appears to have a lock that doesn’t match the decor, crude and recent * Going to the barracks for the town watch * Ask for [[[[56651911-deae-400b-af57-7089d61332ec|Eleva]]]] and get lead inside * Tension present but home of the town watch * News of [[d8048c11-2011-48b4-bb0b-1ac9ca276dd7|Illgoblin]] group, captain is annoyed * [[#[[7dc4c906-1b88-4ff9-92d5-d508417fb09d|ugma]]]] asks about the blue cloaks * [[[[56651911-deae-400b-af57-7089d61332ec|Eleva]]]]: Frustration “beats me, you’d think they’d want help” new mayor has no time for the town watch. [[[[ab2fc406-e471-49c6-8322-6806185fbee5|Cagliastro]]]] acting like he’s in charge of everyone. * Man comes in w/bloody smock (surgeon/medicus) * Corpse being inspected, person is not the member of the council that they thought they were * Now a missing councilmember * [[[[56651911-deae-400b-af57-7089d61332ec|Eleva]]]] asks for help * Thinks something crazy is going on in town and doesn’t know who to trust * Not sure what to make of [[[[ab2fc406-e471-49c6-8322-6806185fbee5|Cagliastro]]]] * Shut out of town council since the murders happened - makes no sense * Family of dwarves that took care of the bells (Baruch family) that has disappeared or gone into hiding * Contacts think dwarves were taken into custody at the town hall, but not sure * Assumption that one of the bodies was a missing member of the town council, [[[[80d8fa5f-4e01-499e-83ec-73a92ceaa439|Ardetta]]]] - treasurer. medicus is sure it’s not her. * Body had [[[[80d8fa5f-4e01-499e-83ec-73a92ceaa439|Ardetta]]]]’s hat but is known to be another town member * She has been known to gamble and lose her hat as stakes * Mentioned [[[[bf5ea573-86af-4bc3-8e75-1e86cf2ec7f3|Darda]]]] - [[[[e3403b23-7ce9-40e0-8f34-c4cce1a41fd0|Koves]]]] is looking for her * [[[[bf5ea573-86af-4bc3-8e75-1e86cf2ec7f3|Darda]]]] is one of the people [[[[56651911-deae-400b-af57-7089d61332ec|Eleva]]]] can trust *Suggests that we visit the mausoleum where sister *is buried and [[[[bf5ea573-86af-4bc3-8e75-1e86cf2ec7f3|Darda]]]] is known to people there * Gives us a writ to be out after curfew but is likely to not be honored by the blue cloaks * Asks about the [[Goblins]] * She digs through town council orders, hands one over to us * Town watch is not to interfere with [[4a368aea-58e8-4a71-8ea7-3f7b788f73c2|goblin]] company at the request of the town council * [[Goblins]] are known to have assassins among them * Heading back to [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]#^9033d7|Rusty Dragon]] * [[Goblins]] are trying to look chill but don’t move towards us * Get back just in time for the curfew bells to ring * [[Barenthos]] * Head to NW part of town in the market district (slum) * Go to a building and recognize the symbols for an assassin’s guild * Doesn’t know how strong they are * Scopes out the place * They come back out after delivering a message * Other side of the building, a black cloaked figure heads towards [[[[5aa11353-d0ab-4616-9527-a77543e0b0ff|Kastor]]#^9033d7|Rusty Dragons]] across the rooftops