THE MORGRAVE ADVENTURES
“04 THE STOLEN”
SEGMENT 32
“THE BLUE FOX”
01/03/16
SYPHEROS 25, 1000 LOWER TAVIK’S LANDING- THE BLUE FOX IN DRAGONSEYE.
It is late afternoon / early evening when they reach the Dragoneye District. It is another popular entertainment area of all sorts and types where the women of the night are found everywhere.
They enter “The Gardens” which is adjacent to the Blue Fox. The gardens is a courtyard with red roses and short but sweet smelling trees. People come here to court and to meet the Madame and her women of the Blue Fox.
Many scantly clothed women are here along with a few drunken men looking for companionship. Though there is no true dress code in Sharn, these women are wearing little. Some wear only a see-through silken long shirt with a belt (often a belt of Charisma). Madame Valentine spots the three possible costumers and smiles. Two women are already easing up to the Goliath. Both figure it may take two for a man this big.
“Looking for anyone special? I have halflings also if you wish.” Diana has no interest in a female- Halfling or otherwise.
“No thank you. We are looking for someone however in your employment. I believe her professional name is ‘Precious’.
Very quickly, too quickly, the Madame says there is no one of that name here.
“Oh. So much for the REWARD then.” That catches her attention.
“Re…. what has Precious done today?”
“I thought you didn’t know her.” Adds the lizardfolk.
“Well, that is not entirely true. It is her night off.”
“We want to talk to her is all.” Adds the Halfling rolling a gold from hand to hand.
“Molly- please find Precious.” The Madame says to a woman next to her.
The group pass time watching Hardfist being very uncomfortable with two women courting him. Though it is a mere five minutes, it feels like hours to him before Molly returns. Behind her is a beautiful ½ elf woman and a grumpy looking dwarf wearing armor.
“mage?” wonders the Halfling herself.
As soon as the ½ elf sees them, she calls for Chill to run and they turn to flee. Not understanding what is happening, the guard on duty, Milton, a pretty boy ½ orc with long blonde hair, steps between them. Hardfist goes to push him out of the way and finds a challenge as the two of them struggle for control of the grapple. Gears with Diana give chase after the fleeing thieves. Kar-Draith tries to help hold back the ½ orc. The madame, ladies of the night, customers and people just crossing through the Gardens all flee.
The struggle leads to Hardfist tripping and planting the ½ orc in the fountain. He doesn’t let go so the goliath goes with him. The lizardfolk is struck in the process. Angered, he attacks the guard with talons and teeth. Before Hardfist understands how or why, the guard- Milton- is being shredded.
Running down a narrow alleyway, the dwarf stops Gears and Diana. Precious disappears around a corner then returns with a crossbow, she touches the iron tip and lets it lose. It strikes the Halfling and nearly knocks her off the back of her construct canine. Gears and the dwarf go at it. The shocking bite of the construct seems to have no effect on the dwarf. The biting however still does. The metal arrowhead in Diana’s shoulder suddenly begins to burn! Poison she thinks.
Fearing Gears is in trouble, Hardfist drives the guard (with the lizardfolk) hard into the bottom of the fountain and hurries to the construct’s aid. Panicked, the ½ orc attempts to drown his attacker (in a panic, he doesn’t see it is a lizardfolk holding him now). Instead, Kar-Draith rips him apart. Even dead, he continues to claw and chew on him.
While trying to use a healing potion on herself, the goliath leaps over the three combatants and lands and tumbles to an attack position flanking the dwarf. At this point, the door in the alley way opens as a someone is angered by the noise and commotion. He sees the fight and quietly closes the door.
Diana heals but takes more damage. Heat. The arrow tip is superhot and burning her from the inside…. Just like the door lock was melted. Damned magic is on the arrow tip.
The goliath is struck by an arrow but he ignores it as he tent-posts the dwarf into the ground. A second bolt narrowly misses him. He turns and charges. Precious has nowhere to go and is plowed into and rammed into an unyielding stone wall. She goes down coughing up blood.
Chill is knocked out and Precious requires a healing potion to come around. They take them away into a dark stair way to ask questions.
Kar-Draith shows a dark side of himself as he gets them to talk.
Both are merely carriers of stolen goods. They bring things to a merchant at the bottom of Stairway #34 leading into Undersharn.
They also take note- both Chill and Precious have red Dragonmarks. ( Energy Resistance and Heat Metal)