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<blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 2500216" data-attributes="member: 301"><p><strong>Session 5 - Death in Freeport - Boring Investigation</strong></p><p></p><p>Our heroes began their investigations at Lucius’ home, a quiet little cottage in Drac’s End. Any illusions they may have harbored about the affluent life of a librarian were soon shattered. Lucius’ cluttered little home revealed the life of a man whose love of books and knowledge clearly eclipsed any interest in comfort or reward. </p><p></p><p>The party showed their respect for Lucius’ life choices by tearing the place apart. Their efforts were rewarded as they discovered several items of interest:</p><p></p><p>Lucius had been studying dockmaster’s records of ships entering and leaving port.</p><p></p><p>He wanted to speak to someone named Captain Scarbelly.</p><p></p><p>He intended to purchase some turnips.</p><p></p><p>For reasons perhaps only clear to Zhenkeef, godess of madness, Lucius’ taste for root vegetables took on incredible importance. Tavarii was immediately dispatched to visit local marketplaces and investigate the importance of turnips.</p><p></p><p>Nate had heard of Scarbelly, a brutal and successful orc pirate who commanded the ship <em>Bloody Vengeance</em>. Clearly someone like Scarbelly would be a likely confidante for a lowly librarian. That lead could wait.</p><p></p><p>The trio, having divested themselves of the member of the party most likely to have skills useful to investigation, made their way to the Temple of Tinel. The temple, one of the largest in Freeport, was located not far from the Temple of Harrimast. The massive buildings status as a library was clearly incidental to its primary role as a library and center of learning. It mostly consisted of a single massive hall stretching a hundreds of feet into the air, with stairway after stairway crisscrossing over one another to reach balconies packed with bookshelves. The ground floor was filled with rows of tables and desks where scholars from all of the world worked, assisted by the temple’s clerics and librarians.</p><p></p><p>Nate and Sully, assisted by an acolyte named Norton, examined dockmaster’s records, both from the last several months and from the period surrounding Lucius’ first disappearance. Not knowing what they were looking for, they turned up little. However, they did discover that the <em>Bloody Vengeance </em> was currently in port, as it had been when Lucius first disappeared several years before.</p><p></p><p>Bronson, posing as a visiting cleric and scholar sought an audience with Thuron, the High Priest. Unfortunately, he couldn’t get past the High Priest’s assistant, an arrogant little twerp named Milos. Bronson explained that he and Lucius had kept up an extremely useful correspondence, and now that he was in Freeport he wished to find the librarian. Milos opined that Lucius was had simply gone on a drinking binge and was sleeping it off somewhere. He offered that he never would have allowed Lucius to return to his job and certainly didn’t have the resources to track down every wayward librarian. Bronson thanked Milos and left to rejoin his companions. </p><p></p><p>Their next stop was the docks, where they quickly found the <em>Bloody Vengeance</em>. Oddly, it appeared that the crew had stayed on the ship since it’s arrival in port, and had warned away anyone who came too close. The trio found a tavern, the <em>Broken Mug</em>, with a clear view of the <em>Bloody Vengeance </em> and sat down to plot their next move.</p><p></p><p><strong>Coming Soon</strong>: "<em>Hello, Sailor</em>," and our most swashbuckling battle yet!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrow, post: 2500216, member: 301"] [b]Session 5 - Death in Freeport - Boring Investigation[/b] Our heroes began their investigations at Lucius’ home, a quiet little cottage in Drac’s End. Any illusions they may have harbored about the affluent life of a librarian were soon shattered. Lucius’ cluttered little home revealed the life of a man whose love of books and knowledge clearly eclipsed any interest in comfort or reward. The party showed their respect for Lucius’ life choices by tearing the place apart. Their efforts were rewarded as they discovered several items of interest: Lucius had been studying dockmaster’s records of ships entering and leaving port. He wanted to speak to someone named Captain Scarbelly. He intended to purchase some turnips. For reasons perhaps only clear to Zhenkeef, godess of madness, Lucius’ taste for root vegetables took on incredible importance. Tavarii was immediately dispatched to visit local marketplaces and investigate the importance of turnips. Nate had heard of Scarbelly, a brutal and successful orc pirate who commanded the ship [I]Bloody Vengeance[/I]. Clearly someone like Scarbelly would be a likely confidante for a lowly librarian. That lead could wait. The trio, having divested themselves of the member of the party most likely to have skills useful to investigation, made their way to the Temple of Tinel. The temple, one of the largest in Freeport, was located not far from the Temple of Harrimast. The massive buildings status as a library was clearly incidental to its primary role as a library and center of learning. It mostly consisted of a single massive hall stretching a hundreds of feet into the air, with stairway after stairway crisscrossing over one another to reach balconies packed with bookshelves. The ground floor was filled with rows of tables and desks where scholars from all of the world worked, assisted by the temple’s clerics and librarians. Nate and Sully, assisted by an acolyte named Norton, examined dockmaster’s records, both from the last several months and from the period surrounding Lucius’ first disappearance. Not knowing what they were looking for, they turned up little. However, they did discover that the [I]Bloody Vengeance [/I] was currently in port, as it had been when Lucius first disappeared several years before. Bronson, posing as a visiting cleric and scholar sought an audience with Thuron, the High Priest. Unfortunately, he couldn’t get past the High Priest’s assistant, an arrogant little twerp named Milos. Bronson explained that he and Lucius had kept up an extremely useful correspondence, and now that he was in Freeport he wished to find the librarian. Milos opined that Lucius was had simply gone on a drinking binge and was sleeping it off somewhere. He offered that he never would have allowed Lucius to return to his job and certainly didn’t have the resources to track down every wayward librarian. Bronson thanked Milos and left to rejoin his companions. Their next stop was the docks, where they quickly found the [I]Bloody Vengeance[/I]. Oddly, it appeared that the crew had stayed on the ship since it’s arrival in port, and had warned away anyone who came too close. The trio found a tavern, the [I]Broken Mug[/I], with a clear view of the [I]Bloody Vengeance [/I] and sat down to plot their next move. [B]Coming Soon[/B]: "[I]Hello, Sailor[/I]," and our most swashbuckling battle yet! [/QUOTE]
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