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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 7397046" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>The heroes exited the burning pub, dragging the unconscious mercenaries behind them. Above them the bombing attack from the Ragesian wyvern riders continued. The leader of the mercenaries sat astride a warhorse and regarded them with cold, analyzing eyes. He thanked them for saving his men and informed them that his group would be leaving because of the battle that had formed overhead. As other mercenaries came forward to pick up the unconscious ones and put them on horses, he warned the heroes that the Black Horse mercenary group would be watching the exits of the town. If they crossed paths again, he was honor bound to capture them, and they should surrender, as he did not want to harm anyone.</p><p></p><p>With the mercenaries riding away, the heroes decided that they needed to get to the depository quickly to meet with Rivereye Badgerface, Torrent's contact. As they approached the gate to the next district, a wave of fear washed over everyone in the area. Trinja, Byron, and Zed panicked, running out in the street and getting trampled by the frenzied crowd before calming down and being extracted by the others. Passing through into the next district, the heroes encountered a burned man calling out for help as he carried his badly burned wife. He collapsed from exhaustion as the heroes approached, and the couples children were sobbing as they did not know what to do. Byron assessed that the mother was on the brink of death and healed her. She would carry scars for life, but she would live. The family got over the initial shock enough to head to the Temple of the Aquiline Cross. Further on, a woman was calling for help from a window as the rest of the building was burning behind her. Zed and Torrent stretched a bedroll between them, and Byron convinced her to jump. Unfortunately, she stumbled on the way out the window. Zed and Torrent tried to catch her, but she tumbled out and hit her head on the ground. Seeing that she was unconscious and bleeding out, Byron healed her and sent her to the temple. Through the din of battle, the heroes hear a man calling out for his lost Kiki. He approaches them and begs for their help in finding his baby. When asked for a description, he starts out with, "Well, she is about this long..." Which was met with a response of, "Wait, long or tall?" They then find out that Kiki is the man's pet giant weasel. Trinja sees this as really important while Torrent facepalms and complains that they do not have the time for this. They send the man to the temple, and Trinja manages to find the weasel after a bit of a search. She calms the animal and fashions a leash for it. When it is suggested that they can return Kiki after they finish at the depository, Trinja responds, "Well, we can let Kiki decide if she wants to return."</p><p></p><p>Upon arriving at the depository, the guard informs them that they cannot bring Kiki in to the tower. Trinja manages to convince the guard that Kiki is a service animal for soothing emotional distress, and the guard lets them in. The path through the well-tended gardens to the tower is flanked by two fountains. The one on the left includes statues of the four primordial creatures from ancient myths. The one on the right has a statue emperor coaltongue. At some point in the last 40 years after the Ragesians withdrew from Gate Pass, the fountain was modified so that the jet of water emerged from the torch the statue held aloft. The heroes are advised that there are guards about (so don't try to break into any lockers), there is an ugly gnome inside (so don't be surprised), and bring a light (it's dark inside). Torrent cast <em>light</em> on her gauntlet, and they went inside.</p><p></p><p>After searching the first floor, they continue on to the second. They run into Rivereye Badgerface who apologizes for a cough he acquired while returning from Ragos. He then addresses Dro'marri by the name "Peppin" and guides the group to a locker that needs "Peppin's" password to open.</p><p></p><p>At this point, people are getting suspicious and telling Riverface that there is no password and Dro'marri is not Peppin. Rivereye suddenly points behind the group and says, "What in the world is that!?!?" Everyone except Trinja is fooled. "Riverface" disengages and dashes up the stairs to the third floor. Trinja manages to chase him upstairs and interpose herself between the gnome and one of the doors to the third floor balcony where a glowing ball of rainbow flame hovers above. Rivereye disengages and heads for another door, hanging a right and heading to the area of the balcony behind the door Trinja blocked. Everyone came dashing up the stairs, joining Trinja on the third floor. Trinja opened the door and saw the gnome drinking a potion. She cast <em>hex</em>, targeting Dexterity checks. Zed came out and attacked the gnome. The ball suddenly starts firing light rays at the heroes, targetting Zed first.</p><p></p><p>The gnome disengages and dashes up the stairs to the fourth floor. Dro'marri uses a ki for Step of the Wind and bounds up after him and just manages to catch and grapple him. The ball of light continues to rain down destruction as the rest of the group catches up, but the "gnome" cannot escape with disadvantage on escape attempts with Dexterity (Acrobatics). He tells the ball of light to, "Go home." It darts out and escapes, flying at a speed of 20 feet per second out the open door and across the city.</p><p></p><p>Once the "gnome" realizes the heroes are not necessarily hostile to Shahalesti (and Trinja questioned him in Elvish), he drops his disguise for a short (although still much taller than a gnome) elf with dark hair dressed all in black. Under questioning he reveals that he entered the depository with a small strike team and knocked out the real Rivereye and some depository guards. When he learned from the gnome that the case was trapped with a password that only "Peppin" knew, the spy sent his colleagues back to their safe house with the caseHe replaced the real Rivereye by casting <em>disguise self</em> and waited to meet the gnome's contacts. He explained under more intense questioning that the case would either be with his master at Gabal's war school or in the Elvish ghetto.</p><p></p><p>As the Shahalesti spy was taken away by the depository guards, Torrent found Rivereye and woke him up. He explained the attack and told how he convinced the spy that the case was trapped with a password that only Peppin knew in the hope that the people who actually showed up would realize that something was wrong and delay the Shahalesti from opening the locked case. He did not know what was in the case because he could not defeat the lock, but he was convinced that the case held important military intelligence and needed to be recovered for the resistance.</p><p></p><p>By this point, the air battle between the Ragesian wyvern riders and Gate Pass griffon riders had ended. The heroes decided to head to the safe house at the Temple of the Aquiline Cross for some sleep as it was 2:30 in the morning. They entered to a scene of displaced people jammed into the temple trying to survive the night. The mood of the room was not helped by a half-elf bard who only played minor chords and sung songs of enemy armies overwhelming paltry defenders. Byron was determined to lift the spirits of the room with hopeful songs. He pulled out his lute and started to play (best of 3 contested checks with the other bard). He started badly (rolled a 1), but he recovered while Trinja used <em>hex</em> on the bard to mess up her playing. As the bard fumbled with her playing, Byron finished strong, and the bard put away her lute with a huff.</p><p></p><p>The head priest of the temple came forward to greet the heroes, thankful that the mood of the building had changed thanks to the change in music...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 7397046, member: 6776887"] The heroes exited the burning pub, dragging the unconscious mercenaries behind them. Above them the bombing attack from the Ragesian wyvern riders continued. The leader of the mercenaries sat astride a warhorse and regarded them with cold, analyzing eyes. He thanked them for saving his men and informed them that his group would be leaving because of the battle that had formed overhead. As other mercenaries came forward to pick up the unconscious ones and put them on horses, he warned the heroes that the Black Horse mercenary group would be watching the exits of the town. If they crossed paths again, he was honor bound to capture them, and they should surrender, as he did not want to harm anyone. With the mercenaries riding away, the heroes decided that they needed to get to the depository quickly to meet with Rivereye Badgerface, Torrent's contact. As they approached the gate to the next district, a wave of fear washed over everyone in the area. Trinja, Byron, and Zed panicked, running out in the street and getting trampled by the frenzied crowd before calming down and being extracted by the others. Passing through into the next district, the heroes encountered a burned man calling out for help as he carried his badly burned wife. He collapsed from exhaustion as the heroes approached, and the couples children were sobbing as they did not know what to do. Byron assessed that the mother was on the brink of death and healed her. She would carry scars for life, but she would live. The family got over the initial shock enough to head to the Temple of the Aquiline Cross. Further on, a woman was calling for help from a window as the rest of the building was burning behind her. Zed and Torrent stretched a bedroll between them, and Byron convinced her to jump. Unfortunately, she stumbled on the way out the window. Zed and Torrent tried to catch her, but she tumbled out and hit her head on the ground. Seeing that she was unconscious and bleeding out, Byron healed her and sent her to the temple. Through the din of battle, the heroes hear a man calling out for his lost Kiki. He approaches them and begs for their help in finding his baby. When asked for a description, he starts out with, "Well, she is about this long..." Which was met with a response of, "Wait, long or tall?" They then find out that Kiki is the man's pet giant weasel. Trinja sees this as really important while Torrent facepalms and complains that they do not have the time for this. They send the man to the temple, and Trinja manages to find the weasel after a bit of a search. She calms the animal and fashions a leash for it. When it is suggested that they can return Kiki after they finish at the depository, Trinja responds, "Well, we can let Kiki decide if she wants to return." Upon arriving at the depository, the guard informs them that they cannot bring Kiki in to the tower. Trinja manages to convince the guard that Kiki is a service animal for soothing emotional distress, and the guard lets them in. The path through the well-tended gardens to the tower is flanked by two fountains. The one on the left includes statues of the four primordial creatures from ancient myths. The one on the right has a statue emperor coaltongue. At some point in the last 40 years after the Ragesians withdrew from Gate Pass, the fountain was modified so that the jet of water emerged from the torch the statue held aloft. The heroes are advised that there are guards about (so don't try to break into any lockers), there is an ugly gnome inside (so don't be surprised), and bring a light (it's dark inside). Torrent cast [I]light[/I] on her gauntlet, and they went inside. After searching the first floor, they continue on to the second. They run into Rivereye Badgerface who apologizes for a cough he acquired while returning from Ragos. He then addresses Dro'marri by the name "Peppin" and guides the group to a locker that needs "Peppin's" password to open. At this point, people are getting suspicious and telling Riverface that there is no password and Dro'marri is not Peppin. Rivereye suddenly points behind the group and says, "What in the world is that!?!?" Everyone except Trinja is fooled. "Riverface" disengages and dashes up the stairs to the third floor. Trinja manages to chase him upstairs and interpose herself between the gnome and one of the doors to the third floor balcony where a glowing ball of rainbow flame hovers above. Rivereye disengages and heads for another door, hanging a right and heading to the area of the balcony behind the door Trinja blocked. Everyone came dashing up the stairs, joining Trinja on the third floor. Trinja opened the door and saw the gnome drinking a potion. She cast [I]hex[/I], targeting Dexterity checks. Zed came out and attacked the gnome. The ball suddenly starts firing light rays at the heroes, targetting Zed first. The gnome disengages and dashes up the stairs to the fourth floor. Dro'marri uses a ki for Step of the Wind and bounds up after him and just manages to catch and grapple him. The ball of light continues to rain down destruction as the rest of the group catches up, but the "gnome" cannot escape with disadvantage on escape attempts with Dexterity (Acrobatics). He tells the ball of light to, "Go home." It darts out and escapes, flying at a speed of 20 feet per second out the open door and across the city. Once the "gnome" realizes the heroes are not necessarily hostile to Shahalesti (and Trinja questioned him in Elvish), he drops his disguise for a short (although still much taller than a gnome) elf with dark hair dressed all in black. Under questioning he reveals that he entered the depository with a small strike team and knocked out the real Rivereye and some depository guards. When he learned from the gnome that the case was trapped with a password that only "Peppin" knew, the spy sent his colleagues back to their safe house with the caseHe replaced the real Rivereye by casting [I]disguise self[/I] and waited to meet the gnome's contacts. He explained under more intense questioning that the case would either be with his master at Gabal's war school or in the Elvish ghetto. As the Shahalesti spy was taken away by the depository guards, Torrent found Rivereye and woke him up. He explained the attack and told how he convinced the spy that the case was trapped with a password that only Peppin knew in the hope that the people who actually showed up would realize that something was wrong and delay the Shahalesti from opening the locked case. He did not know what was in the case because he could not defeat the lock, but he was convinced that the case held important military intelligence and needed to be recovered for the resistance. By this point, the air battle between the Ragesian wyvern riders and Gate Pass griffon riders had ended. The heroes decided to head to the safe house at the Temple of the Aquiline Cross for some sleep as it was 2:30 in the morning. They entered to a scene of displaced people jammed into the temple trying to survive the night. The mood of the room was not helped by a half-elf bard who only played minor chords and sung songs of enemy armies overwhelming paltry defenders. Byron was determined to lift the spirits of the room with hopeful songs. He pulled out his lute and started to play (best of 3 contested checks with the other bard). He started badly (rolled a 1), but he recovered while Trinja used [I]hex[/I] on the bard to mess up her playing. As the bard fumbled with her playing, Byron finished strong, and the bard put away her lute with a huff. The head priest of the temple came forward to greet the heroes, thankful that the mood of the building had changed thanks to the change in music... [/QUOTE]
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