Lysandros "Sandy". The Halfing of Athkatla
Sandy ran the streets of Athkatla, with little more than determination. He had a target, a goal: Vargas.
Sandy asked questions around the commercial district, to several merchants that didn't belong to the guild, people who had suffered the abuses from the guild and from Vargas personaly. The halfling played his cards well, gathering the information he needed. The merchant guild was not a possible target at the moment, they had a lot of security, not only in the physical aspects, they had spyes and assassins, and scribes and puppets in the goverment as well, so bringing proofs against them that were not solid would only be a wast of time; either they would make them disappear with their corrupt puppets, or would kill the magistrate in charge of the trial.
Vargas seemed like a more valid target. An old sea dog, a former pirate who was left aside by Vargas when he showed mercy to a slave, told Sandy that Vargas was about to leave the docks, and sail to Spellhold, a shady dot in the past of Athkatla; now abandoned. The captain, as the sailor said, used the island to hide illegal merchandise until he had clearance from the dock authorities (which happened when the merchant guild paid the bribe). It seemes that the guild paid, and now Vargas was to take the cargo to Athkatlian soil. That was the proof that Sandy could use to sink Vargas in a dungeon cell for the rest of his life. The merchant guild would certainly remain immune, charging the guilt to Vargas. At least the Captain would fall, thought the halfling.
Holding on to that hope, Lysandros ran to the docks under the veil of the night. He hoped to sneak into the captain's ship, but when he arrived to the place, he saw the lights of the Dirty Bitch sailing away. Damn! He had lost his chance. Dawn was near, so Sandy decided to wait for another ship to sail there, although he knew few, if any, ships sail to such a dread place.
In the morning, one of the ships began to load cargo, and prepeare to sail away. Sandy spoke with one of the sailors, who seemed as pirate as Vargas. However Sandy's natural talent grant him access to the information. The pirate told him that the ship, the Sea Carpet (Former Iron Fang) was sailing to Spellhold. The captain of the ship, Kumar the Pirate King, as he called himself, was taking recruits, but the man leaved stated that Sandy had no chance to be recruited.
Instead of trying to gain access to the crew, which Sandy found to be one of the worst things one could do, even for such a noble task as his, he sneaked to the pile of crates, using his kin's natural abilities, and hide inside a barrel. Unfortunately, this particular barrel contained olives in salt.
After a few hours he felt as he was lifted and transported inside the ship. Peaking through a hole in the barrel, Sandy made out Kumar, he was a half orc of dread looks. He also saw several "recruits" he thought. However, these folks seemed to contrast with their environment (except for another half orc who seemed as pirateish as Kumar). An elven woodsmen, a shifter armored in plates, a minotaur and a skinny human, wearing the clothes of the people of Baldur's gate, as Sandy had hear from the tales he read. The barrel he was traveling in was taken below deck, into a storage compartment.
After a few ours, Sandy felt it was safe to came out. He was covered in olive juice, and wanted nothing more than take a shower, but as he thought about how remotes were the possibilities of that, someone entered the cargo area. Instinctively Sandy went into hiding.
OOC: I'll need 2 stealth checks from Lysandros, that if he wishes to remain unseen.
