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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3061254" data-attributes="member: 3448">A brief note before beginning the next session's write-up:  this next session was played at a game day Orichalcum and I hosted.  We had a different mix of players than we usually do, and I figured that playing Alistair might raise the barriers to entry a little higher than normal.  So while Orichalcum played Dame Brionna, I made a new character, as did another player who was playing in the campaign for the first time.  I'm also going to present the session a little out of order to make it easier to read.------Session 9:A young church knight entered Dame Brionna’s office and saluted.  “Captain, the Archbishop wishes to pass some information on to the Archducal Guard.  I believe that you know that approximately twenty people have snuck into the Outer City and begun conducting operations of a sort?”Dame Brionna nodded.“We now have a lead.  A boy reported a conversation with his parents.  They met one of these strangers, and the man gave them very specific instructions.  He gave them a strange vial and asked them to fling it at the foremost people in the coronation procession.  They were to throw the vial at the arch to the Inner City.  And for this task, he offered them a whole month’s wages.”“Thank you, and pass our thanks on to the Archbishop as well.  We will need to look into this. Were there signs linking them to any particular foreign power?  What currency were they paid in?”“A mix, Captain-- they are either just using whatever currency they have, or more likely seeking to conceal their backers.”“Thank you.  I’ll take care of this matter.”  Dame Brionna hauled herself to her feet, exhaustion from the weeks without adequate rest manifest in her motions.“The Archbishop recommends that you use a tracker in your investigation.  He also mentioned that the Order of the Silvery Veil has a young woman who might be helpful, at their main convent and hostelry.”* * *A young man approached the gate into Canberry City.  Jacques Forrester had come from the city of Quickford in the Earldom of the same name, looking for work and better opportunities that would allow him to provide for his many siblings.  But he never expected to find work as quickly as he did.As he walked past the board guards and paid his gate fee, a guard in fancier livery gestured at him.  “You there.  Come here.”He walked over to the guard.  “Uh, yessir?”“What brings you to the City?”“I hope for work, sir.”“And I understand that you can track?”Jacques paused in confusion.  “Aye, I can and quite well, but how…”The guard nodded at a woman in plain robes.  “My companion identified you as trustworthy, reliable, and possessed of the skills we need.”“Oh.”“And you can track in both cities and the wilderness?”“Aye.  It’s not the same thing, y’know… tracking in a city is much more about talking to the right people, tracing where they might have gone, that sort of thing, than it is about following footprints and signs of campfires like in the wilderness.”  Jacques wondered whether the guard understood, or even cared, based on the blank expression he got in response.“Would you accept work for the Archduchy?”“Aye…”“Then you should meet with the Captain.  She’ll need to approve you.”The guard led Jacques directly to the fanciest section of the City and into the mighty palace itself. As they walked through the City, Jacques thought about what sort of pay he might be able to get for this.  As he entered the palace, with its marble walls and gold decorations, he concluded that his estimate had been far too low.</blockquote>

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