Constables of the 14th Ward

[J. Alexander]

Andrew Dresden

"Please do Bocehpus, here are a couple of silver to defry your cost in the seach of this treat.....and do let me know if you see a vendor with this type of paper"

 

[Fenris]

ooc: First things first, who else is going to help Thea search and how? (Search rolls, please?) Everyone who goes in immediately sees that the whole place is not totally ransacked, but you doubt if Krado Lyman would have left it this disorderly on purpose. On the wall by the large cartogrpher's drawing board a message has been scrawled on the wall with charcoal in a language that Jonas (and anyone else who speaks it) recognizes as orcish. It says: "DON MES WIT DA FURTEENF -W."

As Jonas enters the office, he spies the graffiti and translates it for the benefit of those entering.
"Seems our miscreants are traveling a bit." Jonas says dryly. He then turns his attention to search the premises for salient clues as to who may have done this or what Mr. Lyman may have been working on.

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Jonas Searches 'Finders Keepers' (1d20+12=25) [/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

"Please do Bocehpus, here are a couple of silver to defry your cost in the seach of this treat.....and do let me know if you see a vendor with this type of paper"

"Thank you Constable sir. I'll bring you a tasty deep fried Gopher right away."

 

[J. Alexander]

Andrew Dresden

Having found one spotting post, Andrew will circle out from the Shop and look for a similar area that one could lay down and observe the business.

 

[Maeglin]

"I'll take this side of the office. Let's see about those cartography supplies," Rahvin says, also entering the office and joining in the search.

"I wonder why the orcs' warning is not to mess with the Fourteenth," he says. "Either they have backing from someone in our ward, or this is just to throw everyone off the trail."

[sblock=search roll] Rahvin searches Lyman's shop also (1d20+9=25) [/sblock]

 

[Leif]

ooc: So, by my reckoning, Alarion, Andrew, and Raul are outisde Krado's shop, Alarion searching the outside of the shop itself (with SoulFetter's help, since he's too big to fit comforably inside the shop), and Andrew and Raul elsewhere in the vicinity. That puts Jonas, Rahvin, Thea, Darius, and Moru Sen in the shop. Sound about right?

Moru turns to Rahvin and says, "Hey, I don't think the message mentions the 14th, as I read it, it says, "Don't mess with the THIRTEENTH!"

SoulFetter is doing an admirable job holding up the exterior wall of the shop. (No, it's not falling down, he's just leaning against it.) Alarion's search has, so far, revealed nothing of particular not.

Jonas locates some notes in a desk drawer that are written in the common tongue. They seem to pertain to what Krado calls "The Great Project," which he seems to have been working on lately by making surveys and preliminary skethches of maps. His survey notes seem to correspond to streets, neighborhoods, and Wards in Lauralie Summerhome. Rahvin finds some of these preliminary sketches, and he recognizes the general pattern of some of the streets as being virtually identical to portions of this area of Lauralie Summerhome, but with some additional routes that don't fit with the streets.

 

[xedr]

Upon seeing the message, Darius rolls his eyes. [highlight]"Who is that message for? Certainly not Krado, as they've already kidnapped him. If it's for us, they're either stupid or very cocky, or possibly trying to put us off track."[/highlight] Darius examines the message closely and joins in the general search for clues. [highlight]"I didn't even know orcs could write."[/highlight][sblock=ooc]search roll (1d20+3=16)[/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

In addition to the items already noted here is a description of the shop. Probing about the shop you find it fairly orderly. The shop is not particularly large. It consists of three spaces, his workspace, the showroom and a small privy. Krado has a large workspace in the back up three steps from the main showroom floor and the ceiling is uncomfortably low for most of you. The set up includes a desk, two easels, a wheeled adjustable stool, 2 ever-burning torches, all sorts of supplies, fine papers, templates, inks, brushes, charcoal sticks, quills, protractors, compasses, straight edges, calipers and other assorted tools of the trade. Krado has a portrait of his wife beside his workstation. Some recent correspondence sits in a basket on the desk. He has a shelf of atlases and star charts. There is a locked cabinet in the work area as well.

In the showroom there are several maps on display hung in nice frames on the walls of the shop. World maps, regional maps and maps of Silvertree seem to be the most common. He has a few of each stored in a rack. Neighborhood maps and various city maps are in another rack. There are several empty slots near the back of this rack. A large pot-bellied stove sits next to the steps up to the work area. It seems to have seen recent use and there is a piece of paper caught in the door, though it is now high Summer.

The a quick glance into the privy proves unremarkable. A stout pair of hiking boots rests on the floor of the privy and a good cloak hangs on the back of the door with a pack--all halfling sized.

Anyone want to examine an area in more detail?

 

[Scotley]

Andrew and Raul come upon a likely vantage point in an alley nearby. There is a loading dock behind a warehouse that seems to see little use. A stack of empty crates three wide and 6 high seems to have been arranged to allow one to stand behind it unobserved by the street. A crate has been omited from the 4th row near the middle allowing one to look out. You can only see a corner of the shop from here, but it does allow one a good view of the street Krado Lyman likely used going too and from home. On the back of one of the old crates some one has carved an image of a small stick figure roasting over a flame while too larger more powerful looking figures poke at the small figure with spears. A knife remains stuck in the crate beside the carving.

Alarion's and Soulfetter's search is a little less productive. It is clear that one could easily gain the roof of the shop, but the small windows and stout door make the place fairly secure. There is no sign of force entry. The passing traffic seems to have obscured any clues though there are a few little brown dots on the ground near the door to the shop that could be blood.

 

[Lou]

Raul's investigation 3

Andrew and Raul come upon a likely vantage point in an alley nearby. There is a loading dock behind a warehouse that seems to see little use. A stack of empty crates three wide and 6 high seems to have been arranged to allow one to stand behind it unobserved by the street. A crate has been omited from the 4th row near the middle allowing one to look out. You can only see a corner of the shop from here, but it does allow one a good view of the street Krado Lyman likely used going too and from home. On the back of one of the old crates some one has carved an image of a small stick figure roasting over a flame while too larger more powerful looking figures poke at the small figure with spears. A knife remains stuck in the crate beside the carving.

Raul points to the carving and queries Andrew, "Think the carving is a threat or the work of idle hands?"

Raul will examine the knife in place.

[sblock=OOC: ]Does the knife have any markings of any kind?
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