Dungeon Adventure Path: Life's Bazaar

[Argent Silvermage]

The Gnome wanders over to Jenya's side and looks up at her. "As you wish. Scrapfinder Investigations is happy to fill whatever needs you desire." He turns to face the party. Sando is 3'tall and 35 pounds. white hair looking very "Einsteinian" and deep blue eyes in his chestnut brown skin. He flashes you all a smile. "Pleased to meet you all. I'm Sando Scrapfinder. Owner of Scrapfinder Investigations. If you lost it I can find it." You all can see in his eyes that he wants to finish his sentence with 'for a price.'
Sando looks at the other Gnome and says something in Gnomish.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

The other gnome responds with something in Gnomish, polite and cordial, but lacking in the ways of introduction. He excuses himself, and steps over to Jenya for a moment. The scene repeats itself in Common — something to the effect of "No, thank you very much...oh, I'm sure...not the right time....I'm sure you'll find them...sorry I can't be of service...good night to you as well." He pulls his hat low and trots out the room and into the night.

OOC: And exit Geebo — sorry to cut you off there, but I try not to pick up old PCs as NPCs as a general policy, and Geebo's not active. I forgot about that. We'd have had a phantom gnome following the party through the thread otherwise! Okay, now I'm really gone.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

[OOC: Actualy I had planned on Sando saying something like "Piss Off we don't want your type around here."]

 

[rangerjohn]

Rothgar stands and looks around the room at each of the individuals there. "Well it seems we have several decisions to make, will we form a group? will we accept this misson? will we accept the church's offer of payment?

If the ansewer to all of these is yes, then what 'locks' does the divination refer to? the locks on the room? the locks of the childrens hair? Or some other locks entirely?

It appears the children are either being sold into slavery or for sacrifice from the later lines. In either case it appears we are pressed for time either the sacrifice is soon to take place or they are soon to leave the area." Rothgar then resumes his seat, and listens for what the others have to say.

 

[Ascending Crane]

Hu'ka hisses a greeting at the gnome, and bows his head briefly. (OOC: Welcome, Argent!!) He then turns to Jenya.

"My lady Jenya, as I seem to find myself without a current project, I would be more than willing to assist in the finding of these lossst children."

Tapping one scaled finger against his lips, Hu'ka ponders the meaning of the divination. Rarely are gods obvious in their riddles. The 'locks' must be something other than the type that fit a key. What other types of locks are there...?

OOC: Are there any type of locks in Cauldron? The kind that lower boats and such into water? Does 'lock' mean anything to me? (considering the fact I'm from Cauldron)

 

[Old Fezziwig]

OOC: Cauldron has no locks in the sense that you're thinking of, or at least none that you can remember. To help out you native Cauldronians (and everyone else), I'm attaching a map of Cauldron to the OOC thread. It should give you an idea of what you're dealing with.

 

[Jalon Odessa]

'Of course, Rothgar, I feel it is our duty to help the Church in their time of need - not to mention going to the aid of these unfortunate children.'

Liandra remains quiet and comtemplative for several minutes, before continuing.

'The obvious question facing us is where to begin our search. The riddle provided by Jenya has me completely baffled, and as a stranger to these parts I can't foresee coming to any great revelations in the near future. Perhaps the riddle would start to unfold if we were to pay a visit in person to the church?'

 

[rangerjohn]

Rothgar ponders the divination further. He has no idea which locks are referred to. Neither the curtain... but below the cauldron... He turns to the head priestess "Is there an under city or old city that Cauldron is built atop your eminence?

 

[Dog Faced God]

Qoll absently continued washing his hands and face. He spoke quietly, almost as if thinking aloud. "Assuming everything is metaphor in this prophecy, 'the curtain' could mean the city walls, and 'beneath the cauldron' could mean the sewers. Doors with teeth... turnstiles are doors with teeth... sewer grates could look like teeth. 'Half a dwarf'... aren't gnomes generally about half the size of a dwarf? This could be another indication of a link to the gnomes of Jzadirune, who also built some labyrinthine catacombs under the city."

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Sando stands next to Jenya trying to remember if he saw anything of use while he was searching the area for her. "Are there any among you who can track? Perhaps we should look into the orphanage part of the church and see what we can find." Sando's eyes light up for a second and he gets out a few scraps of paper and a charcoal and starts writing. "I wonder if they could be thinking about the omen being in Dwarvish?" Sando will write the words in Dwarvish and see if they have an alternative meaning in that tongue.