emeraldbeacon
Adventurer
Rushing to investigate the reported fire, the team found a smoldering building, already attended to by some of South Harbor's residents, while a distraught family waited outside, in the early morning rain. After helping to extinguish the blaze, investigations eventually revealed a number of things: While many pointed fingers at the refugees causing trouble, the fires seems to have started in the basement. The only access to the otherwise-sealed cellar was small cracks in the foundation, that would fit only vermin. A brief exploration of other burnt homes discovered similar circumstances to the fire.
Failing to find a direct answer, everyone moved north to continue spending time with the collected refugee camps. Ostaliners were cagy and observant, but eventually, their priest's favor for aerial combat became apparent. The Ragesian Philosophers all wanted to hear a good story, while the Druids favored good hospitality (and cats). Finally, in Seaquen, while everyone hoped to meet Torrent at the temple to the sea gods, they instead found a junior priest who made his general disdain for the refugees all too apparent.
Eventually, the team returned to the Lyceum in the evening, hoping that a bit of research at the library might aid their cause...
SESSION NOTES: As the heroes began to learn about rodent activity in the basements prior to the fires, they began to concoct elaborate conspiracy theories about Ragesian efforts to infuse rats with extraplanar fire energy and loose them upon the city... a possibility I readily encouraged, just to make the eventual reveal that much more disappointing.
Failing to find a direct answer, everyone moved north to continue spending time with the collected refugee camps. Ostaliners were cagy and observant, but eventually, their priest's favor for aerial combat became apparent. The Ragesian Philosophers all wanted to hear a good story, while the Druids favored good hospitality (and cats). Finally, in Seaquen, while everyone hoped to meet Torrent at the temple to the sea gods, they instead found a junior priest who made his general disdain for the refugees all too apparent.
Eventually, the team returned to the Lyceum in the evening, hoping that a bit of research at the library might aid their cause...
SESSION NOTES: As the heroes began to learn about rodent activity in the basements prior to the fires, they began to concoct elaborate conspiracy theories about Ragesian efforts to infuse rats with extraplanar fire energy and loose them upon the city... a possibility I readily encouraged, just to make the eventual reveal that much more disappointing.