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Message: <blockquote data-quote="emeraldbeacon" data-source="post: 8742307" data-attributes="member: 7032019">As the clan leaves the Wayfarer's Guild, they notice the same investigation into the mysterious body that had washed ashore.  After convincing the city guard (and the Lyceum investigator) to let them see it, they noticed the strangely mixed-race body was apparently strangled, not drowned, and that its assembly was either natural or magical, as there was no evidence of surgical alteration.  Unsure of what to do going forward, they remembered two other strangely altered figures they'd met before... the Biomancer Paradim Dogwood (whom they saw at Lee Sidoneth's home), and the Ragesian gladiator they'd fought several days prior.  They decided to follow those leads the next day.In the meantime, exploring the northern shore area, they found a mysterious shop that was only opening at dusk, learning about a peculiar process called Tattoomancy, where magical items could be applied directly onto one's body... permanently.  The cleric was intrigued, especially at the young drow woman performing the procedures, and elected to purchase a Cloak of Protection tattoo.The following day, the team went to the Ragesian Savages, where they witnessed another few bouts of combat, and met the strangely altered Tusktooth.  He was glad to see his prior opponent, and invited them all for drinks, where he explained that in his tribe, gaining strength was all that truly mattered.  Upon hearing of Dogwood's operation, he rushed to be augmented with bestial features.  Using directions he provided, they team finds the shop easily enough, and are quickly disturbed by the implications of his work... creating strange abberant creatures through arcano-scientific means.  Dogwood was eager to sell them on the procedure, until they began to ask questions about a body.  Denying any knowledge or involvement, he turned the group out rather suddenly...SESSION NOTES:  Dogwood's involvement is currently in flux.  I'm planning on making him actually culpable for some of the missing people, slaves sold to Gremman's brothel, but innocent of the effort underway by Lee Sidoneth and the Ragesians; they are the ones creating the Shahalesti duplicates for their own nefarious projects.</blockquote>

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