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"Assassination attempt. Our mutual 'friend' is doubling down on his efforts to throw this entire city into chaos. Perhaps your leaders would consider actually taking this insurrection seriously now."
"Mutual friend?" The guard commander says fearfully. "You mean the renegade is responsible for this attack?" He looks at the other Regulars and motions for them to take Shylock into custody. "I will send a message to the Palace in Old City to let them know what the sorcerer and his minions have done here."
"You will live, Shylock, it is not the end yet. And as you underestimated us, you will find others equally unbeatable. I mean, you couldn't defeat unprepared wizards and a kobold."
"If it only had been the wizard," he mumbles.
Neurotic said:
"The woman is on the run. Please try not to kill this one, he is sensitive right now and we need him for the moment." Akos points at Shylock
"That one was too sensitive and is dead. Please take them somewhere official, we have to find the rest of our group."
"We will have him and the dead body taken to Dungeon," the commander says. "Captain Chalsarda will want to interrogate him herself."
Two of the Regulars flank Shylock and carefully help him to his feet. They escort him out of the inn. Two others pick up the dead body and take it away as well.
"I will have word sent to the Lord Commander about this attack."
Tuck nods, although he seems lost in thought. Surely he has been threatened before - after all, he knows things many people who don't want him to know - but never before has he been confronted so directly.
No, they were trying to get at Relgar, he corrects himself. He just happened to be in the way.
"Good people, Mutt," he belatedly calls back his large dog, and Mutt seems to change instantly from a dark and deadly predator into a lovable, tailwagging ball of fur, barking playfully at the Regulars.
A female guard notes the dogs change in demeanor and walks up to him and scratches his head. "Nice boy," she says. She turns to Tuck and says "I'm assuming you have a license for him? If not, you might want to get one."
Neurotic said:
Turning to Relgar and Tuck (and Mutt ofcourse)
"Since we cannot communicate, let us go to our agreed upon meeting place and see where we're at."
JustinCase said:
"Yes, let's go," the kobold agrees with Akos, then adds, "But we should also keep an eye out for the others. And help if we can."
A short whistle seems to have no effect on Mutt, until Tuck has almost left the inn. Then the dog rushes after his kobold master, almost knocking over still-standing tables and at least one Regular.
Mutt rushes past the guard commander and sends him sprawling. The man curses but does nothing else but pick himself up off the floor. Relgar follows Akos and Tuck out of the inn, leaving the Regulars commander to deal with Thorkell and the mess inside. The streets of New City remain semi-deserted, although the fight in the Silverbow has brought out some onlookers. They regard Akos well, but don't know what to make of Tuck and Relgar.
Ignoring them, the trio of adventurers head to the gate that leads out of New City and follow the road to Old City where one of the guards that Tuck knows well (a half-elf named Danlen) warns them to be high alert. "The renegade is causing trouble again. There was an attack on the road between here and the Wizard District. The lady attacked is a powerful wizard and managed to fight them off with the help of the Sectarian Guard." His face becomes sour. "Unfortunately, two of the guards died in the fight and three of the villains managed to escape. A traitor among the Elite was taken into custody and is being taken to the Dungeon in New City."
Once through the gate, the trio heads back to the Gardens to meet up with the others. They arrive to find that most of the Garden's visitors have gone home for the day. It is the early evening and dusk is only a few hours away. There are a few Elite patrolling the Gardens with several more on the walls surrounding it.
Old City:
Tim smiles warmly, addressing Custodio, "With all due respect, Breva is a skilled and brave warrior, and I am happy for his company, but I think you overestimate the abilities of these thugs, at least these, here. These have the looks of green, untried recruits. I'll be more worried when we face the more senior members of their order. I didn't even break a sweat with these pups. That being said, we should not underestimate them, either. Three of these thugs were no problem, but 6? 10? Who knows how many he will send next time?"
Tim will then use one of the spare cloak strips to wipe down his massive sword, before returning it to its quickdraw rig on his back.
"The few times I've dealt with the Loyalists in the past, they weren't hard to defeat. And Terger once told me that he and gnome he fought beside usually only had to hit them once for them to go down in a heap." He looks at the defeated loyalists. "These guys were tougher but not by much. If it had been a dozen of them, we would have been outmatched for sure.
Waldo," he says mockingly. "Likely hasn't sent his best against us yet. Perhaps he underestimates your strength and skill, Tim."
"Lady Émilienne, " He offers his respect to the city elite and well known wizardess, "I am Vinccenzo d'Lucio. It is a grand pleasure and honor to meet you. However I regret I was not sent to find you. I am just working with the regulars for the time and saw something suspicious, namely those three. I arrived to offer assistance. It appears it was not needed"
"But it might be next time," Lady Émilienne replies. "If your superiors can spare you, we could use more firepower on our side. I will have a message sent to them asking for you to be reassigned to work with these men. But for now, let's get them off the street and under guard."
She motions for Vinccenzo to join her as heads over to the theater where she find a handful Regulars slacking off near a tavern. She quickly snaps them to attention and orders them to help take the prisoners to the nearest guard post. With the help of Breva, Tim and Custodio, it is a simple matter to have the Loyalists carried there escorted by the guards. The Regulars at the post put the fallen men in two cells and make sure to bind their wounds.
"We can keep them here for now," the post commander says. "But they really should go to the Dungeon in New City. I will have a wagon sent for and have them taken there as soon as possible."
"I will tell the Lord Commander about this attack," Lady Émilienne says to Big Tim. "You should go find the others and continue your investigations. Keep an eye out for trouble. I doubt the renegade is done scheming." She says to Vinccenzo. "Go with them and help deal with the creature in the Gardens, as well as finding Phelix's Enclave."
She shakes Breva and Vinccenzo hands and hugs Big Tim before she heads out of the post.
"That's one tough lady," Custodio notes. He waits for the others to be ready and then follows along to the Gardens where the others are already waiting. The public area of the Gardens are nearly empty with only a handful of visitors and several patrols of Bluffside Elites. Tim notes that there are are guards stationed on the Garden's walls as well. It is roughly an hour and a half before dusk.
Mutt barks happily when he sees Tim and rushes up to the big man and tries to get the knight to pet him.
"How'd your meeting go with the bard?" Custodio asks.
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The two groups are together now. I'll wait to post again until introductions are made all around.
Cast of Heroes: Loremaster Ákos, Breva Sciarra, Relgar Aspergim, Sir Tymbeck "Big Tim" Valencia, Tuck (and Mutt), Vinccenzo d'Lucio, and the NPC named Custodio Vecchi. There is one more PC to add to the group but I'm waiting for @Aust Thale to post first.
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Scott DeWar said:
While speaking, he considers the name of Custodio Vecchi [knowledge: local]
_: 1D20+4 = [8]+4 = 12
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Vinccenzo has heard of Custodio but it's not all good (but some of it is). He is a member of the Bluffside Elite who has fallen out of favor with his superiors. He's become popular with the people of New City due to his past and current allies (especially a gnome warrior named Gralf, in the past, and Big Tim now). He is said to be an avenger in the service of the deity known as the Purifier. He is considered a bit infamous by the rich.
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