[LPF] A Soul Indiscretion

[Songdragon]

"What do you know of these grisly murders here in the Planks? What is the word going around?" the gnome starts off asking.

"I assume it was Croaker's work of cutting up those bodies and throwing them in the water at (insert location with the gily things)"? she asks as well. "Had some of your crudly cut in marks. I thought it might be a warning to others. That or others wanted to lead us or anyone looking into the murders, to you to be disposed of..."

Looks to the others... "If you think of anything else... ask away. The gentleman wants to be cooperative..."

 

[Gerald007]

"Perhaps he might be willing to decipher the map for us that Borric has. That would be exceedingly cooperative of him."

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

"Look it ain't our fault it was too good an offer to refuse. Eels was in on it to. What 'appened was we goes to our normal fence with some gear, this fishman Blurglash we call him and he says to us all we 'ave to do is torture folks - like anybody any waste of space - and get them to sign, and he'll give us 100gp a time.

We ain't allowed to threaten 'em we just 'ave to torture 'em and then ask them to sign, if they don't after enough torture we just 'ave te kill 'em. Its like a trick, and the Fishman can tell if you've done it proper or not everytime. I've got the special paper we use on me ye can 'ave it.

And then once they've signed over their souls to whoever Kaliel is - course we don't encourage 'em to read it and most of them can't, least not by that point - and then we kill 'em."

The gang member says licking his lips nervously and gesturing to a pouch at his waste which turns out to contain a piece of parchment that reads...

The signatory does forswear any prior claims upon their soul after the event of their death; and grants all rights and ownership of said soul for all eternity to the being known as Kaliel who bears this contracts parent. Further Kaliel may then sell, trade, destroy, or utilize these souls in any manner.

Signature of this contract will produce a signature within the Tome of Souls which is this documents parent and contains the same clauses outlined in this document.

Rolphio Grenoble
X
Mariella Hooksit
Bernedrine Hooksit
Georgio Hooksit
Wade bRigaloW
cullam d'falver
x
x
Katrine Dasser

 

[toasterferret]

"They are dealing in SOULS?! Who is this fish-man?"

Falkner seems rather distraught, he has seen some terrible things in the White Cloaks, but torturing people to sign away their souls is a whole new level of depravity to him.

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

"He's just a fence, he'll be working for someone like as not. He operates out of a different flooded basement every time he comes in then swims out with the loot, mostly weapons and stuff for the fishmen. Pays a beggar to pass out maps..." The gang member says evidently alarmed by Falkner's reaction.

 

[Gerald007]

"Where is the locale shown in this map," Syl asks, pointing at the one discovered by the group recently.

 

[perrinmiller]

Borric scratches his rear absentmindedly and hands the leather map to Syl. He remarks, "The Cap'n has the right of it. We need to meet with this fence, the fishman."

Turning to the prisoner, he asks, "Were you on your way to meet this fence of yours? That map there appears to show the meeting, is it for the next time you were to rendezvous with him?"

He pulls Fury aside, out of earshot from the frog, "Do you suppose we can persuade this bugger to become an informant? We might need a toady in this investigation. Bound to be better than the beggar anyway if we can properly hook him."

[sblock=Mini Stats]Initiative: +4
AC: 20 (18 without shield/flat-footed, 12 Touch)
HP: 23 Current: 13
CMB: +5 CMD: 17 Fort: +5 Reflex: +2 Will: +1 (+2 vs. Fear)

Current Weapon in Hand: Guisarme[/sblock]___________________________

Borric Hawkins

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

"We were gonna get a few more signatures first, he usually stays until a few hours a'fore dawn, and Lorenzo didn't like te be seen meetin' with a fishman so we usually met 'im at night. Passwords "Devilfish" this time." The Croaker says eyes downcast. "Now I've told you all I know ye've got all me gear. Can I go? That's all I know honest."

 

[GlassEye]

Fury, Human male Rogue

Fury to Borric: "We could try it. If it doesn't work we haven't lost anything. Besides, I think Zelena would object strongly if we cut the fellows throat and dumped him in a canal."

 

[Songdragon]

Zelena will listen to the others and seems to think on the idea of making this person an informant, "Could work I suppose. Coin is a great motivator in these parts. But at the same time, he is a murderer. After what he and his Froggy friends have done, do we want someone like that as an informant?" She eyes Fury at the mention of killing him...

[sblock=Roll and Know (local check)]I rolled a d20 for a diplomacy check, but changed my mind about the whole action... since ias I posted above, he is a murderer of many folk, not the type that Zelena would want helping her. the roll was 1d20+8=12 I will take that 4 on my next roll.

I rolled a know (local) check a few posts back for the area on the map. Not sure if it was missed for a reason or not.[/sblock]