Malvoisin's Savage Tide, Act 1 - There Is No Honor

[stonegod]

Col scrutinizes the picture, takes out some paper, and makes some sketches about Vanthus. "Do he be leav'n anything behind when he go? Possessions of a personal sort?"

 

[Malvoisin]

Col scrutinizes the picture, takes out some paper, and makes some sketches about Vanthus. "Do he be leav'n anything behind when he go? Possessions of a personal sort?"

"No, he took everything with him."

 

[Rhun]

"Yes, let's start in the Azure District. Vanthus is probably relatively well-know, being a noble. I don't think we'll have too difficult of a time finding him."


OOC: Definitely start with the taverns and such. Applicable skills:

Gather Information +4, Diplomacy +5, Bluff +5, Sense Motive +1, Spot +2 (+3 w/Keoni's aura), Listen +2 (+3 w/Keoni's aura)

 

[Legildur]

"Do we split up?" the short-haired elf asks of the group. "If there is more than one of us with some skill in finding people, then we could cover more ground more quickly in two groups, and maybe not draw so much attention. And any information found may be validated independently by the others."

"Not saying that I would be much help, but I'll glad act as a foil for someone," Bael offers, holding his hands up in a mock defensive posture.[sblock=ooc]Knowledge (history) +4 is Bael's only really trained skill that may help, everything else is untrained and more likely a hindrance, unless things get untidy. Bluff/Diplomacy/Gather Information +2, Sense Motive -1, Spot/Listen +3.[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

"I say that we should stay together. We may not cover as much ground as quickly, but we will have the safety of numbers. If Vanthus has truly fallen in with bad people, people like Sollar Vark and such, we may find trouble as well as finding our quarry." The rogue shrugs as he speaks, prepared to proceed either way.

 

[Legildur]

"I hadn't considered that," Bael comments, thinking back about the stories Anar told him of the battle aboard the Blue Nixie, and not wanting to be confronted with something like that. His tone of reply makes it clear that he thinks Anar's idea a good one.

 

[GwydapLlew]

"Chongo knows bad men live in Shadowshore. If Vanthus is with bad men, Chongo think Shadowshore is where he be."

Chongo isn't much for the chit and the chat, and he knows it. He holsters his spear and stands with the rest.

"Chongo follow others. We find Vanthus and bring him back to bosslady."

 

[hafrogman]

Keoni shrugs, there is little reason to delay more until they have information to work with.

"Let us go then, make a start before the sun reaches its peak, and the day begins its decline."

 

[Malvoisin]

With the morning drawing late, the party wastes no further time in hitting the streets of Sasserine, eager for any sign of Vanthus Vanderboren.

Acting on Lavinia's tip, the group decides that Azure District is the best place to begin the inquiry. The group hits the taverns first...The Empty Grave, The Bloodthirsty Pelican, The Sasserine Sleigh Ride, and even the Drunken Dolphin. Anar and Kalen do most of the talking, discreetly asking barkeeps and waitresses if they've seen hide or hair of Vanthus. Everyone else hangs in the background, ready to respond in case of trouble.

(Gather Information Checks)

At the Empty Grave and the Bloodthirsty Pelican, the party's inquiries bear some small fruit, as employees at both taverns recall seeing Vanthus there in the company of a young woman, though in both cases that was several weeks prior. The bartender at the Pelican even knows the woman's identity...Brissa Santos, a notorious pickpocket turned semi-legitimate artist who's had her fair share of brushes with the law.

No inquiries at the Azure District taverns turn up anyone who has seen Vanthus or Brissa more recently than three weeks ago.

What now?

 

[Rhun]

"Perhaps Chongo is right, and we should give Shadowshore a try? He is either residing in another district, or perhaps he has left Sasserine altogether."