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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew Moreton" data-source="post: 7369093" data-attributes="member: 6920268">The session started with the pc's returning to Risur after axis island they had the opportunity to interview Duchess Ethelyn, Nathan Jierre and Sokana. Manual, El Kevin and Ulvaar decided that they did not want to talk to the Duchess as the players feared high level sorcerors being diplomancers (in the previous campaign the pc sorceress had truly ungodly bluff and diplomacy skills she used to arrange the deaths of numerous opponents including a dragon). Nevla did talk to the Duchess trying to understand why she had rebelled, she listened to the Duchess explain about the vision but despite her sympathy for the cause could not accept the Duchess's methods were correct. Talking to Nathan was more productive they learned he had been trying to avoid a war, they also learned that the Danorans were involved in Arcane experiments involving planes  and how weird the island was none of this helped them much. Nevla was also puzzled as to what Kasavarina was doing on the island from her knowledge of Eladrin history she had placed her a a powerful matriarch from just after the great malice and an enemy of the clergy and tieflings , what she was doing helping Danor was a mystery.On getting back to Risur the prisoners were taken off their hands. The Duchess was stripped of her powers and held prisoner in Slate, Nathan is under house arrest in Flint. Sokana and senior officers of the rebels were imprisoned for a few months before being released under some degree of supervision, the King wanted to minimise martyrs, the rest of the troops were split up and dispersed into loyal units (sacking large cadres of trained soldiers and officers is a great way to create insurgent groups).El Kevin and Manuel spent some time trying to find a way to distinguish El Kevin from future El Kevin, I missed some of this conversation but he has ended up with really bad false ears stuck to his head.Their sample of Witch oil was taken to be studied by a professor of arcane studies at the university along with the leaf and dissected frog from another plane in a display of incompetence the Professor failed to recognise the oil but was able to determine the frog and leaf came from no known plane .They then rested until 1st of Summer and the start of book 2. Discussing events El Kevin was intrigued by the idea of Gale being able to fly and really wants to talk to her, he will be dissapointed when he realizes she does not know how she does it, he has gone as far as to try to put up posters requesting a meeting, although the others try and stop him. They also suspect that Gales deeds may be being inflated they find the fires and violence attributed to her not to match the other actions so they think various factory owners may be acting against each other and blaming gale. They were interested in the Family moving in but as yet have no opinion except criminals bad.On hearing of the murder at the consulate they rushed down there. Manual was distracted by the  Jeeves Excellent Domestic Talent Bureau which had many butlers hanging around outside it. They spoke to the police and crowd first , dismissing the police . They got pretty much everything from the crowd particularly as Ulvaar met a Dwarf butler and former veteran who had seem most of what happened (natural 20 on his diplomacy check), then they checked the ally and found the scene of the fight as well as the taxi driver, they paid the missed fair for the taxi driver and asked him to hang around in case they had more questions and because they thought they may want a taxi. Going into the Consulate they spoke to Le Brix and decided that he was not being honest, they understood they could not speak to the consul (I could not find anywhere if she was a tiefling or not I decided she was as the players thought it may be important, I also decided there were 2 other tieflings on staff). Again they found pretty much all the clues although without a sprit medium they could not talk to Nilasa, they have put in a request for one and he will turn up next day, I may use the halfling medium Rock uses later. They currently think there was some sort of undead or maybe a magic using tiefling involved to create the claw wounds on Nilasa, they know that LeBrix lied to them but in the best Agathe Christie tradition don't intend to confront him until they can do a big reveal.Then they split up Manuel and Padme went to follow up the alchemist leads firstly by going back to the office and his lab to analyse the potion. In the meantime the rest went to the house of Blue Birds talked to the people and found out everything, they are certain Officer Porter is dodgy but still have not found if he is a real police officer (I assume that he is but that Creed was disguised as him, no doubt my players will go talk to him once they find him). Then they followed up Heward Sechim.Meanwhile Manuel had deduced the potion most likely was made in Pine Lake and headed off by boat with Padme, sadly Padme could not ride on Roger so Roger had to ride on the boat. Manuel plans to learn reduce person so all these big people can ride Roger, Roger lives in a Dire bat colony at the Beran embassy when Manuel does not need him to fight crime, probably in a bat cave.El Kevin went to the Parity lake police station to try and find records on officer Porter he also picked up a copy of Nilasa's criminal record. Manuel also had a copy at RHC HQ. Ulvaar and El Kevin when to Hewards factory,Nevla had to be talked out of arresting several of the guards holding workers in the factories, Ulvaar only stopped her because he realised that the rich factory owners had enough pull to get their thugs off and Nevla in trouble so it would do no good, if they get a chance several factory owners are going to jail, this may be unfortunate for the factory owners later as one of Nevla or Ulvaar is likely to become their monarch.They were much more impressed by Hewards factory and what they had heard of him from Nilassa's girlfreind, they had been let into the factory and were having tea while they broke the news to Heward when the session ended.Overall they are doing well, they know that something is up at the consulate and just want to find out what it is, they also realise Nilassa must be working with someone else to be able to afford the potions and they think it may be Gale because of the flight. The team talking to Heward think he may be involved with the alchemical supplies as he is an alchemist , Manuel knows better but has not had a chance to tell them.</blockquote>

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