The Antigrol Tide (IC)

[Druke]

Wakil Half-Elf Pali

Wakil realizing he is the last one to sit down and begin eating tries to make up for lost time by gobling down all his food in a knightly way. He mostly succedes only getting a little hot sauce on his face which he quickly rubes off with his thumb. "Everyone take care of there own dish before we leave. I do not want to come back to a messy galley... I am ready to head of as soon as everyone else is."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Grondar

The woman has a quick and efficient hand that quickly removes the coin from the desk. "Oh, it's no big secret, the Bledsums have risen quickly around here. They operate the business side of things out of a house in the merchant districts. They also have several warehouses down by the docks. For another silver, I'll tell you which one you're looking for."

Grondar give her another silver coin.
It's better be good
he say and start to chew some of the tobbaco he bought yesterday.

total money spend - 7 silver, 1 gold.
ooc: before the crash, you wrought in one of the posts about a brute that came with the red faced merchant, you also named him and said that we better not deal with him, I don't recall his name and the post is long gone ... so I'll ask how to find that guy and where can I find him
*EDIT - thanks Unleashed

 

[unleashed]

[SBLOCK=Strahd]The man who you're thinking of is named Orpheus...the passage where he is introduced is repeated below.

On the docks, the merchant's oarsmen are shifting nervously and glancing furtively at the armed guards who are leaning on their spears as if they haven't a care between them. The short snippish man who had been at the tiller of the longboat and then led the guards back to the Pander Ban has come up behind the merchant on the gangplank, scowling fiercely at the crew. He is about five feet tall and skinny, with a mean little face, a long, sharp nose, and dark eyes. There is a small white scar beneath his left eye which stands out as he scowls. He has stringy black hair that falls to his shoulders, and one of his long-fingered hands caresses the sword hilt hanging on his right hip. On his left hip he carries what appears to be a coiled black whip. Every now and then, the man gnashes yellow teeth behind thin, snarling lips. As he advances up the gangplank to stand behind the merchant, Wakil is sickened by the stench of evil which permeates the man and follows him, oozing from his pores like cheap perfume.

"This is Orpheus, my loyal man." Merchant Bledsum speaks to Captain Turion in a soft conversational tone and his face is genial, but his eyes are hard as flint. "Regardless of how this turns out today, we both know you have something of mine, and I will have it back, one way or another. If you do not give her to me now, you shall give her to Master Orpheus later, and I can promise you, you won't like that."[/SBLOCK]

 

[mps42]

Denther sits at the table for a long while, seeming more haunted than usual. He absentmindedly pushes what is left of his food around his plate, lost in thought.
With a heavy sigh, Denther turns to the rest of the crew "I suppost my research will have to wait if we're going to go looking for the captain. Let me get my things."
With that, he turns and heads towards his bunk to get his leather jerkin and several daggers to conceal on his body as well as his longsword.

 

[Mallak]

Colmarr makes a thourough physical search of the window, surrounding area, and cabin without finding anything useful before turning his full attention to the chest. The magical aura slowly becomes stronger and more clear as he concentrates. The chest itself carries no aura; rather, it is something within the chest, on the bottom. The aura is a mixture of strong magics, combined and intertwined, and very powerful.

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

That looks well protected, far better than I can do anyway, I guess it’ll be safe to leave here, Colmarr thinks as he looks at the combination of powerful magics. Having finished his investigation with little to show, except having his own curiosity satiated, he returns to the galley. Finishing his cooled breakfast and washing up along with Naomi, before they head out to the deck, picking up his crossbow on the way.

 

[Mallak]

The woman scoops Grondar's silver up quickly with a guarded look of disgust for the big thug. "The warehouse you're looking for is down on the docks near a tavern called the Sleeping Sailor. Know it? It's the one where the riot started last night. Just up the street to the north, third warehouse on the left, tell them Jezzie sent you and they'll be sure to hook you up." She glances surreptitiously at the bead curtain and then back at Grondar. "But you didn't hear that from me."

Another silver coin reveals information about Orpheus. The woman's lip curls involuntarily in loathing tinged with fear as she relates the information. "Orpheus is Bledsum's right hand man. He does the merchant's dirty work, the really dirty work. You can find him at the Bledsum office or home, or, more often, at that warehouse. He spends a lot of time at that warehouse; I don't want to think about what he's doing there. He...He seems to really like that whip he carries around. The say he has all sorts of whips, some with more than one lash, others with barbs embedded in them..." The woman gives a delicate shudder and stops speaking, then glances around furtively as if thinking she may have said too much. "I...I need to get back to my work now."


[sblock=OOC]Shall I assume that the crew is gathered on deck and ready to head into town to look for the Captain? What are you doing with Naomi?[/sblock]

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Grondar

[sblock=ooc]
I know that I'm 30-45 min. ahead of the rest of the party, but I'll proceed as planed and meet them at the Three-Penny Inn on Rose, hopefully they'll be there, if not, Grondar will wait and drink
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[Mallak]

When Colmarr picks up his crossbow, Naomi asks, "Can I have a dagger again, oni?"

Once the dishes are done to Wakil's satisfaction, the crew assembles on deck and heads into town. They follow the guard's directions, up the street, past the Civil Wall to the butcher's shop on the right. There they turn right and head down the street for quite some time. No Three-Penny Inn. After a bit of backtracking and asking around, they discover that they were supposed to turn left at the butcher shop, a fact neglected by the guard (and a bit counterintuitive given his directions). By mid morning they have arrived at the Three-Penny Inn, in time to meet Grondar coming from the other direction.

 

[unleashed]

Colmarr Blackrock, Male Gnome Bard

“Of course, onia,” Colmarr answers, taking the dagger and sheath from his belt, he ties it around Naomi’s waist with the belt from his peasant’s outfit, “Hmm, we’ll have to buy you one of those for yourself when we go shopping again later...along with some shoes.”

At the Three-Penny...

“Well, no point hanging around outside all day, seeing as we’re all here...lets go in and see if we can find the captain,” Colmarr says, heading toward the door.