Echolocation
Explorer
Session 22
Courtesy of Angharad's player
Webber is a dick. Knows naughty word all about the golden seal Xambria told team bad about
Team BAD went to talk to Professer Webber about the Golden Seal that Xambria had told us about, but was not able to to explain much of anything about it. Then the team went back to HQ, to limit test the ancient artificats and met Sebastian, who is the manager of the royal safehold at the RHC, who was a great person, old friend of Avvakir's, and was more than happy to let us test the items. bringing the wsword and amulet out, but got all kitted up in around 5 minutes to bring the staff, while the team was talking about how to test the items, Sebestion told us about Harlock, from the Battalion, who had requested the bodies of the aberrations that had been slain.
From there BAD went to go see Harlock and test the items, while also bringing the corpses for future experimentation, where we caught a boat out to the research department of the Battalion. While Ella was using the staff in their safe area, it was found out that there was energy from Apet, one of the other planes. A plane of sand and dust storms, and the plane influences Teleportation and Divination magics.
Next, team BAD decided to go have a look at Rackus's gun, and went to the Central Police station, but when the team got there, there was a large crowd of dockers complaining and protesting in front of the station, demanding Rackus be set free and less oppression for the working class of the city. Ella, being part tiefling took a large portion of the shouting once she was noticed, saying it was 'her kind' that run the factories and ruin peoples lives. Once inside, they were quickly escorted to see Rackus and his "confinement". An unlocked door, a loaded gun and just relaxing in the cell. After an infuriating conversation, it was worked out that Rackus was an idiot. That's all, nothing else, just a plain idiot. We found out who was funding his shows, though: a man called Burger-Boy. Cauis Bergeron is probably his real name to be fair, but it is hard to tell with Rackus. Gods that man is frustrating. It was also pieced together that Rackus was once just a normal dockworker, who then signed up with a merchant ship that crashed on an island, lots of people died, but it was said by rackus 'that part wasnt important' and he found a burnt out library, filled with magic scrolls and took a few, but when he eventually made it back to flint, he was rounded up by "Burger Boy" who by the way was a Tiefling, didnt he mention that? he is sure he did. Bergeron then hired and sent Rackus back to that island to get other scrolls, of which he did that, but kept a few for himself. He was also sent of to Crissilyir to see some old ruins, but they were boring, until the place caught on fire. After which he finally mentioned that the place had been a ziggurat, leading to 2 ziggurats that Cauis has been looking into
On a positive note form the conversation with Rackus, the man did actually feel remorse from killing that lady, and said he has been thinking about things with the Dockers, but knows he isn't the person they think he is, he is a partier, living in the moment and that he isn't sure why they see him as a really important figurehead, he just knows that they're wrong about that. Lissandra at that moment realised its only a matter of time before the dockers work out how self absorbed and foolish this man is, and that if things don't change, he will harm the dockers movement by being himself, not help them.
From here, the team went to go explore Rackus' house, looking for this sequestered scrolls, and luckily for Angharad, there was a party! Where at least a third of the members could probably be arrested for their lack of dress if any cops were to turn up.. Luckily for them, private property and all. Woo. Angharad decided that the best way to find out information here was to get involved with the party properly, really mix in with the crowd.. Angharad got high and partied for a few hours, while pranking Lissandra by changing her hair colour between blue and purple. Lissandra spread rumors about Rackus while looking for information int he house, and Ella got to explore the house less impeded. It was found that there was a hidden room behind a bookcase, I still think Rackus probably didn't know about it, there was books in front of it, he probably cant read; but inside the hidden room, just some discarded clothes and some torn out book pages.
There was then a foray to Keppler's house, to speak to him about Aptet and Caius Bergeron. For the conversation about Apet, Kepplr pointed out that there was a feeling of calmness when people had been hit by the black beams of light from the creatures, and Ella mentioned that when she summoned them at the testing, she had feelings of a home cooked meal, maybe from her past. The information about Cauis though, was that he was the only member of his family in Flint, as the rest are back in Danor, and that he was well known for sponsoring a lot of dig sites. He also appears to donate most of the artifacts he gets from his digs, rather than collecting them.
And once the coffees were drunk, small talk w as made, it was decided that it was getting late, Ella would be heading back to the Cloudwood, taking a few things to Saph, Ally and Carrie for Lissandra, but when she left, she didn't go to the Cloudwood, the devious lil gnomeling, but she headed back to the Central District, just like Lissandra and Angharad were going! Ella ended up back at the RHC offices, where she questioned the thug of Kell's that had been arrested, asking about the bounty on her head, she is worth 200 gp, and some favour with Kell. More Worrying is that Ella is the only one with the bounty on her head.
Angharad and Lissandra though, would be doing some personal business of Angharad's, picking Kaea up along the way, whom handed Lissandra a Vekeshi Mask, saying she should hide her identity. The 3 proceded to the Nettles, where th ey found their way to Parlour, via the help of Angharads new hair brother, since Kaea decided to change Angharads hair to be green, matching this gremlin's hair. He was quite happy to lead the group to Parlour, especially at the mention of crimes against hair. Grass was obtained, since the gremlin darkly mentioned 'she has hayfever'.
Parlour worked out mid attack while Hair-Brother was shoving grass into her mouth, that Angharad was there, saying that he promised to turn her brother into a belt, but didn't let it be a magical belt! Now he is just a normal belt?!!! So sad.. Angharad bribed his hair brother into a sugar coma with cookies and sugar, while getting information out of Parlour. That the man who sent the letter was Tyler Stark, a nobleman who is the son of F;ints Attorney General, who had been saving his son from his own mistakes. Kaea and Angharad decided to arrest Tyler tonight, the man is flightly, and we wouldn't want him to be spooked. Lissandra decided it was time to head home, and that it would be safer for her to not be physically involved int he next step of Angharads revenge trip.
Kaea and Angharad picked up one of her police contacts, a man with a dog, so he is amazing. When this man asked Angharad what the plan, it was simple 'we arrest him, make it so we can'
The house had a well kept garden, and Angharad knocked on the door, which was opened by a butler in a nightgown, telling him we were looking for Tyler stark, and yes it was late, but Justice never Sleeps. The butler asked if Master Stark was in trouble, to which it was mentioned that Stark had been involved in an altercation which could have lead to someones death.
Tyler Stark finding out that the butler had let someone in, slapped him, called him a fool, and as soon as he saw Angharad, stabbed the butler in the neck, and shouted for the guards. Kaea, having none of that, created a wall of fire keeping the guards back, saying she doesn't want to incinerate them, the old man with the dog, stopping some of the other guards from getting more back up, by tripping them. Angharad though, went directly for Stark, tripping him, stomping on his wrist to break it, and get the weapon out of his hand. As Stark attempted to squirm away, the bleeding butler held his feet in place, preventing his escape.
Tyler shouted 'Angharad, we could have risen to the top together! We could have killed the Old Stag! We could have controlled the Court!' to which Angharad replied with 'You are an idiot. The favour of the Court is not what is wanted. It is better to avoid their notice all together' while he was being cuffed and sent to the central station. Afterwards Angharad and Kaea parted ways there, with only a few threats passed back and forth.
DM Notes
The fight with Tyler was all theater of the mind. There were no rolls, just a montage of scenes. Angharad says a lot of cringe lines, but I think "Justice never sleeps" tops the list.
Courtesy of Angharad's player
Webber is a dick. Knows naughty word all about the golden seal Xambria told team bad about
Team BAD went to talk to Professer Webber about the Golden Seal that Xambria had told us about, but was not able to to explain much of anything about it. Then the team went back to HQ, to limit test the ancient artificats and met Sebastian, who is the manager of the royal safehold at the RHC, who was a great person, old friend of Avvakir's, and was more than happy to let us test the items. bringing the wsword and amulet out, but got all kitted up in around 5 minutes to bring the staff, while the team was talking about how to test the items, Sebestion told us about Harlock, from the Battalion, who had requested the bodies of the aberrations that had been slain.
From there BAD went to go see Harlock and test the items, while also bringing the corpses for future experimentation, where we caught a boat out to the research department of the Battalion. While Ella was using the staff in their safe area, it was found out that there was energy from Apet, one of the other planes. A plane of sand and dust storms, and the plane influences Teleportation and Divination magics.
Next, team BAD decided to go have a look at Rackus's gun, and went to the Central Police station, but when the team got there, there was a large crowd of dockers complaining and protesting in front of the station, demanding Rackus be set free and less oppression for the working class of the city. Ella, being part tiefling took a large portion of the shouting once she was noticed, saying it was 'her kind' that run the factories and ruin peoples lives. Once inside, they were quickly escorted to see Rackus and his "confinement". An unlocked door, a loaded gun and just relaxing in the cell. After an infuriating conversation, it was worked out that Rackus was an idiot. That's all, nothing else, just a plain idiot. We found out who was funding his shows, though: a man called Burger-Boy. Cauis Bergeron is probably his real name to be fair, but it is hard to tell with Rackus. Gods that man is frustrating. It was also pieced together that Rackus was once just a normal dockworker, who then signed up with a merchant ship that crashed on an island, lots of people died, but it was said by rackus 'that part wasnt important' and he found a burnt out library, filled with magic scrolls and took a few, but when he eventually made it back to flint, he was rounded up by "Burger Boy" who by the way was a Tiefling, didnt he mention that? he is sure he did. Bergeron then hired and sent Rackus back to that island to get other scrolls, of which he did that, but kept a few for himself. He was also sent of to Crissilyir to see some old ruins, but they were boring, until the place caught on fire. After which he finally mentioned that the place had been a ziggurat, leading to 2 ziggurats that Cauis has been looking into
On a positive note form the conversation with Rackus, the man did actually feel remorse from killing that lady, and said he has been thinking about things with the Dockers, but knows he isn't the person they think he is, he is a partier, living in the moment and that he isn't sure why they see him as a really important figurehead, he just knows that they're wrong about that. Lissandra at that moment realised its only a matter of time before the dockers work out how self absorbed and foolish this man is, and that if things don't change, he will harm the dockers movement by being himself, not help them.
From here, the team went to go explore Rackus' house, looking for this sequestered scrolls, and luckily for Angharad, there was a party! Where at least a third of the members could probably be arrested for their lack of dress if any cops were to turn up.. Luckily for them, private property and all. Woo. Angharad decided that the best way to find out information here was to get involved with the party properly, really mix in with the crowd.. Angharad got high and partied for a few hours, while pranking Lissandra by changing her hair colour between blue and purple. Lissandra spread rumors about Rackus while looking for information int he house, and Ella got to explore the house less impeded. It was found that there was a hidden room behind a bookcase, I still think Rackus probably didn't know about it, there was books in front of it, he probably cant read; but inside the hidden room, just some discarded clothes and some torn out book pages.
There was then a foray to Keppler's house, to speak to him about Aptet and Caius Bergeron. For the conversation about Apet, Kepplr pointed out that there was a feeling of calmness when people had been hit by the black beams of light from the creatures, and Ella mentioned that when she summoned them at the testing, she had feelings of a home cooked meal, maybe from her past. The information about Cauis though, was that he was the only member of his family in Flint, as the rest are back in Danor, and that he was well known for sponsoring a lot of dig sites. He also appears to donate most of the artifacts he gets from his digs, rather than collecting them.
Relationship: Ella's scholarship patron
Description: An older human nobleman, academic, and self-made businessman.
Location: North Shore
Conrad Keppler is a civil engineer, canny investor, and dabbler in the arcane. While he has a keen mind, his engineering skills are largely theoretical and his magical ability is nonexistent, but he is a firm proponent of "progress" and enabling the success of others. His knack for investing in profitable ventures (and individuals) has garnered him wealth and influence beyond his title, and he uses them to further support his interests. He has played a role in several of Flint's infrastructure development projects and offers university scholarships in his fields of interest (engineering, science, and magic).
While not exactly a philanthropist (he cares more for the advancement of knowledge and society than individuals), he believes in recruiting talent wherever it may be found ("ability should not be constrained by circumstance") and lacks the disdain for the lower classes that some nobles possess. Not a politically ambitious man, he leaves it to his wife, Cecilia, to maintain ties with polite society. His manor in North Shore boasts an extensive library, and it is here that he can usually be found: either pursuing his own interests or meeting with business associates and academic contacts from Flint and beyond.
Currently, Nathan Jierre spends his house arrest on Keppler's residence. The nobleman has used Nathan's presence as an excuse to build an observatory.
Description: An older human nobleman, academic, and self-made businessman.
Location: North Shore
Conrad Keppler is a civil engineer, canny investor, and dabbler in the arcane. While he has a keen mind, his engineering skills are largely theoretical and his magical ability is nonexistent, but he is a firm proponent of "progress" and enabling the success of others. His knack for investing in profitable ventures (and individuals) has garnered him wealth and influence beyond his title, and he uses them to further support his interests. He has played a role in several of Flint's infrastructure development projects and offers university scholarships in his fields of interest (engineering, science, and magic).
While not exactly a philanthropist (he cares more for the advancement of knowledge and society than individuals), he believes in recruiting talent wherever it may be found ("ability should not be constrained by circumstance") and lacks the disdain for the lower classes that some nobles possess. Not a politically ambitious man, he leaves it to his wife, Cecilia, to maintain ties with polite society. His manor in North Shore boasts an extensive library, and it is here that he can usually be found: either pursuing his own interests or meeting with business associates and academic contacts from Flint and beyond.
Currently, Nathan Jierre spends his house arrest on Keppler's residence. The nobleman has used Nathan's presence as an excuse to build an observatory.
And once the coffees were drunk, small talk w as made, it was decided that it was getting late, Ella would be heading back to the Cloudwood, taking a few things to Saph, Ally and Carrie for Lissandra, but when she left, she didn't go to the Cloudwood, the devious lil gnomeling, but she headed back to the Central District, just like Lissandra and Angharad were going! Ella ended up back at the RHC offices, where she questioned the thug of Kell's that had been arrested, asking about the bounty on her head, she is worth 200 gp, and some favour with Kell. More Worrying is that Ella is the only one with the bounty on her head.
Angharad and Lissandra though, would be doing some personal business of Angharad's, picking Kaea up along the way, whom handed Lissandra a Vekeshi Mask, saying she should hide her identity. The 3 proceded to the Nettles, where th ey found their way to Parlour, via the help of Angharads new hair brother, since Kaea decided to change Angharads hair to be green, matching this gremlin's hair. He was quite happy to lead the group to Parlour, especially at the mention of crimes against hair. Grass was obtained, since the gremlin darkly mentioned 'she has hayfever'.
Parlour worked out mid attack while Hair-Brother was shoving grass into her mouth, that Angharad was there, saying that he promised to turn her brother into a belt, but didn't let it be a magical belt! Now he is just a normal belt?!!! So sad.. Angharad bribed his hair brother into a sugar coma with cookies and sugar, while getting information out of Parlour. That the man who sent the letter was Tyler Stark, a nobleman who is the son of F;ints Attorney General, who had been saving his son from his own mistakes. Kaea and Angharad decided to arrest Tyler tonight, the man is flightly, and we wouldn't want him to be spooked. Lissandra decided it was time to head home, and that it would be safer for her to not be physically involved int he next step of Angharads revenge trip.
In the dynamic crafting session before book #3, Angharad's belt-building was interrupted by a gremlin demanding to have the flesh flayed from him, and used as a belt ingredient. Angharad passed a check to dissuade the gremlin.
Kaea and Angharad picked up one of her police contacts, a man with a dog, so he is amazing. When this man asked Angharad what the plan, it was simple 'we arrest him, make it so we can'
The house had a well kept garden, and Angharad knocked on the door, which was opened by a butler in a nightgown, telling him we were looking for Tyler stark, and yes it was late, but Justice never Sleeps. The butler asked if Master Stark was in trouble, to which it was mentioned that Stark had been involved in an altercation which could have lead to someones death.
Tyler Stark finding out that the butler had let someone in, slapped him, called him a fool, and as soon as he saw Angharad, stabbed the butler in the neck, and shouted for the guards. Kaea, having none of that, created a wall of fire keeping the guards back, saying she doesn't want to incinerate them, the old man with the dog, stopping some of the other guards from getting more back up, by tripping them. Angharad though, went directly for Stark, tripping him, stomping on his wrist to break it, and get the weapon out of his hand. As Stark attempted to squirm away, the bleeding butler held his feet in place, preventing his escape.
Tyler shouted 'Angharad, we could have risen to the top together! We could have killed the Old Stag! We could have controlled the Court!' to which Angharad replied with 'You are an idiot. The favour of the Court is not what is wanted. It is better to avoid their notice all together' while he was being cuffed and sent to the central station. Afterwards Angharad and Kaea parted ways there, with only a few threats passed back and forth.
DM Notes
The fight with Tyler was all theater of the mind. There were no rolls, just a montage of scenes. Angharad says a lot of cringe lines, but I think "Justice never sleeps" tops the list.