The Four Lands

[J. Alexander]

Tetsu - Windows et al

Looking at the faint inscriptions upon the window sills, Tetsu studies them for a bit and soon discovers that they seem to be wards of some sort. Very sublte ones to be sure but he can not identiy any spefici type of ward as these seem to be ususal or old. Attemtping to decipeher them failes as juse when he thinks he has part of the sequence, a unknown character pops up thorwoing his guess a major curve.

Soon tiring of this, Tetsu heads upstairs. Entering the assigned room, he finds the covers pulled back and fresh linen upon the bed. Wisps of steam can be seen coming from the water closet as well as from a pitcher on a washstand. An unsualay large fire burn in the fireplace filling the room with the scent of apples which Tetsu finds quite pleaseing and comforting. A brief inspection of the room reveals that the shutters are tighly bolted with only the arrow slits allowing the moonlight to enter the room.

(Roll a spot check for me) and what are your next actions

 

[J. Alexander]

Angelo - Conversation with Thaddeus

As Thaddeus reaches into his vest, Angelo thinks he catches a glimpse of metal but is unsure.
Working on the lists as described earlier, Thaddeus soon produces to exact copies and hands Angelo's original one back to him. "It seems as if the stone had a few sleepers that both of us were unaware of" Looking at the list Angelo discovers that 5 names have been added to his list. Thaddeus Continues "It appears as if it is a slightly larger number than I first thoughst, it looks to be some 30 odd rocks associated with our stone. That may be a tall order and require more time or additional help"

Arriving back at the table, the barmaid places the food and drinks upon it and says. "If you gentlemen dont mind, I need to see to some of the girls"

 

[Scotley]

"We'll be fine my dear, please take care of your people." He nods, "more than I expected as well, but not insurmountable. The question is how many of them are truely loyal and how many will follow the wind? Could some of them be turned if it were in their best interests?"

 

[J. Alexander]

Conservation with Thaddeus

Taking her leave the Barmaid is seen to disappear thru a back door" As she leaves Thaddeus comments, "Good woman, she tries hard to take care of the girls" Turning back to you he says

"Good question, it would depend upon if you could assure them sufficent income. All but a loyal few can be bought with the promise of increased revenue I imagine. So cash would be needed or the backing of several of the more promients sources of revenue such as this establishments bordello and other key income sources such as the loansharking and protection racket. Failing that, most would turn on the stone once the body count became high, but that runs the risk of attracting the attention of the authorities">

 

[Scotley]

"Yes, we would need some of the more important sources of income in place. Things have not been run right though. I think the protection service could do better at half the cost. Right now it is squeezing the businesses out of a profit of their own. If they are profitable the area will prosper and in turn there will be that much more to be had. The bordellos can be very profitable even if we insist that the girls are treated well and the rougher crowd is kept out. Keeping that element out will allow this area to attract more wealthy patrons from other parts of the city. The casinos are the same way. The obvious cheating will keep the serious gamblers away. The poor locals don't have that much to loose. If the casinos are seen as safe and fair again we'll have better money coming in. The loansharking will only do better as people make more money they will borrow more money. The trick will be convincing the stone's people to run things our way for a while. I think we may need a pretty good body count to help them see the light. Can we pin down a half dozen or so of the most loyal to the current administration on the list to start the count with? Perhaps if we are careful to do things quietly the authorities won't be as interested?"

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Rook

Tetsu rolls 1d20+8, getting [7,8] = (15) Spot Check,

and his next action depends on what he spots.

 

[J. Alexander]

Tetsu - The bedchamber

As Tetsu inspects the bed chamber he observes the same series of silvery ruins on the windows and doors in this room. Lead by his noise he is drawn to the bath area where a large silver tub has been filled with hot steamy watrer. The scent of roesmary, thyme and lavender fill his sense as it rises with the wisps of steam. Gazing at the tub of water, Tetsu suddenly feels very tired and is drawn to the idea of sinking into the hot steamy depths of the tub before him...roll a will power save for me at -2

 

[J. Alexander]

Angelo - Conversation with Thaddeus

Looking at the list once again, Thaddeus takes pencil to hand and places a check mark by 7 names. "These are his cronies and major muscle, all are tough and are good streetfighters, but their brawn not braines. With them gone the smart ones should come over or at least go independent for a while"

Taking a deep draft of his beer the continues "Now the hard part will be to line up the ladies and the tavern keeps to switch their allegaiance. The shopkeepers will come around with the usual intimigation tactics"

"We will however have to quickly recruit major muscle or we will find ourselves beset with people wanting to establish their own rule and for that we will need cash"

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Tetsu

Tetsu rolls 1d20+9-2, getting [20,9,-2] = (27) Will Save.

He will enter the bath gratefully, and indulge himself in a thorough cleaning/long soak.

 

[Scotley]

Angelo Human Mage

"Do you think our friendly barmaid will help us with the ladies? As for the cash, where does the 'stone' keep his. Cutting his funding will make our job easier and give us the money we need."