Below in the ship’s cabins, Errend was informed that he was now an official passenger and the former stowaway again thanked Darrow for his generosity. The four adventurers then briefly talked among themselves about their initial plans for Starmantle, before Shanni suggested they quiz Errend some more about his experiences in Westgate. Shanni went back to where Errend was sitting and settled on a crate, while Darrow ambled over to listen in.
In response to Shanni's careful questioning, Errend confessed he was none too certain as to what had happened to him. At first he was thinking it was some skullduggery on the part of the Masks, but he did not see how the dark temple fit in to the thieves guild. He still could not understand why he had been let loose, commenting that his family was supposedly cursed, but that fortune had evidently favored him this time. Darrow inquired about the curse and was told by a shamefaced Errend that there was supposedly Yuan-Ti blood in his heritage, although you could not tell by looking at him.
Shanni asked Errend for further details about the circumstances of his hiring by "Dagger" in Westgate. Errend said that he had met his Night Mask contact once before in a tavern, then had run into him a couple of times afterwards when coming through the city as a caravan guard. The last time they met, Errend asked him for work and was told to meet in the alley where the kidnapping took place. Moving on to a different topic, Shanni showed Errend the broadsheet she had been given by Jandrico Swift and asked if he knew anything about the Vulture's Roost inn in Starmantle. Errend pleaded ignorance to that and any other information about the city, other than knowing the district where the Order of Kainen was located.
At this point the sailor Neddy came down to inform them that the ship would be docking in about a half an hour, as it was now starting her approach into the harbor. After he returned to the main deck, the four adventurers discussed the difficulties that would be involved in finding the Astorians and the kidnapped Janatha in Starmantle. They then decided to go up top to see the ship come into harbor.
Despite some rain from a leftover sea squall and the post-sunset darkness, they watched the captain expertly yell orders to his crew and navigate the ship into its dock. Sailor Neddy made sure they got off the ship properly, but could not inform them of where the Vulture's Roost was located. Wandering off the dock and on unfamiliar territory in the dark and the rain, they found a local passerby to direct them to the inn.
In response to Shanni's careful questioning, Errend confessed he was none too certain as to what had happened to him. At first he was thinking it was some skullduggery on the part of the Masks, but he did not see how the dark temple fit in to the thieves guild. He still could not understand why he had been let loose, commenting that his family was supposedly cursed, but that fortune had evidently favored him this time. Darrow inquired about the curse and was told by a shamefaced Errend that there was supposedly Yuan-Ti blood in his heritage, although you could not tell by looking at him.
Shanni asked Errend for further details about the circumstances of his hiring by "Dagger" in Westgate. Errend said that he had met his Night Mask contact once before in a tavern, then had run into him a couple of times afterwards when coming through the city as a caravan guard. The last time they met, Errend asked him for work and was told to meet in the alley where the kidnapping took place. Moving on to a different topic, Shanni showed Errend the broadsheet she had been given by Jandrico Swift and asked if he knew anything about the Vulture's Roost inn in Starmantle. Errend pleaded ignorance to that and any other information about the city, other than knowing the district where the Order of Kainen was located.
At this point the sailor Neddy came down to inform them that the ship would be docking in about a half an hour, as it was now starting her approach into the harbor. After he returned to the main deck, the four adventurers discussed the difficulties that would be involved in finding the Astorians and the kidnapped Janatha in Starmantle. They then decided to go up top to see the ship come into harbor.
Despite some rain from a leftover sea squall and the post-sunset darkness, they watched the captain expertly yell orders to his crew and navigate the ship into its dock. Sailor Neddy made sure they got off the ship properly, but could not inform them of where the Vulture's Roost was located. Wandering off the dock and on unfamiliar territory in the dark and the rain, they found a local passerby to direct them to the inn.