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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7879691" data-attributes="member: 7015827">Following some discussion, Aerikoth, Brok-Tul and Veran decided to head into the city themselves and see what could be usefully accomplished. Outside the local Watch Station, Brok-Tul flagged down a helpful local and asked for directions. The citizen, a man by the name of Sevan, told them about the layout of the city and mentioned that the Road Patrol was hiring mercenaries, if they were looking for work; Road Patrol headquarters could be found to the west of Fogerty’s. Brok-Tul introduced himself and his companions and thanked the man for his help.The three made their way to the building housing the Road Patrol. Brok-Tul inquired about the state of the roads and the kinds of contracts on offer, mentioning that he had done work for the Westgate Mercenaries Guild. He was told by a clerk that the roads were more or less normal, meaning still dangerous, and that the normal wage was five gold a day, one gold of which was taken by the Road Patrol as its contracting fee; any necessary healing expenses incurred along the way were paid by the customer directly. Brok-Tul commented in a friendly manner that it might be tempting if he weren’t already in the middle of other work, and the three took their leave. (Another surprisingly diplomatic effort by the half-orc, who might have been expected to say something crass about the pittance on offer. Clearly the Road Patrol is interested in only the lowest level of mercenary guards. --R)Next, they stopped in at the nearby Hammer and Anvil, to follow up on what the dwarf Goirin Goldstriker had told them earlier about possibly getting weapons enchanted. Goirin, if anything, was even more scornful of the idea of dealing with the “master wizard of Teziir” Cydaran, commenting that the wizard only dealt with the high-born. Aerikoth asked some intelligent, probing questions about Cydaran, which Goirin answered as best he could, also providing directions to the wizard’s tower in the Council District. Brok-Tul also confirmed with Goirin that the Clan Ironhelm dwarves he dealt with could probably use any unusual metals he ran across to make special weapons and equipment.The three departed the store and made their way east to the Council District, passing by a number of temples before they reached Cydaran’s tower. As no one answered their hail, they surmised that an appointment would likely be needed to get inside the tower. Since it was by then mid-afternoon, they decided to return to Queron’s and await the results of Rahnee and Jokull’s excursion.Once the five were together again in the evening, they compared notes. Rahnee had acquired a stunning new outfit, part of her “cover” for asking local merchants about Seriawan. All she was able to discover was that few knew him, he was low caste, and had paid off his debts at Fogerty’s about a tenday ago. Veran and Brok-Tul both commented on the implications of this, namely that Seriawan was likely acting as a front for someone else. (Not a surprise, but it seems the party now has at least circumstantial confirmation of this fact. Questions remain as to the motives and identity of the one pulling Seriawan's strings. --C)</blockquote>

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