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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 8922758" data-attributes="member: 7030604">Vaesen, Session 3/Part 2The investigators arrive at Wrecker Isle. The docks are bustling with rowdy fishermen who pay the landlubbers little mind. Oscar points out the Amundsson inn and the huge building that houses the herring saltery.The investigators head for the inn. Erik persuades Oscar to tone down the talk of fire and brimstone. Even at midday, the inn is crowded and the locals are raucous. 'Godmother' Abela Amundsson - a robust crone cradling a shotgun - perches atop the bar, eyeballing the newcomers suspiciously. She is flanked by two of the ugliest men the investigators have ever seen (imagine Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee if they had grown up on a council estate), presumably two of her four sons. The investigators order drinks (water for Oscar) and are served by a young woman called Justina. It turns out that Oscar and Justina are aquainted, and it was only after she put him in the friend zone that he joined the priesthood. Svenrich is waylaid by a old drunkard, who warns the writer to beware the new moon.A couple of sailors get handsy with Justina, and Oscar bolts to his feet. Erik pacifies the hot-headed priest before he causes a scene. 'Godmother' Abela discharges her shotgun into the ceiling and warns the sailors to keep their hands to themselves.Svenrich's friend has secured rooms for the investigators, but there is no bed for Oscar. The priest will have to stay in an empty shack on the bluffs, where he will be closer to God and further from Justina. Arne and Erik explore the island, while Svenrich and Gudrun hunker down at the inn.Svenrich endears himself to the locals by getting in a round of drinks. They tell him about the bountiful quantities of herring over the past 30 years, a phenomenon they refer to as the "silver of the sea". Meanwhile, Gudrun approaches 'Godmother' Amundsson and offers to read her fortune, hoping the old woman will let something slip. Gudrun learns that Zacharias is not Abela's son by blood, although she seems to favour him above her own offspring.The investigators retire to their rooms, but are soon disturbed by a knock on the door. One of the three Amundsson brothers extends an invitation to dine at the Herring Baron's table, and the investigators accept.TBC</blockquote>

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