Brazen Wolfe Tabletop

2023 Campaign Adventure 3

Plot:

Warrendeep

Mordekai (Kai) and Tater have arrived at Warrendeep with most of the caravans crew safe and their passengers accounted for. Upon arrival they are given some rough directions to The Five Fat Ravens Tavern (I couldn’t resist using the name). But along the way there they ran into a young boy who they caught pickpocketing. Tater convinced the boy to give back the stolen coins and when asked why he told them of the current terrible state of the local orphanage.

The children are made to pay for their food and lodgings. Those who can’t pay are sent to the weaver house where they are made to work around dangerous contraptions that create textiles. Those who can’t work there or who are big and strong enough are sent to work in the forges smelting iron. It’s no wonder that the boy feels like he must steal to pay for his food and bed. Tater took pity on the boy and bought him some food before Sam arrived to go to the Tavern. Tater discussed the options of what to do with the boy and suggested an apprenticeship with Sam and his Caravan.

The Tavern

As Kai and Tater head towards the Five Fat Ravens Tavern, Kai visited the temple of Illmater and, as instructed by his ‘father’, swore his oath of redemption before the high priest of the temple. However the terms of his service weren’t quite what he was expecting.

Meanwhile Tater went into the inn and got started talking to Sam about the owed compensation for their work. A hefty gold sum was provided which Tater offered a large amount of back to Sam if he would consider taking the boy with him and away from this city. Sam promised to consider all potential ways that he could do this.

Soon they were filing into a back room with Groku who was shepherded in by Marie, the owner of the tavern. Moving through the door into a meeting room they were greeted by Gwen, the ‘gate keeper’ of the Inquisition who could detect lies. Her role was to work out if those coming to them were candidates or not.

The meeting

After discussing their encounters with the weird creatures on their journey, and trying to weasel out some money from Gwen they were shown through to meet Captain Steffani, leader of this inquisition into the weird. Upon discussing and revealing a bit about their current situation Steffani lied about the imminent danger of everyone in the room, stating that a cult monitored the inquisition and hunted their members down. Half the room emptied leaving a few brave souls remaining. However despite being brave Steffani revealed her ruse and explained that there was a cult, but they were mostly harmless. They were worshippers of the creatures and wanted to learn what the inquisition knew so that they could meet their idols.

This caused a Halfling to get agitated and leave the room in a hurry. Tater and Kai left after him but not before a large hobgoblin (who was exceedingly rude) ran out the door after the halfling first. A bit of a chase later and Kai was ducking under the clumsy blow of the halfling. A short scuffle later and the halfling was unconscious but alive at their feet. However danger approached.

Closure

The hobgoblin, Tuskur, attacked the party wanting to claim the credit for himself and a largely comical fight broke out. However upon getting serious Tater separated a hand from their assailant which revealed large purple tubular worms wiggling from his stump. This up’d the ante considerably and soon after they had cut the man clean in half. Deciding it was a better idea to take the body into the Tavern via a back entrance than bring the inquisition out Kai was accosted by the Taverns bouncer, Salvador, and dragged back out the way he came. But when the captain, Steffani, came to see the body of the Hobgoblin out the back of the tavern she calmly stated “So not even a day on the job and you have committed murder”.

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