Brazen Wolfe Tabletop

2023 Campaign Adventure 4

Plot:

Warrendeep – Part 2

“So not even a day on the job and you have committed murder”.

Those words spoken by Steffani caused a ripple of doubt to spread across Mordekai (Kai) and Tater. The body lay at their feet and the unconscious form of the halfling was currently being bound and taken inside. “You boys are running out of options now. It looks like the commotion has summoned the guard and they are on their way now.” Steffani said, nearly smiling. “Unfortunately as you aren’t sworn in members you aren’t protected. The Grey-cloaks offer some protection against misunderstandings like this. The crown has offered to be lenient when we are protecting the people of the city against the encroaching corruption.”

Kai and Tater were taken aback as they saw the guards walking towards them. “I happen to have the membership forms here, you just need to sign them.” Gwen said, appearing as Steffani called out for her.

After a few moments hesitation the forms were signed, Kai signing Taters name instead of his own, and the guards were left looking confused. Returning into the Tavern to firstly apologise to Marie and secondly some food and drink in them they then returned to interrogate the halfling.

Not wanting to be “persuaded” with pliers and harsher words the halfling agreed to comply with them. He revealed that he was trying to make friends and find a group to belong to and he found a pamphlet that described a secret meeting of individuals. Potential members had to go to Tilly’s Supplies, a general store, buy a single candle and state “A single candle to bring me back to the light” would be their secret phrase to gain access to the meeting. Once in there he was exposed to the groups, a bunch of people hooded and robed so no one could see their face, and their belief.

Following The Cult

They believed that the creatures appearing, these weird beings were the messengers of the ancient one, a god. They also believed that in by seeking out the messengers that they would be able to get closer to their gold and gain knowledge and power. However the halfling was there to just fit in.

Heading back to the halflings house, with Kai on the shoulders of Tater under a large robe, they then made their way to the general store. The girl manning the shop advised them that the meeting was held last week and that it hadn’t been held again. She then offered to show them the storage room where they met and grabbed a lantern as it was dark down there.

Moving down the stairs they came to a door that was lockable from the outside. Opening the door revealed a pile of crates in the middle of the room and two isles either side of it. Moving to the back of the room the store worker mentioned that she had seen a giant rat down here a short while ago and that this room always freaked her out. While Tater tried to lure it out with some left over curried goat that was trapped in his beard the halfling spotted the rate. While the party went to investigate the door to the cellar closed – the halfling apparently was just as terrified of rats as the girl. Now in pitch darkness the rat ran to a hole in the wall as Kai lifted a drift globe into the air just above his head casting the room into light once more.

Investigating the hole they recovered a pouch with a dagger, 6gp, a piece of parchment and a broken compass.

Closure

The compass was spinning around randomly before stopping abruptly. After a few seconds it would repeat and stop at another location. This process repeated indefinitely. The parchment turned out to be a crudely drawn map. The map had a few points of interest marked out but the writing around these places were in abyssal.

Taking the map and the compass back to Steffani and Gwen they were able to decipher a single common phrase “Meeting place” at each of points of interest. At the same time they noticed that the compass had stopped spinning or moving and had locked onto something in the alleyway. Investigating they revealed that the compass was pointing towards the hobgoblin Tuskur who was laying in a wagon and about to be taken to be disposed of by two guards. Accompanying the body they revealed along the way that the compass barely reacted to the purple goo and that once burnt the compass began to spin and suddenly stop randomly again. Perhaps the compass was indicating where the messengers of the ancient one were…

Taking the wagon that the carried Tuskur they made their way back the the guards barracks. There they met Capitan Stevenson, who obviously had no love for the grey-cloaks (the Inquisition into the strange creatures appearance and the chaos they brought). After this brief meeting they made their way back to the Five Fat Ravens Tavern and got some rest for the night – tomorrow was likely going to be a busy day.

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