Carlos Santiago - Half-orc (Alkenstarian) wizard
Croso Galen - Human fighter
Nagiphax - Cyclops-kin rogue
Orem "The Ser" Galt - Human (Chelish/Kellid) fighter (formerly in the service of Iomedae)
Slavé – Tiefling (appears human) rogue
Vaeden Corleone - Human rogue
Moonday, 9 Rova, 4708 A.R.
Vaeden, Croso, and Oren strip the Hellknight Signifier of his full plate armour while the other party members race back towards Westcrown. Slavé speaks to Arael during the ride and asks how he came to form the revolutionary group. They eventually meet with Janiven and the other Returners on the road. At Gorvio’s insistence the party heads to Jacovo’s stables to return the horses upon reaching the city, while Arael and Janiven head straight for the Returners’ safehouse.
At the stables Alizander, Nagiphax, and Carlos have an altercation with Thesing Umbero Ulvauno, a moderately famous actor and tenor, who they find arguing with Jacovo over the horses the party borrowed earlier that morning. Carlos and Alizander flatter Thesing while Nagiphax apologizes for not returning the horses in time, which appears to mollify the egotistical actor. Nagiphax, in particular, receives special attention from the Thesing, who seems fascinated by the cyclops-kin unusual but fetching appearance. The three PCs attend Thesing’s performance of The Elopement of the Dowager Princess later that evening, which suffers a minor setback when one of Jacovo’s horses kicks an actor on stage and interrupts Thesing’s solo aria.
Meanwhile, Vaeden, Croso, and Oren return to Westcrown with the stolen Hellknight armour, which they decide to bury about a mile west of the city. The three PCs head to the safehouse and speak to Arael and the Returners. They are eventually joined by the rest of the party, including Slavé. The Returners celebrate Arael’s rescue and talk about what their next step might be. The rise in banditry both on the roads leading to the city and within Westcrown is discussed. Sclavo tells the group about an abandoned printing press that he has learned is stored in a dottari warehouse near Taranik House, the Order of the Rack compound. The printing press is said to be a former government press that includes the stamp of Aroden, marking anything printed as official government copy. Seeing an opportunity to spread Returner propaganda under an official guise, the party decides to mount an operation to retrieve the printing press the following night. Sclavo provides the party with a scroll of shrink item to facilitate removal of the press.
Carlos, Vaeden, and Alizander each fall ill during the evening. Arael examines them and asks them about their activities the day before, suggesting that they may have contracted some ill humours while escaping the Hellknights in the sewers. Carlos and Vaeden manage to fight off the worst effects of the illness, but Alizander’s fever worsens to the point of nausea and dizzy spells.
Toilday, 10 Rova, 4708 A.R.
Slavé returns to the dottari guardpost in the Adventurers’ Quarter in the morning and, using his dottari identification, performs reconnaissance at the warehouse containing the printing press. He convinces the guards to let him into the facility and takes account of the press’s location and the number of dottari that guard the warehouse during the day and night. Slavé feigns interest in another crate in the warehouse before leaving and heading to the safehouse to inform the rest of the group of the guard complement and building layout.
That night, the party mounts a stealth operation at the warehouse. Carlos and Alizander succeed in rendering two of the dottari and their guard dogs unconscious with sleep and colour spray spells, while Nagiphax and Vaeden use their saps to good effect on the other two dottari. Carlos successfully shrinks the press while Nagiphax breaks into several of the crates to make the break-in appear to be a random robbery. She examines some of the furniture held in the crate that Slavé showed interest in while scoping the place out earlier in the day and happens upon a pouch of 100 gp hidden within the upholstery of one of the chairs. The party returns to the Returners’ Safehouse with the invaluable printing press.
Treasure
· 100 gp
· De-commissioned printing press
Experience Awards
· Story Award (horse drama) - 1580 xp
· Dottari guards (4) - 540 xp
· Guard dogs (2) - 400 xp
· Story Award (the purloined press) - 2100 xp
· Total - 4620 xp
· Per PC (7) - 660 xp
· Fame Points (the purloined press) - 1 Fame Point
Current XP Totals Per PC (after session 4)
· Alizander, Carlos, Croso, Orem, Slavé, Vaeden – 2875 xp each
· Nagiphax – 2355 xp
· Tavo – 2215 xp
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