Session 31

PCs (lvl 8): Flynn, Tuarninn, Udo, Ulrich

MR 674 - Spring

Tuarninn wants to explore Harataken Hold to search for the root of the corruption that we found. Rest of party seems disinterested and we leave the investigation to Grodni.

During the next few weeks, he focuses on converting the mercenaries and recruits at Nesri's Garden to a singular company known as 'die Welle', with the angle that patrolling the vicinity of town would be a good way to keep the coin-seekers off the street and a way to safeguard the smallfolk that do not find their dwelling inside the city.

Flynn buys his dockers a bunch of visits to the whorehouse and taps them for info on unusual things, discovers a rise in interest for youths from 'wealthy merchant types'. He meets with Martha Muller, the guildmaster of the Merchant Guild, who informs him of disappearances from her orphanage, tempting him with a chance to become her heir if he solves the issue.

Udo explores Blackrock, trying to find the remaining "cat-piece" but coming up short with a guarded portcullis barring his way, and sets things in motion with Osanna to get the church of Nesri the building that was promised as recompense for dealing with Flynn's injuries. He looks into the men at the Rookery before deciding to throw his lot in with Lady Nacht and ratting out the now avowed demon-worshiping Count Sigismund. He also learns of a new access point to the keep in the missives of the Count, but Lady Nacht also finds the ring he carried to be a way of eavesdropping on the wearer.

Ulrich invests in the City Watch, improving both the barracks and his own house. He then pitches the idea of the city sponsoring 'die Welle' to General Von Dabernick, who agrees that this would be a useful tool to have. Von Dabernick in return sells Ulrich the idea that knighthood is but a decapitated Count away.

As a group, we start sealing off the city, keeping an eye on unusual arrivals. We decide that Flynn and Tuarninn will head to the orphanage, while Udo and Ulrich take on the political scene. Tuarninn successfully infiltrates the orphanage with help from Flynn, noting the facade is not reflective of the realities.

Ulrich asks for a new meeting with Udo and Nacht involved as well. Udo, under oath, reveals almost all the info he has on the Graf to Von Dabernick and Nacht. Von Dabernick fires him from Blackrock and Nacht takes Udo on as servant. Udo reveals to her and Ulrich that the Graf holds two of the "cat-pieces".