Lightsong's Journal - Chapter 2-I

Arriving in Laighfuar

On the ship

  • The crew pulls into the port.
  • Lightsong deduces that he will find a bookstore.
  • Jerrick Thorkalan - good friend - we could reach out to him.
  • Lady Baroness Layalish.
  • Flawless Pork is an inn we can stay at.

Disembarking

  • Guards want to inspect the ship. We say goodbye.
  • Torin gets on Henry the horse.
  • Cherry wants the drugs. We gonna get 18 gold pieces for it.
    • The Lizard Bachelor!
    • Theatre District
  • Grin will give us the goods. (The Sparkle Dust)
  • The Mounted Beagle.
    • Reekal needs a bard.
    • Jerrin, the Guard.
  • The Guards check us all. We go by. Make some checks and whatnot.

Heading to the Lizard Bachelor

  • Thurysso Green reaches out to us as we depart.
  • The shack with the blue lantern on the northernmost wharf.
  • Old grizzly man inside
  • "How does one make sense in the dark?"
  • He shall respond "with a helpful light" and ask if we are bringing one?
  • "I try to share my light where I can, and I wish to share it with others"
    • He will ask us to join him on his dinghy.
  • Go through the entryways

Buying things along the way

  • Hazar buys Blade of Dusk (dagger on the longer side of things - for backstabbing, perhaps!)
  • Louie sells Lightsong 5 cabbages. Boudicca takes them.
  • Head down the street toward the Lizard Bachelor.

Arriving at the Theatre District

The Belt Theatre!

  • One of the trees has many different playbill style posters.
  • CODA - Coalition of Dwarven Artisans.
    • Meeting at the Immaculate Gryffin in Lostweave.
  • Down the street and to the left - The Lizard Bachelor.
  • Gnome Pickpocket!
  • Torin and Hazar catch the Gnome. We get back from him:
    • A Copper Ring
    • A Brass Ring
    • A set of Silvery Earrings
    • 2 Silver pieces, a Copper Piece.
    • Torin's entire coinpurse.
  • We go into the The Lizard Bachelor. We ask for Cherry at the bar, which is not received kindly.
  • All but Boudicca are led into the back room. Cherry has lots of gold jewelry. She asks us to sit down as she takes the note from Captain Pop Cornwallis III.

Session One Ends

Cherry, Hawk, and the case of the Skimmed Profits

In Cherry's Lair

  • We convince Cherry to get us 18 gold a piece.
  • We get Boudicca in from the bar to collect her gold, because Hazar rolled a 2 on persuasion.
  • Cherry has a task for us. An associate, Hawk Vorplen. We gotta shake him up. He's skimming profits.
  • Cherry's office building is The Demon Lender.
  • The Elm Snake in Palace-Stead - that's his favorite bar. If we don't find him at the office.
    • House in Wall Brook.

Back in the Bar

  • We met Herman and T.F. (Nick and Rajan one-off characters)
  • We invite them to journey with us this one time.

Walking to Lostweave, the Weapon Shop

  • We were in Estwick, at the wall... we need to find a gate.
  • We come across guards and a portcullis to the upper city.
  • We notice rogues in the new city.
  • T.F.'s insight tells us we were smart not to corner them in an alleyway.
  • We enter the shop.
  • Flim Flam charms the Shopkeep (he's Genie the Wuldan btw, which Lightsong and Torin speak).
  • Lightsong gets the Bow of the Wanderer (shortbow +1, I can shoot arrows in the air and they will land in the direction I need to go)
  • Axe of Cleaving for Torin.
  • Cunneke would know about the Blade of Dusk.

Checking out Hawk Vorplen

  • My Shortbow of the Wanderer suggests we go to the Elm Snake in Palace-Stead.

Encounter with the Baccheranes

  • We fought some... religious fanatics?
  • Herman and TF went to take our friend TF to the hospital.

Hawk and the Fight Club

The Elm Snake and the Fight Club

  • We went into the Elm Snake where Hawk Vorplen, got into the Fight Club
    • Possibly illegal.
  • We place bets on who we think will win.
  • Very important rule - no swearing!
    • Heads might roll, but your tongues better not!

The Dueling Dwarves

  • The dueling dwarves! Torin and Boudicca.
  • Lightsong cured Ayla the White with his last spell slot, to the dismay of his compatriots who were relying on his limited heals.
  • Hazar and Lightsong are fighting in the ring... or so it seems.
  • Ayla shrugs them off and defuses the situation. Dashing Lightsong's plans.
  • Hazar tries to bribe the ring-announcer.
  • Potion salesman sells Lightsong two potions of mana.
  • Ayla rebuffs Hazar who brazenly asks her out.
  • Lightsong places bets.
    • 5 gold on Hawk semi-final.
    • 10 gold on Dueling Dwarves (who are against Hawk) in the final.
    • Notices door behind booth, halfling takes bets, door closes with a click.
  • Hawk and Aylis vs. Larry and Thorn.
  • Hawks partner Gus got killed. Aylis new gf/fighting-partner.

Dueling Dwarves Win!

  • Torin needs to get nerfed, too skrong.
  • With Hawk and Aylis in the backroom.
  • Hawk saved his constitution saving throw and thus did not have
  • They all agree to go to Cherri (Cheri? Cherry?) together.

Continued in Lightsong's Journal, Ch 2, II