Great Cunningness

Great Cunningness

• Jacopo goes to the King's Swords Garrison in Upper Central, where he questioned by Constance d'Medani and Viktor d'Deneith about the Diamond Theatre terror attacks and the party's involvement thus far. Jacopo attempts to lie stating a man of "great cunningness", possibly named Castor, stole Wultram Kazkov's missing bag of holding. They see through his deception and Jacopo eventually folds. He tells them everything except for the twins' psionic abilities, that Contessina is a changeling, or that they burglarized Lan Hazal's safe at Hazal Smelting. Jacopo learns that war hero Captain Alastair Buchanan is spearheading the investigation.
• Jacopo and Corwith ir'Cullen head to Truffs n Stuff to hand over the party's collected evidence. Jacopo hands it over, but withholds the letter from the foreman Bargast or the list of Hazal Smelting employees' addresses.
• Back at the Glum Gryphon, Jacopo reunites with the party and updates them. Some in the party recognize Alastair Buchanan as a Brelish war hero who lost his arm fighting Karrnathi. Talos reminds the party to always lawyer up when dealing with the authorities. The party debate what to do and decide to cooperate/negotiate with the King's Swords in the ongoing investigation.
• The party meets with Captain Buchanan, Constance d'Medani, Viktor d'Deneith and Corwith ir'Cullen to negotiate terms. Buchanan offers the party amnesty for prior actions in exchange for infiltrating the Bloody Blade Shrine. Buchanan wants the party for this task so that the King's Swords have plausible deniability if things go sour. He gives them "discs" to snap if the city is in danger which will summon King's Swords to their location. He also gives them 200 gold to help finance the infiltration. Buchanan allows the party to review the existing evidence. He is unsure where the Shrine is but knows that Lan Hazal has been staying at The Hazal Residence in Graywall.

Cloak and Dagger

• The party returns to Talos's Apartment and plan to infiltrate The Hazal Residence in Graywall. Jacopo wonders if the discs given to them by the King's Swords are being used to spy on the party.
• Lark, disguised as the foreman Bargast, assists the party in successfully infiltrating The Hazal Residence in Graywall. In his apartment, they find a set up game of Conqueror, financial documents, a Blood of Vol book and a dagger that doubles as a key to a hidden trapdoor.
• After leaving Ignus behind to exfiltrate himself, the party dons their robes and masks and enters a series of tunnels through the trapdoor. They join a growing stream of cultists. At the entrance to the Bloody Blade Shrine, each cultist is given a candle, a knife, and a cryptic message about rebellion against the gods. The party is separated and enter the Shrine.

❮ 006 · Chronicles · 008 ❯

Journal: Chronicles | Quests | Characters | Battles

Return to homepage.