Session Seventeen (Graveyard of Empires Summary)

Session 17

   Perete raises an eyebrow and asks the party if we’re going to New Town and says he will be revealing the tomb under the university to Lord Thornton. He asks for any information that will help him and the guards explore the tomb. They inform perete of a certain location in the tomb that him and the guard will need to investigate. In exchange Perete gives the party a tip to talk to Gosprend. The party hails a cart down and travels to New Town. Before they arrive they stop at a store and everyone purchases some nice and fancy backpacks.

       Upon arrival Axel tells a guard that they would like to meet with Gosprend. The guard recognizes the party and brings them into a waiting room. Gosprend comes out and brings the party to his office.  They start to discuss as to what happened with the lord mayor and the man that had killed him. Gosprend inquires as to why we are there. The party didn’t reveal it was for Lord Thornton but Gosprend seemed intent with what he was told. After Gosprend helped the party with directions; a pear shaped man named Apidius came into the room and was sent to go get a key for the party. They also get directions to Jocasa’s and where Baron lived.

   As the party heads over to Jocasa’s, Faldspar notices a beer stand which they go over to quench themselves from the heat. There was an old man by the stall which he highly recommends the beer. One sip from the beer revealed that it was quite terrible. He inquires as to what we’re doing, which Faldspar tells the man we’re going to meet Jocasa. He’s excited since he knows her and introduces himself as Finklemur Mudhuck and brings us over to her home.

   The party is invited into Jocasa’s home and discusses the dissapearance of Em.  Finklemur decides to join the party to find Em and tells the group that he knows magic, he is accepted into the group. The party goes up a level to Em’s home where the group talks to her parent’s getting the details of what happened when she came home.  The group finds out the name of the driver, Warren whom brought Em home. The party leaves over to the Pirate Princess Tavern to investigate Baron’s home. The apartment is rather small but pretty torn apart from what looks like guards coming in. Finklemur discovered a burnt pamphlet in the stove that showed a strike on the 30th of Enreldan. The party except for Axel realized that Baron was a drunk but found no bottles and the clothes didn’t smell like alcohol.

   The party leaves Baron’s apartment and knocks on the neighbors door to inquire about Baron. A man opens the door and lets them in and is questioned by the party about Baron. Thorfus realized that he couldn’t fully open up with his wife there and brought him out. He tells the party that he never really saw Baron drink but instead brought boxes in for a man named nute. The party goes into the tavern to talk to nute, however Finklemur casts a charm spell on nute . This reveals that there is a press for the pamphlets in the basement of the tavern.  Nute reveals the names of people organizing it, Euginia, Hardwin, and Fridwick. However Fridrick was drinking in the tavern and looked at Finklemur like “who is this?” which prompted the party to leave.

   The party stocks up on alcohol and proceeds to go over to the canals. There is a woman staring intently at the party, they gain interest and walk over to her. After introductions she points to where Baron’s body was found and gives the name of the person who found the body, the persons name was Hildebrandt. She finds out that the party was the one that found Baldric’s Gem and said she needed help with something and to trust her.

   She leads the party into a warehouse and inside is a man and woman. The man introduces himself and the woman, he beckons the party over to the water. They hear a voice in there head, which turns out to be a devil fish of Lisander.  He offers the head of the assassin in exchange of destroying the book. After some discussion they agree to do it,  informs them to destroy emperial roll volume 24. Finklemur asked by himself if there were any arcane arts to be imparted on him for the task and what his name is. The fish had said it’s possible and that it is Drayz.