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be here voluntarily"

Hmerrin looks around.
"Dez and Sarge, grab a girl. We'll leave them at the nearest temple."
[Knowledge Local 24 to figure out where that is]

"Everybody got what they wanted to get?" he asks.

Once Sarge and Dez confirm they can carry a woman, Hmerrin starts out.
"Gaffer, Sharpe. We're heading out. Check on ahead."

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Saturday March 28th, 2020 7:55:40 PM
"Umm...sure."

Sarge gives it her best try. She is strong enough to carry one of the women; the real question is whether she's tall enough. She does her best to keep any important bits from dragging on the ground.

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23]  d20+5=13 ;
Sunday March 29th, 2020 12:14:17 PM
(OOC: Oh, somehow I missed the captives in the previous DM post.)

(Heal: 13)

Desdichado looks over the women. He knows a bit about healing minor wounds non-magically, and doesn't see anything out of the ordinary with these women.

"Yes, we should most definitely get them to safety. I wonder though - Eisenhorn, you can transport people - would you be able to take them back to Shale House until we can figure out what's wrong with them? Then, as Hmerrin said, we can get them to a temple - maybe even one that would be willing to get them out of the city?" he says.

He turns to Hmerrin. "I want to get them out, but I worry about taking them with us right now since we're all in pretty bad shape and don't know what could be waiting for us outside these doors. If guards or soldiers are waiting out there, I don't want them to think we're kidnapping."

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 17/17/14; HP 45/82; CMD 17] 
Monday March 30th, 2020 9:07:10 AM
(OOC: I missed them as well.)

"Yes I should be able to take the three of them to Shale House relatively easily. There is some powerful magic around this whole suite though so it may not work I'm not sure if it prevents that type of conjuraton magic, but hopefully not. Is there anything else you'd like me to take with me? I can only do up to 4 people myself included, but may be able to also carry some of the more sensitvie items." Eisenhorn replies to Dez.

-------Active Effects-------

Mage Armor (+4 to AC) 10 Hours - 9min 24 sec

Shifty Stats:

Armor Class: AC 21 Touch 18 Flat 18
DR: 5/Magic
HP current/max: 41/41

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Monday March 30th, 2020 12:50:33 PM
If the women cannot be teleported out, Desdichado carries one. He also takes all of the ledgers (3?) that appear to be related to the slave trade.

The 5th Floor-Ralsiner's Suite- DM Dan K 
Monday March 30th, 2020 9:11:02 PM
Eisenhorne has the 4 crystal decanters in his Haversack
Hmerrin has the 11,200 gold that he has found so far
Gaffer and Sharpe wait by the door
Sarge can carry one of the women
Hmerrin hoists one as well as DezThe paladin inspects the unconscious women and can find no injuries. He does find evidence of alcohol and mind altering herbs for smoking about. Very likely the cause of thier condition
Hmerrin wants to simply drop them off at the the Temple of Warrd and be gone.
Eisenhorne wants to bring them to Shale House. He offers to teleport all 3 and can take one other. Eisenhorne is able to do so, the spell works
Dez has the ledgers

The group leaves everything else and gets ready to be gone. Eisenhorne has teleported out with the women

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26 
Monday March 30th, 2020 10:43:22 PM
Toston takes a sample of some of the herbs to go since everyone carried off everything else.

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Monday March 30th, 2020 11:47:05 PM
Sarge makes sure that somebody has the ledgers, then leads the way back to Shale House.

Sharpe - [AC 27/17/20 - CMD 26; HP 51/82] - [Charles]  d20+12=15 ;
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 7:01:19 AM
"Are we ready to go? I'm going to do one last sweep."

Sharpe darts about doing one last check of each room he looks for anything they may have left tor dropped that would immediately identify them. (Perception 15).

He grab anything he thinks is of value that has been left behind. Kicks open the trunks and tips them out, generally start ransacking.
Any of the following that nobody has taken he takes:- tapestry 150gp, jewellery 500gp, rings 300 gp; sack of coins 1000 gp; pouch 1200gp.

He also grabs the bow and arrows.

"Right disappearin' time."

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 17/17/14; HP 45/82; CMD 17]  d100=72 ;
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 9:04:30 AM
Eisenhorn makes sure the three women are in contact with him. "Right...see you at Shale House.Shifty go with Sharpe." he says and utters the proper mnemonic, disapearing along with the three women and hopefully apearing in Shale House at the 3rd floor receiving room. (Teleport Roll: 72)

Once there assuming the women are still unconsciouns he moves them to the Cage Area and locks the door by casting Arcane Lock on it. "Better to play it safe until the others arive." he mutters to himself.

-------Active Effects-------

Mage Armor (+4 to AC) 10 Hours - 9min 24 sec

Shifty Stats:

Armor Class: AC 21 Touch 18 Flat 18
DR: 5/Magic
HP current/max: 41/41

Gaffer (Courtney HP: 85/85 AC:29(25)(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 3/4 SB 5/7 LL 9/9)   d20+17=25 ;
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 6:15:34 PM
Gaffer stays by Sharpe's side until they get outside before springing into the air and taking the form of an Owl to keep watch as the party travel back to the house.

(Perception: 25)

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 6:36:31 PM
Dez heads out with the rest of the Tide.

Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 91/109 AC:28 T:16 FF:23 CMD:27) 
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 6:42:49 PM
Hmerrin gives up his girl to Eisenhorne.

After the wizard disappears, he recalls the wemic was using hand axes.

The young fighter stuffs both of them into his belt.

And as long as he's here, relieves the fellow of his cloak and belt, which he stuffs into his backpack.

Hmerrin races to join the others on their way out.

Away from the Arena- DM Dan K 
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 10:57:40 PM
Toston takes a few samples of the herbs lying about the den of pillows where the women were found
Sarge double checks and finds that Hmerrin has all of the books and ledgers found
Eisenhorne arrives at Shale House and takes the precaution of putting the 3 women in the cage until the others arrive
As the others are leaving, Sharpe heads back in to give the place a once over. The five dead opponents lie where they fell. The tapstries are full wall coverings and very, very bulky. Sharpe can easily snag the rings and jewlery
and even finds a small pouch of gemstones.
Hmerrin thinks to grab the hand axes from the liontaur, along his cloak and belt.

The group is exiting and the last couple of heroes hurry to catch up. The party moves down the 5th floor stair and finds the golem where they left it and in the same condition. A quick right and hurrying along, the 4th floor stair is descended
and the party falls onto the main promanade. Gaffer shifts to an owl and takes flight. He quickly spots the expected cat here and dog there, but also spots a very high flying hawk. The bird is well away from the arena. Looking to be on completely unrelated business to the party.
The party leaves the arena soon enough and now it's just a matter of 20 or so minutes through the dark streets of Dirt City. Plenty of time to think and discuss what they have uncovered thus far. The slave trade to be sure, and obviously very much the head of slavers in Dirt City.

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26 
Tuesday March 31st, 2020 11:52:26 PM
Toston tries to help whoever is carrying the last girl that Eisenhorne couldn't take. He takes off his cloak and covers the woman if she might appear indecent.

He says to the others, "So how are we going to take out the slavers? Do you think we could expose them with their dirty ledgers?"

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 17/17/14; HP 45/82; CMD 17] 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 1:49:26 PM
Eisenhorn looks around shale house for something to eat not being able to remember when was the last time he had a meal.

-------Active Effects-------

Mage Armor (+4 to AC) 10 Hours - 9min 24 sec

Shifty Stats:

Armor Class: AC 21 Touch 18 Flat 18
DR: 5/Magic
HP current/max: 41/41

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 4:16:40 PM
Sarge snorts a little at Toston's question. "Not sure anybody in Dirt City will care," she says. "Unless they were skimming off the top or something. We should have a look when we get back."

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 5:02:02 PM
"Well, whatever we need to do, I think it can wait until tomorrow, or at least much later today. I feel like we haven't had any rest for a couple of days now. Plus, I'm starving."

Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 91/109 AC:28 T:16 FF:23 CMD:27) 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 5:03:57 PM
"Yeah, kinda with Sarge on that one," Hmerrin sighs, as they make their way back to Shale House. "Minding your own business is taken to a serious fault around here."

"Hopefully, these books give us some clues. And, just maybe, some idea about what just happened here."

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 10:13:45 PM
Toston nods. (OOC: checking in)

Shale House- DM Dan K 
Wednesday April 1st, 2020 10:19:50 PM
Toston brings up the slavers, what did the others think. How to take them out. Perhaps exposing the operation through the ledgers?
Sarge is dubious, to whom would they expose the operation to?
Des thinks things can wait, his stomach is demanding attention
Hmerrin agrees with Sarge, Mind your Business is the unspoken motto of Dirt City. Hopefully the ledgers will help
At Shale House, Eisenhorne noses about and successfully locates the kitchen, pantry and larder. His new friends keep a good stock in all areas

The group decides to not go into too much of the events over the last days and simply focuses on the task at hand. Get home without another fight. Activity is herd and noticed throughout
the city, as the party makes their way. The Houses, if anything, have added security at thier block borders. Perhaps anticipating problems as word of the divine shake up ripple through the city
over the next few days. A distant resound of thunder lets everyone know that the morning is going to bring storm. Perhaps it will help keep people indoors, but then again, it could also be seen as an
omen of the recent events.

The party does make it home without incident. Now safe, relatively speaking, the ledgers are cracked and the code breakers in the party can get to work at learning how extensive the trade routes of the former slave
trade out of Dirt City was.

Sharpe - [AC 27/17/20 - CMD 26; HP 51/82] - [Charles] 
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 6:29:29 AM
As Sharpe gets back to the house he goes to check on his partner, seeing him happily munching away he gives him a grin. "Shifty is back and the others might have more work for that brain of yours". He flashes the pouch of gemstones. " Fairly lucrative work, for freeing slaves".

He moves to the large table and dumps out everything he picked up a twinkle in is eye. He generally addresses the room. "So how do you guys work, are we working for shares or is this more of a every man to himself situation?"

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 1:18:02 PM
Desdichado gets some rest and meets the others to discuss the day's happenings.

He helps to look over the ledgers, trying to determine what they can discover about the slaver network. Growing up with a mercantile father, Des knows a little about reading ledgers. He's no expert, but can definitely lend a hand. (OOC: what would the check for Aid Another be here - appraise? Some knowledge check?)

As they review the ledgers, Desdichado's countenance falls as if something is greatly troubling him. While everyone is in the room, he stands and says there's something he'd like to say.

"I haven't known most of you for very long, but there's something I need to get off my chest. My father was involved in the slave trade back home. It made our family a lot of money. I didn't know until I was 17 - and it was the same day I left my family and my name behind. So, this feels very personal to me. But by the light of Domi I will help set this right."

With that over, he goes back to discussing what their next steps should be.

"Oh, do you think it's safe for Tombo and the others to come back now?" he asks, "I suppose those Ga'al assassins could come back, but with a couple of extra hands they may be safer with us now than away from us."

"Besides, he's a much better cook than any of you," he adds to lighten the mood.

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy)  d20+16=21 ;
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 2:22:59 PM
When they first return to Shale House, Sarge takes another look at the unconscious women, assuring herself that they are merely sleeping off the effects of intoxicants, and aren't in any medical danger [Heal 21].

Then she heads off to get some rest.

Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 91/109 AC:28 T:16 FF:23 CMD:27) 
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 3:56:03 PM
Hmerrin also goes to get some sleep.

In the morning, he'll hand Eisenhorn the cloak, belt, and two axes he took off the wemic.
"Can you figure out if they're magical, and maybe what they do?" he asks.

He nods at Dez's comments.
"To be honest, I didn't know there even was a slave trade here. Definitely something to look into."

"And yes, we should let Tombo and the rest know they can come back."

Hmerrin figures he'll be little help deciphering the ledgers, so instead sets himself the task of repairing the upstairs windows, and whatever else they broke during the fight.

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 17/17/14; HP 45/82; CMD 17]  d20=5 ; d20=15 ;
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 6:42:06 PM
As soon as the rest of the party arives Eisenhorn greats them and lets them know of the three women being locked in the 3rd floor cage. "I know it is a bit uncouth to lock up the young ladies like that, but thought It would be better to play it safe as we have no idea where their alegiances lie or what they are capable of."

"You mentioned finding some ledgers. Can you let me see them? " Eisenhorn takes the ledger and takes out a couple of sheets of paper. He takes some time meticulosuly going through the accounts making notes and cross referencing various words, symbols and numbers until sleep overtakes him. (Roll: 5) [OOC: No idea what I am rolling for this, Linguistics? To Decipher the hidden coded language? if so total is 24. Also would I be able to take 20 on this as I would be studying the ledgers for some time trying to puzzle them out?]

"Of Course Hmerrin. I do enjoy figuring out what magical properties items posses. It is important to understand that some imbued items can be quite dangerous if not properly understood..." Eisenhorn says to Hmerrin as he takes the items and casts detect magic to identify any magical ones. He then attemps to identify the properties of the magical items. (Spellcraft Roll: 15 + 19 = 34)

Gaffer (Courtney HP: 85/85 AC:25(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 4/4 SB 7/7 LL 10/10)  
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 6:51:00 PM
When they first arrive back Gaffer lets another hour pass by, staying in flight or perched on nearby rooftops to ensure they weren't followed. Finally he lands in a nearby ally to return to his Human form and go home.

In the morning Gafferr listens as Des says his peace before patting him on the back to reassure him as best as he thinks someone should. "Well that is your family. and not you. We'll all help put a stop to this."

He'll take some food, sadly not Tombo's, to the women they rescued and see how they are reacting to the change of location.

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26 
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 10:39:01 PM
Toston says to Des, "As I said before you have my sword, my fists and my spells. I think the penalties to my mental faculties wore off while we were wondering through the streets. The slave trade is a scourge to Dirt City and we must drive it out."

Shale House- DM Dan K 
Thursday April 2nd, 2020 10:59:39 PM
The group hits the sack to get some sleep.
Sarge, first checks on the 3 women and is quite sure they are not waking up anytime soon and she is also certain that they are not in any medical danger. Just sleeping it off.

Morning comes and the group convenes in the common room on the second floor. A quick check at the cages and the women show some small signs of coming around. Perhaps another hour for them.
The Ledgers are cracked open and Eisenhorne begins to have a go at them. Linguistics to Decipher Hidden Code, correct
Des lends what Aid he can, having seen account ledgers before, he can at least provide some context.
The pair come to a few conclusions. The first being that this is a multi day project. The second being that the state of the ledgers implies that Ralsiner was the top leader of the Slave trade in Dirt City

Sharpe has some loot, an onyx and ruby ring each worth 300gp, a small ivory carving on a platinum thread worth 500gp, a pouch of gemstones worth 1,200gp
Hmerrin has two bags of gold, 1,200gp and 10,000gp and a few things for Eisenhorne to magically identify
The wizard obliges and uncovers 2 hand axes +2, a cloak of protection +2 and Belt of Dexterity +2

Discussion also turns to telling Tombo and the others that it is safe to return and the group is in agreement to do so.

The rain has started outside and Gaffer checks and feels that Dirt City is in for a solid 3 days of it. Traditionally not much goes on about the City during these storms. A couple ships will go out, but no flat barges on the river and mot much at the markets. The group will have some time to do what they want indoors for a bit.

Sharpe - [AC 27/17/20 - CMD 26; HP 51/82] - [Charles]  d20+12=15 ;
Friday April 3rd, 2020 3:24:05 PM
(perception - 15)
Sharpe wakes up from his rest, still unsure of what to do with the items they found at the arena he looks for a hiding spot in his room.

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 45/82; CMD 17] 
Friday April 3rd, 2020 3:45:58 PM
As soon as Eisenhorn wakes up he goes back to trying to puzzle out the ledgers. Midway through the day he remembers the dagger...or was it a snake...daggersnake? And goes to check if it is still there, remembering to cast Protection on evil on himself before looking too closely.

Active Effects:

Protection from Evil 10 min.

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Friday April 3rd, 2020 4:17:14 PM
Sarge decides somebody should be there when the women wake up, and it might as well be her. She goes up and sits on the floor just outside the cage, waiting for them to wake up.

Gaffer (Courtney HP: 85/85 AC:25(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 4/4 SB 7/7 LL 10/10)   d20+17=28 ;
Saturday April 4th, 2020 6:57:31 AM
Gaffer lets the other's know that he intends to check over activity around the arena.
Reverting back to his usual Hawk form and flies towards the arena, pausing at times to stop over rooftops or meander off to the side, as an added precaution. (Perception: 28)

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26 
Saturday April 4th, 2020 7:39:31 AM
(OOC: Wasn't there a fourth woman that either Des, Sarge or Hmerrin carried back?)

Toston is also on hand when the women wake up. He would like to see what they can remember of the slave trade from the inside.

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Saturday April 4th, 2020 6:50:52 PM
Dez talks with the women and offers to get them help out of the city. He also searches out Tombo and the others to let them know it's safe to return to Shale House.

Shale House- DM Dan K  d20+8=19 ; d4-2=2 ; d4-2=1 ;
Monday April 6th, 2020 8:55:28 AM
The group is in the common room and several have some things to do.
Eisenhorne starts his day with breakfast and the ledgers. later he returns to the serpent dagger for additional investigation there as well
Des, Toston and Sarge all eat fairly quickly and head to the cage to be there when the three women wake up. There were only 3 total. 1 was hefted over a shoulder, but then Eisenhorne teleported them all back
Gaffer goes on hawk patrol to see what ruckus might be brewing at the Arena.

Eisenhorne pieces more of the code together on the ledgers and makes good progress. His big discoveries of the day is the slave trade has been going on for a very long time and no Houses of Dirt City are ever specifically. The other is that payments move through several fronts, very clever, very careful and those being paid off, might very well not know

The women awaken and all are a bit groggy, as you would expect and very quickly sober to their surroundings and become quite scared.

Gaffer finds the Arena to look relatively normal from the air as he passes over. The morning light crowd gathered and a display of martial skill and wrestling is currently underway. Or perhaps just warm ups before an event later. He spies no one on the 4th floor balconies and cannot see the 5th floor suites of course as they are enclosed.

Des gets to Tombo and the others and lets them know the danger is passed and they can return to open their shops. He is thanked and all say they will be along in short order. Eager to get back to work and their businesses.

Later in the afternoon Eisenhorne casts Protection from Evil upon himself and heads back to look a the dagger. When he opens the box, he finds instead, a coiled green eyed serpent poised to strike. The snake's fangs strike and inject a poison into the mage
Hit AC 19 Dmg 2 Will Save DC 13 Failure results -1 Wis and thinking he has studied the dagger, learned nothing and return to the others, box secured, however in reality Eisenhorne will not close the box

Sharpe - [AC 27/17/20 - CMD 26; HP 51/82] - [Charles] 
Monday April 6th, 2020 3:20:19 PM
Sharpe decides to go to the temple of Waard to pray. All being normal he give, subtlety gives a silver to any beggar who asks.

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 45/82; CMD 17]  d20=16 ;
Monday April 6th, 2020 3:59:05 PM
(Will Save Roll: 16 + 9 = 25) (OOC: I added 10HP for the long rest... don't know if that's accurate, that brings HP to 55 less 2 rom the bite = 53)

"Ow! Damn it! Why I ought to...." Eisenhorn exclaims as the snake bites into his arm. Having had experience with the snake's ability to influence thought he quickly recovers from the atempt and closes the box quickly. "Fascinating... I must learn its secrets" Eisenhorn murmurs to no one in particular as he studies the box. "Shifty! Please stay in the room and observe if the snake in this box tries to escape warn the others. UNDER NO CIRUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU COME CLOSE TO THE BOX OR THE SNAKE! Do you understand?" Eisenhorn says to Shifty in Auran, hoping that the snake would not understand. He proceeds to cast Arcane Lock on the box and then Detect Thoughts to check if the snake is sentient at all.

----Active Effects-----
Protection from Evil 10 min.
Detect Thoughts 10min.

Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 91/109 AC:28 T:16 FF:23 CMD:27) 
Monday April 6th, 2020 5:27:50 PM
Hmerrin heads out in the rain to grab the materials he needs to fix the window, and whatever else needs fixing on the third floor.

He shakes his head upon hearing Eisenhorne's encounter.
"My vote is put the box in a bag full of rocks, and chuck it in river," he opines.

However, as long as the wizard is around, Hmerrin brings out the flail and cloak they'd recovered from the attackers of Shale House, and asks if E can identify them as well.

OOC - DM DanK, you wouldn't happen to have a full list of what we picked up from the two dead guys from the attack on Shale House?

Sharpe - [AC 27/17/20 - CMD 26; HP 61/82] - [Charles] 
Monday April 6th, 2020 5:31:23 PM
updating hp

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23]  d20+15=33 ;
Monday April 6th, 2020 6:53:09 PM
Desdichado comes back to check on the women, and see how they are doing. He tries to calm them down and let them know they are safe. He asks what they would like done with themselves, trying to convince them that getting out of the city would probably be the safest thing for them. He also asks if they remember how they ended up as slaves - where they were, any details about who captured them, and so on.

(Diplomacy: 33)

He also helps Hmerrin with some of the repairs as needed.

"Ugh, that snake...isn't that the second or third time it's attacked you? I'd say Hmerrin's right - we should just get rid of it. At the very least, I wouldn't open that box again by yourself."

Gaffer (Courtney HP: 85/85 AC:25(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 4/4 SB 7/7 LL 10/10)  
Monday April 6th, 2020 8:15:16 PM
Seeing nothing that grabs his interest, Gaffer returns to Shale House, taking the same slow journey to return.

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Monday April 6th, 2020 8:53:09 PM
"Hi," Sarge says to the women when they awaken. "Don't be scared. Nobody here wants to hurt you. Sorry about the cage thing; we weren't sure who you were or what you could do. Er....who are you?"

As she speaks, Sarge remains sitting on the floor. She is, of course, in full armor, because dwarf, but she has taken off her helmet and set it beside her.

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26  d20+3=4 ; d20+7=21 ;
Monday April 6th, 2020 10:44:57 PM
Toston sits by the cages looking like a harmless little gnome with golden scaly skin.

He hands out the food the women after taking bites of his own portion to assure them it is safe. He tries to help Des's diplomacy attempt but he finds himself tongue tied. He must still be suffering a little bit of the after affects of the touch of idiocy. (Diplomacy: 4 vs aid another 10 = failure)

He then pays attention to what the women have to say (Sense Motive: 21)

Shale House- DM Dan K 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 1:11:21 AM
Eisenhorne recoils from the attack and quickly closes the lid. He magically locks it and then casts Detect Thoughts. Not only is the serpent sentient and thinking, it strikes back through the spell and the wizard feels the creature scanning his own mind! Another step back and Eisenhorne shakes the link off. He quickly heads to informs the others

Toston, Sarge and Des are with the women when they awaken and do their best, which is good enough, to calm them down. Toston giving them some food helps quite a bit.

Sarge begins with her name, and the 3 provide theirs in kind. Arviel, Maithe, and Val. None of the women are slaves and they aren't sure what gives you the idea that they were. They were invited to an after party by THE Samuel CherryBlossom at his suite with some friends. He's rich, generous, and has nothing but the finest in all things. So they of course went and it was great and now they are in a cage who knows where and though you are talking nice, they are very unsure what is going on.
Nothing in what they say or how they act gives Toston any kind of feeling that they are not being completely honest

Hmerrin heads out to get a few things for some repairs and Des joins him
Sharpe has already left for the temple of Warrd
Gaffer is at the Arena at this point still

While Eisenhorne has a few minutes, about an hour, to mull over things waiting for the group to all be back. His mind goes over a few events and puts some pieces together.
The serpent, a sentient creature assuming the shape of a dagger and able to extend its will upon others? Given recent company, it is almost certainly a Rakshasa. Known as Raktavarna, it can charm, manipulate memory and is the eyes and ears of a more powerful master at any distance. They are also known for being able to understand all languages and the more powerful its master, the greater it's own abilities.
Eisenhorne also believes that Ralsinar was Rakshasa as well. A Marai, a spell casting and magic driven Rakshasa who prefers to torment and exploit mortals who have no idea of the rakshasa's true nature.

Hmerrin and Des return, both with a quick suggestion on disposal of the snake, but with the added information they might have a change of plan.

Sharpe's trip to the temple of Warrd is uneventful. Most are staying indoors during the downpour. He does note several men from House Dart and House Key are at the temple. Both groups are minding their own business, but definitely have their eyes peeled for trouble. It is also not hard to find a several grubbers in need

Gear from earlier: Assumed to be detected and identified
+1 studded leather, +1 kukri, +1 composite shortbow (+2 Str) with 20 arrows, cloak of elvenkind, giant wasp poison (1), large scorpion venom (1)
Full Platemail, large Steel Shield, +2 Flail, Longbow with 40 arrows, Short sword, dagger, Cloak +2; sunrods (2), 200 gp

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 45/82; CMD 17] 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 7:17:00 AM
"Chuck it?! ... into a river?!... Dear Gods Man! This is one of the most fascinating creatures I have ever seen, and I don't think it's existence has been documented anywhere, at least not that I've read. And I have read QUITE... A... BIT. Not to mention that I don't even know if it needs to breath air, what if I chuck it into the river and some poor hapless farmboy stumbles into it while fishing or something!?" Eisenhorn composes himself a bit after his rant. "Now... I just atempted to read the snake's thoughts and it struck back at me through the spell. It tried to read MY MIND through the spell I CAST!" He says giddy with excitment, looking at Des he says "I have taken some precautions. I've locked the box with a spell so that only I can open it and Shifty is looking over the box. He should warn you if something goes awry. Although... He's a fickle little S...rascal so if you see me running out of that room like a maniac screeming, snake's probably taken over. Now if you'll excuse me I want to try some other methods."

Eisenhorn goes back into the room with the snake and making sure he maintains a good distance from the box starts shouting variations of "Hello Snake! CAN... YOU... UNDERSTAND... ME?" in all the languages he knows starting from Sylvan. If the snake does not respond he goes looking for Gaffer to see if the Druid can offer some insight into how to communicate with the snake.

----Active Effects-----
Protection from Evil 10 min.

Desdichado(Ryan) [HP: 31/102; AC:22/10/20 - CMD 23] 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 2:02:05 PM
Desdichado asks the others to huddle by him to discuss what they’ve learned from the women. “Well, if they aren’t slaves, what should we do with them? We can’t keep them here, but if they leave that could lead to major trouble for us, especially if someone traces them back to Shale House. Maybe we ask where they are from, put them to sleep, and leave them at their respective homes? And have any of you heard of this ‘Samuel CherryBlossom’ before? That’s not a name I’ve heard associated with the Houses, but I also don’t know much about this town.”

Talking with Eisenhorne adds to Dez’s confusion.

“So, the snake, the tiger guy, and the weirdo snake-man are all rakshas, or however you say it? Why would they be running a slave ring? That sounds like really bad news.” He thinks for a moment. “The good news is that I can smite them if it comes down to it!”

Gaffer (Courtney HP: 85/85 AC:25(T:21/FF:17) CMD:24 WS 4/4 SB 7/7 LL 10/10)  
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 7:11:31 PM
Gaffer enjoys seeing Dirt City in it's quieter state as the storm rests overhead, it feels so long ago that much of it was reduced to rubble. He takes a moment as he flies round to see how it has been faring since and, remembering what he was doing before they were attacked, he pays a visit to the temple again, to see if he can offer any help for a few hours.

Hmerrin (MikeK)(HP 91/109 AC:28 T:16 FF:23 CMD:27) 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 7:34:15 PM
Hmerrin listens in on Sarge and Dez.
"If they were there voluntarily, say 'Sorry' and let 'em go. I mean, its not like the bad guys don't know where we live."

He regards Eisenhorne.
"And speaking of bad guys, your saying the Snake Knife, the Snake Guy, and the Tiger Guy are all the same race?"
The young fighter rubs his chin.
"Oh, and they're all involved in running a slave ring through Dirt City.
Well that's terrific.
Any idea from them books if there are more Rakashas? Or maybe where they're holding these slaves? Might be a good time for us to pay a call."

Sarge [AC 20; HP 37/61](Kathy) 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 10:22:17 PM
"Okay," Sarge tells the women. "Are any of you spellcasters? Gonna turn me into a salamander or something the minute I open the door? No?"

Assuming they're not spellcasters, Sarge lets them out. "So, you were pretty out of it when we found you. Did you drink, and maybe take other stuff, of your own accord? None of my business if you did, of course. But if you didn't, that means you were drugged, and that's worrying. So, should we worry? Or were you just all partied out?"

Shale House- DM Dan K 
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 10:44:10 PM
The group has a couple of things going on.
What to do with the women? Put them to sleep somehow and drop them off somewhere in Dirt City per a thought from Des or his other point of simply letting them go.
Hmerrin is for letting them go. They are citizens of Dirt City, the bad guys already know where to find The Tide after all
Sarge is up for letting them out and finds the truthful answers from the women reassuring. They are not spell casters. Of course they did some drugs, but were not drugged, big difference and Sarge's questions and statements do bring up some from them. "Who are you, Don't remember you at the party and why did you feel the need to locks us up in a cage until morning?" However, none press the matter not wanting to put any of the heavily armed and generally powerful looking people between them and freedom in a foul mood

The Dagger, now identified as a Rakshasa is the next matter. Eisenhorne wants to keep it for further study. What's the connection to the slave ring? Why are the Rakshasa trafficking Dirt City citizens? Outside of the obvious answer of, there is a great deal of money in it

Hmerrin hopes the Ledgers will provide more information..

Eisenhorne spends more time with the Rkashasa. It does not answer anything the wizard shouts at it.

Gaffer swings back through the temple to assist. One of the acolytes gladly puts him to work organizing a few of the cloak rooms. When the storms die down, the acolytes and clerics expect quite a run on the place, what with all of the gods splitting and a couple of them dying and Warrd joining Alemi and the bad boding the Marteus is back on his own. Many of them felt better when a pantheon was keeping him in check. Ga'al as well. Now they answer to no one and no others they need to appease with collaboration

Gaffer and Sharpe return to Shale House where the entire party is hunkered down in cleaning up the battle from 2 nights ago and making a few repairs.

XP Awards. All PC's receive 20,000 xp

Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP: 74/74; AC:26/19/20- CMD 26  d20+16=26 ;
Tuesday April 7th, 2020 11:19:45 PM
Toston sits there dumbfounded. The women were there of their own will and not slaves? (but there is a slave ring going on?)

When pulled into the huddle he says, "Wait the dagger is the same thing as the tiger guy and the snake guy we fought earlier? That's just weird. I wonder if they killed Three Bits. Maybe if she's still out there she knows something about Raksashas or Nissa does or come to think of it maybe I do.

Toston sits and has a long think about what he knows about Raksashas (Know[Arcana]:26)

Eisenhorn (David) [AC 13/13/10; HP 45/82; CMD 17]  d20=20 ; d20=13 ;
Wednesday April 8th, 2020 7:06:29 AM
With the Rakshasa not answering to any of his prompts Eisehnorn tries to remember if he's ever read a book titled "How to ask Rakshasa for directions and other useful tips for the savy planar traveler" or " Interogation for dummies: Rakshasa Edition" (Knowledge Planes Roll: 20 + 20 = 40) to see if he can remember any useful information on how to get the rakshasa to talk or why they might need slaves.

He then goes back to the ledgers trying to finish decoding them. He tries to find any clues as to why outsiders would be involved in this and any key parts in the chain the Tide could potentially disrupt. (Linguistics Roll: 13 + 19 = 32)

With all of the excitment of the Rakshasa and the ledgers Eisenhorn has forgotten about the three women he locked up.

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