(G95 10/09/10 KT - AP, ON(GM), GF, SS)
DAY 7 Cont
Raya had been watching the corridor and heard voices so we shut the door and laid an ambush. At first
Fenrir tried to send them on their way by pretending to be Bala, but they were not fooled and came
bursting in.
We all shot at them and one went straight down and three more piled in. One of the thugs went for Nes,
but he struck him down with one deadly blow.
Fenrir hurled a vial of alchemist's fire at the door and engulfed one in flames.
The last one tried to run, but me and Fen went after him. I managed to shoot and miss a few times with
my bow so it fell to Fenrir to track him down and finish him off with one of his magic bolts.
Only one of the thugs actually died though, so I went to my guard post to bring down a squad to help drag
them out and we took them back, along with Weston.
At this point Raya went off, presumably home. I don't think she had much fun down there.
Under interrigation, done gleefully mainly by Fen and several buckets of water, they revealed they were
minions of 'The Plague Mistress' and had been sent by Vernon to deal with us.
We then went back to my digs and got cleaned up and had a bit of a rest, before discussing Fen's situation
with the signatures he needs for his contacts.
I came up with three ideas, namely these :
Plan 1 - The Father
For the father Phalconmere. Make a convincing letter that looks as if it has been sent by the tax collectors
or an agency of some kind that looks into tax and then send it to him.
The letter will say that he is being over taxed on his property or something similar and that all he
has to do is verify the frontage of his property or how many acres it covers and the sender of the letter
will start looking into seeing if his tax can be reduced.
Hopefully the idea of paying less tax will appeal to a canny merchant and he will send a signed reply.
Perhaps my family, or Fenrir's, both being noble family, have been sent tax letters in the past that
we can copy.
We can sent a messenger who will wait for the reply.
Plan 2 - Party Daughter
For the party daughter, Fenrir could ask some of the barmen of the taverns she visits for any IOUs
tabs or markers she has left. If she has he could buy them giving as an excuse 'I would like to
get to know her, and I think a gallant gesture would be to give her back the marker'.
Of course he doesn't though, he just keeps the signature.
Plan 3 - The married daughter
Tail her a bit to find out her movements, specifically when she leaves the house and where she goes.
Then we stage a little drama for her. She's a mother right? So she has kids.
Silver tongued Fenrir poses as a young noble whose family has hit hard times. Due to one thing or
another his family owe 10,000 gold to the evil Baron Balderdash.
The Baron is going to put Fenrir's sister and young children into debtors prison unless the money
is given to him.
Fenrir goes on to explain to her that he has the money in Baldur's Gate but he has to go and get it.
The Baron will not let him leave unless he gets a promissory note for the owed amount.
Now, Fenrir was to meet a friend here to witness the note, but he is nowhere to be found
(he suspects that the Baron may be involved!)
But then he say Lady Phalconmere and wonders if she would be willing to witness the note and save
his sister and children from prison?
She'd have to have a heart of stone not to witness the note.
Corum could pose as the Baron, not talking but standing some way off looking evil and twirling his
moustache.
She will probably have her husband there, whoever he is, so get him to sign it too. If its just
servants then that doesn't matter, the Baron just wants someone of good repute and standing to
sign it and a Lady will more than suffice.
I suggested we take one each, so Fen said he would go back to his family's place to get a letter,
Nes would try and get a marker from the Jade Dancer, and I would check out the Phalconmere residence
to see what was around there.
DAY 8
Well, I had a look around the manor, but I don't think she even lives any more so a bit more investation
required. Fen managed to sweet talk his old man though so he has the letter and lo and behold, Nes
had managed to get a marker from the barman at the Dancer so we have one out of three signatures.
Fen took the letter to his contact who told him it would take a couple of days to make a suitable
forgery. That would be good for me as I need the time to find out about the other daughter.
Anyway, I had to report for duty this morning, but managed to convince the Senior Civilar that my
time might be better spent sorting out all this rat catcher business rather than going out on patrol.
He grudengly agreed and signed me off for the day.
There was no sign of Raya today so it was just us lads that continued on with the detective work.
I know the Maknastey murders are not directly connected to Vernon but it may be in some way as it is
all part of the same 'world' so I didn't feel like I'd really lied to the Civilar when we decided to
focus todays efforts on it.
We went to the Trade Ward guard post to get the addresses of the 'reject squad' and so that Fen
could drool over Giselle.
We then went to the house of Olissar and met his wife. She was very worried about him as he'd gone
on a fishing trip seven days ago and had not come back.
Finally we went to the residence of Adon Hail. Lacking Raya's lockpicking ability we gained access with my
crowbar and had a snoop about. It looked like he'd not been home for a while and that he certainly hadn't
packed all his stuff for a long fishing trip as his wardrobe was full.
