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Session 28: Gifts and Obligations

General Summary

Having rescued Brottor, Melios and Ana investigate the area as Thia comes looking for them, while Therei does a bit of reading and exploring on his own. Going and fetching the guards, they extract the bodies of the fallen devils for safe-keeping, and then go looking for the jewelry store Brottor had been after previously. Unfortunately, the owner isn't of much assistance (despite investigating the severed crystalline devil arm Melios brought along), but she does mention another jewelry store in town, as well as a gem-cutting guild office in town that may have more information.   Meanwhile, as Therei wanders around town, he begins to daydream and stumbles into an unfamiliar environment as the Raven Queen calls him for a meeting. She has noticed his dissatisfaction and offers him a mission to earn her favor: find the large sapphire that a devil nearby has claimed and hold onto it for her. When the task is complete, she will summon him again and provide his reward. He is then left to stumble back onto the streets with a new goal in mind.   As the group returns to the inn in search of Therei, they run into him returning there as well, and they trade information before the guard captain arrives and asks them to go and speak with the Mayor before continuing on their investigation. The meeting with the Mayor is brief, but she thanks them for their assistance so far and offers a reward if they're able to find the killer and put a stop to the murders. She gives the party free rein to speak with the townsfolk and investigate, with a recommendation to visit the Gem-cutting guild or the high alchemist, though the latter may be especially difficult to get information from, even with her backing.   Heading to the high alchemist's home and laboratory, the party regroups and attempts to have a meeting with him. An assistant greets them and states that Tembor is busy working, but after mentioning the mayor's request, she goes and calls for him anyways. Tembor is as stubborn and difficult as the Mayor suggested, and in spite of their goals, he simply turns them away for the evening, mentioning important work and a lack of time. Thia briefly investigates, believing he may be the culprit, but mostly finds the alchemist and his two assistants doing fairly boring alchemical work, and so the group leaves him be for the night.   Continuing on to the Gem-cutting guild, the representative is happy to help but doesn't seem to know much about the murders. Upon investigating the devil's severed arm, he mentions the typical difficulty of cutting the kind of crystal that seems to be on the arm, known as Kyanite, though does note the differences between how it normally behaves and how the arm seems to be shaped. He personally knows very few people capable of handling it, and the only person in town who might be able to do it is the other jeweler in town they'd been pointed to before, who was missing during a recent guild meeting. He suggests paying the shop a visit, and if needed, speaking with the jeweler's apprentice, a halfling woman named Jelfi.   They head to Kendrin's Fine Works, finding it locked and seemingly closed despite the early evening, and so Ana deftly picks the lock and the group steps cautiously inside. The showroom seems surprisingly bare for an active business, and a strange smell permeates the air. As Brottor enters at the back of the group, he notices a stain on the floor just inside the door that seems to be old blood, and he recognizes the smell as that of rotting flesh. Just as he's going to the tell the group, he spots movement behind the counters. Someone, or something is hiding in the dark...
Report Date
04 Sep 2019
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