S3E12 - To get this signet, we have to defeat the evil exes

General Summary

Date: 23nd of Zuun 1075 ZC


 

Reminders:

Analysts to help us. We can call on other guilds for help. We have wojack soldiers as backup.
We still need a Boros ally. Maybe Essan's brother? Maybe Flax, Dream's brother? Although he is probably against our medling.
 

Our objectives:

figuring out how to use/activate the signets find allies Make a plan regarding nicol bolas
 

The research team is working on:

Gustavo The ring's whereabouts after Armand's death?
Where Armand is buried?
Where is the puzzle box?
Inquire with Opherus and Garrok?
Who does Garrok owe money to?
Can Jace attune to more than 3 signets?
Who has the chestpiece in the Gruul?
Any whispers about the Dimir signet?
Symbiosis and fungus - request from Terry (maybe Trostani will look into it)
Merax - any background, where he came from, where he is now Necromancy in general and how to fight a necromancer
 
Interrogating the hostage assassin:
He got his orders from Cal They knew Theo was working with Essan Theo tells him what happened to her, and he accepts that he can't go back to the Dimir. Gustavo searched them out a month ago. He has been staying with Cal. Hiding from someone. Cal has had them follow Gustavo's orders. Gustavo was looking for Essan and the staff. Gustavo didn't have any contacts left. He's been in Cal's cell for about 6 months, training. ~he gives Theo a location where she can find Cal and the cell~ Anthony to give us: Who is in Cal's new cell (12 total, more than half Theo doesn't recognize. Haku is in Cal's cell) Things Telal was doing in his last cell: Forging docs. Stealing things from judges in the first district. They let him believe that they'll help him escape the district, and once they untie him, Theo stabs him in the back. "A means to an end."

  He knows too much, so they can't let him go.
  Gustavo's loot: The crown, 150gp
  Sending to Jace: Gustavo is eliminated. We've obtained the crown. No casualties. Two spies escaped. -Excellent work. Niv and I are on route and making excellent time. Glad to hear of your success.
  We make it back to tree house around 2am. No one else is around. Theo and Terry are able to pinpoint the location of Cal's cell. We figure they're probably already clearing out the old location, so we head onto public transportation to try to catch up. The Duke, Terry, and Theo are cloaked, while Dream is invisible. We all go into seperate cars. In Theo's, there are some Rakdos performers. In the Duke's, a couple Boros soldiers getting off work and some Azorius scholars. Terry goes into the kaboose where other Golgari are.

We're ehaded to the bottom of tin street. A warehouse district near where Kranko's warehouse was. The Assasin's den is tucked into a tunnel. We are able to find two choke points, and we find places to stake out in public enough gathering places where we can be inconspicuous. Theo tells them what Cal looks like, and they'll have things to move, so we should see the movement.
The Duke and Theo go to one look out, and Dream and Terry go to the other.
Within 45 minutes of us setting up, Dream and Terry see the two assassins that Theo let escape pass through. They exit out past The Duke and Theo, disguised as Golgari with a cart that they're pulling. We follow them through the tunnels for what feels like hours, and they end up in our old hideout.
Two more people with bags enter the old hideout. Over the next two hours, groups enter. The last group is a group of 3 children between 8 and 14 with Cal.
14 total have entered the den. They all look rattled.

We sneak back to the tree house to meet up with Dream and Terry.
Dream casts Divination: "Is Haku safe?"
Response: Haku is alive and not facing immediate danger of death or serious injury.
Again: "Is Haku still loyal to Theo?"
Response: As loyal as one can be.
Again: "Will he choose the Dimir over the Guardians of the Guild Pact?"
Response: He may not have to choose.

 

Downtime

Date: 24nd of Zuun 1075 ZC

What the researchers have found:
Researchers are a human woman and owlin man. No idea who Garrok owes money too. But Azorius reports say that Garrok Badar has been a belligerent nuisance. He's spending a lot of time at Hangeman's Bounty Casino. Maybe that's where the debt is? A few days ago, he disappeared. The last time he was seen in public he was with an older black gentleman with long black dreadlocks.
We ask them to look into Armand first.
  During downtime, the Duke goes back to the University to make sure everything is settled there, and that the Chamber of the Guild Pact paid the University for his findings.
The Duke wants a new shield, possibly making it with Essan's help. "Sick ass cyber shield." -Anthony
Theo and Dream train Theo's mind, to work on her mental fortitude. This is prepping Theo so that she can be a double agent in the Dimir if she can get back in, so that she can resist any Detect Thoughts or Encode Thoughts.
  Sending to Haku: Hope you were able to clean up before you showed them the den. Are you safe? Do we need to come get you? Response: Cal wants to see you. You will be alright. Come help me here. I'm safe, but being held as a prisoner. Second sending: Can you buy is some time? We're traveling. Response: No problem. I'll be here.
  Sending from Jace: Niz thinks Voltara is safe from Bolace. I'm going in now. Will check in 4 days from now. Response from Dream: We have located a Dimir cell. We are researching signet locations. Training Theo to re-enter cell as spy.
 

Date: 25nd of Zuun 1075 ZC


  Two day later, Lasandra walks up and greets us. The researchers have stacks of papers and look very excited. Elena and Coop. See: Guild Signet #6: Escarlate's Ring The entrance is likely in the tomb that is warded like crazy. We congratulate the researchers for putting it together. We ask them to look into necromancy, specifically fungal necromancy, and Merax's history next.
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06 Jan 2025

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