AraTheJuggler is away, doing work for DonnalKellar.
DonnalKellar calls me into his office. He needs us to escort a VIP to a town just to the South. We took him south, and on our way back (about 1 hour outside Lankhmar), we stop at TheWayfare.
A strange melancholy comes over us.
Suddenly two men burst in, carrying a third, wounded man. They call the innkeep (Fozzy) to help. I tell LuciusGhee and ShoshaTheDancer to see what happened. I go look outside. LuciusGhee puts some swamp magic on it.
Outside I can see that it is raining a bit, with a heavier storm coming in. I come back.
We all notice that the wound is very jagged, and he has something in his hand. LuciusGhee tries a little healing (but has little effect as he bleeds profusely). The thing in his hand appears to be golden. One of the companions grabs the hand and puts it to his chest. LuciusGhee nicks an artery and blood spurts everywhere as the patient fails to survive.
ShoshaTheDancer asks them what happened. The woman just says she needs a drink.
We invite the survivors over to our table.
Me (Lisa) and Punt here were out by the rocks. We heard thunder like a storm, but there was no storm there. We looked around and found a wrecked sloop. There were some survivors. Don't know why they weren't going to the docks. Maybe they were pirates.
Glib went over to help one in the surf and then a shark bit him! They dragged him up to Fozzy's place.
ShoshaTheDancer asks about the gold object in Glib's hand. Asks if it was from the wreck (and they agree).
They want us to go with them. I agree (maybe there is something going on the Thieves' Guild should know about.
The wreck is 30 yards off shore. They are surrounded by sharks, and the ship is looking to break up soon.
I ask ShoshaTheDancer if she can drive away the sharks with her tricks. No, but may be able to protect us.
ShoshaTheDancer does a dance then throws a glowing skull into the water, killing one of the sharks. The people on the wreck cheer.
I ask ShoshaTheDancer to cover us from the shore, and LuciusGhee and I get in the boat with Lisa. She kills a couple while we get the boat ready.
We head out to the wreck. A shark approaches LuciusGhee's side. He stabs it. We get to the ship and I pick the 3 richest (charge 10 rilks a head). We get 26 gold rilks, a gold ring, and a silver necklace (collateral). On the way back, ShoshaTheDancer stuns one.
We go on second trip. I pick three at random.
We go on a third trip. I try to stab the shark (bounces off). ShoshaTheDancer summons another skull, but it fizzles out in her hand, and she slumps a little. The shark hits the boat, rocking it. We grab three more (2 left on wreck, may not make it). The wreak breaks up.
We head back out for the 4th time to grab the last 2 (now in the drink) 2 sharks attack as we go out. I kill one, and LuciusGhee kills the other. We grab the last 2 and head back. Another shark attacks. I bop it's nose and it rams the boat. One of the survivors falls overboard and is immediately pulled under by the sharks. We make it to shore.
There was a man on board that caused them to feel sad (like what we felt before). He paid the captain 100 rilks to be let off here. The ship was attacked by something (not moving at the time).
The other survivors scrape up 30 silver.
BloodyBlades show up. They are looking for the bald man. I tell them it's neither of our territory. LuciusGhee gives them the evil eye. I tell them they can put a mark on the man (for a price). They back off and leave.
LuciusGhee tells us that he talked to the sharks and the Bald Man summoned both the whale and the sharks.
I give Lisa and Glib 5 silver each. Lisa complains, and I give her a rilk. Net: 20 silver, 25 gold rilks, a gold ring, and a silver necklace (collateral for 3 rilks).
We head back to town (in the rain, as ShoshaTheDancer points out, again and again). We share out 6 silver, 7 rilks each. Still need to liquidate the ring and necklace.
We warm up, get some food and then go to our rooms.
I go to fill in DonnalKellar. Shosha the Dancer goes along. We tell DonnalKellar what happend.
Meanwhile, LuciusGhee sees a couple of drunks get in a fight (someone was cheating). He watches the bouncers take themout.
Back in the Office: DonnalKellar authorizes us to to talk to the BloodyBlades to see what their interest it.
Downstairs: The bartender seems distracted. LuciusGhee asks him all about it. He heads upstairs.
Updatairs: BloodyBladeKevvas - Leader of the BloodyBlades BloddyBladeKarston - Second
LuciusGhee comes up and tells us the bartender might be affected right now.
We ask around the staff to see if anyone has seen something. ShoshaTheDancer talks with OllieTheBArtender. We don't really find a thing.
LuciusGhee and I go up on the roof to smoke.
ShoshaTheDancer and LuciusGhee go component shopping, then stop by the tower.
Talk with The Bloody Blades (Kevvas)
We head to the Marsh District (north east corner of Lankhmar).
We eventually meet their leaders in the parlor.
I let him (BloodyBladeKevvas) know that DonnalKellar is interested in the bald man. I tell him we would hold him responsible if something unexpected happens in our territory. I ask him to name his price. ShoshaTheDancer ensorcels him, and he notices–throws us out, saying the price has gone up.
We leave.
I fill in DonnalKellar. We rest for the night. Around 4 in the morning, there is screaming and we find that the cook (who happens to be bald) has killed himself (slit his own throat).