[Side-Session:: True]
[Recorded:: False]
DM - [Butter:: True]
Yinlare - [Nate:: True]
Aerendyl - [Dragon:: True]
Session starts Moonblossom 18th 800av 6:00AM.
- In the morning, the party notices a well-dressed man negotiating with the inn’s receptionist for the sale of the inn.
- Aerendyl eavesdrops, remaining undetected (passive stealth 34).
- The receptionist notices Aerendyl but not Yinlare, leading to a tense conversation where the party discovers she previously lied about being unable to read.
- Insight checks (23) confirm she is hiding something, though not out of malice.
- The party receives a magical communication (“Orb of Zoom”), updating them that their allies are safe but broke.
- Aerendyl confronts the receptionist with a mysterious dagger, but she claims ignorance and suggests taking it to a priest.
- The party heads to the guard tower to collect a promised bounty payment of 20,000 gold.
- They discover that Lieutenant Sherman, the officer who took credit for their bounty, has been promoted and transferred to Snowvale.
- Guards attempt to arrest Aerendyl and Yinlare.
- Yinlare uses sleight of hand (natural 20, 24 total) to free himself and bind the guard instead.
- Aerendyl retrieves his daggers.
- Yinlare knocks out a guard with a quarterstaff attack.
- The room freezes over, revealing magical intervention from the Watch Commander, a dark-skinned halfling.
- Aerendyl sneaks behind the Watch Commander, lifting him to eye level for intimidation.
- The halfling charges them with assaulting an officer and impersonating a friend of Sherman.
- Fortunately, Yinlare was able to talk down the situation. When the watch commander used Zone of Truth to get the answers.
- The party was informed that Sherman was being transferred to a new position in Snowvale.
- They ran at astonishing speed to attempt to catch up before Sherman was able to fully be transferred. Luckily, they find his cart just a few minutes outside of town.
- They threated Sherman who promptly gives up the reward money he recieved, (slightly decreased because he is a guard), a sum of 13,500 gp is given to Yinlare. Aerendyl feels bad for the man and gives him 50gp for his travel.
- Aerendyl confirms he can create sending stones, estimating 30 minutes per stone if permitted.
- Yinlare discusses the mechanics of a Bag of Holding, stating that one can breathe inside for 15 minutes before suffocating. Telling Aerendyl to use that time to make sending stones.
- They go back to the warehouse to meet with The Fingers Discount, the criminal enterprise that Yinlare now runs. There, they learn that Kendral Clars met regularly with a Melfin, but they do not have a location.
- Fortunately, Aerendyl already knows and brings Yinlare with him to a basement nearby the blacksmiths shop. There, they wait in disguise, with Aerendyl appearing as Kendral Clars
- Eventually, Melfin shows up and gets after Kendral Clars for always leaving the door open.
- After much back and forth, Aerendyl and Yinlare show themselves and learn many things from the man.
- He is a High Elf.
- He exclusively deals in dark elves. Mainly children as they are the only ones left.
- He served as a foot soldier in the war.
- He lost his mother, sister, and wife in the war.
- He believes that death is too kind for the dark elf race, they should be beneath the High elves in perpetuity. (slavery)
- He is terrified of Windseeker, also known as Yinlare.
- He has many other people who work with him on this “project”. Kendral Clars was the one he disliked the most.
- He is not working under orders from Thalassiril, but he is receiving assistance from those in the government.
- Aerendyl uses Leafwise Messenger to contact Thalassiril asking if their government has an official stance. The response was unsettling to say the least.
- While the government does not have an official stance, many unofficially support the concept, some in more than words.
- Yinlare establishes a 5% tax on all profits made by a business, ensuring a steady income.
- Yinlare transfers ownership of The Fingers Discount to Aerendyl.
Session ends Moonblossom 18th 800av 7:00PM.