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--- campaigns:a_thing_called_change [2018/10/03 13:06]
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 [[people:Hafwyn]] sneaks up to the castle and watches the comings and goings of the people. A line of petitioners have arrived early for [[people:King Merridan]] is holding court today.
-To discover the inner layout of the [[atlas:Grand Temple of Fountainhead|Grand Temple]] [[people:Lady Anne Mowbry]], [[people:Quilate]], and [[people:Keribrar]] speak with [[people:Verulo]], a highly regarded Master Stonemason. He is having lunch at [[atlas:Jorut's Tavern]] in the market. He has done some work on the temple, but refuses to help them until they have helped him. They settle a dispute between himself and Mastersmith [[people:Lasso]] concerning some missing payment. Verulo says they should speak with [[people:Vitorii]] who he has done work with as well. Anne sighs knowing of whom he speaks and not looking forward to speaking with him again.
+To discover the inner layout of the [[atlas:Great Temple of Marak]], [[people:Lady Anne Mowbry]], [[people:Quilate]], and [[people:Keribrar]] speak with [[people:Verulo]], a highly regarded Master Stonemason. He is having lunch at [[atlas:Jorut's Tavern]] in the market. He has done some work on the temple, but refuses to help them until they have helped him. They settle a dispute between himself and Mastersmith [[people:Lasso]] concerning some missing payment. Verulo says they should speak with [[people:Vitorii]] who he has done work with as well. Anne sighs knowing of whom he speaks and not looking forward to speaking with him again.
 [[people:Thorne]] speaks with [[people:Seirian]] about those harmed by the King. She takes him to meet with several people, but it is [[people:Elora]], an elven weaver, whose story is the most perfect. Her husband was imprisoned by the King on some random act and rumors say he was given to the pit. She knows Captain Savino, the captain of the king's guard, and believes that he would be willing to help her. It is also possible to speak with [[people:Litheria]] the king's [[wp>seneschal]]. She often comes down to the poor and brings them food and coin.
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 Meanwhile Thorne follows the maid and once they are alone he confronts her. She quickly breaks and shows him a small statuette atop of dull blade. Far too short to kill anyone it is very distinctive and forged entirely from bronze. She says she was paid to put the surprise into the king's chambers. Thorne takes the coins and threatens her into silence. It is clear the guards are used to getting their way.
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 She is worried about the number of [[creatures:Sidhe]] in the city. She tries and recruit Keribrar to work for her, but he refuses. He wishes her no ill will, but he is already behind on several commissioned works. If he does not finish them soon he will have some very angry customers - the kind that come with knives to settle disputes. She offers him one of her guardsmen, but he kindly rejects her offer.
-==== Techiuan Encampment ====
+===== Techiuan Encampment =====
 Thorne returns to the encampment set up by the [[orgs:Followers of Techiuan]] and shows them the bronze knife-shaped thing some people were trying to hide in the King's chamber. Keribrar turns its over and notices a seam running the length of the "blade" and works to try and pry it apart. It was clearly still semi-molten when pressed together and will take more than a chisel to crack. He takes it outside the encampment to prepare a space.
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 Some color returns to her, but her breathing is shallow and lips turn blue. Father Karl prays over her and says he will hold an all-night vigil. Hafwyn stays to watch over her fallen companion. Quilate and Keribrar hear the news and come inside the healing tent as well. The three of them drag the goblin assassin back to Anne's house to interrogate him.
+Keribrar notices the goblin is wearing a bone charm similar to that given to Lady Anne by [[people:Thaogut]]. Quilate digs through Lady Anne's belongings until he finds the wand. Upon closer examination he matches it against the bones on the necklace he took off the [[orgs:Empty Eyes]] gang member being drug off by the [[orgs:Rover Gang]] kids. When he puts it into place it resembles a hand with long fingers.
+The goblin is a highly paid professional refuses to talk. They chain and magically bind him for the morning. Quilate and Keribrar return to their rooms while Hafwyn stands a vigil over Lady Anne.
+==== Watchers' House ====
+Thorne is wakened from his drunken stupor by a knock on the door. It is the kind of knock that demands attention. He staggers to the door to find Fae Lady, so he invites her inside. She is an Emissary of [[people:Queen Mirasandoral]] and has questions. She wants to know who is his patron and how many of the Sidhe he brought to this city. She demands the names of the Sidhe he brought to this city, but in his inebriated state Thorne cannot remember any of them.
+When the Emissary threatens to send him back to the Fae Lands for decades he remembers the last five names. She grants him a reprieve for five days before she returns. She wants one day each day. The Sidhe he brought to the city are moving against the Queen and unless Thorne wants to be the bug caught between he better remember those names. He will give those names to [[people:Ollonni]] who will pass them along.
+With morning in less than an hour Thorne staggers down and has a meal with [[people:Seirian]]. He asks for help with the problem with the Queen, so she gives him advice. It is best to pick a side and stay with it in the short term. When the elephants fight the birds are squashed between. She does give him a boon for saving her. A [[creatures:pixie]] named [[people:Bayberry Twinkleflight]] who is her vassal. She can preform small tasks for Thorne until the next dark moon.
+Before Thorne leaves Ollonni gives him a package that was left on his desk. He has no idea how the package got there or from whom, just that it has his name on it. Thorne cautiously opens it and find a nice pair of black mid-calf boots. There is intricate leather work along with decorative fine silver thread. He did say he was the best cobbler in Fountainhead, but how would he get the shoes here without Ollonni knowing about it?
+==== Seirian's Network ====
+Thorne joins his companions at the cottage to interrogate the goblin further. He respects the goblin's sense of professionalism, but a Sidhe simply does not see mortal life in the same way mortal view themselves. It is a difficult session and in the end they get few answers and a dead assassin. The assassin does not work for coin, but trade. He will not tell who hired him or for what job, but the trade delivered three wagons loaded with fine metal tools to his clan.
+With at least an answer Thorne, Keribrar, and Hawfyn go to the lower market to speak with [[people:Litheria]] while Quilate watches from a tall building hanging the flag of the [[orgs:Holwen's Boys]]. She arrives accompanied by only two secretive guards. She tells them that she does not trust [[people:Etrin]], the court magician. He is an elf that spends a great deal of time at the [[atlas:Shady Tree]] meeting with people. He is always accompanied by the same two guards, the only elves in the King's Guard. Many of the people he meets with are dangerous looking goblins.
+She has been haunted by the same dream these past few nights. She is a necklace near a chest with feet. Etrin opens the chest and pulls out a dark wooden box with ivory inlay. He opens the box and pulls out her bloody face. Then the dreams repeats itself until she wakes. The seneschal leaves with her hidden escort just a three different teams of gangers move in towards the group. They scatter into the crowd lead by Quilate who directs them away from the hunting teams.
+Thorne is the first to arrive and waits for the others to reach a door he can use. He summons the Watchers' House and brings them inside. Ollonni welcomes the returning friends and takes their payment for a night's stay. Hafwyn gives a memory of when she was newly made a [[creatures:dark elf]]. She notices that Ollonni is crying and realizes that he is also a true dark elf - one who was made a dark elf by [[people:Mardac]]. He knows she has uncovered her secret, but she respects his decision to hide that part of himself.
+In the parlor everyone is enjoying some food and wine when Thorne decides to put on the boots. They are extremely well-crafted boots, possibly the best boots in Fountainhead. More importantly he sees a shadow servant standing behind his companions. He is invisible to the others. The shadow offers his services to Thorne in exchange for Thorne's service to his mistress. An equal exchange of favors.
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