Arrival in Alluminos

The night before our landing in Alloyus, the dream has reached its climax in my opinion. Five figures appeared in front of me from the fog, some seemed familiar when others not so much. There was a young woman in white clothes that stood out from the dull background. She seemed the most familiar and bright. Then a blue Teifling that made me wince just in the slightest making me feel annoyed. Another young woman with hair as white as snow made me search my memory for where I have seen her before. The other two seemed less familiar to me; a older man with a glow made me feel like he has been near me, but I never really noticed. The last seemed foreign in all sense of the word. His skin was patched in different color and I felt no hint of familiarity with him. A voice then seemed to grab all our attention, but before I could hear what it was saying I was woken up; laying in my hammock with the bottle from the night before in my hand.
 
As I got to the deck the familiar annoying sound of the bosun hit me, and the annoyance from the Teifling in the dream emerged. Was Malopher the one I saw I thought. Before I could continue I got disrupted by the ever so bright Sophia. The bright smile of her matched that of the young woman in white that seemed to standout. The oddness of the connection of my dream and reality continued. As I got the mast ready with another hand an older passenger emerged from below. He had been on this voyage the entire trip and yet I have not noticed him at all until the dream that had him glowing against the fog bringing him to my attention. This threw me. I hurried up the mast to get away from the weird feeling I was getting hit with, and I know it wasn't caused by the antics of last night.
 
In the crows nest I took a swig to calm my nerves. The captain then announced something I cannot remember for when I turned to look at him I saw the white hair. The fourth in my dream was the quiet scribe on the ship. I had to stay in the crows nest to gather my thought until I spotted land.
 
Sure enough the first I saw in the morning light was the shining city of Alluminos, I'm sure thats how it got it's name from the shimmer of the reflecting sun. The shore eventually made my gaze as I announced it to the crew. I wished to get off the ship at first chance after that morning, but was stopped by the joyous hunter of happiness, Sophia, and the scribe behind her. She over powered me thanks to last night's festivities and dragged me back up to Malopher with a job proposition. She then explained the situation to us; each individual would get well compensated for every town we visited with her. The individuals in my dream seemed to be forced together by fate. I found the scribe to be named Robin and she truly is a mute as far as I can see. The elderly man I noticed for the first time this morning accepted the opportunity and introduced himself as Kazimier. He had been on the edge of the group and overheard the proposition. He had military armor on and looked to have scars from combat. I took the chance of introductions to sneak away to gather my things.
 
Once on shore an official came back with Siesco and announced the names of people who had people waiting for them. The names read put me on edge; mine and the others from my dream. They then led us to a villa that overlooked the docks to meet those who had requested us. The doors opened to an elderly man that seemed to be well tanned in a blazing sun, and worse the last person from my dream, the spotted half elf with a banjo. The old man introduced himself as the Storyteller and the young man was named Clem. He said he had seen us coming in a vision and was very cryptic about the rest, but the point was that it was Clem's right of passage to bring us to our destination in Alloyus. I don't even know what my destination is, so I don't see how Clem could help me. The Storyteller then told us that he had gotten each of us a room at a local inn called the Bitter Salt.
 
I arrived with the group at the Bittersalt and was given my room. Being light on coin, I found a list of wanted posters and position for a bouncer at a bar named Sweetland that might provide some. We decided to look into a request made by a group called the Lionsguard with the cleric staying behind. At the city guard, we found out a wanted necromancer Tiefling, who goes by the name Morgan Stitchdoll. She escaped the custody of a holy fighter that had glowing sapphire eyes; it was very unsettling. He pointed us in the direction of the Red Clay District, the natives part of town. I also found out from the captain, a dwarf from the 20 orders named Deng Shaotahn, that a bail jumper named Jarmund was actually a smuggler and that the wanted Vagore committed murder at the bar Sweetland. I convinced the group to head to the bar so that I could look into the bouncer job.
 
We returned to the Bittersalt to that of a suprise. Our goal was to pick up the cleric before heading out, but she had disappeared leaving all her possessions in her room. This curiosity was solved though almost right away when we found a half-elf girl from the boat in the bar named Avalon. We chatted with her and found something off-putting about her, so the knight confronted her and she spilled. It was actually Sophia dressed as a alley rat saying she disguises herself to the half-elf so that she can escape the pressure put on her by her family or something.
 
Sweetland was a rundown place in the warehouse district of the old shipyard, my perfect place. I spoke with the bartender about the position and found out the man I was replacing was who Valgore killed. It sounded like Valgore was on some sort of drug when he did it, as he was the more level headed of the two. The barman said he heard he was in the Red Clay District. After some time convincing him, started a bar fight with a fellow drunk that got put out by Clem, he offered me the bouncer job and my first night was tonight. Great thing is the job includes free drinks. Through a lie of me trying to find a quick exit out of Alloyus, I found out that I could meet a smuggler tonight here. I don't need a smuggler for myself but I thought that a wanted fugitive might, and ones wanted for bail jumping. Two birds with one stone.
 
Red Clay is unlike anywhere in the Empire that I have seen. They seem to have this unique food known as corn and a great snack that the Sunshine got called tamales. Some folks seemed like the communicated through hand gestures and I believe I even saw a druid. The tales of the Father Moon told of them a lot. We found a very unusual church that seemed to meld the locals religion and the Mother Sun together; I think it put some shade on Miss Sun. In there the priest said they got a new groundskeeper recently which rang our bells a little. I briefly stayed behind with the priest and to show him my condition and he was able to briefly cure my illness. I thanked him and told him I might return if it flares up again. When I was about to join the others the half-orc started to run, but was no match for me, surprisingly Sophia, and Clem's perfect throw of a spear. Both have surprised me and seem to have more to them then originally thought. When pressed Valgore stated that he was given a drug by a local gang and he was under it when he murdered his friend. It had mutated him and he seemed terrified of it. Instead of letting me turn the guy in for money, I was out voted to let him stay at the church. There goes another payday due to morality and what not.
 
We made our way through the area back to the inn, but something caught my eye. Buying a tamale I think I spotted the bail jumper. I slid away from the group and followed the halfling to verify my hunch. Eventually following him through a maze of alleys and shops I was able to get my prey. It was him and when I finally cornered him I didn't even need to convince him to talk, he sung like a canary. He was bailed out by this "terrifying" man who was going to use him to forge documents and smuggle something through the city for him and guess who....Morgan and the gang. He was also the smuggler I was suppose to meet at the bar, which I forgot to go to. Oops. He wouldn't shut up and I was still nursing a hangover so I brought him back to the inn for the evening to tell his story to everybody before I collect my prize. When we arrived they were nowhere to be found, so I decided to turn in for the night. Lucky for Jarmund he gets to spend the night with me.