Session 1.

Two elves make their way through the city of Gate Pass in the dark and cold of New Years Eve. They arrive at an abandoned tavern, and before they can make a move to enter or inspect the building, three other shapes approach. One, a gruff-looking, brown-haired halfling man, the second, a tall tabaxi with the print of a snow leopard, and the third, a female half-orc in oversized armor. Realizing that they are all here for the same mission, the group begins with introductions. The two elves are friends, Jack and Myetharia, the halfling is Rayland, the tabaxi is Winry, and the half-orc is Bryn.
 
As they turn to the door of the abandoned tavern, The Poison Apple Pub, they read a note which has been pinned to the door, and stamped with the seal from the city guards.
 
"Official Notice - Trehan Finner, owner of the Poison Apple Pub has been taken into temporary custody under the protection of the city guard, until such time that the representatives of the Ragesian Empire can question and find him innocent of hostile collusion. The Poison Apple Pub is hereby closed until further notice."
 
They are let in through the side entrance of the pub by a white-haired famale who introduces herself as Torrent. Torrent, who works for the Resistance, has a job for the group. As they sit together around a lone table, she informs them that the Ragesian army is marching for the city as they speak. The job is to get a package of intel which may aid in ending the surmounting war efforts, from a gnome by the name of Funzbar Biteknee, out of the city and to the Lyceum in Seaquen. Funzbar, who works for a member of the Ragesian court, is an imbeded spy for Peppin Tallmen, who works for the Lyceym, and is meant to meet with him this very night at the depository in the city, not knowing that he was recently found dead. Another problem the group faces, is that the city has been shut down. No one in or out.
 
As they are discussing their plan of action, and Rayland makes a move for the door, they hear a floorboard creak above, and movement from outside the pub. After some quick consideration, they douse the lights and make a move for the stairs. A shout from outside calls them to stand down, and drop their weapons, or else there would be violent consequences. When the order is ignored and they continue toward the stairs, the building shakes, and fire rains down onto the roof., lighting individuals upstairs alight. Several come running down, while the front door gets slammed off it's hinges.
 
A fight ensues on all ends of the tavern, with fire now blazing all around them. They clear a path to the side door and make their escape, and it seems as though their pursuers will not give chase. Before the group continues, Bryn rips a red arm band off one of the dead bodies which carries the symbol of a black horse head on it.