Entry #30 - To the pub, an orb breaks

After celebrating the return of Jean Marie's gold, we decide to head over to the Crow's Nest to meet with a contact named Buhrell Caah, whom the triad contacts told us about. We ask him for information after explaining why we are here. I show him a letter from Kahan. Buhrell says he has information but could use help with something first. He points to a patch of his that shows an Elk; the logo of the Emerald Enclave (A group of wilderness survivalists who protect the natural order and fight against unnatural threats in Faerun). He says they are tracking down a dragon artifact, which he suspects to be in this room. He asks if any of us can cast Detect Magic, and I oblige him by doing so. We see a Wild Elf, sitting alone, with a purple hued bow that is glowing with magic. There are two older women dining together, and one of them has a magical necklace. An Older man with a dwarven woman, emphatically talking, has a sack showing magic. There is a grumpy older human that is writing in a book with a magical pen. A pale-skinned dragonborn, dining alone, has a small magical pouch at her side. Three halflings are at the bar, speaking loudly, in a language that only Franklin knows, with a pouch that shows some magic.
 
Odd speaks to the Wild Elf and learns about her magical bow (nothing dragon related), and learns of a new contact whom he can reach out to about getting such a bow himself. I attempt to send Uttu to the dwarf and human, but he is detected and i summon him back. Draxon sits down with the dwarf, with Uttu on his back. They both have a medallion with a hammer and stave on it. Draxon chats them up and they are with the stone cutters. Uttu goes up and sees flashes of blue and white light, of conjuration magic, coming out of their sack. Draxon doesn't learn much, but he does get a contact for a potential job as a stone cutter.
 
I go to speak with the guy with the magical pen. I learn that Timore Shieldbeater crafted this pen for him. This gentleman is nothing but a food critic. We chat and I depart.
 
Odd goes to speak with the Dragonborn, but she gets up to leave, and Odd falls while following her. As she goes up the stairs, Jean Marie follows her and starts talking to her in Draconic (Uttu jumps on his back). Uttu jumps on the dragonborn's back and hitches a ride on her as she enters into her room. Uttu sees an open map showing the Dragonspire mountains. Seeing through his eyes, I make this out to be a treasure map of some sort. She goes to bed after a while and Uttu investigates further, and finds a compass with writing on it, and divination magic coming off of it.
 
Odd and Draxon talk to the old ladies, who it just so happens loves cats! Odd makes some new friends, it seems, as they are smitten with him. They give him a tip to talk to Orgod, whom I believe is the bouncer.
 
After concluding our conversations, some of us (myself and Jean Marie) proceed to get rooms here, as they are much cheaper than the last place we were staying at. Jean Marie goes up to his in an attempt to keep an eye/ear on the Dragonborn.
 
Next thing we know, we hear a glass orb thump on the floor, which spins away, and the room goes silent. The human with the dwarf grabs the dagger that comes out of the orb, and lightning envelopes him. His dwarf friend runs off and I cast bewilder. Draxon knocks the dagger out of his hand, and Odd levitates the dagger. My bewilder fails, and she runs off. Franklin follows her. I stabilize her human friend, and when I touch him I am shocked. The dwarf runs towards the exit, and Jean Marie comes down due to the noise, and Odd and Draxon cover the dagger with the two clay mugs, and eventually mugs disintegrate.