Session 8: Searching through Berghest

General Summary

The party wakes up in the Tavern on their first morning in Berghest. They make plans to discover the location of the assassin's guild. To find this information the party makes their way through the east slums. A beggar walks by and Ginger begins to talk to him only to be interupted by a request for gold. This man was not of much use in the way of information so the party continued down the streets. The smell of a pastrami shop wafts their way through the alleyways. Askaladd's chihuahua form is sickened by the smell and attempts to upchuck his breakfast to regain his composure.
A worried ginger runs into the pastrami shop to ask for some of the most "toxic healing potions", a ploy to gain information. The butcher behind the counter begins cutting some rather smelly pastrami and has no information on "toxic health potions". With their lack of information they again continue on headed back towards Storm Row, the market district. On their way back Ginger looks out for dive-in's that should have some information. Luckily for them the owner of the Charred Skeever told them to speak with Lavit's Tarkan the owner of Dagger Den, the blades shop in Storm Row.
They walked back from the slums into the the market. When they arrived the party walks straight into the bladeshop and Ginger confronts Lavits. He shows Lavits the nat 20 assassins guild pendant replica and says they as new assassins have been assigned the bounty on the partys head. This was clearly a lie to Lavits as he is the guild leader and the only one who assigns bounties to his members. Lavits then pulled a poisoned dagger from under his counter and stabbed Ginger in the shoulder then attempted to flee out the back door. Valthurg was fast enough to run up and grapple with him successfully. As the party confronts him he tells some information but then manages to flip Valthurg forward and retreat into the back room. Askaladd notices Lavits reaching for something on the wall as he closes the door and locks it. It takes Valthurg a few moments of tugging on the door before Askaladd is able to finish the job with his moose horns.
When they walk into the back room Lavits is no where to be seen. Ginger thinks he ran through the back door but Askaladd notices that there are scuff marks in front of the fireplace. The party spends a few moments searching through the room, Ginger pulling books off of the shelves and Askaladd finding the candle sconce that Lavits had reached for previously. The fireplace slides forward and Valthurg exclaims "I knew we had to jump in the fire!". They head down into the assassins hideout and do a bit of sneaking and searching to gain some bearings. Valthurg finds the first room to be the bathroom and warns the others not to go in there. As they scoot further down the hall they open one of the doors, this leads into the dining area for the assassins.
There are 6 members of the guild watching two goblins fight in the fight pit on the opposite side of the room. Ginger shouts in a loud voice from the entrance "Presenting Valthurg" then Valthurg and Ginger walk into the room. Valthurg begins flexing and showing off his axe while Ginger speaks with one of the members. Ginger tells them that he is Valthurgs fighting manager and wishes to sign him up for a one on one combat. The member tries to get a three on three combat but is denied and intimidated, saying he is also a "manager and not a fighter".
Valthurg faces his apponenet and just before he is about to lose Ginger trips the assassin with his tail. making him hit his head on the stone as he falls. Another member stands up shouting "what's the big ideea I thought this was a one on one combat!" and the other members stand up drawing their weapons. Combat ensues as the party begins throwing attacks that seem to miss these skilled assassins. Some strikes land but not many. Askaladd enters the room as a black mamba biting the ankle of one member. The party had managed to kill a few members but they were still losing.
Lavits then entered the room and commanded the fight to stop, the members sheathing their weapons. They ask Lavits questions about Hargram and why they have a bounty on their head. Lavits tells them that Hargram has been a client of his since the creation of the guild. Hargram is a young man with a large scare over the left side of his face. While this conversation continues Askaladd offers Lavits some of his Flayleaf. Lavits accepts the offer and becomes violently stoned. He rambles on about the green star he had seen a few nights ago and its eery meaning.
The green star is part of a legend in the book Myths and Legends for Children that Lavits read when he was a wee lad. It supposedly signifies the coming of the apocalypse that will end the world. Then Askaladd quickly raises his crossbow and shoots directly into Lavits' heart. He falls to the ground spluttering but still alive. However, Ginger finishes him off with a quick Acid spell that turns lavits into a puddle on the ground. The rest of the members are intimidated and do not make moves to retaliate. The party searches the rest of the hideout with the members showing them the way. In Lavits' room they find a business ledger that has their names on it and assigned to the newest assassin named Deldrin. They also find a letter that requests the assassination of the four travelers coming into Berghest from Tartaran. This letter mentions that the party has been meddling in When the members make their way back into the main hall a magical orb begins to appear in the fight pit.
The image of a young man with a scar on the left side of his face appears. He says "Lavits, I have not heard from you about the assignment I delivered 2 weeks ago. Meet me in the Twin Falls Cave in one week so we can discuss our business", then the image disappears. The party now has collected much of the loot from the hideout and plan to meet Hargram in the cave. But with the murder of one of the cities best bladesmiths on their hands their plans may be foiled.

Campaign

Abadan 2.0 Campaign

Protagonists

Valthurg

Valthurg

Level 1 Barbarian.

Health

26 / 26

Askaladd Of the Wood

Vendar Shalos

Vendar Shalos

Level 1 Rogue.

Health

18 / 18

Ginger Pelletsniffer

Ginger Pelletsnifer

Report Date

01 Jun 2023