Thief in the Stacks - Resolved
During the group's first visit to Port Oruss and the Ivory Lyceum, Lucas spotted a young man in the library slipping books into a bag of holding. He reported the incident to the head librarian but after investigating, she said that the individual had the proper student credentials to borrow books.
However, recently Olindra had a man enter the Menagerie wanting to sell a historic tome. She discovered that the volume was a forged copy of a book from the Lyceum. She expressed concern that if this happened with books from the more restricted libraries, it could be cause for concern.
Upon returning to Port Oruss, the party was summoned to meet with Professor Martinette. An important journal went missing and it needed yo be found. She tried to scry for the item but something was obscuring it. All she could determine was that it was somewhere under the city. She also sent a message to Lucas to say that the forger would be welcomed in the Lyceum as a scribe if they wanted more legitimate employment.
Trevor met with his contact in the Shadow Syndicate and paid him to get information on where someone could hide out in the Under Road. Once they have that information, the group should be one step closer to finding the person responsible. Trevor received a message from his contact and the party went down into the Underroad (near the location where they rescued Olindra's late boxx from some thieves). There they ran into Lyndstra, the woman from the Syndicate who took said thief into custody. She directed the party to the "Green Line" where some of their scouts had spotted a short red-head coming and going. She also asked the party to offer the man a job as a talented forger is always in demand.
Delving down into the muck-covered tunnels they found a lair sealed by a formidible door. There, they were attacked by a pair of Otyughs and after dispatching them and while more were coming, the forger opened the door and beckoned them all inside. After telling them to watch out for the gelatinous cube he called "Goobox".
Morgan Billsley, a half-gnome spoke with them and after handing over the book, he informed them that the copy he had made had already been given to his broker, named "Broker". The party met this person, a dark-furred Tabaxi. They learned of the person who bought the copy, a mortician named Ormund Montgomery who runs a mortuary and cemetary on the eastern edge of the canyon overlooking the city.
They rushed to this location and got into a fight with Ormund, a vile necromancer and his vampire "assistant". The vampire escaped but Montgomery was taken alive to be held at the Ivory Lyceum. The copy of the journal was recovered as well. As their reward, they were each given access to a magical tome of their choice to increase a physical or mental attribute: Lucas and Amethyst chose Charisma; Eldon chose intelligence; Sora, Strength; and Trevor, Dexterity
However, recently Olindra had a man enter the Menagerie wanting to sell a historic tome. She discovered that the volume was a forged copy of a book from the Lyceum. She expressed concern that if this happened with books from the more restricted libraries, it could be cause for concern.
Upon returning to Port Oruss, the party was summoned to meet with Professor Martinette. An important journal went missing and it needed yo be found. She tried to scry for the item but something was obscuring it. All she could determine was that it was somewhere under the city. She also sent a message to Lucas to say that the forger would be welcomed in the Lyceum as a scribe if they wanted more legitimate employment.
Trevor met with his contact in the Shadow Syndicate and paid him to get information on where someone could hide out in the Under Road. Once they have that information, the group should be one step closer to finding the person responsible. Trevor received a message from his contact and the party went down into the Underroad (near the location where they rescued Olindra's late boxx from some thieves). There they ran into Lyndstra, the woman from the Syndicate who took said thief into custody. She directed the party to the "Green Line" where some of their scouts had spotted a short red-head coming and going. She also asked the party to offer the man a job as a talented forger is always in demand.
Delving down into the muck-covered tunnels they found a lair sealed by a formidible door. There, they were attacked by a pair of Otyughs and after dispatching them and while more were coming, the forger opened the door and beckoned them all inside. After telling them to watch out for the gelatinous cube he called "Goobox".
Morgan Billsley, a half-gnome spoke with them and after handing over the book, he informed them that the copy he had made had already been given to his broker, named "Broker". The party met this person, a dark-furred Tabaxi. They learned of the person who bought the copy, a mortician named Ormund Montgomery who runs a mortuary and cemetary on the eastern edge of the canyon overlooking the city.
They rushed to this location and got into a fight with Ormund, a vile necromancer and his vampire "assistant". The vampire escaped but Montgomery was taken alive to be held at the Ivory Lyceum. The copy of the journal was recovered as well. As their reward, they were each given access to a magical tome of their choice to increase a physical or mental attribute: Lucas and Amethyst chose Charisma; Eldon chose intelligence; Sora, Strength; and Trevor, Dexterity
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