General Summary
After another short rest, the group explores the rest of the cultist’s layer. They find the secret passage. At its end, they find cultists chanting. In their midst, a strange humanoid without facial skin fights against Mortlock Vanthampur, the owner of the bath house. This seems to be a fight to the death, so maybe Mortlock was betrayed by the cultists. Nevertheless, the group attacks and a bloody fight starts in which they manage to rescue Mortlock and kill all cultists.
The group now interrogates Mortlock who actually mocks Mert (he/she would be his brother’s type, which, incidentally, was true given the previous events). He tells the group that his mother wants the Flaming Fists out of the city to gain the total control over it. For further information, he asks for a deal: If the group lets him run (he will leave the city immediately), he will tell the group a very important secret. The group discusses this and eventually agrees. So Mortlock tells the group that his brother Amrik had a magical device in the Low Lantern that records all things going on in his office to make sure that he has material to blackmail people. Since Mortlock guesses that the group has killed his brother Amrik, he mentions that the group should be worried if his mother Thalamra finds this device. Then she knows who killed her son. Lastly, he also mentions a secret chamber next to the altar room where the group finds several useful potions, a scroll, a wand, and a bronze crown (effigy of Tiamat).
With these information, the group lets Mortlock go. Thereafter, they report back at the garrison to Darmin Zodge. He starts an investigation of the events in the sewers and gives the gold the promised 240gp. Now, the group has to figure out how to get the magical device in Amrik’s office ...
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