Cultist Assassin Apprehended

Life, Achievement/ Win

The Bucket Brigade encounters a local street gang and captures one alive. The War Wizard, Caddell, barely escapes death during an assassination attempt just after their street gang situation was resolved. Three assassins flee the party, jumping rooftop to rooftop, but one of them is captured alive by the party.

The Bucket Brigade attracts the attention of a local street gang while they search for traces of the ambush they were tipped off to. They very easily overwhelm the street thugs and succeed in a non-lethal strike to the last of them. They capture him alive for further questioning and then begin securing his and hands and feet in iron manacles. Just as they finish, a crossbow bolt fired from a nearby rooftop suddenly strikes the War Wizard Caddell squarely in his chest and knocking him to the ground barely clinging to consciousness.

Caddell wisely crawls behind the closest cover he can find, a nearby market stall, and tries to avoid giving the assassins a clear shot. After 2 more bolts fail to find their mark on the War Wizard, the assassins decide their window of opportunity was lost and begin a hasty retreat along the rooftops. The rest of the party gives chase to the three fleeing assassins after intially struggling to get on the rooftops with them. A brief melee ensues with FeatherFace and one of the fleeing assassins. Despite his best attempts to avoid the flurry of blows from the monk, the assassin ends up bloodied, broken, and unconscious. The other 2 assassins manage to escape, but they incapacitate the third assassin with more hand and leg manacles. The Bucket Brigade drags the two unconscious men through the streets of Marsember and directly to Rizfeld Halfmoon's office.

Rizfeld Halfmoon summons a local guard to escort the street thug to the city jail. Nimbus vigorously slaps the assassin she had been dragging around until he regains his senses. Once conscious, she gives him a slight shove to which the assassin stumbles forward and falls to one knee, grasping the edge of the Rizfeld Halfmoon's desk to catch himself from falling completely prone.

Rizfeld Halfmoon creates a magic portal in the center of his office, opening to a dimly lit room with stone floors. After whispering a few inaudible phrases and a couple hand gestures, the assassin slowly and deliberately drags his body into the open portal then the portal closes behind him in a flash of light. Rizfeld Halfmoon informs the group that he will begin interrogation first thing in the morning and suggests they return in 2 days to see if he had learned anything of importance.

Caddell Griffith, before leaving, requests permission from Rizfeld Halfmoon to access the War Wizards's extensive library in Marsember to increase his knowledge in the mystic arts. Rizfeld pulls out his writing utencils and proceeds to pen a written note onto a parchment. Afterwards, he carefully rolls its up and seals the document by dripping melted wax along the edge. He then impresses his sigil of a half illuminated moon onto the wax using a ring worn on his right hand. He hands the now sealed document to Caddell Griffith informing him to present this document when attempting to enter the library.