Session 10: Getting information from The Tainted Report

General Summary

Our heroes started the session with Angelo's return from his stake out mission. Awake with a pomp, they start preparing for the day to get the information they needed! They seek an audience with Thalia who claivoyances in to listen to their plea. She thanks them and tells them to keep vigilant. Then they sell a scroll of fear for 3 scrolls of disguise self at the store at Castle Ardinham.
Heading out into the bustling morning of the city, they follow Angelo's trail. He leads them to a run down squat house and has a sneak around, scoping the place out. There are 4 guys with Farrell in the house. Hank disguises as one of the guys and lure him out into the street, where he's ambushed and taken away. James disguises as another guy and heads in to talk to Farrell. James' accent gives it away as everything is going so well and he's told to leave to do his task. As he leaves the door explodes in psychic damage! ROLL INITIATIVE!
There's a big fight which ends in almost everyone dying and Farrell throwing himself out the window. Three more PCs jump too and pin him down! He's held and taken inside for interogation. He tells them the mole has a scar on his lip. They offer immunity to take him in for information. He reluctantly agrees. At Castle Ardinham, Egoron Lantaththar is not too happy and tells them the guards have to know about it, but he'll do his best to keep him at the castle, as long as they're quick about it.
Farrell tells them about The Benefactor and that he doesn't know much about it. Just that someone of a higher power is involved somehow. He knows there's some kind of abandoned mine near Greenmill, but doesn't know much more than that. About 20-30 of The Tainted have gone, but he doesn't think he's trusted. Also, the exploding guys are sent by The Benefactor and thinks they're a bit weird. He misses the simple days of general thugery.
Back at the contracts desk and someone has completed the quest Hank posted! It's Imnek from the Quickshields. He's attached a skeletal jaw to Celeste and she loves that she can eat. Hank pays the 100gp. With everthing in order, they set off to Greenmill...
On the way they chat to a guy that's taking vegetables to his gran in Greenmill. After some weirdness from The Emerald Straws (and probably some threatening) he decides to walk. Then they meet someone else! Kalim, the fruit salesman that sold a load of fruit to some guys in purple armour that were heading this way this morning. They gave him enough money (3gp) to go home early today. He hitches a ride. They also come across a family where the dad was beaten up. They cure wounds him, which was very nice, and be on their way. He apparently looked at some guy wrong and he kicked his butt.
Anyway, the eventual day ends with the PCs and Kalim resting on the side of the road at a lay-by, dreaming of what tomorrow might bring.

Missions/Quests Completed

Not an Emerald Straws quest, but the quest Hank posted was completed by Imnek and Cyleste now has a skeletal lower jaw.

Character(s) interacted with

They met Imnek from the Mad Dragons

Campaign

Guardians of the Last Age

Protagonists

James Grom Jr.

Joe Smith

Reginald Jones

Maku Maku

Hank Strongsoul

Report Date

23 Mar 2020

Primary Location

Norcastle

Secondary Location

Castle Ardinham