Session 3 - The Riot in the Marketplace
General Summary
The sun rises upon the town of Ormos as our adventurers awaken from their slumber.
As Pyro and Theresa wake up in their cart, they hear the sound of wooden wheels approaching. It's a merchant looking for a new way to Rabdos, as his usual way is blocked. Theresa doesn't know another way, but Pyro hears of wine in the graveyard and resolves to escort the merchant back. Theresa decides to head to.the master's estate.
Meanwhile, Lenora is already at the graveyard, where tension rises between revelers and merchants. Some soldiers, led by a man named *Elpis ask for her assistance to guide fishmongers and other traders to the capital by using back roads, since the revelers in the graveyard have blocked the main road. She leads the way, but fate is unkind and she leads them astray. Through the hills and back again, Lenora finds herself moving in circles.
Ischyrós and Abraxas wake and prepare to head to the sea, but hear of trouble brewing in Ormos. Revelers and merchants are at odds in town as well, and no wine can be found in the city. They look for Lenora at the brothels, but only find Pyro on their way. Abandoning his cart, Pyro heads to the graveyard.
Theresa meets with the healer at Spyridon’s estate and gives her the milk of the poppy. She notifies the servants of Spyridon’s delay and says she will be traveling with him to a land far away. She and the healer discuss the strange flower before Theresa departs to Ormos.
Abraxas sends his bird to find Lenora, while Pyro finds the wine he was looking for. After a few gulps, Pyro feels great and asks his friends if they wish to partake. They in turn drink the wine, with Ischyros liking it so much he asks for some in his skin.
Lenora, on her way back down the mountain, meets Zagreus - a man with white hair, who offers her pleasures and wine, but she demurs. She manages to convince him to leave her alone, but not before some in her group abandon their way. She finds the graveyard full of gaiety and mirth, and seeks to avoid it as best she can.
Pyro is drinking and dancing while the others watch. A group of soldiers from town who have come to restore order are surrounded and being pelted with rocks. Abraxas uses his voice in a resounding boom, warning that attacking the guards will lead to their doom. Another man steps from the shadows and agrees, and the crowds disperse while the guards flee. Lenora stumbles upon the three, and Pyro offers wine while giddy with glee. Lenora refuses, but others disagree and try to force her to drink, but Lenora evades.
Abraxas, with his voice trying to make them afraid, stops to listen and follows the team as they head to his house to plan further. Theresa meets them on their way, and at his home, Abraxas says he needs a pearl. Pyro remembers one in the market and resolves to steal it, with the others following wishing to trade for it. They meet a crowd concerned about the revelers, and Pyro and Theresa offer Abraxas skills as a seer, but no one would believe them. A pearl merchant steps out of the crowd and offers to trade. Pyro offers wine, and the merchant tastes it and decides to leave. The party finds his store and begins to rob it blind, except for Lenora, who was hungry at the time, and started to remove fish from the monger's stall, while the latter had joined the looters in the jewel merchant's establishment.
Just then, a group of soldiers entered the agora, and began to try to restore order...
Rewards Granted
Provisional
- a gold or gilded bracelet with blue stones, looted from jeweler's stall
- other minor random jewelry (same source)
- several fish taken from the absent fishmonger
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