Session IV: Loose Ends and New Threads Report

General Summary

The party left the house of Dr Elvarion to report back to Lt. Sokolov the results of the investigation. Arriving in the War Fields district, the party find Sokolov's office and meet with the officer. Sokolov was grateful for the party's help and gave them a purse of 200gp for reward with the promise to help them out if he can before being called away to intervene in a bar fight.
Since it was late, the party headed back to the Ocean's Wake where Brassons gave them some drinks and something to eat while telling them about a friend of his at the temple of Torm who needed help. Elsewhere in the bar, a few patrons are comforting a man gibbering about a living puppet shop.
The next morning, a messenger from Lt. Sokolov arrives with a note saying that they can find work from a Streltsy officer in the Golden Hills District. The, the party went to the temple of Torm and met with Gavrila Ardalionovich Myshkin, who introduced himself as Brother Ganya. He gave a beggar his gauntlet of Torm to let them get food from Brassons, but the beggar never returned and Ganya is nervous. He thinks it was pawned in the Docks Ward and give the party the name and address of Boris Khilkov, a local official and friend of his.
The party stopped off at the IEN Provost Marshal's office and received 10gp from the clerk there for solving the Tindaleron murder case. Leaving in a golem cab to the Golden Hills District, the party come to a Streltsy office in Glittergold Square. After chatting with a very cheery rock gnome sergeant, they are conducted into the office of Lt. Mikhail Suvorov. He is a stressed out rock gnome who has six unsolved murder cases. He offers the party 1000gp if they solve the murders.
He tells the party that the victims have all been stabbed to death, the internal organs, eyes, and bones have turned to crystal, and the hearts are missing. Lt. Suvorov says the party can try and get information from the Regimental Alchemist, but he has been unhelpful so far for some reason. He tells them that Investigator Sergeant Menko Deepdelver is on the case and can show them the bodies and most recent crime scene.
The party met with Sergeant Deepdelver and examined the bodies. Through investigating them, they found that the victims were killed by someone small of stature and the wounds themselves were very amateurish while the removal of the hearts was very skilled and precise. Sergeant Deepdelver says the regimental alchemist is not in today but will be back tomorrow.
When examining the murder scene, the party found a chalk symbol in infernal that Nox read to say "cage the soul." Grewarum transformed into a badger to try and find a scent trail. The faint trail led him to Gemstone Street where the guild of gemcutters abuts two jewel shops: The Emerald Dove and Kederin's Fine Works. Dalvanak attempted to find thoughts of anyone inside, but found nothing. He did find some thoughts while in the street.
The party went over to the Emerald Dove where the half-elf patroness Anni talked to them about how scared she is about the murders. The party asked her about Kederin's Fine Works and she said she didn't talk to Kederin after he took in her former assistant Jelfi who she suspects stole a lapidary guide and had poor talent. Faddius attempts to examine the crystal in the shop to see if it matches that of the victims but finds nothing and makes Anni uncomfortable.
Coming out into the street, the party find it emptying for the noontide meal and some suspicious characters ducking down an alleyway near the Emerald Dove. Dalvanak receives more thoughts.

Rewards Granted

200gp from Lt. Sokolov and 10gp from the IEN Provost Marshal.

Character(s) interacted with

Lt. Sokolov Lt. Suvorov Sergeant Deepdelver Brother Ganya

Campaign

We Be Spelljamming Campaign

Protagonists

Faddius Lurendi

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8 / 8 HP

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CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Grewarum The Outkast

Report Date

02 Aug 2022