You watch the mage and his associate from the city watch go from friend to friend asking questions but you're not close enough to overhear the answers. You can tell from their body language that some are a bit nervous but trying to control it and you see that Kestrell is still Kestrell. Eventually Barnibus and Saeth make their way to you and ask you the same questions. How do you respond?
For what purpose did you come to Gralhund Villa?
Did you intend on killing the family?
Did you kill or intend to kill any of the house guard or staff?
Silver just sighs and then smiles looking at the one who asked the questions "We heard there might be trouble here. Turns out we were right, helped the lady of the house and her children escape. We didn't intend on killing anyone to be honest. No I did not kill any of the house guards or staff."
After interviewing everyone Barnibus and Saeth gather you all up. You all notice that Barnibus does not look happy as he starts to talk.
"Please do not interrupt me as I explain how this is going to play out." He starts off with while glaring at Kestrell. "We have contradicting stories from your group, the Gralhunds, and the Zhentarim that we caught on the street as we approached. But what everyone's stories agreed on was that the Zhentarim were the primary cause of this...mess. As such," Barnibus takes a deep breath and looks to Elon, "as such, I'm placing you under arrest young man. Additionally, I've already sent out a runner to have all of your ilk in the city brought in." Holding up a hand to forestall any interruption, "You will be offered a fair trial. I've heard the rumors that there's a split in your org and we will investigate that as well. But for now, you will come with us." Looking back to the others, "At this point in time I don't feel there's enough evidence to arrest the rest of you. I ask that you return to your home and stay there until this investigation is complete. If you interfere with this investigation again, in any way, I will have you arrested as well." With that, Barnibus motions to Saeth who blows a whistle. At the signal all the griffon cavalry take back to the skies, and the rest of the city watch leave. Two officers put manacles on Elon and escort him way. You all notice that the Gralhund family is also lead away but don't appear to be restrained. After the bulk of everyone has gone, 10 of the City Watch escort the rest of you to the door back to the street. Once you're outside, those ten close the door and stay inside.
Silver just sighs as he looks at his companions "Went better than we could have suspected. Shall we go have a beer?" he doesn't wait for an answer as he begins to just walk in the direction of Trollskull Manor.
Elon offers his wrist without argument and turns to Phaedra "please get a message to Davil as to what has happened please". He then walks away with the Watch without a struggle.
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Elon Andrael- High Elf sorcerer- Waterdeep Dragon Heist
Tomac- goliath barbarian- Yet Another Storm Kings Thunder
"But Barnibus, Elon is one of the good ones. Barnibus..."
Really Phaedra, when in a thousand lifetime did you expect to be saying that a Zhent was one of the good guys. Ohh Mystra, you teach me in mysterious ways, she thinks to herself.
"I will Elon. You can count on me."
The cleric watches Elon be taken away by the watch and then she turns to answer Bason. "I think we should. I may not have said the kindest things about having a Zhent living with us but Elon has been admiral in the the ways Zhents are not. For one I can tell you that Elon does not mix with those Zhents and we owe him. Come on Bason. We should head to the Yawning Portal and seek out Davil. Come on Kestrell, we can chat later. We go to your favourite hole... ahh watering hole."
Phaedra casts her gleeming gold eyes over the goliath. "Sorry Selinae. I must have missed what you said?"
Selinae sighs and for the third time relates what Lord Gralhund said to her companions.
" Theres ateleportation circle in the main bedroom of the manor. Manshoon uses it to send more Zhents to the manor each day. Lord Gralhund has disabled it."
" In short, Manshoon and Lady Gralhund teamed up to find a hidden treasure. The Stone of Golorr is some kind of ancient creature transformed into an artifact. It knows the location of a hidden vault in Waterdeep containing half a million dragons. At Lady Gralhunds command, House Gralhund has been bankrolling Black Network operations in Waterdeep, including the plot to kidnap Renaer Neverember and the plot to steal the Stone of Golorr from his father’s gnome spy, Dalakhar. Lady Gralhund grew frustrated with the Zhents and their inability to secure the artifact. She gave a necklace of fireballs to the nimblewright and sent it out to help retrieve the stone. It was careless and caught the Zhents in the fireball by mistake. Then the Zhents, Urstul in particular, thought the Gralhunds were trying to double-cross them, which led to the massacre at the manor. "
As you're all walking away, Renaer joins with the group. Hearing Selinae's recounting of the story his eyes widen. "That is very useful information Selinae. I need to go speak with a few folks but I wanted to let you know that I will do all that is within my power to free Elon. I will meet you back at Trollskull Manor in the morning."
After just shy of an hour of walking you make it to the Yawning Portal. You enter the tavern and as you make your way through the usual crowd the bard whom you've seen at the tavern before steps into your path. He looks directly at Phaedra. "Lady Harpshadow, we need to speak. Will you all come to my table, please?" With that, he turns and walks to a table in the far corner of the room.
Elon is lead through the city and to Castle Waterdeep and eventually into a small cell. The guards escorting him were polite but rather quiet. Once he was in a cell his manacles were removed and he was given food and water, someone new entered his cell and confirmed his name and promised that he would be seen by a black robe the following day.
Selinae sighs and for the third time relates what Lord Gralhund said to her companions.
" Theres ateleportation circle in the main bedroom of the manor. Manshoon uses it to send more Zhents to the manor each day. Lord Gralhund has disabled it."
...
"Wait!"
"This is real good stuff Serenade, I think I'm finally following it now. But! Who is this Monsoon fellow?"
"Of course, of course. They call me Threestrings. Thank you for coming to my table. I've seen you before going upstairs to meet with Davil and that would have been quite a bad idea today so when I saw you enter I wanted to stop you. About 20 minutes ago a large number of City Watch arrived and took Davil and Yagra into custody. They've also left a few officers upstairs and they're detaining any who venture up to meet with Davil. I'm not sure of the cause, but it seems it's a bad day to be a Zhent."
As he notices his companions changing their plans to head towards Yawning Portal, Silver just sighs as he begins to follow them 'Haven't you all had enough excitement for one night."
As they enter he just remains silent as the man speaks and nods "Very bad day to be a Zhent."
Bason - you pay close attention to this "Threestrings" fellow and are confident in your assessment that everything he said was true. You do notice that he never actually gives his name but rather a nickname, but that's common enough around Waterdeep that it's not surprising.
You watch the mage and his associate from the city watch go from friend to friend asking questions but you're not close enough to overhear the answers. You can tell from their body language that some are a bit nervous but trying to control it and you see that Kestrell is still Kestrell. Eventually Barnibus and Saeth make their way to you and ask you the same questions. How do you respond?
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
Silver just sighs and then smiles looking at the one who asked the questions "We heard there might be trouble here. Turns out we were right, helped the lady of the house and her children escape. We didn't intend on killing anyone to be honest. No I did not kill any of the house guards or staff."
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
After interviewing everyone Barnibus and Saeth gather you all up. You all notice that Barnibus does not look happy as he starts to talk.
"Please do not interrupt me as I explain how this is going to play out." He starts off with while glaring at Kestrell. "We have contradicting stories from your group, the Gralhunds, and the Zhentarim that we caught on the street as we approached. But what everyone's stories agreed on was that the Zhentarim were the primary cause of this...mess. As such," Barnibus takes a deep breath and looks to Elon, "as such, I'm placing you under arrest young man. Additionally, I've already sent out a runner to have all of your ilk in the city brought in." Holding up a hand to forestall any interruption, "You will be offered a fair trial. I've heard the rumors that there's a split in your org and we will investigate that as well. But for now, you will come with us." Looking back to the others, "At this point in time I don't feel there's enough evidence to arrest the rest of you. I ask that you return to your home and stay there until this investigation is complete. If you interfere with this investigation again, in any way, I will have you arrested as well." With that, Barnibus motions to Saeth who blows a whistle. At the signal all the griffon cavalry take back to the skies, and the rest of the city watch leave. Two officers put manacles on Elon and escort him way. You all notice that the Gralhund family is also lead away but don't appear to be restrained. After the bulk of everyone has gone, 10 of the City Watch escort the rest of you to the door back to the street. Once you're outside, those ten close the door and stay inside.
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
Silver just sighs as he looks at his companions "Went better than we could have suspected. Shall we go have a beer?" he doesn't wait for an answer as he begins to just walk in the direction of Trollskull Manor.
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
Elon offers his wrist without argument and turns to Phaedra "please get a message to Davil as to what has happened please". He then walks away with the Watch without a struggle.
Elon Andrael- High Elf sorcerer- Waterdeep Dragon Heist
Tomac- goliath barbarian- Yet Another Storm Kings Thunder
Selinae gave Elon a saucy wink of encouragement. " I'll meet the rest of you at the manor soon....I need to send a message myself."
OOC: As per PM.
Bason looks like he's about to interrupt Barnibus as Elon is attested, but stops himself.
"Barnibus, he was doing what was right. Please, I beg of you, treat him fairly. Elon, we'll do what we can to help you."
As they leave, he responds to Silver. "I think I'll need something stronger than a beer right now. Should we go talk to Davil like Elon asked, first?"
"Well that was something." Kestrell follows Silver back to Trollskull Manor. When they arrive:
"So, what did we learn? The Greyhounds were under attack by the Zents for some reason? And the Zents sent the nimbwit with the fireball?"
Before she left Selinae boggled at Kestrell, " Did no one listen to what I said on the stairs? I'll explain when I get back."
"But Barnibus, Elon is one of the good ones. Barnibus..."
Really Phaedra, when in a thousand lifetime did you expect to be saying that a Zhent was one of the good guys. Ohh Mystra, you teach me in mysterious ways, she thinks to herself.
"I will Elon. You can count on me."
The cleric watches Elon be taken away by the watch and then she turns to answer Bason. "I think we should. I may not have said the kindest things about having a Zhent living with us but Elon has been admiral in the the ways Zhents are not. For one I can tell you that Elon does not mix with those Zhents and we owe him. Come on Bason. We should head to the Yawning Portal and seek out Davil. Come on Kestrell, we can chat later. We go to your favourite hole... ahh watering hole."
Phaedra casts her gleeming gold eyes over the goliath. "Sorry Selinae. I must have missed what you said?"
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
Selinae sighs and for the third time relates what Lord Gralhund said to her companions.
" Theres a teleportation circle in the main bedroom of the manor. Manshoon uses it to send more Zhents to the manor each day. Lord Gralhund has disabled it."
" In short, Manshoon and Lady Gralhund teamed up to find a hidden treasure. The Stone of Golorr is some kind of ancient creature transformed into an artifact. It knows the location of a hidden vault in Waterdeep containing half a million dragons. At Lady Gralhunds command, House Gralhund has been bankrolling Black Network operations in Waterdeep, including the plot to kidnap Renaer Neverember and the plot to steal the Stone of Golorr from his father’s gnome spy, Dalakhar. Lady Gralhund grew frustrated with the Zhents and their inability to secure the artifact. She gave a necklace of fireballs to the nimblewright and sent it out to help retrieve the stone. It was careless and caught the Zhents in the fireball by mistake. Then the Zhents, Urstul in particular, thought the Gralhunds were trying to double-cross them, which led to the massacre at the manor. "
She then heads off to send her message.
As you're all walking away, Renaer joins with the group. Hearing Selinae's recounting of the story his eyes widen. "That is very useful information Selinae. I need to go speak with a few folks but I wanted to let you know that I will do all that is within my power to free Elon. I will meet you back at Trollskull Manor in the morning."
After just shy of an hour of walking you make it to the Yawning Portal. You enter the tavern and as you make your way through the usual crowd the bard whom you've seen at the tavern before steps into your path. He looks directly at Phaedra. "Lady Harpshadow, we need to speak. Will you all come to my table, please?" With that, he turns and walks to a table in the far corner of the room.
Elon is lead through the city and to Castle Waterdeep and eventually into a small cell. The guards escorting him were polite but rather quiet. Once he was in a cell his manacles were removed and he was given food and water, someone new entered his cell and confirmed his name and promised that he would be seen by a black robe the following day.
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
"Wait!"
"This is real good stuff Serenade, I think I'm finally following it now. But! Who is this Monsoon fellow?"
Kestrell raises an eyebrow, but leaves it at that.
At the Yawning Portal, Kestrell follows the bard to the table. "You guys ready for more action? We can take a quick trip down the portal?"
He then turns to Phaedra: "Oh! Is that what you meant by my favorite hole?"
"Well the tavern is not bad as far as tavern's go Kestrell. But it does have that hole in the middle, which you mumble about even in your sleep."
With a node Phaedra follows the bard and takes a seat at the table with him.
"It is indeed charming to meet you Sir Bard or do we get a more formal introduction?" Phaedra ads as she looks over the table at the bard.
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
"Of course, of course. They call me Threestrings. Thank you for coming to my table. I've seen you before going upstairs to meet with Davil and that would have been quite a bad idea today so when I saw you enter I wanted to stop you. About 20 minutes ago a large number of City Watch arrived and took Davil and Yagra into custody. They've also left a few officers upstairs and they're detaining any who venture up to meet with Davil. I'm not sure of the cause, but it seems it's a bad day to be a Zhent."
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
Bason goes along to the Yawning Portal. As they get waylaid by the bard, Bason will try to sense why he wants to talk to Phaedra insight 5.
Bason will stop Phae quickly and whisper to her {adding anything he learns from the above insight}
"I'll catch up, I'll see if I can find Davil."With that, Bason will move to the bar and ask the barman if Davil is around.As he notices his companions changing their plans to head towards Yawning Portal, Silver just sighs as he begins to follow them 'Haven't you all had enough excitement for one night."
As they enter he just remains silent as the man speaks and nods "Very bad day to be a Zhent."
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
Bason - you pay close attention to this "Threestrings" fellow and are confident in your assessment that everything he said was true. You do notice that he never actually gives his name but rather a nickname, but that's common enough around Waterdeep that it's not surprising.
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
"And why this sudden interest in our wellbeing, Mr. Strings?"
"Harpers look out for one another, Mr...?"
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP