[OOC I simply don't know what Dora can offer: witness relocation, monetary compensation?]
For Dora:
[OOC: I suspect Dora would be in the same situation. She can of course promise to try, but any official protection would have to come from higher up.
However, if you want Dora to outright lie about providing protection to see what Samels says, you will need to make a Deception check to see if he believes her.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Your promise to Samel came before I replied, but as you haven't added a Deception roll, I am going to assume that Dora statement was made honestly and so what follows is based on Samel's impression of her character (i.e., an Insight check).]
Hesitantly at first, but then with increasing fervour, Samel starts telling Dora and Barrus about the Hazluk family, which I summarise below:
The Hazluk family are a rich Stemian family that have lived for many generations in Constantine and have become wealthy through their provision of high quality clothing to the ruling Sorendenese elite. Their tailor establishment is in the Mercantile District but the family actually has a large house on Palace Row, which is on the southern side of the main island and is called such because all the houses there have a view of the king's palace across the waters.
Samel has been in the employ of the family for a number of years and is the youngest of a number of servants employed by the family. He is employed as a general errand boy and is often used as a lantern carrier by family members when they go out at night. However, as he also actually lives in the house with the family, he also knows some of their more secretive practices.
Samel tells Dora that he believes that all the family members, and some of the older servants, are actually practitioners of the dark arts. That there are areas of the house that he is not allowed into and that he sometimes hears unusual sounds late at night. He also says that these practices seem to have strange effects on people. For example, he is aware that the young master, Brutha, wears makeup to hide some sort of skin complaint and that his sister has to wear a wig because she has no hair. Also, the master of the house, Wallus Hazluk, only pretends to be an aged invalid when there are visitors in the house and at other times he moves about just like any person half his age.
Samel finishes his story and then asks again, "You will protect me? Yes?"
[OOC: And now I have to start work, so any replies will be intermittent until after 4pm.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Here is what Guilliame learns from the lantern.]
Taking up the lantern, it quickly becomes apparent that the last person to have it in their possession for any prolonged period was the youth Guilliame saw talking with Hazluk.
Beyond that, Guilliame gets glimpses of a number of other people having used the lantern and he quickly comes to the realisation that the lamp does not 'belong' to any one individual in particular, but is perhaps owned by a household—a rich one, with many servants.
Delving deeper does not reveal anything more about the maker of the lantern, or any use for the lantern beyond what it was originally designed for, however, Guilliame does detect something unusual about the carriers of the lantern. It would seem that most of the people who held the lantern felt somewhat nervous or afraid while doing so.
He can learn no more at this time.
[OOC: Guilliame should be able to finish his ritual shortly. I will let you know when.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Paul has also been busy for a while and I am happy for you both to have finished what you have been doing and open the closed door that is between you and discuss your findings, being mindful of all those who might be listening.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC we had a scheduled power outage up here which Jen had not informed me of. So I have been incommunicado until about an hour ago. Happy to reopen doors.]
"Samel, I will ask my commander to grant you protection although I do not know what form that will be. My Hand will protect you this night. Stay in this room for the moment."
"Barrus, please bar the internal shutters and then remove the manacles from Samel."
I walk to the door and open it to see if the magus has completed his work.
[OOC I have things to say to Guilliame if he is finished, if not then I will beckon one of the Hand over to the door. I do not leave the doorway.]
Barrus steps up and, after a quick glance at Samel, says to Dora, "You believe this gutter rat? He has more stories than one of those storytellers who entertain children for money in the marketplace."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Barrus shrugs and sets about closing the shutters on the cabin window and then using a pair of pliers to close the split pins on the manacles so they can be removed.
When Barrus releases Samel from the manacles, the young man says nothing but moves over to sit on the cabin's small bed with his back to the wall so he can keep his eye on the swarthy Sorendenese handsman.
Meanwhile, outside the cabin, Guilliame finishes what he is doing and begins putting away the components of his ritual in his satchel to protect them from the occasional drop of rain that has started to fall.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I motion Guilliame, , Barrus, Jack and Alice to the doorway. I leave Luka on guard. I speak quietly so Samel cannot hear.
"The young man we apprehended is called Samel, his testimony is of value to us but he may be in very real peril. It is our duty to protect him. For the moment, Jack could you take Barrus's place inside the cabin guarding Samel and make sure he stays there. Do not trust him. Barrus and Alice be on guard on the perimeter, do not venture out of each other's sight. Alice please pass on my words to Luka. Guilliame, I need a word with you alone."
"Yes, Handleader," says Alice promptly, as the hand takes up the duties Dora has commanded.
For Dora:
[OOC: According to thedescriptionof the cabin on the World Anvil site, the window can be shuttered both on the inside and the outside. In my previous move, I assumed that Barrus was shuttering the window on the inside. Is this correct?]
I gesture Guilliame to move to the quietest corner of the guard post and warn "speak quietly Guilliame for who knows what spies are about this evening. And be on your guard, it will not take long for the owner of the flask to work out what has happened and then I expect all hell to break loose. What did your investigations find?"
"The flask is a problem. It is owned by someone who works in the sheriff's office. I can't recall his name but I have seen him there. He is a follower of Shari and this flask is part of their rituals I believe. Do you know about Shari worshippers?"
"The lantern is the property of a rich household and has been handled by many. I suspect they are in fear of the head of the household or someone in it at least as all who handle it have been nervous."
[OOC: Dora has heard the name before. It was during the same incident that she smelt the contents of the flask (see here as a reminder and here for what Dora knows about Shari).]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Yes, Sheriff Tambor is the administrator of the Scholar's Ward. Among other things, he is the head of the Watch for the Scholar's Ward (seeherefor reference).]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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"Samel, I will do what I can."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
For Dora:
[OOC: Your promise to Samel came before I replied, but as you haven't added a Deception roll, I am going to assume that Dora statement was made honestly and so what follows is based on Samel's impression of her character (i.e., an Insight check).]
Hesitantly at first, but then with increasing fervour, Samel starts telling Dora and Barrus about the Hazluk family, which I summarise below:
The Hazluk family are a rich Stemian family that have lived for many generations in Constantine and have become wealthy through their provision of high quality clothing to the ruling Sorendenese elite. Their tailor establishment is in the Mercantile District but the family actually has a large house on Palace Row, which is on the southern side of the main island and is called such because all the houses there have a view of the king's palace across the waters.
Samel has been in the employ of the family for a number of years and is the youngest of a number of servants employed by the family. He is employed as a general errand boy and is often used as a lantern carrier by family members when they go out at night. However, as he also actually lives in the house with the family, he also knows some of their more secretive practices.
Samel tells Dora that he believes that all the family members, and some of the older servants, are actually practitioners of the dark arts. That there are areas of the house that he is not allowed into and that he sometimes hears unusual sounds late at night. He also says that these practices seem to have strange effects on people. For example, he is aware that the young master, Brutha, wears makeup to hide some sort of skin complaint and that his sister has to wear a wig because she has no hair. Also, the master of the house, Wallus Hazluk, only pretends to be an aged invalid when there are visitors in the house and at other times he moves about just like any person half his age.
Samel finishes his story and then asks again, "You will protect me? Yes?"
[OOC: And now I have to start work, so any replies will be intermittent until after 4pm.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Here is what Guilliame learns from the lantern.]
Taking up the lantern, it quickly becomes apparent that the last person to have it in their possession for any prolonged period was the youth Guilliame saw talking with Hazluk.
Beyond that, Guilliame gets glimpses of a number of other people having used the lantern and he quickly comes to the realisation that the lamp does not 'belong' to any one individual in particular, but is perhaps owned by a household—a rich one, with many servants.
Delving deeper does not reveal anything more about the maker of the lantern, or any use for the lantern beyond what it was originally designed for, however, Guilliame does detect something unusual about the carriers of the lantern. It would seem that most of the people who held the lantern felt somewhat nervous or afraid while doing so.
He can learn no more at this time.
[OOC: Guilliame should be able to finish his ritual shortly. I will let you know when.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Paul. No moves from Guilliame until further notice as he has been busy.
[OOC: Paul has also been busy for a while and I am happy for you both to have finished what you have been doing and open the closed door that is between you and discuss your findings, being mindful of all those who might be listening.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC we had a scheduled power outage up here which Jen had not informed me of. So I have been incommunicado until about an hour ago. Happy to reopen doors.]
"Samel, I will ask my commander to grant you protection although I do not know what form that will be. My Hand will protect you this night. Stay in this room for the moment."
"Barrus, please bar the internal shutters and then remove the manacles from Samel."
I walk to the door and open it to see if the magus has completed his work.
[OOC I have things to say to Guilliame if he is finished, if not then I will beckon one of the Hand over to the door. I do not leave the doorway.]
For Dora:
Barrus steps up and, after a quick glance at Samel, says to Dora, "You believe this gutter rat? He has more stories than one of those storytellers who entertain children for money in the marketplace."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Yes Barrus I do. His story is consistent with what has happened already this night. Now please do as I asked, shutters first and then manacles."
Barrus shrugs and sets about closing the shutters on the cabin window and then using a pair of pliers to close the split pins on the manacles so they can be removed.
When Barrus releases Samel from the manacles, the young man says nothing but moves over to sit on the cabin's small bed with his back to the wall so he can keep his eye on the swarthy Sorendenese handsman.
Meanwhile, outside the cabin, Guilliame finishes what he is doing and begins putting away the components of his ritual in his satchel to protect them from the occasional drop of rain that has started to fall.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I motion Guilliame, , Barrus, Jack and Alice to the doorway. I leave Luka on guard. I speak quietly so Samel cannot hear.
"The young man we apprehended is called Samel, his testimony is of value to us but he may be in very real peril. It is our duty to protect him. For the moment, Jack could you take Barrus's place inside the cabin guarding Samel and make sure he stays there. Do not trust him. Barrus and Alice be on guard on the perimeter, do not venture out of each other's sight. Alice please pass on my words to Luka. Guilliame, I need a word with you alone."
"Yes, Handleader," says Alice promptly, as the hand takes up the duties Dora has commanded.
For Dora:
[OOC: According to the description of the cabin on the World Anvil site, the window can be shuttered both on the inside and the outside. In my previous move, I assumed that Barrus was shuttering the window on the inside. Is this correct?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Yes Inside]
I gesture Guilliame to move to the quietest corner of the guard post and warn "speak quietly Guilliame for who knows what spies are about this evening. And be on your guard, it will not take long for the owner of the flask to work out what has happened and then I expect all hell to break loose. What did your investigations find?"
"The flask is a problem. It is owned by someone who works in the sheriff's office. I can't recall his name but I have seen him there. He is a follower of Shari and this flask is part of their rituals I believe. Do you know about Shari worshippers?"
"The lantern is the property of a rich household and has been handled by many. I suspect they are in fear of the head of the household or someone in it at least as all who handle it have been nervous."
[OOC: Paul, Regarding the mention of Shari, I would like you to make a Religion check for Dora for me. The DC for this roll is 15.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Religion]
3
[OOC is the Sheriff Dora's commander?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.