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Ask Narim  what happened to Charley, and what does he know about Lena. And... Can you get outside or see outside now the door is open?

[[ Does Brand know where the Undertow reside? If so, he remembers his current location, and moves nearer their base to blow the whistle. ]]

[[The Undertow tend to hangout at a tavern called the Sail's End.]]

Narim doesn't know much about them and hasn't heard of any Charley Zabo... The woman is apparently a minor sorcerer, so be careful... There are large wine barrels in the next room, which is also dark. I would hurry if I were you. I will also keep you informed of events as they happen.

[[Make an Intelligence check for Brand to orient himself with regard to where he remembers the Sail's End to be and where he is now.]]

INT: 23

[[ If he has doubts, he heads east to the water where I assume there is likely to be a North/South road, then tries to orient himself again. ]]

As he moves around he keeps an eye of for the solitary seagull.

Can you see auras on them, has she spent much of her power?

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INT: 8

[[ If he has doubts, he heads east to the water where I assume there is likely to be a North/South road, then tries to orient himself again. ]]

As he moves around he keeps an eye of for the solitary seagull.

Can you see auras on them, has she spent much of her power?

... You seem to be very knowledgeable of the arcane for a non sorcerer, communicates Cyrus, We should speak of this later. But in the meantime, I am unable to answer your question because my concentration is required to maintain the link with Hareld.

After a little while, Cyrus says, From what I can hear, they are concerned that Master Minton was in the area earlier today and they are concerned about what he might have overheard. It appears his reputation has put him at risk. He is telling them of his 'healing', but I am not sure they are believing him.

Brand has no problem orienting himself and is soon approaching the Sail's End tavern, which he sees is apparently still open for business.

[[Regarding the seagull and other things, make a Perception check.]]

A meeting would be most welcome, I have several matters that I would like to discuss.

Perception: 16

If Narim -- or anyone else -- is still there, can he perhaps look at the auras?

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A meeting would be most welcome, I have several matters that I would like to discuss.

Perception: 11

If Narim -- or anyone else -- is still there, can he perhaps look at the auras?

I am going to have to cast the scrying spell again, with the help of others this time... And Narim has corrected himself and is now telling me she may only be a ritual caster, not a sorcerer as he can see no aura on her now.

If Brand has not heard back from Cyrus by the time he arrives at the location, he observes, looks for the seagull, and tries to match the building with the prior description while he waits for Cyrus. Also: does hear any conversations and/or recognise the sound of an agitated Minton.

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If Brand has not heard back from Cyrus by the time he arrives at the location, he observes, looks for the seagull, and tries to match the building with the prior description while he waits for Cyrus. Also: does hear any conversations and/or recognise the sound of an agitated Minton.

[[With regard to the last question: how close is he going to get to the Sail's End?]]

The Sail's End tavern is situated in a street that runs parallel to the docks, one street back from them. It is not a place Brand has frequented before because it has been home turf to the Undertow gang for many years. The main part of the building is long and two-storeys high while there is a shorter one-storey extension offset at one end where there is a smoking chimney. The building is made of wood and has a shingled roof on which there appear to be a number of seagulls roosting.

The previous seagull scared off other seagulls; he is looking for an out-of-place loner.

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The previous seagull scared off other seagulls; he is looking for an out-of-place loner.

[[There are several candidates that fit the bill, and perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few seagulls on the single-storey extension.]]

In the first instance he heads to the single storey extension.

Brand moves onto the single-storey extension of the Sail's End approaching it from the rear of the building. There is the sound of music coming from further along the building and he can now see some sort of balcony at the front of the building which overlooks the single-storey extension. This balcony currently has no one on it.

[[I have organised a map, which you should be able to see on the world site's home page. The arrows show the downward direction of the shingled roof. Don't worry too much about the grid, I'm not sure it is properly to scale.]]

Looks good. Can he hear or see anything?

If not. he moves to the north-west, to get a betterr view of the balcony and the rear/front area. [[ Which direction is the sea? ]]

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Looks good. Can he hear or see anything?

[[There are people in the street, entering and leaving the tavern through an entrance that is nearer the other end of the building from where Brand is. There is also music coming from inside the tavern and he is occasionally getting smoke in his eyes from the smoking chimney off to the upper right.]]

If not. he moves to the north-west, to get a betterr view of the balcony and the rear/front area. [[ Which direction is the sea? ]]

[[The orientation of this map was more to do with the landscape nature of my screen rather than the compass; the top of the page is the direction of the sea and is basically east. Therefore, using the part of the grid you can see, can you please tell me how many squares you want Brand to move and in which directions (i.e., up, down, left and right). ]]

Up 2, Left 2, so that he is on the top corner of the extension. [[ No Cyrus yet? ]]

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Up 2, Left 2, so that he is on the top corner of the extension. [[ No Cyrus yet? ]]

[[I have moved Brand's marker. No Cyrus, yet. Do you want to start the communication?]]

Moving to a new location, Brand can see the double doors that open out onto the balcony. From the absence of any light shining through the cracks, he believes the room behind those doors is in darkness. There are five windows along the length of the upper storey on this side of the building and the third one along is currently open and Brand can see that that room has light coming out of it.

On the ground floor, he can see a second set of double doors, which are the entrance to the Sail's End. Above those doors is hanging the tavern's sign: a tankard of ale out of which is sticking the mast of a ship with full sails set. Flanking the entrance are a pair of shuttered windows.

[[I have moved Brand's marker. No Cyrus, yet. Do you want to start the communication?]]

[[ Looks good. Without input from Cyrus, he will move to "window #2". ]]

Brand thinks, Are you back yet? Can you hear anything ... music, perhaps? Should I make some noise?

In the absence of a response, he moved to Window #2.

In response to Brand's communication Cyrus says, I never left, but I am busy... another two minutes and I should have the scrying spell working again.

Brand moves to above Window#2. Checking for sea gulls. [[ Do I need to keep saying that? He wants to catch the gull...not kill it. ]]

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Brand moves to above Window#2. Checking for sea gulls. [[ Do I need to keep saying that? He wants to catch the gull...not kill it. [[Yes.]]]]

Although there were several roosting gulls on the roof at the back side of the building, there are none on the roof at the front, though there is one down on the ground pecking at something. Using the Stone of Uplifting, Brand moves himself hand over hand out along the wall until he is outside the second window along. There were no sounds or light coming from window #1 and the same is the case for #2. Both windows have their shutters closed.

[[That's me for the night. Ciao.]]

[[ Can I retrospectively change that...I meant window #3...ie. the one with light...also happy if he checks #2 on his way to the lit one...

Also, just checking: "Brand moves himself hand over hand out along the wall"...I picture him as floating along the roof above the window...is that how you see it?

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[[ Can I retrospectively change that...I meant window #3...ie. the one with light...also happy if he checks #2 on his way to the lit one...

[[No worries. He has checked the first two on his way to the third one.]]

Also, just checking: "Brand moves himself hand over hand out along the wall"...I picture him as floating along the roof above the window...is that how you see it?

[[No. Let's start again from his position on the map and please describe his movement in terms of grid squares. And you must remember that if he is using the Stone of Uplifting and the Stone of Unseeing he has no way of moving horizontally without being in contact with some surface to provide traction for something to push off. Also, the roof he is on is about the same level as the balcony and the line of windows, though lower at the edges than at the roofline in the middle.]]

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He should be above the window, perhaps to its left.