Chilling Adventures in the North

(So it is just Beldora and Shad? Post 1731 and 1734 led to some confusion.)

"Maccath the Crimson and a Raggamel? Well, I have heard of Maccath, but not Raggamel. Maccath should not be a problem, her interest in dragons will not bring her this far north," Beldora explains. "Artus Cimber is an immortal, and as I said, he is dealing with some undead army. I have heard of Jarlaxle, he is a drow and a swashbuckler at that, but I don't know where he might be. As for Vanifer she was the leader of the Cult of the Enteral Flame. If you say she is at Reghed Glacier, then you know more than I do."

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(OOC: Hey TheBritGeek! Is everything all right? Hope you’re doing well!)

All good just a busy weekend

(OOC: I'm glad to hear things are going well, The BritGeek!)

Shad will listen thoughtfully to Beldora. "Hmm. Immortal. Swashbuckler. They sound like an interesting pair! Thank you for that information." He thinks for a moment. "I think we will continue making our deliveries, but I will share any news with you the next time we are back here. I'll look for you in this neighborhood?. Do you have shelter? We are trying to help folks as we travel."

If he can help her, Shad will split his gold with Beldora.

Shad give five pieces of gold to Beldora, thanks her, and directs her to Arogna's room, before finding his own bed.

In the morning, he is up early. Shad orders fish for breakfast and waits for the others downstairs. He plans to propose they wander the town, looking for Artus and Jarlaxle. Maybe just for the day before moving on to the glacier?

He drinks his tea, waiting for the others.

(OOC: If Blue is visible when Bjorn comes down, Shad will drop his tea and bolt to his feet, astounded and curious. If Blue is hidden, Shad sips, pinkie pointed.)

Arogna and the dogs come noisily down the stairs, making the largely empty bar-room seem quite full all of a sudden. She asks the staff for ale, bread, and bacon, and some meat for the dogs, which she gives them by the table when she comes over to join Shad. "Beldora's comin' in a minute," she explains. "You two stayed up late talkin', huh? I was sleepin' when she come in. We gonna do more deliveries round here?"

As usual, Muharg is also up early. “Morning Shad! You beat me this time, huh?” Says patting the tabaxi on the shoulder with an open smile, a newly restored warmth in his demeanour. “I’m off for my morning walk. See you in a bit!”

He then approaches the bar before heading out the establishment “Would you mind having an oatmeal ready in ten minutes for me, please? Here.” He says putting a few coins on the bar, including a nice tip.

When he returns he sits in front of the tabaxi. “So! How was your night? Anything interesting?” Asks as he starts downing his breakfast.

”Morning there, Arogna! I think we are heading out towards the Kelvin’s… rocky thing, what was the name, again? to deliver the parcel to Artus Cimber… And potentially face some undead.” Says adding a loud sniff at the mention of the undead.

Qinfaren, eyes blinking rapidly, enters the main room, stretches, his long arms rising up to the ceiling and yawns. His mouth stretches wide.

"Good morning friends," he mumbles through the last part of his yawn. 

He looks around at any food appearing and smiles as he digs in with the others.

"The Parcelmaster is a clever one," Qinfaren says. "I imagine he wouldn't recruit nearly so many couriers if he mentioned undead, and ogres, and skeletons, and wererats."

He looks from each person to the next with a smile as he recites the list.

"I hope we see an ibex today. They live in snowy mountainy areas, don't they?"

Shad will share, without revealing that she is a Harper, everything that Beldora told him. "Artus and the undead deserve our attention," he says. "I like Muharg's plan. It is possible Jarlaxle is here in town, however, I suppose."

"Maybe the barkeep'd know where he's at?" Arogna suggests. "They knows most of the gossip. An' I could use another one of these before goin' out in the cold." She grabs her empty mug of ale and heads to the bar, where she asks the bar staff if they know anything about Jarlaxle's possible whereabouts. 

Bjorn eventually makes his way downstairs alone. He has a tired look on his face as he joins his companions and takes a seat before calling out to the wait staff, "I need a hearty breakfast and a stiff drink!"

"Good morning friends," He greets them with a yawn, "What is our plan for the day?" 

(OOC: Sorry Shad. Blue only stays around for an hour when I summon him and he can only be summoned a few times a day. So probably won't see him often.)

“Morning lad.” Greets Muharg stll facing his plate. When he looks up at the goliath a grimace peeks out from his beard. “Didn’t have too much rest now, did you? Here, take a seat.” He says to Bjorn as he moves to the side.

”I think the plan is to go find Artus Cimber,” takes a sip of his drink and continues “but first Arogna is trying to find out if Jarlaxle is in town.”

Kelvin's Comfort is quiet this morning and you are only accompanied by Beldora as she heads down with Arogna. However, she doesn't stay long and is soon heading out into Bryn Shander, with nothing but a smile and a polite nod.

You have learnt a lot since arriving to Bryn Shander and delivering the package to Raggamel. However, it is clear that your task of delivering the remaining three packages is far from over, and far from being the simple task that you might have hoped for.

(DM did the bar staff give Arogna any information on Jarlaxle?)

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(DM did the bar staff give Arogna any information on Jarlaxle?)

 They've heard of Jarlaxle the famous swashbuckling drow, but don't know where he is.

Arogna returns to the table clutching a mug of ale, which she slurps from on the way over. She also has some bits of meat, which she passes down to the dogs. "Nice you could join us, Bjorn," she grins to the goliath. "They dunno where Jarlaxle's at. Maybe this tavern ain't fancy enough for him. I likes it, though. I 'spect if we keep askin' about him everyplace, someone'll know soon as later."

Shad stands to thank Beldora as she leaves.

"Is there anything we need before heading out to find Artus Cimber? Any place in town we ought to visit, Bjorn?" Shad says. "If not," he drinks the last of his tea, "I'm ready."

Qinfaren nods along as he breathes deep of the steam coming off the hot tea this morning.

"Probably just need someone to point us in the direction of the cairn," Qinfaren begins. "Unless you know where it is, Bjorn."

Bjron will scratch his chin in thought as all the attention suddenly seems to be on him, "Depends on what you are looking for Shad. To my memory there are a number of inns and taverns in the city so if Jarlaxle is here, he would probably be in one of them. If you are looking for equipment there are a couple of smiths about. Blackiron Blades is rumoured to have the cheapest weapons in the ten towns. There is also a market which is good for getting knucklehead trout scrimshaw in addition to the local produce if you want it. As for the Cairn..."

Bjorn pauses for a moment, before continuing, "I have a rough idea, though it has been a while since I visited the place."

(OOC: @TheBritGreek I'm not sure how much Bjorn would be allowed to know, so I tried to not say too much. If the bit about Blackiron Blades is too much I can remove it.)

"All right! We can ask roun' all the inns an' taverns if you point us to 'em, Bjorn," Arogna says with a grin. "An' if you all wants to go shoppin' instead, I volunteers to go an' ask around for you. Can't say fairer like." She scarfs down the last of her breakfast ale. "If we leaves quick, we might get to the Cairn today after that an'all, right?"

(@iDarkelf I'm happy with that.)

Odgen who overhears your conversation replies to Arogna from behind the bar, "You'd be lucky to make it Kalvin's Cairn today if you left now. No you'd only make it as far as Caer-Dineval before dusk if you left now. You could then make it to Caer-Konig by midday if you left early enough, which is at the foot of the Kalvin's Cairn.

Just thought I'd add my two copper pieces."