"Is there a graveyard nearby that we might burry this guy as I feel like that priest is more a fraud than someone who cares for his flock" Jupp says turning to Isow "Did the man have family?"
"Is there a graveyard nearby that we might burry this guy as I feel like that priest is more a fraud than someone who cares for his flock" Jupp says turning to Isow "Did the man have family?"
Isow shook his head, " The workers will take him at the end of the day and prepare him then he will be burned as is the Guranam custom."
" Family? Yes, his daughter who I mentioned earlier. She is not in town currently but should return soon."
He frowned slightly at Jupp, " Do not mistake the Guru for a fraud....he is a powerful man and much loved by my people....but he is one of those who has a somewhat revisionist view of history. When we threw off the remnant of the Guranam empire, their children were the ones who lit the flame and assisted us....but when some of my people tell the tale they focus only on our own uprising."
Once sure that the priest and his men had truly departed Isow drew the companions in and express his profound doubts that the victim was murdered by one of his own. He reiterates that with the extortion going on of late, there have been increasing troubles between the Guranum and the Lokanans, and Isow thinks that whoever did this did it as a warning to the Guranam community.
" I don't dare push the point as long as the Guru is opposed to the investigation; the priesthood can stir up too much trouble among the common folk if he is slighted. If someone else were to look into the matter, of course, I would be very grateful in ways that would fill up empty purses. If evidence proving the guilt of a culprit were to find its way to my office, I would be quite certain that such efforts would be rewarded by as much as 500 silver pana."
" But if someone were so incautious as to claim my official sanction on their investigations, however, I would be obliged to deny every word of it and to punish such imposture accordingly. Do we have an understanding?"
"I believe we do, but if someone was to take this under there own stead where might you say they should start" as Jupp looks for a spot to lay the body then thinks the foremans office would be a great spot.
"I believe we do, but if someone was to take this under there own stead where might you say they should start" as Jupp looks for a spot to lay the body then thinks the foremans office would be a great spot.
" His daughters due to return on tomorrows high tide.", Isow said casually.
( You guys are pretty much free to do what you want- general description of the town and districts is in the DM notes on the campaign page. Explore at your leisure. Still got most of the day before you need to find a place to sleep.)
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Jupp will go drop the body off in the office, close the door behind him then quickly go through the desk looking for hidden draws and anything retaining to the dead guy.
Jupp will go drop the body off in the office, close the door behind him then quickly go through the desk looking for hidden draws and anything retaining to the dead guy.
Investigation 20
A thorough search of the office reveals nothing related to the name Isow gave you, Raj Senem, and indeed little but building plans, a hidden bottle of arak and some betel nut.
Samnang would like to make a pass through the town, looking for any signs of Garunam criminal activity or racketeering in the streets.
Investigation: 10
She doesn't find any direct evidence of it though there is talk about such things in the artisan streets and the market...but she sees nothing with her own eyes.
Clancy turns to Isow, "Adik Kiwa, is that right? The murdered guy's daughter? She'll be back tomorrow right? What can you tell me about her?"
Isows scarred face takes on a strange expression...perhaps wistful?...as he speaks about Adik Kiwa.
" She is young and beautiful, with uncommonly pale hazel eyes and a fine form, Kiwa is a dutiful daughter in learning the traditions of her family. She has been her father’s only family since her mother died, and, I believe, she feels her duty keenly. Still.....", and here he frowned uncomfortably, "...her real pleasure was in teasing the young Garunam men and enjoying their competition for her eventual hand in marriage. She will have thought that her father would surely live for decades more before she would finally be forced to adopt his position as elder among the Garunam. This terrible murder will have left her plans in tatters."
"I believe Kiwa is deeply unprepared for having this position thrust upon her. It would be hard enough in good times, but anyone can see that a pogrom is brewing among my people against the Garuwan, and I doubt she will have much idea what to do."
"I was an ally to her father, but so long as the merchants are being tormented by Garuwan extortioners my influence will not count for much if things do boil over."
He frowned deeper, "Kiwa is not a cruel or callous woman, but she has little real interest in the sufferings of the poorer Garuwan. her father made many efforts to protect and provide for them, but to keep himself in favour with the upper echelons he always did so in secret..... She feels they should be grateful for the sacrifices her family has made to protect them, and that they should be glad that they still even have the right to maintain their customs in this far land that they once ruled over. She is not....wrong...but how can people be grateful for things they do not know about? And if it became known...then the ability to help would be greatly curtailed."
" She finds me to be old and boring....though I....ah....but she finds outsiders to be fascinating and exotic, and will be thoroughly impressed by your tales of adventure. That may ease your getting to know her."
" She returns tomorrow, yes.....a far sadder homecoming than she expects I'm sure."
Clancy nods, "Yes, a very sad homecoming indeed. So you believe she does not necessarily want or is even ready for this 'power' that she will now have? Will she have advisors? Will she listen to you in spite of finding you boring?"
Jupp will take the bottle of booze and head out after putting it in his bag leaving the body of the foremans desk, he will move over to join the others who followed the elder here
Jupp will take the bottle of booze and head out after putting it in his bag leaving the body of the foremans desk, he will move over to join the others who followed the elder here
Jupps petty thievery goes unnoticed...for the moment...and he rejoins his companions.
Clancy nods, "Yes, a very sad homecoming indeed. So you believe she does not necessarily want or is even ready for this 'power' that she will now have? Will she have advisors? Will she listen to you in spite of finding you boring?"
Iwon smiled grimly, " She will take it....it is just a lot sooner than it should have been."
" She'll listen...probably not to the words I want her too...but she'll listen. There are some old women in her household that will advise her as well, now and then."
Clancy nods, "Yes, a very sad homecoming indeed. So you believe she does not necessarily want or is even ready for this 'power' that she will now have? Will she have advisors? Will she listen to you in spite of finding you boring?"
Iwon smiled grimly, " She will take it....it is just a lot sooner than it should have been."
" She'll listen...probably not to the words I want her too...but she'll listen. There are some old women in her household that will advise her as well, now and then."
"Okay, it is good she will not be completely alone with the burden. Is there a particular time that she gets back in? I would like to pass on my condolences, if that's not too weird... Is that weird? Perhaps that's weird...." Clancy suddenly looks unsure.
"Is there somewhere in town we can stay? We've just got here and barely had a chance to check the place out. A near murder and a definite murder has quite distracted me"
Clancy suddenly looks around realising that a number of the travelling companions are nowhere in sight, "Perhaps they have found a place to stay..."
Clancy nods, "Yes, a very sad homecoming indeed. So you believe she does not necessarily want or is even ready for this 'power' that she will now have? Will she have advisors? Will she listen to you in spite of finding you boring?"
Iwon smiled grimly, " She will take it....it is just a lot sooner than it should have been."
" She'll listen...probably not to the words I want her too...but she'll listen. There are some old women in her household that will advise her as well, now and then."
"Okay, it is good she will not be completely alone with the burden. Is there a particular time that she gets back in? I would like to pass on my condolences, if that's not too weird... Is that weird? Perhaps that's weird...." Clancy suddenly looks unsure.
"Is there somewhere in town we can stay? We've just got here and barely had a chance to check the place out. A near murder and a definite murder has quite distracted me"
Clancy suddenly looks around realising that a number of the travelling companions are nowhere in sight, "Perhaps they have found a place to stay..."
Iwon looked up suddenly, " Perhaps so.....I did not see them leave...strangely.."
" She should arrive on the morning high tide....but as you know, sea voyages are difficult to predict."
" There are some lodgings to be had near the Farm Gate....and the Docks...most of it rather rough for farmers and sailors. There is a guest house near the Farm gate as well....but it is expensive."
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Samnang, in the absence of any obvious activity, will find a place to set up, looking to draw the attention of younger folk in the village, both Ganuram and Lokanon alike, using a mixture a card tricks and minor sleight of hand.
"Maraming salamat, po - I couldn't help but overhear you needed a place to stay tonight? I'd be happy to guide you and your companions to a fair and reputable establishment. I am Malambing, guide and finder of lost objects, at your very reasonably priced service."
Rounding a nearby corner, you see a Merubat youth, barely seventeen summers, with a wide grin on his deeply tanned face and an unruly shock of black hair that defies gravity. He wears a sarang that may once have been green underneath a leather vest that looks like it was made for a larger individual. He carries pouches everywhere, and has a shortsword tucked into his belt, but no scabbard, a dagger tucked into a boot, but no socks, and a short bow with some wretched looking arrows wrapped in a threadbare blanket. He never drops his smile, but his eyes are always looking about, as though he would spring away like a startled frog at the slightest hint of a larger predator.
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"Is there a graveyard nearby that we might burry this guy as I feel like that priest is more a fraud than someone who cares for his flock" Jupp says turning to Isow "Did the man have family?"
DJ
Hard to tell, definitely a hard-arse.
( Wow...you are not having any luck with rolls....)
He did not seem to take anything.
Isow shook his head, " The workers will take him at the end of the day and prepare him then he will be burned as is the Guranam custom."
" Family? Yes, his daughter who I mentioned earlier. She is not in town currently but should return soon."
He frowned slightly at Jupp, " Do not mistake the Guru for a fraud....he is a powerful man and much loved by my people....but he is one of those who has a somewhat revisionist view of history. When we threw off the remnant of the Guranam empire, their children were the ones who lit the flame and assisted us....but when some of my people tell the tale they focus only on our own uprising."
Once sure that the priest and his men had truly departed Isow drew the companions in and express his profound doubts that the victim was murdered by one of his own. He reiterates that with the extortion going on of late, there have been increasing troubles between the Guranum and the Lokanans, and Isow thinks that whoever did this did it as a warning to the Guranam community.
" I don't dare push the point as long as the Guru is opposed to the investigation; the priesthood can stir up too much trouble among the common folk if he is slighted. If someone else were to look into the matter, of course, I would be very grateful in ways that would fill up empty purses. If evidence proving the guilt of a culprit were to find its way to my office, I would be quite certain that such efforts would be rewarded by as much as 500 silver pana."
" But if someone were so incautious as to claim my official sanction on their investigations, however, I would be obliged to deny every word of it and to punish such imposture accordingly. Do we have an understanding?"
"I believe we do, but if someone was to take this under there own stead where might you say they should start" as Jupp looks for a spot to lay the body then thinks the foremans office would be a great spot.
DJ
" His daughters due to return on tomorrows high tide.", Isow said casually.
He followed Jupps eyes, " The office, yes."
( You guys are pretty much free to do what you want- general description of the town and districts is in the DM notes on the campaign page. Explore at your leisure. Still got most of the day before you need to find a place to sleep.)
Jupp will go drop the body off in the office, close the door behind him then quickly go through the desk looking for hidden draws and anything retaining to the dead guy.
Investigation 6
DJ
A thorough search of the office reveals nothing related to the name Isow gave you, Raj Senem, and indeed little but building plans, a hidden bottle of arak and some betel nut.
Samnang would like to make a pass through the town, looking for any signs of Garunam criminal activity or racketeering in the streets.
Investigation: 22
She doesn't find any direct evidence of it though there is talk about such things in the artisan streets and the market...but she sees nothing with her own eyes.
Clancy turns to Isow, "Adik Kiwa, is that right? The murdered guy's daughter? She'll be back tomorrow right? What can you tell me about her?"
Isows scarred face takes on a strange expression...perhaps wistful?...as he speaks about Adik Kiwa.
" She is young and beautiful, with uncommonly pale hazel eyes and a fine form, Kiwa is a dutiful daughter in learning the traditions of her family. She has been her father’s only
family since her mother died, and, I believe, she feels her duty keenly. Still.....", and here he frowned uncomfortably, "...her real pleasure was in teasing the young Garunam men and enjoying their competition for her eventual hand in marriage. She will have thought that her father would surely live for decades more before she would finally be forced to adopt his position as elder among the Garunam. This terrible murder will have left her plans in tatters."
"I believe Kiwa is deeply unprepared for having this position thrust upon her. It would be hard enough in good times, but anyone can see that a pogrom is brewing among my people against the Garuwan, and I doubt she will have much idea what to do."
"I was an ally to her father, but so long as the merchants are being tormented by Garuwan extortioners my influence will not count for much if things do boil over."
He frowned deeper, "Kiwa is not a cruel or callous woman, but she has little real interest in the sufferings of the poorer Garuwan. her father made many efforts to protect and provide for them, but to keep himself in favour with the upper echelons he always did so in secret..... She feels they should be grateful for the sacrifices her family has made to protect them, and that they should be glad that they still even have the right to maintain their customs in this far land that they once ruled over. She is not....wrong...but how can people be grateful for things they do not know about? And if it became known...then the ability to help would be greatly curtailed."
" She finds me to be old and boring....though I....ah....but she finds outsiders to be fascinating and exotic, and will be thoroughly impressed by your tales of adventure. That may ease your getting to know her."
" She returns tomorrow, yes.....a far sadder homecoming than she expects I'm sure."
Clancy nods, "Yes, a very sad homecoming indeed. So you believe she does not necessarily want or is even ready for this 'power' that she will now have? Will she have advisors? Will she listen to you in spite of finding you boring?"
Jupp will take the bottle of booze and head out after putting it in his bag leaving the body of the foremans desk, he will move over to join the others who followed the elder here
DJ
Jupps petty thievery goes unnoticed...for the moment...and he rejoins his companions.
Iwon smiled grimly, " She will take it....it is just a lot sooner than it should have been."
" She'll listen...probably not to the words I want her too...but she'll listen. There are some old women in her household that will advise her as well, now and then."
"Okay, it is good she will not be completely alone with the burden. Is there a particular time that she gets back in? I would like to pass on my condolences, if that's not too weird... Is that weird? Perhaps that's weird...." Clancy suddenly looks unsure.
"Is there somewhere in town we can stay? We've just got here and barely had a chance to check the place out. A near murder and a definite murder has quite distracted me"
Clancy suddenly looks around realising that a number of the travelling companions are nowhere in sight, "Perhaps they have found a place to stay..."
Iwon looked up suddenly, " Perhaps so.....I did not see them leave...strangely.."
" She should arrive on the morning high tide....but as you know, sea voyages are difficult to predict."
" There are some lodgings to be had near the Farm Gate....and the Docks...most of it rather rough for farmers and sailors. There is a guest house near the Farm gate as well....but it is expensive."
Samnang, in the absence of any obvious activity, will find a place to set up, looking to draw the attention of younger folk in the village, both Ganuram and Lokanon alike, using a mixture a card tricks and minor sleight of hand.
Sleight of Hand: 22
"Maraming salamat, po - I couldn't help but overhear you needed a place to stay tonight? I'd be happy to guide you and your companions to a fair and reputable establishment. I am Malambing, guide and finder of lost objects, at your very reasonably priced service."
Rounding a nearby corner, you see a Merubat youth, barely seventeen summers, with a wide grin on his deeply tanned face and an unruly shock of black hair that defies gravity. He wears a sarang that may once have been green underneath a leather vest that looks like it was made for a larger individual. He carries pouches everywhere, and has a shortsword tucked into his belt, but no scabbard, a dagger tucked into a boot, but no socks, and a short bow with some wretched looking arrows wrapped in a threadbare blanket. He never drops his smile, but his eyes are always looking about, as though he would spring away like a startled frog at the slightest hint of a larger predator.