BB learns his throne castle, Fort Tiny, is located in
Session starts on the 8th
Two days before the Feast of Bathinalia, and the Conclave
Waking from a nice long rest in Jorg’s Yurt
While preparing to leave, outside the Yurt is Bongus, Bingus’ Knight card summon
Sent by the temple of Khorne as they heard another membre of their flock has arrived
Sent as a messenger to inform about the meeting on the 10th, and to protect BB as he is a high level paladin of Khorne
Party splits, Luc and Bong go looking for Firearms
30 mins later finds the store Thanis’ Firearms
Relatively small, but extremely specialised store for Firearms
Luc inquires about the price for a musket
Muskets are about 150gp
Bulk orders receive discounts
Buys 5 muskets for 600gp - 20% discount
Also buys 3 pistols for 225gp
BB and J go looking for Kostas in the guild quarter
Find Kostas’ workshop in the Guild quarter
Empty store manned by clerk Nikolaus at the front desk
Kostas only operates on request, and materials must be supplied by the client
His main client is the Altisian college of witchcraft and Wizardry
Kostas is a dwarf
BB provides 1000gp for Kostas to work on his armour
J provides 500gp for Kostas to combine the Wyvern stinger with his crossbow
J asks around for knowledge of the two black shapes in the inland sea
Find a staff member of the Constanbul uni
Dressed very nicely and dapper
Informs J that there is nothing in the Mycean Sea if they were actually creatures
If what we saw was correct, we saw something strange, but likely not an issue as the sea is regularly patrolled
J finds a store of useful equipment
Eyes of the Eagle/perception glasses +2
spends 500gp for one
J says he has a problem to fix to a shopkeep
Brings out a few items while closing the shop
Cloak (hat) of Disguise
Luc uses truesight to look for strange sights
Sees a dwarf disguised as a human
Also sees a familiar face when walking through the Market
200ft away he sees Gunther Schnell
Odd as he was scried in Chamrousse 2 days ago
Under true sight, his appearance shifts into someone wearing the outfit of the Fixers
After pulling him into an alley, Luc sees his eyes return from black to normal
Very alarmed of what is happening, likely some sort of remote viewing or control spell
Doesn’t know any magic
J only sees a Chamrousian man with illusion magic
Last thing Fixer remembers is him and his group of 7 people
Fixer operate in 7-man groups
Just finished completing a heist in Abragar, and returned to Constanbul
While returning to a safehouse, his vision went blank and he passed out
He thinks that it has been almost a month ago
Perhaps a geas?
He tells us where the secret entrance into the safehouse is
Assumes that he entered the safehouse before being controlled
There should be an agent in the safehouse who won’t open the door unless speaking the passphrase
“The fix has been fixed”, specific to only that safehouse
He thanks Luc for helping free him
L&J travel to the Fixer safehouse, and investigate the surroundings
No watchers were seen, and no magic was felt in the building
Luc fails a lockpick check and breaks the lock
J makes a distraction while L mage hands a shrunken Bong through the window
Bong mends the broken lock and unlocks the door
Inside the safehouse opened the secret door to a slim staircase down
The hidden basement has something magical around the corner
Divination magic is sensed inside the room
Luc enters while invisible to avoid potential scrying
There is a gold coin with scry actively being cast
Luc puts the coin into his handy haversack
L&J go to the temple of bathirus to find info about Aradon
J finds a priestly man who is in charge of the postal service
Asks about the aradon situation, as we are merchants heading there
There is currently some sort of pretty dire situation
Multiple reports of refugees fleeing cities in aradonian successor states
New reports suggest maybe an attack of some kind
Relations betweent ehs uccessor states has taken a sharp fall
Simply too much confusion in the incoming messages to understand whats happening
Some kind of conflict is causing this
Maybe either
a war has started internally or between successor states
Children of pennance are involved in something going on
A group claiming to be devot followers of Bathirus
Actually an anti magic non-state supported military group
Generally viewed as nothing more than mercenaries doing whatever they what
Only somewhat aligned with the church
Bsed in the east of Aradon and Lie
Potentially the Blight is expanding rapidly
Maybe civil order has broken down in Guilanyth due to a civil war
Until the church gets better info they cant provide clearer picture about what is happening
He mentions there is a meeting in a few days (the Conclave)
Travelling further to the HMMLMG, L&J ask about aradon again
They have some more info about the trade relationships
Draymora and Guilanyth have become much closer than previously
When the two states split from aradon, the states stayed separarte due to slight cultural differences but stayed aligned due to dislike of the aridonian empire
Was a detante between Draymora and Guilanyth, and Aradon
Lealin is cosying up to aradon, and may cause a split between North-South Aradonian sucessors
Southern Guilanyth and eastern Draymora says conflict is happening
Increases of ratmen from the blight
Conflict between groups within the countries
Merchants are saying that they think its more likely something to do with the Blight rather than internal conflict
Spurious rumours saying the Blight has expanded, and likely something big is happening
Go further South to a seedier bar, Ye Old Worm
The vibe is similar to the Howling Cleric
The barkeep suggests he can connect us to the Fixers
Barkeep says he doesn’t know the Fixers and is just a middleman
He can pass on a request, but doesn’t have anything himself, and he hasn’t heard recently
Everyone related to the Fixers in Constanbul thinks something out of order is happening
All Fixers have gone into hiding a month ago
Barkeep provides a letter directly from Fixers HQ for us to scry on
J, through the crystal orb, we see a man in Fixer garb except the cloak
He is sitting in a small office of some sort writing onto scrolls
The man is sitting very straight and writing very mechanically
Detect surface thoughts gives very little, not thinking about much
From thoughts the letter is written to a Fixer group relaying them to return to HQ
When they think of HQ, with deeper thoughts can detect the name of the HQ
HQ is based out of Gazyamble, scribe’s emotion is placid
They have absolutely no reaction to the deeper scrying
Luc gives J true sight, and J sees that there is no blackness to their eyes
Either dealing with a group causing the mind control, or an extremely strong individual
While having a rest at the Coat of Arms, Eleftheria returns
She says she just got word today about what might be occurring
Her connections in Callinell sent word by pidgeon, so info from last night
Reports of Civil strife are extrapolating from the refugees, but the Crown has been tight-lipped
There has been a large incursion from the Blight
She also helps start contact with a cannon crafter
Scrying on Iskander
Captain Markos Fotilis is the head of the Schmead Mead mercenary band
He will die for the cause
Hear news that a heist occurred in the Museum of Constanbul today
Apparently no one can figure out how the item was stolen
Potentially a famous painting like Pax Mycea, or the main exhibit, The Holy Sword of Khorne Triumph
We both overhear say that the one on display is a replica and the real one is hidden
After entering the Yurt, the air shimmers in from of BB, and a red sword appears
Lore
Iskander’s Siege cannon is not something we could obtain easily
We could procure normal cannons from the manufactories
