#Grate
Na'rith is a member of the city watch, grey coats
On the first night we started in the Lonely Dragon chilling when we heard a commotion outside. Half naked ladies were running through the streets, followed by their uh, clients. Seems like The Succubus, a house of ill repute across the street from the Lonely Dragon was emptying out as panicked whores and men ran seemingly for their lives judging from the state of undress most were in.
We entered the brothel and encountered demon chicken, I shit you not. We defeated them and search the place, finding a curious dark portal in one of the rooms.
Ka'D'Avore found an Orb of Direction, that will always show north and a ring (of swimming) in the guts of the Alligator. We found a shrine for Penur, Lady of the Sea in the sewers.
Oil
Bags/Sacks
Katarie
Achiel, purveyor of corpses
The Untouchables (Essential Service Folk)
Kulsten the healer/surgeon
Swede's plant shop
Ferg, the botanist
Fianna oil & tinctures
Vogta's Armory (Fin Wioneth is the Blacksmith)
Nicek & Gayle armaments
Fin told us that Kobos was behind the attacks. They are local thieves guild, they are one of the four guilds in Gutters. Fin Wioneth, the blacksmith of Vojta's Armory came to Ferg's shop and claimed he was also attacked. He killed his assailants and said that he was coming from Swede's. He also said Nicek and Gayle were dead, their shop burned to the ground.
The Grey Coat's are more about the economy than the residents safety.
Zin is the name off the female assassin we encountered in the Kobo's lair. She explains that she can trace the series of bad luck to when Kobo (who we believe she was in love with, or they were lovers), an avid seeker for the fourth door (a tale of myth from centuries past of a portal leading to untold riches and overwhelming power; the last serious seekers were two centuries ago...it's only sought now by the idle rich), retrieved an artifact he had been searching for. He spent a lot of gold to follow a long-lost quest no one else cared for. They went to check on him one day and found him dead, within the guild where no one could get to him. His soul was destroyed; irretrievable. He was clutching a white Coin.
[The white Coin is how you pay for someone's death. Hold it and wish death upon someone. The Coin vanishes, the price is paid, and the target dies.]
They believed Kobo's death was the work of The House of Brass (leader is Jain), a rival crime guild. The peace between them was kept because each guild possessed a white Coin.
They elected a new leader and used their Coin to kill Jain. A day later, the Kobo's new leader died.
The Kobo's found themselves Coinless, but Jain wasn't dead! A short green fellow (we expect that's Demosthenes) came offering a single white Coin for services, and their third leader, elected after Grogin (next in line for leadership) deferred, accepted. However, they failed their task and were anticipating death at the hands of The House of Brass.
In accepting the task, they broke the pact by attacking The Untouchables.
[The LEG Coin, made of steel, is the most common and bears the mark of The League of Extradimensional Gentlemen. We live in a special place, and they are a guild that produces Coins that allow persons to move through portals to special locations. With enough Coin, you could consume their power to move from anywhere to anywhere!]
Sybel Sindon came to see Tassarion this night. She reported that something terrible happened today when Yuchi Lawmaker was getting married. Her dress disintegrated and creatures swarmed her. Worms were burrowing into her and they devoured her. It was a real death! She cannot be returned in any form. Her father, Jeha Lawmaker sent for Archangel Avicenna to demand answers. Sybel has implored Tassarion to find Tredu Hawkstein. She needs closure. She can't accept the way he left.
The Great Temple in the first regia. The local temple is located right at the edge of gutters, the tents and the docks. Thilde Female Dwarf, Knight of Zhur and Bishop Echtal, Male Human. Check with the church of Zolta.
There is a door to the light, the shadow and the prime. The Fourth door leads to a new world, that is filled with treasures and power. Reader Manas Galbas of Zolta's Church assisted us at the house of Wisdom with this knowledge. The books were always checked out years apart and when it was returned, it was usually taken out again.
Fl1nt, Aukan, Sativa and Narith made there way to Shadow of Grate, in order to investigate a dig site in the Fallow Woods. They entered the woods where Aukan beseeched a woodlan creature to guide us to the dig site. It was there that we were attacked by Shadows that not only ripped our flesh but robbed us of physical strenght as well.
Day 5: Morning of
Nar, Fl1nt, Aukan and Sativa leave the Inn to go and meet Eames at the Archaeologist guild house in order to take her to the location where they found the first cube.
Ansel the god of trade and wealth had a large crowd before when we passed it with Eames. Apparently some High Lady Yuici was resurrected after she died at her wedding. She was the one who the Arch Angels could not resurrect, Archangel Avicenna. However he was now successful some four days later.
We continued to the location where we found the cube in a little bag in the room. There was a dead guy in the same room. They found Kobos in his office, dead, his body broken like it was crushed, like all his bones were crushed.
While we were there a woman entered with a cleaning crew to start clearing up the place. She claimed to be the new owner and would not give her name. She was quite rude and obviously found Eames attractive. She wore spectacles and dressed like a well to do coins type. Her name might be Vien.
Merchant name is Waru and he is located in Push. We heard that he sold a device that led to the death of Kobos. He did not allow us into his establishment which made Nar very suspicious.
He formulated a plan to go back and stake out the place at night but Sativa made some valid points. Meantime Aukan went out to purchase a pet cat that calls itself Birdbane. He then advised the cat to go investigate the shop. There seems to be a fightclub at the location after hours at the Waru's shop. WE believe the had something to do with Kobos death.
Eames came by the store after hours to hear the tale and pitched a job to us to visit an ancient workshop. There will be ghosts and treasure and it maybe the workshop of the inventory of the material that can cross dimensions. His name was Faber. She gives us the location of the suspected workshop. We should meet up with her the following day (Day6).
Kalese the goddess of good fortune is where the dude got melted with what should have been water.
Day 6
We got up at dawn, Kulsten made porridge and Nar gave her the Sending Stone to pass it on to Ka'D'Avore. Aukan and Fl1nt explained what we found out to Kulsten who wrote it down to pass it on to the others. We also left the location of the Faber's Workshop and Waru's shop. The length of inter-dimensional chain
We headed out to the Workshop which is on the extreme western side of the map by the river's south shore. After we searched, we found a metal trap door under the floor. Sativa then tries to open it. We opened the door and entered an underground chamber where we faced a canon fusillade. We persevered and destroyed the cannons, making it the door on the far side of the room. It was then that we noticed electricity arcing through the next room and it would no doubt fry us if we entered. We also noticed that the battyman cannons were repairing themselves.
Sativa bravely volunteered to enter the room and try to disarm the lightning trap but unfortunately he was not successful as the apparatus he located was a might bit more complicated than we anticipated. By then the cannons were repaired and we had to exit post haste or risk death.
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