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Post date: May 15, 2016 7:22:50 PM
DM - JosiahChris playing Harry, male lightfoot halfling criminal. (?)
David playing Fiddler, male half-moon elven harper agent. (harpers)
Hannah playing Liandra, female sun elf outlander. (emerald enclave)
Kaemon playing Drathe, male human black fist investigator, (lord's alliance).
Michael playing Red, female human mercenary. (order of the gauntlet)
Rachel playing Rayne, female water genasi pirate. (zhentarim)
Decades have passed since Sokol Keep was reclaimed, and a small garrison placed there along with a beacon to help guide ships. Now, that beacon has gone dark, and the garrison has disappeared. In Phlan, rumors circulate that something ancient was discovered in the grounds beneath the keep, dating to before the clerics of Tyr built the small fortress. Uncover the secrets of Sokol Keep!
The adventure starts with the heroes visiting the Laughing Goblin, one of the more famous taverns at the docks. The news about the extinguished beacon atop Sokol Keep is the topic de jour. Before the heroes can investigate further, a group of dockworkers confronts two mercenaries; personal friends of some of the Black Fist guards assigned to the Keep. The confrontation ends up in a tavern brawl. After the fight, the heroes learn a bit more about events from the dockworkers and are asked to investigate, since the authorities care more about politics than solving the issue.
The Laughing Goblin is a large dark old tavern that has had better times. The woodwork is worn, the plaster once white is now yellowish and crumbling and the chandeliers and lanterns rusted. The furniture shows the signs of heavy use and the scars of various brawls.
A thin human female with long, black hair is cleaning tankards behind the bar while chatting with an bald, overweight human male in the tavern 's livery sitting on a bar stool. The sounds of cooking and the strong smell of cabbage soup comes from the kitchen. At this time of the day the there are few guests, but it is not completely empty with the customers sitting quietly in various corners.
At Sokol Keep the heroes interact with the servants, potentially a spirit and search through the possessions of Igan and the Black Fist guards to get an idea of what happened. Fiddler finds a ancient book written in Thorass called the Moonsea Cults. The information leads them to the West Tower and the now obvious closed entrance of an until-recently hidden area below the keep. The heroes use clues from Igan's journal, found in a hidden shrine to Tyr, to open it and go down.The hidden area is a long-forgotten, subterranean temple dedicated to some unknown entity that predates the existence of the Keep. It is wet and muddy. In the central area of worship, the heroes find Igan’s body slumped over the altar as well as a group of undead guardians that seem to have animated as a result of the defilement of the temple.Laughing Goblin
Imizael, a thin, curt human female bartender with long, black hair.
Fat Mar, a bald, overweight human male waiter who likes to gossip.
Keria and Aravele, female human mercenary friends of the Black Fist guard.
Olisar, a harper male human wizard who hired Fiddler to seek out arcane lore from Sokol Keep
Dockside
Liela, a meticulous, bruque human female in her late thirties. She is a administrative employee of House Sokol.
Karst, a bitter, elderly male human ferryman who died of a heart attack during the ferry crossing.
Sokol Keep
Darvag, a middle-aged male human groundskeeper for Sokol Keep.
Shandra, a buxom, portly female human cook for Sokol Keep.
Rorin, a young male human son of Darvag and Shandra.
Igan Sokol, a young, scholarly male human noble. He is quartermaster in charge of Sokol Keep.
Guard Sergeant Grim, a foolhardy, lazy male human black fist guard who is often stationed at Sokol Keep.
Session: DDEX1-2 (first half)
XP: 185
Gold: 0
Downtime: 5
Reknown: None
Magic Items: None
Notes: None
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