Assemblies & Assassins

6 Gozran (April), 4717 AR (Absolom Reckoning)

The darkness-clad cleric lady Drell and the young summoner Philip Daniel Demonsong meet face to face in from of Vizio’s Tavern on their way to a special meeting. As they talk, assassins strike, firing a crossbow at Drell from the neighboring balcony. A second assassin charges upon Drell, yelling “We’ll teach you to steal from House Drovenge!“ and attempts to incapacitate her with a blackjack, only to have his face melted off by her dark touch.

Down the street, the Ranger Tyr sees the events unfold and leaps into action, chasing off the crossbowman.

Wanting no part in the fight, Phil tries to make his way into the tavern, but finds the door locked. Forced to confront the situation in front of him, Phil commands his demon eidolon to pounce on the thug, pinning him to the ground.

The hulking barbarian Grub and the gnome bard Trazom appear on the scene as well and lend a hand interrogating the would-be assassin as he is pinned down. He reveals little, only that he was employed by House Drovenge to recover a bag of 500 gold pieces Drell had stolen from them. The human man appears slightly familiar to Drell, but she can’t remember why. Suddenly 3 squads of Dotari (city guards) appear seemingly out of nowhere to break things up. A blackjack, levitated by Trazom, is forgotten and falls to the Earth, knocking out the thug, who is dragged off by the guards.

A woman peeks out from inside the tavern and begins to unlock the door to let the party in. However, a second assassin appears on the balcony, this time firing upon Trazom. The second assassin is a gnome in a shadowy cloak. Grub springs into action launching, and failing badly, to throw Trazom up onto the balcony at the assassin. Flat on his back, Trazom dodges crossbow bolts and incapacitates the assassin with Hideous Laughter and captures him. The party drags the assassin into the inn where they finally meet Janiven, the woman who called them here to be a part of her newly formed and as-yet unnamed citizens’ watch group.

Assassination attempts: 2
Gnomes thrown so far this campaign: 1
Gnomes thrown successfully: 0

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