Location: Gauntlgrym
it is late; on Party's way to their rooms, Davra Jassur sneaks up on Zaz
- Shoor decides he's too tired for more games and just leaves for bed
- Skjorn is about to follow him when Davra takes their hood down, revealing they are hot - Skjorn spins on his heel and sticks around
Davra introduces themselves as the Zhentarim representative and asks to speak somewhere more private
- Mylz leads the way to her suite
- Davra gives their terms: they know how important they are to the mission, so in exchange for their participation, they want a share of Party's treasure and all info they share with the king and other faction leaders
- they give Party time to discuss, weighing the pros and cons
- Skjorn offers his usual in place of information, and Davra uncertainly flirts back, but their demands remain unchanged
Dibrael steps forward and offers information on his own father, anything Davra asks for
- this intrigues Davra, who asks Dibrael to swear under the influence of a truth serum that he's not trying to trick them
- after throwing the truth serum back like a shot, Dibrael repeats his earlier offer, including the crucial information that he has no faith in his father
- Mylz and Zaz pick up on the exchange of information he's just unwittingly participated in
- Davra is satisfied and accepts the deal, dissolving Zaz's bounty and promising Party a guide to Mantol-Derith
complete quest: Win Over the Faction Reps
the next day, everyone sells a bunch of stuff they had sitting at the bottom of their bags - and also keeps even more of it that they will likely never use
Shopping Episode Season 2
- Party stocks up on gear, potions, and other things
- Zaz successfully steals an expensive potion
- Zaz fails stealing a poison and gets away with it because he engaged with the shop owner's special interest
- Dibrael buys two of the shop owner's purple worm trinkets and gives one to Sarith, who is endeared to it because Dibrael has No Idea
- Dibrael buys two of the shop owner's purple worm trinkets and gives one to Sarith, who is endeared to it because Dibrael has No Idea
- Mylz commissions a new magic sword, the Blade of the Arcanist
- Shoor also pats Skjorn's empty pockets
- he successfully sleight-of-hands 69gp into Skjorn's pockets, making them even; nobody notices this