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KU 09 - Below the Keep

Session
Kemali Uprising
Kemali Uprising
May 3, 2019

Setup

The party talked with Wardina who asked them to gather magical items from the Kaviani Outpost East of Port Giza. The librarian Maurice asked the party to investigate his friend Gulyar's death before helping them out.

Locations

  • Port Giza
  • Kaviani Outpost
    • Strong winds, heavy rain, all is difficult terrain 
    • South-West of Port Giza in the hills
    • Wooden wall around the small building, open.
    • People left in a hurry, was looted. More recent singular footprint
    • Similar layout to Taneb outpost, but on ground floor a hatch to an underground cave system
      • Door with a lock and two destroyed robots on the floor, the door was broken open
      • Maze-ish underground, find 3 grey oozes. One doesn't move while the other two attack the players.
      • Below the non-moving one is another small hatch.
      • Inside are some leaves and bread-crumbs but doesn't look like there is anyone. 
        • A halfling named Onóra is currently invisible and will try and get out, but make noise as one of the potions she's looted slips on the floor and breaks
        • She was looting but stuck there for a few days as the ooze didn't move and she wasn't strong enough
        • Tries to convince Nyx to help her "as a fellow little person"
        • Will give the players the loot if they solve a riddle
          • Was ist das? Sie kann laufen, zweifach sogar, kommt aber nie ans Ziel. -> Nase
          • Her loot: 1 healing potion, 1 potion of climbing
      • Loot in the main chamber 
        • 2 healing potions
        • 2 Potion of water breathing
        • 1 Potion hill giant strength
        • Orb of Time
        • Veteran's Cane
        • 2 unbreakable arrows
      • The place has been looted (broken potions on the floor)
      • While in the maze part, Onóra or someone failing a dex save will activate a hidden door that reveals steps doing down. Dust has settled and webs cover the ceiling.
        • Downstairs is a circular room with 5 statues of humanoid creatures that look in various directions. In the center is a pillar with nothing on it.
          • Moving the statues to all look towards the middle will make the grown shake a bit and all torches to go out, before gems in the ceiling start shining in a "pulse". A small wooden box will appear with a copper whistle in it.
          • Whoever blows it first will "exhaust" the last magic of the whistle on a good CON check. If Kyrion does it, he will be projected and be by his father's "spirit" who will say "Kyrion? is that you my son? how did you come her? You can't stay, you will attract terrible beasts"
          • 2 giant spiders with the phase ability appear and attack the party. Onora can help.
          • The whistle is silent to humans but audible to McChicken.
      • The rest of the underground leads to dead ends.

NPCs

  • Mando Kassis - male human 35 (german, smirk)
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  • Wardina - female human 30 (german, tired)
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  • Azarah Aleen - male elf criminal (french, evasive)
    • Heard that the party is proving resourceful. If they are still interested in work (he doesn't know they ambushed the cargo), he would like them to take care of a problem in his foot: Armin's Men
      • One of Armin's main goones is a dragonborn female called Nuxiala, which Azarah suspects of being involved in the attack: she's the only one who could navigate a booby trapped boat.
      • If the party can take her out of the picture, he offers them each 20 GP and free drinks in his bar as long as they are working together.
  • Arman Granitcloak - male dwarf, druid/healer (scottish, excited)
    • The weather makes it difficult to work on the last potion.
  • Maurice Jasan - male human middle-aged, slight french accent
    • The librarian of Port Giza. Person with knowledge about the world. Works at the Kemali Library.
    • If the players come to him with the emblem of the Org, the library was sadly broken in shortly after the first attacks and they stole a lot of book. He does have a few hidden at his home, but it could get him in trouble with the mayor of this fact was known. He can be convinced if the party can do some investigative work for him.
      • His friend Gulyar was killed in the first attack on the village by a stray arrow. Maurice found the whole situation weird, he could never see the body and wasn't given much info by the guards.
      • He wants the party to investigate, or at least know where the body is buried.
        • Priest / Grave Digger Thea Golsin knew of Gulyar, didn't know he was killed, thought he left the city after the first attack. Was not brought to be burried.
        • Guards will need some bribing (why would they give out some info?) killed by friendly fire? by a rival Kasto who knew Gulyar was sleeping with his wife. Low on manpower so can't afford to lose one of their strong fighters. Body buried in a mass grave of 20 people who were killed that night outside of the village in a cave.
    • Bring back the info to Maurice, he will want justice, but he'll take care of it. The players gathered the info he needed.
      • The symbol is a military organisation, the Order of Masaran a prince Masaran bin Arslan of the Haddad family.
      • Why they would attack the island? No idea. They are powerful. If they wanted to take it over, they could have. 
  • Estadan Sarlah
    • After Wardina's quest: Finally has time for the party, thanks them for all they've done to help the people, the city guard.
    • Wants to hire them for scouting missions against the enemy. The guards are frightened, and the people in Sinaskari don't want to help.
    • Thanks the party for having info on the org, this will help tremendously for gathering allies.... but also scare people from helping them.
    • Wants them to map out any camps that the org has on the hill (norhtern) part of the island, and scout out the town of Mivor.
  • Onóra (halfling female druid, crackly voice)
    • Jokes, forgets things. Met up with Chase a few times when he was hunting.

Encounters

  • Shadow Cave: attacked by 1 Ghoul and 2 Shadows + 2 skeletons?
  • Kaviani Outpost
  • RP with Onora
  • If the party fail to find a quest, they meet a very friendly puppy. The owner lets them pet it. The owner is Saladin, a bugbear who has been taking care of the dog for a month since the owner and friend Derin (female) disappeared while hunting.

End of session

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