Re: [Campaign Log] Sophia's Barbarians
The 26th of Founder's Month
Kessa and Sophia go to Lowtown for Sophia's dirt nap. Unfortunately the cemetary in question is filled with starvelings so they end up going to Uphill East. After getting her recharge, the group heads back to down.
The 29th of Founder's Month
A representative from Underfoot Pass comes and hands a letter that has a list of the names of all leaders for the surviving parties from the first round of the contest. Of the names, Grothgar is listed on there. There is also the name Bashil circled. The group see that Bashil is killed in order for the group to advance on. The representative will remain with the group so that he can report should Sophia be killed. When there are four or less leaders, this round of the contest will end.
Sophia summons a Knower of Secrets who told them that Bashil is in the northern end of Lowtown. The Knower of Secrets knows that Bashil's specialty is stealth and that he has three people working with him. The group heads to the Bawling Bard. She doesn't know where Bashil is but believes by contacting an opposing gang, they should be able to find Bashil.
They find a Starveling in the area of Bashil's gang. They give him 2 bits and learn of a tavern that Bashil is a regular at when he needs to relax. They go to the tavern and wait, hoping for Bashil to show up. While they wait, Carmen has several drinks.
One of the members of the group comes in and they overhear him tell the bartender that Bashil and his group confronted their target and were wiped out. After getting clarification from him, the group heads out to to Gibberish to try and find Grothgar and help protect him. As they approach the Abyzinian Night, they realize that melee is already underway. Grothgar is being attacked by archers from a building rooftop.
The men Grothgar had originally hired are trying to get to the archers. However, as Sophia's group approaches, a man with lots of tattoos sees Carmen. He tells the men to leave the Archers be and instead kill Carmen as he is where the real money can be found. The man with tattoos is confronted by Carmen. He explains that Carmen, his chieftan placed a 100 coin bounty on Carmen's head.
A complex four-way battle commenses. The archers mortally wound Grothgar. Sophia's summoned revenant slowly takes down the archers. Kessa works on picking off the soldiers. Carmen squares off with the tattooed warrior who tries to flee, only to be killed by Kessa. Also added into the mix, supernatural hands appear from the darkness and attack Sophia. Sophia is knocked out but survives as the creature seemingly vanishes during combat.
After battle, they help make Grothgar comfortable. As he is dying, they learn that the dagger needs to be returned to a palace in Freehold within three months time from its arrival in the city before things will begin to get bad. Grothgar passes away shortly after. They use Grothgar's money on him to pay for a funeral and see that he is buried with all of his possesions. However, Kessa takes a signet ring from Grothar's pocket and saves it in case they need it later.
The group heads back to Uphill East for a dirt nap as they prepare for things to come. They learn one of the groups killed off not only their target but two others. There are only three groups remaining for the final round of the competition.