Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Murder Mystery, part 4

Ecstasy portal - We found a portal to Sigil from Ecstasy.  It is located in the Lower Ward - portal to Ecstacy (this is sufficient information for us to get back).

Key from Ecstasy to Sigil is a freshly picked, ripe olive.

We found this portal by some pilgrims who stepped out of it.  They are going to a festival in Bloodgem Park tomorrow from light start to light end.  They heard the words of Trollon the Beloved.



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When going to the murder location of the Haromonium member, we saw the murderer look at us from the shadows.  We chased him, but eventually lost him.  As we lost him, we stumbled across a streetfight between a Cambion and six others.  The six were dying.

We saved the lives of two who were unconscious and bleeding out.  Three died.  The one who never fell unconscious was Anbar, factol of the Believers of the Source.  During the fight, Anbar was robbed of his "plenarity."

'If you see that man again, I would very much appreciate if you could return it to me.  It's a family heirloom of mine.  It appears to be a deep blue sphere, perfectly smooth and round that fits in the palm of a hand.  If it's returned to me, I will give you a reward of 500 jinx."

If we find any information on the thieves, we should let Anbar know.


While we have Anbar here, we ask him about the Godsman who was murdered recently.  The guy murdered was "poor old favur."  "He was found in his hovel in Bloodboil.  We can take you there now.  I can have Xena show you old Favur's hovel."

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We meet Xena and she says "He [Favur] used to be the custodian of Harbringer house.  Harbringer house is a house we keep for some of our members to stay in.  Favur, he retired from his post as custodian, and we were arranging for a more permanent home for him.  He was staying at this hovel for a while."  She takes us to the hovel.  It's a very simple, small dwelling.

Searching the hovel, we find four objects jammed into a crack in the hovel's wall.  They are a white feather and three opened nutshells - an almond shell and two walnut shells.  The feather has no ink on the tip.  Xena identifies the feather as a chicken feather.  

Eltiva first found the murder scene.  We brought her in for information.  She's an old gnome woman and worked as Favur's housekeeper.  "The scene was terrible.  Poor old Favur, he was 80 years old.  I found him in his sleeping robe.  He had a terrified expression on his face.  He had a terrible cut across his abdomen.  There was a piece of parchment on his body, but I didn't go close enough to check.  On the wall, written maybe in blood, it said 'now it begins'.  I... I think it was the first of these terrible murders."  Favur was a human.

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Julian of the 9th test, male githyanki (i.e. 9th incarnation).  The murderer of Lennie - what can you tell us about it?  "She was found on a smashed table.  She had, shockingly, three slashes and a look of fear etched on her face.  A parchment note pinned to her tunic that read "Chaos is the only law, washed clean in the blood of order".  She was often in the room by herself that had the smashed table.  Strangely, I found three nutshells on the floor under the table.  Two peanut shells and a walnut shell."



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We decide to walk to Loggue's Bath Powder.  On our way there, we cross the path of the Lady of Pain Adorers.  They are preaching to the street, advertising the Lady of Pain's party at bloodgem park.

In the lower ward, not far from the armory, we arrive at Loggue's Bath Powder.  By the time we get there, it is closed for the night.  We break in, and find a gnome living behind a stack of boxes in the warehouse.  He has among his possessions a coinpurse with an emblem of the godsmen.  The purse belonged to the tiefling who was dead on a broken table.



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We decide to go to Grossif's Paints.  As usual, it's closed and we pick the lock.

As usual, we find some dark corner.  Baretta checks it out.  She finds a makeshift bed, papers, etc.  Nobody is present now.

We go in.  There is a jar that contains black and purple analids.  They are dead and preserved.  There is a scroll that contains a map of sigil.  In the jug is a dark red liquid that smells of alcohol.


The female dwarf Narcovy, comes.  We get her to come and she investigates, sketches, measures the footprints.  She's one of the good guys, but I need to push her to become great.  She doesn't have the heart for investigation like I do.

Two murders last night.  One had eight slashes, the other had three.  Baretta's ring was found at the crime scene with three slashes.  I fear that Baretta may be working with them.  She has never been worthy of much trust......







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