Star Day/Sky Day, Virgo 12/13th, 576CÆ, Year of the Tiger
Players: Iodas (Ixian, Barbarian of Yig), Frakki (Viking, Shaman of the Musk Ox totem), Aeltrin (Viking, Assassin of Rel), Wulfweard the Sly (Anglo-Saxon, Legerdemainist of Rel)
At the Pale Ox, Wulfweard caught a thieves' cant message hidden in a bard's song. The message advertised a cordage warehouse in the Southport Slums holding stone idols, jewelry, and other valuables. The bard, Nikias, had been paid three weeks prior by an anonymous man in a plain black lacquered mask to perform the song in Bullworks and Southport establishments. Wulfweard paid Nikias to write the lyrics down. A serving girl named Dava confirmed the cant reading.
The party found the warehouse—single-story stone, no windows, one double door, one guard posted outside. They set up in the attic of the Sharktooth tavern across the street. Wulfweard picked the attic trapdoor and cut a spy hole in the hide-strip window.
Wulfweard hired a large tough named Venkor for 10 gp to approach the guard as a distraction. Venkor was stabbed through the chest by a soldier inside the warehouse. A larger man dragged the body into the alley. The original guard rotated inside and was replaced by a smaller Mu guard.
Iodas went into the alley to investigate and ran into two toughs looting Venkor's body. He was stabbed before he could act and went unconscious. Aeltrin shot the Mu guard through the throat from the attic spy hole. Frakki came around the corner and killed both toughs with his shortbow. Wulfweard dragged the guard's body off the street. The dead guard had a small V tattooed on the inside of his left thumb and forefinger.
Frakki's healing ceremony brought Iodas around. Aeltrin and Wulfweard held the attic. Frakki and Iodas withdrew to rest. Plan: observe for a day or two and count heads before moving on the building.
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