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Guided by the Diviner Priest, Ulda Bordis rushes to Mistport, the small seaside community just outside of Mistgate itself. Her first stop is the Harbormaster's Office, where she learns that the Relentless won't be leaving until mid-afternoon. Ulda Bordis then goes to the Mistport Watch Garrison, where she tells her story to Commander Harper. He is sympathetic, but needs more than hearsay, even divinely inspired hearsay, before he can storm aboard a ship and search it for a kidnap victim. However, unofficially, he sends a couple of his watchmen to nose around the Relentless, to dig up anything they could use to justify going aboard the ship. Unfortunately, when the two watchmen return, they inform Commander Harper and Ulda Bordis that the ship is gone, it sailed hours ago, when the weather cleared. Interviews with some of the dockworkers revealed that the ship did not load or unload cargo and that she was sitting high in the water the entire time she was docked. Because of that, she didn't need to wait for high tide to depart.
Furious at herself for being too late to catch the ship, Ulda Bordis winds up in a local bar called The Dappled Tiger. The she proceeds to drown her temper and plan her next steps. She also meets a foreign dwarf-dandy named Serd Bruceva. Serd has several piercings, the thickest, blackest beard Ulda Bordis has ever seen on a dwarf, and is armed with a pistol. After some initial resistance, Ulda Bordis reveals why she's so angry to Serd. He in turn reveals that he's a jack-of-all-trades a.k.a. an adventurer, who came to Mistgate in pursuit of a bounty that ended badly. Intrigued, Ulda Bordis asks if he's ever been to the Kingdoms. When Serd says he's been there once or twice, Ulda Bordis asks him if he'd like to go back.
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I honestly didn't know if Ulda Bordis would get to the ship in time to save Liam, but I rolled my dice and they revealed that she would not. In fact, they revealed that the ship had left hours ago, probably while Ulda Bordis was nosing around Liam's bedroom for clues.
Winding up in The Dappled Tiger allowed me to satisfy a recent Random Event: introduce a new NPC. Thus, was Serd Bruceva born. Serd is a bit of a dandy dwarf, with his magnificent beard, gold piercings, fine clothes and expensive pistol. He's from the South. Where exactly, we don't know yet. But he's only been in one scene and I'm already really liking him.
Next session, I think I'll shift the focus back to Liam. Reveal his kidnappers and their motivations and figure out how the hell they're containing him.
Furious at herself for being too late to catch the ship, Ulda Bordis winds up in a local bar called The Dappled Tiger. The she proceeds to drown her temper and plan her next steps. She also meets a foreign dwarf-dandy named Serd Bruceva. Serd has several piercings, the thickest, blackest beard Ulda Bordis has ever seen on a dwarf, and is armed with a pistol. After some initial resistance, Ulda Bordis reveals why she's so angry to Serd. He in turn reveals that he's a jack-of-all-trades a.k.a. an adventurer, who came to Mistgate in pursuit of a bounty that ended badly. Intrigued, Ulda Bordis asks if he's ever been to the Kingdoms. When Serd says he's been there once or twice, Ulda Bordis asks him if he'd like to go back.
* * * * *
I honestly didn't know if Ulda Bordis would get to the ship in time to save Liam, but I rolled my dice and they revealed that she would not. In fact, they revealed that the ship had left hours ago, probably while Ulda Bordis was nosing around Liam's bedroom for clues.
Winding up in The Dappled Tiger allowed me to satisfy a recent Random Event: introduce a new NPC. Thus, was Serd Bruceva born. Serd is a bit of a dandy dwarf, with his magnificent beard, gold piercings, fine clothes and expensive pistol. He's from the South. Where exactly, we don't know yet. But he's only been in one scene and I'm already really liking him.
Next session, I think I'll shift the focus back to Liam. Reveal his kidnappers and their motivations and figure out how the hell they're containing him.
