Hall of Reflections - Enter FreeCity...and the trouble begins

Episode 1: Aug 6, 2008

The party make their way, over 8 days, to FreeCity, the large metropolis to the East of Diamond Lake. They know they need to find answers to the questions posed by them and Allustan, as well as negociate a treaty between the Mistmarsh lizard folk and the militia of FreeCity. Allustan has given then a letter and asked them to call in on his long time friend, and one time fellow student, the wizened and wise Eligos. He should be able to offer some help in the form of information about the worms, the horns, the sphere lasso and other questions that arise.

Once through the city gates, after quarrelling with the Captain Tardek, the party make their way to the Garden District where they are greeted by Pollard, the manservant of Eligos.. They are ushered into the library of Eligos's manor until their host makes his appearence,.. A lenghty deliberation ensues where details of the party's previous adventures are brought up, the items and the ensuing questions are all talked about. Eligos tells them to acquire lodging at the Crooked House Inn and he will send for them once he has acquired the information they seek.

The party, once again free to roam FreeCity, walk towards the Crooked House Inn and encounter a huge mass of people trying to get glimpse of a caravan of animals and performers, all settign up for the upcoming Champions Games... Suddenly a chimera, housed within a cage, breaks free and takes its anger and imprisonment upon the nearby people. A halforc barbarian bravely throws himself between the fleeing people and the beast and starts going toe-to-toe with the beast... The party vainly trying to get through the fleeing mass. The archer keeps shootin arrows into the beasts hide while the dwarven fighter and paladin continue to make there way to the fighting barbarian and chimera..They can see the toll being exacted upon the barbarian as the beast hits him with some mighty blows and bites. Finally the barbarian drops but so does the beast with some more of the archers arrows.

After healing and picking up the barbarian as a new companion, the party resume their trek to the Inn. They encounter a crazy age of worms and undeath yelling portent messenger but the rest of the trip is uneventfull. Once in the Inn, they are immediately befriend by the owner Tarquin and the patrons ( HUZZAH !!! ) after the party stares down and accepts the Champion Games challenge layed down by the insufferable Khellekc, Auric and Tira. They are too meet and sign up at the Challenge booth located near the arena.

The eveneing starts to wind down...The Clerics and Paladin make their way to their holy abodes for prayer. The barbarian, fighter and mage stay at Tarquin's and learn more about each other and the patrons of the Inn. The archer returns from his prayers, opens the Inns door, walks in and appraoches Tarquin, stabs him, and immediatly flees. Everyone is shocked !!! Anger is rising and turns its gaze upon the Inn's newcomers...The barbarian and fighter and mage are grabbed and beaten until Tardek and his militia arrive to take command of the scene. With all the eyewitness accounts, he has no choice but to throw them into the brig and go and round up the rest of the party members.

In the jail, the party members are questioned 1 by one about the nights events...It looks bleak for the Archer as eyewitness after eyewitness point him out clearly as being the one who stabbed Tarquin. Not until the pastors of the Heironious house come forward and state that he was in fact at prayers during the time of the attack, does Tradek being to wonder if something else is going on. It is at this point that word of Tarquin comes to the station. He will survive and wishes to immediatly see the party. He explains that he is an eyes and ears contact for the Seekers and for Eligos. He does not believe it was in fact the Archer that attacked him as he saw the red eyes of his assailant and the 'vibes' given off by the assailant were not those of the archer in front of him. He also shows them the item that he grabbed off of the assailant while he was falling to the ground, after being stabbed. A large key with a head detailed by a vessel being wrapped and sucked down by an octopus. This is the symbol of a long gone series of warehouses down near the marina and docks of FreeCity.

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