Enter the Cockroach
Summary
Adventure: Enter the Cockroach
- aka Send a Thief to catch a thief
GM: Michael P
Season: Winter 799 WK
- Party
- Lady Faith, Part time ambassador and Party Leader.
- Arwen Valenta, Troubadoress and Military Scientist
- Rochelle de Marques, ( Loxi for short ), This note was scribbled by me!
- Lady Clementine, Bear of huge proportions and we are told that she knows stuff. Lady Hope de Winter, Some day I hope to visit with her father at Beaucourt.
- Hoo, A shoe fetishist, who prides himself on his Lilliputian stature.
- Glynn, Ex-Military towering hulk. We all know what they're good for. He does seem to be kind and courteous. I do hope that is not so when it comes to the fray
- Time on adventure
- tbc 826 WK to tbc 826 WK
- Employer
- Madame Dulcina
- Mission
- Help some business people of Mittelmarkhuptstadt
- Original Scribe Notes
- Media:Snwi9901.zip
Scribe Notes
In the 3rd quarter of the Year 799 we are engaged to help some business people of Mittelmarkhuptstadt. Our contact is the Madame Dulcina, she runs an ‘Academy for young Ladies'. More importantly she is an agent for an entity named The Butcher (Amongst other things – he actually runs the butchers guild).
Our assignment is somewhat simply stated, in a round about way. In short we must find the person(s?) responsible for the deaths of some "businessmen" and kill him. Note that Madame Dulcina did not say those exact words but I believe that is what she meant.
Security tells us that Mittelmarkhuptstadt is a city where crime and business are one and the same. You can get anything you want there if you have the gold to pay. Just my luck, to be sent there, with no gold and a lot of ‘wants'. They told us that Mittelmarkhuptstadt is a favourite place for peerage to ‘winter' – in fact some of the gentry have not seen their estates for years.
Madame Dulcina tells us that there is an eye-witness to one of these murders; An illusionist that was hired as a body-guard at the time. He had the good sense to run away when his charge was attacked. I don't think that his career as a ‘security consultant' will be going anywhere from here. We have to confirm this, but Dulcina tells us that he saw a large fellow sporting fur, antlers and wings. This ‘monster' clawed his employer into a messy pulp.
As demonic as this entity sounds; we have some reservations. It seems that our perpetrator uses ropes to swing around on ( giving us the idea that maybe his wings are not for real ). Although, we are told that flying is just not done in Mittelmarkhuptstadt – something to do with the ancient defences.
So far we have not been told of him using any innate magic or otherworldly powers. He did have a rather nasty staff ( now in the possession of guild security, held for us as one third payment when we succeed ). You tell me – how useful is a staff that will destroy everything that weighs up to an ounce? The thought of silver coins disappearing in a flash of necromantic energy just sends icy waves through my spine.
We have arranged a cover in so much as we are the accompanying entourage of Dulcina's sister ‘Charity', played by Lady Hope. If that does not cut it we are also a band of entertainers – complete with dancing bear. Actually I do believe that we could make some money at the entertainment business – it's just a thought!
Our journey to Mittelmarkhuptstadt through Beaucourt and Borderlay has been largely uneventful. I suppose we should be glad for that, The Lady knows that we are running straight into the dragon's maw; the nasty staff used to belong to some drow. One begins to wonder how our murderer came into possession of a drow's toy. Let us hope that he bought it because the other possibilities are too awful to contemplate. For the last leg, we are joined by the esteemed presence of Sir Ludiwig and his retainer. The gentle-elf is an elder. I did inquire after his family but he was more interested in talking about bugs and creepy-crawlies. Oh well maybe he grows tired. He was helpful about the life in Mittelmarkhuptstadt … let's see
- The opera is losing grace and style. No one seems to be singing in the proper tongue anymore
- The university library is very good. Especially the chocolates drink.
- and he does not trust certain personages namely Relain, Isillith and the Baroness Burghesburg ( the Baroness has a very stylish carriage pulled by no less than six of the blackest horses I've ever seen )
Mittelmarkhuptstadt is an ancient city-state carved into a mountain, bordered on three sides by Aquila and on the other by a waste ground – now controlled by certain guild members. The upper regions of the city are a system of very well lit tunnels – leading to some exquisite architecture. The lower quarters have literally fallen away – leaving very steep slopes for streets. We will be spending a lot of time down there. This is where people are getting killed by our ‘vigilante'. I just know that my calves are going to look great after this fracas. I know, I know – exercise is good for me.
