# Session S38 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[60 Games/62 Campaigns/2022-09 Hoard of the Dragon Queen/Hoard of the Dragon Queen|Hoard of the Dragon Queen]]] > [session:: S38] > [prev:: [[2024-03-03_S37]]] > [next:: [[2024-04-07_S39]]] > [session date:: 2024-03-31] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Lenore Sigyn]]] > [dm:: [[Kai]]] > [player:: [[D(emu)]], [[jethoof]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]], [[Nisshoku]]] > [pcs:: [[Astrid Dawngaze]], [[Enzo]], [[Faust Huxley]], [[Gomash]], [[Lenore Sigyn]], [[Ryk]]] > [active npc:: [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]]] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: [[Low Lantern]]] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - %% ## Notes - We make our way towards the [[Low Lantern]] - Foggy as hell. - About a half dozen very drunken sailor-types there drinking at the bar. - Kassandra sticks close to [[Langdedrosa Cyanwrath]] because she's uncomfortable… but then Langdedrosa is the first to step onto the boat LMAO - Gomash, then Astrid and Kassandra, notice one man steps forward, seemingly sober. Handsome face, but unusual gait… His clothes are ratty, but his hair is perfectly done. - Enzo has not seen this man before. Enzo asks who he is, and the man inspects the group while chuckling nervously. Introduces himself as [[Damian]]. - Gomash notices his knees don't bend properly… they bend almost backwards. - Gomash can tell he smells like oil and metal. - Kassandra notices his actions seem like one thing, but he doesn't seem very truthful. He's a very good actor. He does not seem panicked or worried. He's assessing. - Astrid notices he is putting on some form of act, but he seems genuinely friendly… but his reasons aren't. - Enzo offers to buy him a drink. - We head downstairs. - Kass sticks close to Langdedrosa, because she doesn't like taverns… always gets called out because of her Lenore appearance. - Three men sitting together who don't seem to be drunk. One of them, we recognize… [[Amrik Vanthampur]]. The other is a man who looks like a pirate, the other looks like a sailor. - No women here… perhaps below deck, "entertaining"? - Enzo asks [[Damian]] if he knows anything about Amrik… - [[Damian D'Vaelan|Damian]] has only met a couple times. Amrik is a very viscious man, not good to make an enemy of. Amrik loves money. - Currently no one is manning the bar. - Enzo touches [[Damian D'Vaelan|Damian]], and doesn't feel a human form underneath and no warmth… but metal. - Enzo slides him a gold piece to treat himself whenever the barkeep is back. - Amrik wins his hand, and then notices our group. He comes over to talk with us, noticing our (relatively) expensive clothing. - He pours us all cheap terrible beer from basic wooden kegs. - Kassandra says that their friend (Enzo) is taking us on a tour of different places in the city… - People are concerned Baldur's Gate would be attacked by dragons… - He says his mother is gone. (Doesn't sound worried at all.) Murdered in the sewers, though her position doesn't require her to be down below… - He thinks one of his brothers is responsible. They aren't likeable. - She was killed by multiple ways… weapons, magic, poisons. Attacked by a group. - He considers the guards are a political party… and not looking into the death, to their advantage. - …maaaaaybe we can look into her death for him. - Good news! Amrik isn't interested in her Lenore appearance at all. - We head up to the captain quarters to talk further in quiet. - It's much more decadent and noble. - Wants to know our skillsets if he's going to hire us… - Gomash » lumberjack - Kass » writer/researcher, and casts light on an apple - Lang » Kill monsters - Astrid » Has a sword and shield, knows how to use both. - He can get us access to the noble district and sewers - If we get into trouble, he will throw us to the wolves. - We talk him up from 500 to 650 as payment. - We would speak to his brothers as part of this investigation… - Amrik the middle child - Wants the prestige of the position, but not the hard work of the position. - [[Thurstwell Vanthampur]] - The eldest - Has a physical disability, which Amrik is rude about. - He looks like he's undead - Studying all of the time… head in books. - Too perceptive, unsettling so. Would know things he shouldn't. - The one we should worry about the most. - [[Mortlock Vanthampur]] - Unintelligent - Unattractive - Works in the sewers, and would have connections with groups down there… - Amrik can direct us to the sewers (a hired guard) - We head to the Upper City of [[Baldur's Gate]] with [[Amrik Vanthampur]] and to the [[Vanthampur Villa]] - Vanthampur guards walk in groups of three, seem much more practical than other guards (less pomp…) - Our guide is [[Divichi D'Vaelan]] - A half-elf woman, blonde hair, blue eyes. Fancier clothing. - Her brother was a traveller in the sewers. - He's a guard. He went missing when [[Thalamra Vanthampur]] was killed. - His name is [[Damian D'Vaelan]]… DUNH DUNH DUNH… - She changes… fewer jewels, better armor etc. - We walk and talk towards the sewers - Types of monsters below: - Undead - Oozes - Other people who aren't nice people… - Goblins - Hobogoblins - Old golums - Maaaaaybe fiends (the result of cultists) - Kobolds - Kassandra kinda lies and says that Amrik said the [[Cult of the Dragon]] is active here… - [[Damian D'Vaelan]] had mentioned it as well… that they are seen underground… cultist iconography - She usually works at the mansion as a maid and guard… - When we get into the sewers, Kassandra casts [[Pass without Trace]]