Post by hubertbartels on Nov 27, 2018 14:38:51 GMT -5
The beginning of the 3rd month is a very cold time in Midmeadow. The northwest part of the town, a meeting of roads marked as Maddox Square is freezing cold. We were here, trying to locate some of dealers in Demon Blood and track them back to their suppliers. Wolfram was in the shadows, watching for a deal going down. Duncan was preaching something while his poor box waited for donations. The rest of us were in the warmth of the Hot Pot - a tavern with a view of the center of the area with its equestrian statue of General Maddox.
Gideon, also watching, spotted several suspicious people, patrolling the edges of the square, watching the dealers. Much later at dark, Wolfram makes his move. Following a drug runner that has just refreshed a dealer, the halfling thief is followed by Gideon who is followed by the rest of us.
Unfortunately, it becomes clear that the runner has spotted his tail. He turns down an alley, slips through a backdoor to a tavern while leaving us to the mercy of his thug friends. We warn them not to get involved. One of them thinks about it before trying to leave. His gang leader slugs him and then orders them to attack.
After a short and messy fight, we hurry to stabilize the remaining gang members. The only intelligent one in the group - the youngster that started to leave - decides to talk. He quietly tells us that the drugs come from a tenement building adjoing the hospital overlooking Maddox Square. The leader of the gang is a tall, pale blonde woman named 'Thora'. She seems to be some type of caster.
Doing an inital walk-by of the tenement building, we are immediately spotted by teenage watchers that heckle us and call out our numbers to other gang members inside.
Back at the Hot Pot, we wait and warm up while Gideon uses a mouse form to gather more information. He learns the the tenement building has apartments surrounding a central courtyard. The drugs appear to come from a set of apartments on the ground floor. There are two exits to the streets on either side, heavily guarded by gang members and a smaller gate to the alley, closed off with a gate.
Gideon watched drug runners come in with money and leave with a supply of Demon's Blood. He also suspected that the adjoining hospital might have a connection with Demon's Blood - the ground floor apartment shares a common wall with the hospital.
Our plan then is to enter the tenement building by means of the alley gate late at night, defeat the gang members guarding the ground floor apartment, seize books, and search for a hidden entrance to the hospital.
Gideon, also watching, spotted several suspicious people, patrolling the edges of the square, watching the dealers. Much later at dark, Wolfram makes his move. Following a drug runner that has just refreshed a dealer, the halfling thief is followed by Gideon who is followed by the rest of us.
Unfortunately, it becomes clear that the runner has spotted his tail. He turns down an alley, slips through a backdoor to a tavern while leaving us to the mercy of his thug friends. We warn them not to get involved. One of them thinks about it before trying to leave. His gang leader slugs him and then orders them to attack.
After a short and messy fight, we hurry to stabilize the remaining gang members. The only intelligent one in the group - the youngster that started to leave - decides to talk. He quietly tells us that the drugs come from a tenement building adjoing the hospital overlooking Maddox Square. The leader of the gang is a tall, pale blonde woman named 'Thora'. She seems to be some type of caster.
Doing an inital walk-by of the tenement building, we are immediately spotted by teenage watchers that heckle us and call out our numbers to other gang members inside.
Back at the Hot Pot, we wait and warm up while Gideon uses a mouse form to gather more information. He learns the the tenement building has apartments surrounding a central courtyard. The drugs appear to come from a set of apartments on the ground floor. There are two exits to the streets on either side, heavily guarded by gang members and a smaller gate to the alley, closed off with a gate.
Gideon watched drug runners come in with money and leave with a supply of Demon's Blood. He also suspected that the adjoining hospital might have a connection with Demon's Blood - the ground floor apartment shares a common wall with the hospital.
Our plan then is to enter the tenement building by means of the alley gate late at night, defeat the gang members guarding the ground floor apartment, seize books, and search for a hidden entrance to the hospital.