3-19-25: 27th of Eleasis, 1491 Continued

 

 27th of Eleasis, 1491  Continued

Chapter 1:  Helm and Cloak Inn, Late Afternoon/Evening

Nevil talks to Atalaya in private.  We discuss Umbra and her lack of actual answers to the questions we have asked her.  Nevil is very suspicious of her, Atalaya too.

  Nevil sprinkles holy water and both Umbra and Still.  They have a normal (for a tiefling) response to it.

Nevil asks Umbra how she got into the Shadowfells. 

Umbra replies that:  “I fell through a portal.  I was trying to get away from the house.  I had gone quite a ways from the house. …. Things were bad … I was gone a long time … Sorrow left there after I did.  … There were a lot of undead creatures and dark fey.  … I was a young woman of about 19 or 20, not a child. … I’m all fuzzy, like it affected my memory.  …

… We (she and Sorrow)  have always had the Weave come easily to us.  It’s unusual for our family to not have this.  …  They (the Trelanus family) treated Sorrow like he was some kind of Royalty.   Grandmother doesn’t like female children.  I think she kept me because I was Sorrow’s twin. 

…something about “The Business.”

… She couldn’t break Sorrow like she broke the rest of us.  When he left it became horrible.  They were angry.  

… Maybe I want …

… She just wanted me to stay put until she got him (Sorrow) …

… They were trying to do things to get him back.  She had eyes on him.  She sent people looking for him.  

Nevil asks her if her parent’s follow a religious affiliation.

Umbra responds saying:  “Yes, Grandfather is like you.   He is a paladin.”

Nevil:  Of what god?

Umbra says that his gods are Bel and Zariel.  She adds that her grandmother is a sorceress. 

Nevil:  Who is your dad?

Umbra:  Vanquish  

Nevil:  Does he follow the same faith?

Umbra:  Yes.   …

Umbra: … Mother died when I was pretty small.  … Didn’t have any use for her.  Sufferance says she didn’t fall into the family (grandmother’s?) expectations lock step and barrel.   

Nevil asks what she means.

Umbra:  :  “To be obedient and to do what they told her to do.  … They were  horrible to us.  I think that is why Vic and Imp are the way they are.  … 

… They couldn’t break Sorrow or Sufferance. …  But Sufferance is real quiet.   …

…Used Sorrow and I against each other.  They did things to me to keep him in line. And to Sorrow to keep me in line.  

Nevil asks something about Umbra being different since the Shadowfell.

Umbra says that she likes the power.  … I thought about killing the old hag.  …  I wanted Still out of that house.  …  

Nevil asks about Still, : What is his nature?  I don’t mean his temperament.”

Umbra:  He knows everything and He watches.  He gets quiet and watches.  I don’t know what it is.  …

… You may ask me anything.

Nevil asks if Inman can question her about what happened  to her in the Shadowfells.  Umbra agrees to this.

We decide that we don’t want to draw attention to ourselves by going into a tavern.  We order room service for all.  

Still:  Maybe I shouldn’t ask this, but have you encountered a devil-a shape shifter?

We question Still on what he means.

Still:  A Succubus.  … Grandmother sent….  (to search for Sorrow?) … They are tied up with a lot of bad stuff.  Trying to get my brother (Sorrow) back.  

We ask Still why they want Sorrow and Umbra.

Still:  They are twins.  I thought (it was) just (about) their trying to leave the house.  I don’t know.   

Re responds to another question:

Still:  They are tied up with Slavers.  

Later:

Still:  I don’t think they are going to stop.  They probably know stuff.

Nevil tells Inman that he as to go back to the Wizards and tell them everything (that Umbra and Still have told us.)

Inman back down the hall and out of the tavern.

Atalaya stops talking and races after Inman, to remind him to have them spar Sufferance,

Sorrow:  Everyone knows what is going on except me. 

Nevil:  Sorry.

Nevil:  What do you think the chance was that your grandmother sent you to the Shadowfells?  (She asks Umbra.)

Umbra:  I never thought about that.

Nevil:  I think there are bigger workings going on.

Sorrow:  Things had gone bad.  That’s why I left. 

Sorrow:  I just couldn’t abide by what they wanted.  Really violent.  They would lock us up in a box.  Umbra and I, we fought with them constantly and they would punish us.

Inman comes back many hours later.  He says that he came the long way, to be sure that he wasn’t followed.

Inman:  They are tossing the house. … I told them Still, the boy, had nothing else to say.

Sorrow:  Power and Money are all they want.

Nevil:  And they are willing to destroy the government to get it.  

The talk dies down after a bit and everyone goes to bed, watches being arranged, Atalaya taking the watch as soon as she wakes from her trancing.  (We are in a large room all together to make the watch easier and to keep an eye on Umbra and Still.)

28th of Eleasis

Chapter 2:  The next morning

When we wake, Boz is looking a lot better.  

______________:  You won’t believe what we found.

Vaz:  What?

______________:  Grandma sent the succubus.  And the Wizards tossed the house last night.  

______________:  We have to get out of town.  Are you ready for that?

Boz is stiff.  But not as grey in his face as he was the night before.  

Boz:  Is Sorrow alright?

____________:  

We tell Boz that Sorrow and Umbra are the only ones who bleed like Sorrow does.

We gather our things and head to the docks without eating, hoping to avoid being sighted by any of the Trenalus household that didn’t get rounded up the night before. 

When we get there we find the Hond Ebrath floating at a dock.  When we get on the ship Nevil and Atalaya inspect it, Nevil looking for any signs of magic and Atalaya searching for stowaways.  We don’t find anything out of order.

Ivan tells us that Sufferance has been there but left to get coffee at the Low Tavern.  Atalaya is annoyed and starts to go after him, but we see him headed back to the ship.  

We cast off and head south once we get out of the port.

Nevil asks Sufferance to “Spill the Beans”

Sufferance doesn’t understand her.

Nevil:  What happened after we left?

Sufferance has cuts on his face and bruises on his face and hand.

________________:  Sorry

________________:  Father

Sufferance explains what went on at the house.  He reveals that he is a Harper.

………..

Nevil and Still talk

Nevil takes Still on Deck

___________: I think you are a good person and want to help other people. 

___________:  How did you know that I was a Harper?

___________:  I didn’t know.  Know my brother.  

___________:  I can’t read your thoughts.  But I can read your expressions and body language. 

___________:  I think Grandma and Grandpa ike to keep on top of people in Government…people in power.  If they can keep it _______________

Still thinks that the Thayian were present (in the house)  Were important and that they weren’t there buying slaves.  He thinks that they were maybe setting something up.

Sailing/Time Passes 

We make our way down the river and to the coast and head south.

Nevil sends Still up to the Crow’s Nest to be with Cirilli.  He gets red (sunburned).  Cirilli brings him back down.  Nevil feels bad and heals him. 

Sufferance could be better looking than Sorrow.

While we sail Umbra is getting the “20 Questions” from Inman and Boz.

Eventually we reach the Cloakwood Forest.  It is dark and shadowy and a little scary.

Approaching Fishing Village of Skyhorn

We feel that there should be a lighthouse, but we can’t see a light.

We do see lights from a fishing village (Skyhorn) and decide to pull in there.  Ivar doesn’t want to continue through these waters in the dark.  We see some broken trees.  It looks like the area was in a storm.  We see a mast floating in the water.  It looks like it could be Hawk’s mast.  Inman grabs a grappling hook to pull in the floatsam.

Boz:  That’s Hawk’s mast.

We call up to Cirilli:  “Do you see a boat?”

Sufferance is queasy.  (He has not been enjoying the trip.)  Nevil passes him some Nightcap.  

_____________:  I take it you know who’s ship it is?

We see people on the dock and they call out to us, “Be Careful.” And “Sea Monster.”  And “Water monster in the sea.”

We ask if the monster has teeth or tentacles.  They answer us, “Just water.”

We are told that the ship was “The Shandalin.  It’s gone, a wave took it.  It was the sea monster.”  When asked where it sank, we are told, “We didn’t see it sink.  It was swept away.”

Ivar curses under his breath.  He says it is better to dock in this village (than to try to sail in the dark here.)

Well pull into the docks.  There is another boat about the same size as ours already at port.  

There are some sailors around, cleaning up the mess that hit the docks.  

On the other boat there is an important looking woman. She seems to be the captain of that ship.  She tells us that there was a big wave and it took the ship away.  We captains, we were friends.”   She explains that her boat has a gash on its side from the wave.”  She also adds, “I’m worried about my friend, Jade Hawk.  It was like the wave had a mind of its own.  It went towards the lighthouse.”

The people in the village are worried about Lucias, the keeper of the lighthouse.  

Someone says that the wave went “right down the channel… it seemed really specific… it went right towards the Shandalin.  

“I don’t think it was a kraken.  I didn’t see any tentacles or lightning.  

“Made of water, had a mind of its own.  It took the ship.”

 29th of Eleasis

Morning

We pass an uneasy night.  

In the morning people are cleaning up.  We do not see anything unusual floating in the sea nearby.  

On the docks there is a hobbit wringing his hands in distress while looking out across the water towards the lighthouse.  “I’m waiting for a shipment to come in from the ship taken by the rogue wave.  There was silk and rum on that boat.  I had quite a bit of money tied up in it.”  He adds, “I’m willing to pay for information.  I’m worried about the ship and crew.  I will pay for my cargo if you come upon it.”

We want to leave the area.  Atalaya makes a continental breakfast and we all quickly eat.  

Sail to Skyhorn Lighthouse

Back on deck, Ivar and the hands cast off.  We look at the lighthouse.  It is a stone lighthouse with stairs going up to the top.  There is a wall around it.  Pieces of boats scattered around the island that look fairly new.  Masts, sails and things like that.  

We find a place to moor close to the lighthouse island.  Using one of the dinghies we reach the island and secure the boat.  We hear seagulls.  One flops down onto the beach and looks at us and then flies up to the top of the lighthouse. 

We ready ourselves to fight.  Then carefully make our way up to the door and listen.  We hear strange noises.  Not sure exactly what we are hearing.  Maybe animal sounds, maybe conversations but in animal sounds.

Nevil cracks the door and sees “fucked up humaniod”.  It looks like humans mixed up with eels.  They are arguing.  She attempts to close the door quietly without being noticed.  However, the creatures become aware of her and start scrambling towards the door.  

Nevil stands right there, ready to block them.

Game ends

3-5-25 Baldur's Gate Trelanus Manor & at Helm and Cloak

27th of Eleasis: Baldur’s Gate

At the Trelanus Manor

Game picks up with Atalaya, Nevil, Inman and Cirilli in a parlour room in the Trelanus Manor talking to Still and Nevil playing chess with him.  He is showing off for Cirilli.  Nevil isn’t getting any vibes like he is using psychic powers to anticipate her moves.

Sufferance took Sorrow and Boz upstairs to see Umbra about 40 minutes ago.

Game starts:

A little metal creature flies into the room.  It is a little mechanical cat with bat wings.  It lands on a table (buffet on wall of the room).  It then perches on the back of Atalaya’s chair and hands her a teacup.  Atalaya looks dubious, but finally takes the cup and places it on the table in front of her.  

The teacup forms a mouth and says: “The password is Key LIme Pie.  Watch out for the nimblewrights. 

When we ask Still about the creature he replies that Sufferance is a tinker.  

Nevil asks if he is an enchanter tinker or just a tinker.

Still replies:  “How is that different?”

Nevil: “it depends on how things are made. One can be both.”

Still: You mean with magic?

Nevil nods.

Still: Then I don't know.

Nevil asks:  What is a nimblewright?

Still says:  “Like the cat but bigger.”  He explains that his father bought two of them in Waterdeep.

We ask him about what the teacup said and the mechanical cat creature.  Still says that “My brother is real smart.  I don’t think he would have done that by random…”

Nevil asks, “What is a Key Lime?”

Atalaya answers that “It is a really good pie.  It is tart and made with a special kind of lime.”

Still:  “I’m not sure what this pertains to.”

Nevil:  “You're right, it doesn't seem random and the boys are taking a while with Umbra. Why don’t you lead us there?”

Still:  “Umbra is upstairs.  I don’t want to be seen.  You have to be careful around here.”

Nevil:  “Of your dad?”

Still:  “Yeah.  And my cousins.  I don’t want to run afoul of them.  Her room is upstairs on the right. I don’t know where the nimblewrights are.   Dad uses them as guards in the house.”

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Still:  Sufferance uses items (like the teacup) to send messages.  

Finding Umbra

Still takes Nevil to the doorway of the room and shows her the staircase up to Umbra’s room and the two doors to his father’s office. 

We (Atalaya, Nevil, Inman and Cirilli) carefully head up the stairs, trying to be quiet.  In the upstairs hallway we see two suits of armor along the hallway.  From a room past them, we hear two people arguing in a language unknown to Atalaya.  Nevil does understand it.  They are speaking infernal.  It sounds like a younger and an older woman arguing.  

Umbra: (In Infernal)  “I want to know what you did to my brother.”

“I didn’t want to come back here…

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Lady Trelanus:  (In Infernal)  “You know what your place is in this family.  And He knows what his place is.  

 

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Nevil opens the door from which the voices are heard.  

Lady Trelanus:  “Leave us.”

Nevil: (In Common):   “Just looking for a friend.  Sorrow didn’t come back down and we are looking for him. 

Nevil looks into the room.  The room is dark.

Umbra has shadowy marks on her skin.  They seem to move across her skin in waves. 

Lady Trelanus is very old and creepy.  She asks Umbra, “Umbra, do you know these people?” She then turns to Nevil, “You shouldn’t be in our house.”

Nevil:  Umbra?

Umbra:  What?

Nevil:  What is your will?

Umbra:  I want to know where my brother is.

Lady Trelanus repeats that we should leave, that this is none of our business.

Nevil:  “You need to speak to your husband.  We came here protected. 

During this conversation Inman is peeking into other doors on the hallway.  He starts with the door directly south of the door where Umbra and Lady Trelanus are.  It opens into an empty parlour.  

Lady Trenalus loses patience with Nevil.  She holds up her hand and tendrils of dark energy shot out of her hand at Nevil who resists spell effects  (Nevil takes 1 point of damage,)

Nevil:  Trying to diffuse the situation and to  hold true to her promise to Eldath tries to persuade Lady Trelanus to talk rather than fight.  “We just want to know where Sorrow is.”

Lady Trelanus:  She looks at Nevil.  “Child, it’s family, it is not your concern.  He has responsibilities that he has shurked for too long.”

Nevil threatens:  “We will go to The Hand.”

Lady Trelanus:  “Not my concern.”

Nevil:  “I will search every inch of this house ,old lady.  The nerve of you acting like you own people.

Lady Trelanus:  “You ______________

Nevil is seeing a terrible vista of dead people war……  Nevil makes her wisdom save.

Nevil:  “That works on Sorrow, not on me.”  Nevil is calm on the outside.  Cirilli and Atalaya stay nearby but behind Nevil and to the side of the door.

While this is occurring Inman continues to move through the parlour to the south, opening another door.  This room contains an empty bedroom. 

A door at the end of the hallway that Nevil, Atalaya and Cirilli are in opens and Vic walks out. 

Some talk occurs

Lady Trelanus looks crazy and angry.  She says that she rules the house after Atalaya asks why she and Vic don’t just talk to Sorrow’s father.

Lady Trelanus performed a gesture and mutters something.  A pattern of colors form in the air and undulates.  Nevil makes her saving throw.  Nothing really happens to her.  

Nevil:  “I’m going to drag every single one of you ass holes into The Hand myself at this rate.  It doesn't have to be this way.

Vic:  Looks at Inman and grabs and throws a ceramic vase at him telepathically.  Inman takes 14 points of damage.

Atalaya Hunter’s Marks Vic.  Swings at him twice with her long sword, missing both times.  

Inman comes running back to where this is occurring.  He activates Blade Song and attempts to hit Vic, but misses.

Umbra is angry.  She has a wild look in her eyes.  She throws out her hands and dark magic is in her fingers.  She shoves her hands past Nevil’s shoulder, aiming towards Vic.  Vic gets a glowing look on his face, an insane look.  He is standing there breathing hard.  Suddenly Vic lurches towards Nevil, shoves her aside and enters the bedroom and heads towards Lady Trelanus.

Cirilli pulls out her sword and holds it ready to take on anyone who comes within her range.

Umbra shouts at us, “Go, find Sorrow.”

Atalaya and Cirilli start looking for Sorrow at Umbra’s request, opening the door near the two suits of armor.  It opens into an entry room.

Nevil:  Continues to try to intimidate Lady Trelanus rather than actively fight her.  She moves into the room in order to protect Umbra.  

Inman:  Studies Umbra, checking out the arcane stuff.  Arcane Shadow Runes. 

Lady Trelanus:  Shrieking.  She holds her hands up and a dark gateway opens up between her hands.  We hear whispers and see a sphere of darkness and cold in a 20 foot radius,  (Hunger of Hadar.)  Vic misses his Dex check and takes 6 points of damage.

Atalaya hears footfalls in the room beyond the entry room that she and Cirilli have entered.  Atalaya listens at the door and then opens it.  It opens onto a nice room with a nasty looking creature sitting on the bed licking itself like a cat and looking up at Atalaya as she starts to enter the rooml

Inman casts dispel magic on Lady Trelanus’ spell and the Hunger of Hadar spell.  It works and the darkness and whispers dissipate. 

Umbra continues to concentrate on her spell, keeping Vic compelled to do as she commands. 

Cirilli has followed Atalaya into the entryway and is peeking over her shoulder to see the bedroom beyond.

Nevil reaches back and heals Inman for 12+4 points (16).  

Still:  Peeks his head into the entry room where Atalaya and Cirilli are, catching Cirilli’s attention as he gestures for us to come out to him.  When we do, he points down small (servants?) stairway.

Lady Trelanus:  Makes a Hellish Rebuke against Vic.  Vic fails his save and takes the full 22 points of damage.

Atalaya:  Makes her way carefully, sword drawn down the narrow stairs.  At the end of them she sees two metal men standing there with rapiers, unmoving.  (Nimblewrights?)  

Inman:  Casts Shatter, positioning it so that it just hits Lady Trelanus and Vic.  Lady Trelanus takes 15 points of damage.  Vic takes 7.

Umbra:  Continues to keep control of her spell on Vic.  While doing so she creates an ice storm with rock hard hail that pounds into the ground.  Lady Trelanus takes 11 points of damage from it.  Vic takes 21 points of damage from it.  

Lady Trelanus attacks Nevil with spell-Crown of Madness.  Saving throw passed, no effect. 

Nevil:  Nevil judges Vic to be irredeemable.  She hits him, but with a non-lethal strike.  “May this be a lesson” she calls out as she hits him with her morningstar right between his horns.  Critical hit: 17 points of damage.  Vic falls down.  Nevil calls out to him, “It doesn’t have to be this way.”

Lady Trelanus:  Casts and inky blackness pours out of her hands.  Nevil can’t see anything.  The area is really dark.  Nevil calls out, “Coward!”

Inman:  Casts Dispel magic into the black space.  It dissipates and Nevil can now see. 

Umbra:  Jumps back into the room and kicks Vic’s unconscious body and blasts her grandmother with Bolt of Energy.  _________ Energy.  This blasts Lady Trelanus backwards into the room.  She falls on the bed and lays there whimpering. 

Nevil ties up Lady Trelanus and gags her very very thoroughly and does the same to Vic.  Inman enters the room and he says, “They are casters.  We need to put something over their heads.”

Nevil:  PIllowcases work well.

Inman:  pulls the pillowcases off the pillows and covers their faces with them.

Nevil turns to Umbra:  We have a lot to talk about.

Umbra:  Yes

Nevil:  What are they __________

Umbra:

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         Finding Sorrow and Boz

While this was occurring upstairs, Atalaya eyes the two metal nimblewrights.  One of them takes off clanking down the hallway (to the left).  In front of the doorway is a table with a scroll on it.  To the right is the other nimblewright.  There is a door there with goggles hanging off the doorknob.  

Atalaya sends Cirilli back up to get the others.  

When Atalaya starts to approach the door the Nimblewright activates.  Nevil examines the scroll.  It is a paladin spell scroll:  Gentle Repose.  

The nimblewright steps forward, rapier out,  blocking Atalaya from the door.

Cirilli rushes, pushing her way through those in front of her to get to the construct.  Ready to enter the fray finally she swings her shortsword at it.  She misses her first swing, but immediately recovers and makes a second attack.  This one hits for 6 points of damage.  

Nevil comes up by Cirilli and swings her morningstar.  She misses both her swings.

Atalaya fumbles her attack and falls prone on the ground, dropping her longsword.  She is stunned for this round.

Inman also fumbles his attack and falls prone.

The Nimblewright (Jeeves) Hits Nevil doing 10 points of damage.  He then attacks Inman, but misses.

Cirilli assesses the situation and attacks again.  Her first swing hits doing another 8 points of damage.  Her second swing misses.

Nevil tries to push Jeeves back but isn’t able to.  It is very heavy and doesn’t move.

Atalaya gets up, grabbing her sword as she does so, and then attacks the construct with her longsword.  Her first attack hits him for 13 points of damage.  Her second attack misses.

Inman: gets up and attacks.  Both his attacks miss. 

Jeeves:  First attacks Atalaya for 8 points of damage.  Then attacks Nevil with a dagger for 6 points of damage.

Cirilli:  Flanks the nimblewright and then attacks.  She hits with both her swings causing 6+6 points of damage. (12 points total).  The construct falls, smoke comes out of its metal body as its gears grumble and groan as it grinds to a halt. 

Nevil picks up the construct’s hat and places it on Cirilli.  

Cirilli exclaims, “This is my hat!!” Nevil agrees with her. Cirilli looks extremely pleased with herself.

Atalaya claims the right to enter into whatever lies behind the door with the goggles on the doorknob.  When others try to dispute this she plays the, “Vaz might be in there card” and puts her foot down.

Atalaya’s too cursory examination of the goggles does not impress Nevil and she calls on others to check it out before she will allow Atalaya to try it on before she tries to enter the room.

Once deemed not trapped, Atalaya puts them on and investigates the door.  She decides that it is not trapped but is locked.  Cirilli unlocks it. 

Inside she finds two bodies, tied up and hooded.  She calls out, immediately rushing to Vaz and beginning to free him.  Vasilya is writhing on the floor with purplish runes on his skin.  He is in obvious severe pain.  

Nevil asks Inman what that is on Boz.

Inman “I’ve seen something like this before.  Causes different effects.  It’s like a curse.”

Atalaya:  Asks Inman if he can dispel it.

Inman: says that he can try.  He casts dispel magic (he doesn’t have dispel curse learned for the day).  When he does that the runes kind of fade.  Boz gives a sigh of relief.

Boz is very sweaty and cold.  He is very weak.  

Sorrow is aware that we are there.  Once freed, he crawls over to Boz.  He is desperately worried about Boz.  

Nevil lays hands on both Sorrow and Boz, giving each 20 points of healing.  (They had both been at 1 HP)

Nevil asks:  “Fucking Vic!”

Atalaya reluctantly leaves the goggles behind, placing them back on the doorknob.  When asked why she says that she doesn’t want to give the Trelanus the chance to say that we were thieves robbing their house.  

Nevil hoping for a little street justice, Tells Sorrow that Vic is unconscious upstairs in the bedroom.  Sorrow immediately heads up there with the rest of us following.  No one wants to be separated from the others at this point.

Street Justice

Sorrow is in a blind rage as he enters the bedroom and pulls Vic out of the closet he had been stuffed into.  From outside the room we can hear thumping and stuff getting thrown around.  Eventually Sorrow comes stumbling out, tears streaming down his face.

As the group is discussing what to do with a hobbled Treleneus house, Still appears.

Nevil encourages Still to enter the room and get some licks in on Vic.  He does so.  Sorrow acquires the magical whip that Vic had used to torture Boz. 

Afterwards Boz searches the room and removes anything else of import or interest from Vic.  ¿From Lady Trelanus?

Escaping Trelenus Mansion

Boz could barely stand, Even after being given 20 hit points. He is suffering from extreme exhaustion. Umbra didn't seem to care what happened to either Vic or her grandmother as long as they were no longer a threat.

Nevil asks Umbra if she wants to come with us.  

Still gives us a plan to get out of the house unnoticed by the other family members.  

Nevil performs a divine sense on Umbra and Still.  Still is not evil.  She is not sure about Umbra.  Umbra does radiate darkness. 

“Let’s go.  Let’s go”

We make our way through the door and into the mezzanine.  We (our group plus Umbra and Still) move around to the front of the house and then make our way out through a window and quickly and carefully make our way across the grounds and back onto the street.  

At the Helm and Cloak Inn

Once we make our way away from the mansion we ask Sorrow for a new place for us to hole up in until the ship is ready.  Preferably somewhere with both lodging and food in-house.  He ¿playfully? suggests the Low Tavern.  We quickly negate that choice and he finally offers the Helm and Cloak, within the upper crust area of Baldur’s Gate.  It is actually not that far from the Trelanus Mansion and we believe that will help throw Vic and Imp off if they decide to try to find us.  The Helm and Cloak looks like a place for nobles to stay while traveling.  A polished bard is playing.  Things are not not fancy but they are flawless.  The food smells amazing as we pass the restaurant.  There are actually two buildings, one a rooming house, the other for food. 

We get Vaz into a bed.  

Sorrow pulls out the whip he took from Vic.  It is a magic whip and it inflicted the damage to Boz.  Sorrow tells us that it is cursed.  He said that as soon as Boz was hit with the whip the runes showed up.  So much pain.  

Nevil asks “Why?

Sorrow responds:  “To get me to stay.”

Nevil:  Why?

Sorrow:  “Grandma has a fucked up idea about what constitutes family.”

We talk some with Umbra.  “So your trip to the Shadowfell was planned?”

Umbra:  “No.”

We ask how long she was there.  

Umbra:  “I spent a long time in the Shadowfell.”

“Are you okay?

Umbra:  “No, I’m pretty fucking far from okay.  Got power there though.  I didn’t have that before.

“How did that happen?”

Umbra:  “I don’t know.  I was pretty young.  It was a long time ago.  I gained power early.  It helped keep me alive.

Nevil:  “Have you been in control of it?”

Umbra:  “I don’t know.”

Nevil:  “Do you enjoy using it?”

Umbra:  “Yes I do.  I don’t want to give it up.

Nevil:  “Sorrow, is she the same?”

Sorrow:  _______________________  It was a long time ago.  We were young.  

Nevil makes Nightcap for Sorrow and Boz.

Still is just sitting there.  Nevil firmly suggests that he could talk with Cirilli.

Inman decides not to report to The Hand, but does go to his War Wizard contact and discusses all that we have learned today.  

Good time to engage with House Trelanus.  But spare Sufferance.

Wizard:  Why?

While talking Inman will give them no evidence against Sufferance.  

Wizard:  “We know that they are into some dark stuff.”  They ask about about who is in the house.  Inman tells them that Still is with us.  

Inman wants to make sure that they go after the cousins, Vic and Imp.  

At the inn Still pulls out the special goggles that had been on the cell door.  (They make it so that you can make out details in what you are looking at.  (magnify?)

Eyes of Minute Seeing
Wondrous item, uncommon

These crystal lenses fit over the eyes. While wearing them, you can see much better than normal out to a range of 1 foot. You have advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks that rely on sight while searching an area or studying an object within that range.

Still gets quizzed about why he took them. 

Still:  They came from my house.

Nevil:  They weren't yours

Still:  “They are now.”

Sorrow says that he stole everything off Vic after he was roughed up by Sorrow and Still. 

Nevil:  “Umbra, what do you want to do now?”

Umbra:  “I don’t know.”

Nevil:  “How long have you been back?”

Umbra:  “I don’t know.  I enjoy being away from the Shadowfell and not in my room.   It was good seeing my brothers.  Sorrow is my twin.  I have to think.  It’s been a long time.

Nevil turns to Sorrow: Still can't stay here, but our journey is dangerous.  You are his older brother, he is now your ward.  

Sorrow: He comes with us.

Somewhere during all this we discuss taking Still with us to Baldur’s Gate because we don’t think that he should be left in his family’s “care.”  Sorrow gets asked about Sufferance and it is decided to ask if he wants to come with us.  We discuss that there is a room for each of them (Seraphina’s room and Joan’s room.)  We eventually ask Umbra if she wants to go to Candlekeep too.  She thinks that might be a really good place for her to go.  Atalaya starts thinking about how to arrange things so that Umbra has a room.  

End of game play.