Campaign Diary: Session 11

Previously on The Broken World Campaign...

The heroes decided to pay a visit to the pirate, Captain Gates, that has been harassing Kern because they learned that he, or rather men in his employ, had gone to a brothel that Solomon works at when he’s not adventuring and bragged about robbing the place. So the heroes go to the town of Greed where the business is located and scout it out. They find that the place is crawling with the Gates’ employees and since they were short a man (Solomon had to work and said he'd catch up later) they decided barging in was not the best plan so they went to a nearby bar and started to gather information. Bantu found a guy named Pasark that is a fence and after some questioning to try and ascertain the whereabouts of the Life Equation tablet & Kern's stuff, he learned that Gates himself is not in town, but one of the captains of his other ships is, a woman named Ryder. The heroes decide to try and sneak into the Expeditions Unknown building at night, but since they don’t have a rogue they decided to see if they could hire one to scout the place out for their employer Kern’s stolen goods and maybe signs of their employer. They didn’t think he’d be there, believing that Gates probably handed him over to councilwoman Krais.  So the heroes decide to hire a roguish guy named Saalie in the bar that seems to have a grudge against Gates, and so they arrange to meet later after the rogue has a chance to sneak in. The heroes had several hours to kill, so they walk the streets of the area and the nearby docks to get a feel for the area in case they have to hide out or make a quick getaway. At the docks they see one of Gates' ships docked, the Aether Ryder, which looks like its being prepped for a voyage, but is under guard as well.  Eventually they head back to a spot where they can watch the Expeditions Unknown building until its time to meet up with their hireling. Unfortunately, a few hours later, they watch from a distance as the rogue is roughly carried out of the building by a couple of Gates’ men and handed over to the town watch, who take him away. And one of the watch, a sergeant by the looks of him, is now stationed at the corner of the building. The heroes now realize that they have to sneak into the place themselves and that the rogue probably gave them away to the town watch so they had to avoid the sergeant and get out of town as quickly as possible.