Session 27

Date: 25 April 2022

With the return of Knot, we decide to return to the treasure room and (attempt to) loot the vault. Our warning on the door ("HIGHLY CURSED! DO NOT ENTER!") is still present. Xanie attempts to dispel the magic affecting the door. She fails. She tries again. She succeeds! The golems do not react when Knot removes some of the gold from the room. Beans checks for further traps and finds nothing while Xanie ritual-casts Detect Magic; Knot begins filling a bag with gold (and only gold) coins.

We have enough carrying capacity for 6 bags at 50 lbs apiece (+ 20 lbs). Suleiman is reasonably confident that the Silver Lions will be through in less than a week. We decide to spend no more than 3 days collecting the best stuff we can from the treasure trove. At the end of the 2nd day, we hear noises down the tunnel where the Silver Lions should be coming from and quickly fill our remaining capacity and head towards Cayden.

Treasure

 * 4 bags (up to 200 lbs) of high-quality (?) treasure
 * 2 bags + 20 lbs (up to 120 lbs) of random assorted treasure

Amber (110 gp) Amber (130 gp) Aquamarine (600 gp) Black Opal (1000 gp) Black Pearl (400 gp) Carnelian (50 gp) Chalcedony (70 gp) Citrine (40 gp) Coral (90 gp) Golden Yellow Topaz (400 gp) Jade (110 gp) Jasper (40 gp) Lapis Lazuli (8 gp) Peridot (50 gp) Red Garnet (120 gp) Red-brown Spinel (70 gp) Red-brown Spinel (110 gp) Rhodochrosite (10 gp) Star Rose Quartz (40 gp) Turquoise (11 gp) Violet Garnet (700 gp) Banded Agate (6 gp) Black Pearl (800 gp) Black Star Sapphire (900 gp) Brown Diamond (8000 gp) Freshwater Pearl (9 gp) Freshwater Pearl (12 gp) Golden Yellow Topaz (500 gp) Obsidian (11 gp) Onyx (30 gp) Onyx (60 gp) Red Spinel (100 gp) Rock Crystal (50 gp) Rose Quartz (20 gp) Rose Quartz (50 gp) Silver Pearl (110 gp) White Pearl (140 gp) Zircon (70 gp)

Total value = 15027 gp

493 pp 3978 gp 7037 sp 4492 cp

Total Value = 9656.62 gp

Picking up Cayden & Returning to Korvosa
We pick up Cayden. He's jotted down over a dozen pages of notes in the meantime. He asks for a bag to hold his notes---we hand him a burlap sack. He is confused, but accepts. He inquires about the....contents of the sacks. He is instructed not to worry about it.

We---slowly but surely---make it back through the tunnels and up into Korvosa. The city has clearly suffered under the siege---but it does not appear that the wall has broken. Many of the buildings around appear to be abandoned. We search one out and stash our haul in the basement and make our way towards the Mage's Guild with the gems and platinum in our bags.

The gates to the upper city are barred and guarded---one of the guards shouts at us "No entry; lockdown". We manage to persuade them the guard, Belthaer, to let us through to return Cayden to the academy by claiming that we were escorting him into the Old City and had only just returned. We are warned not to dally too long.

The Academy
We head to the Academy first. The streets are mostly empty. One of the buildings of the Academy complex has been destroyed by the bombardment, and there is a fearful aura permeating the area. As we enter, the guards are clearly fortifying the area. We ask around for Archivist Fulron, and one of the guards tells us that he hasn't handled the stresses of the siege well. The 2nd floor of the research building we're in has been converted to an infirmary and we should check for him there.

Delirious, Archivist Fulron asks upon our arrival: "Cayden? Why is your hair so long? You look like a homeless man!" They have a heartfelt reunion.

Knot asks if they have a bag of holding---no, no budget. Mage's Guild might have information.

Suleiman asks that they contact us if they're going to make another expedition into Dol'Sulrich and gives him enough gold to cover a sending spell to contact us.

Knot inquires about the Daqha, and Fulron gives us the name of an academic to talk to.

The Mage's Guild
We head over to the Mage's Guild to attempt to purchase a Bag of Holding and (for Xanie) some spells. Nobody is around outside and the building---a tower---is dark, but we go up and knock on the door. We are greeted by an old man.

There is a quartermaster for members of the Guild (none of us are), and since all the current members are engaged in the war effort new memberships are on hold.

Xanie proffers that she is a wizard associated with the Adventurer's Guild. "Are you a VISITING WIZARD?!" Yes, yes she is. After some paperwork, she is granted access.

As we head towards the quartermaster, Knot asks the name of the man who greeted us. "Archwizard Omarim". Knot: 👀. He built the tower we're in...370 years ago. Knot: 👀👀👀. "When I was younger and far more vain, I wished for a long life."

We go visit the quartermaster. She informs us that they do not currently have any Bags of Holding, but we could requisition one. It would arrive in "3 to 6 months after the siege has been broken." If we are interested in magical weapons an armor, we should go talk to the guards. Xanie buys some spells.