Session 4

In the Army Guard Now
We take the offer for patrol duty. 10 g/day per person. We get a tabard marking us as guards, and a choice of morning or evening shift. We'll be patrolling a specific area of Lowdock.

We choose the evening shift, and are assigned to patrol the western part of Lowdock near the water's edge.

We head over to our patrol area before our patrol technically starts. It is....not in a good state. The people around are, to put it succinctly, beggars and vagabonds.

As we walk through the area, we see a number of individuals scattered around with red ribbons tied around an arm. They duck into alleys and out of sight as we approach.

Knot harasses talks to a one-legged beggar. He offers a gold coin to the beggar, who proceeds to take it and RUN. He's very clearly scared of something, but Knot rolls a 1 so we don't know what of.

Suleiman, however, manages to walk right into some of the red armbands. He nabs one of them, takes his armband. The vagabond (boy?) struggles but ultimately can't get away. Suleiman offers to trade drinks for information, and Mortalis intimidates the kid into taking us to a nearby tavern.

However, we are barred from entry because Mortalis is wearing his guard tabard! RIP.

The entrance to the tavern is in a side-alley. We could find a perch and watch the entrance.

Knot notices that the entrance has markings in Thieves Cant indicating that it is a safe-house. After some discussion, he goes in and the rest of us are outside wondering what happened.

The Thieves' Guild
Knot: This is a place filled with information, but not safe. It is the thieves guild.

Knot has an extended conversation with the kid in Thieves Cant.

The tl;dr:


 * The thieves guild appears to be trading food with the elves?
 * Knot has to meet "Karoff" at the inn tonight at midnight (during our patrol !!)
 * Apparently at night when the fog rolls in, ships come in and trade (?) with the Guild.
 * The Thieves Guild apparently controls the incoming food supply.

We return to the Burnt Wolftail to get some rest before our shift and the meeting with Karoff.

Our First Patrol
The Guard Captain lets us know about the situation in the "West Bank" (no) in more detail. Starvation conditions confirmed. Korvosa Major seems fine, if a little uncomfortable.

We begin our approach, and Suleiman picks a fight with some thugs that are mugging a beggar (one-leg pete?).

We fight them off, but find nothing on the bodies. One is unconscious, and Suleiman disarms them.

We then head to pick up the letter that the kid left for us. It reads:


 * We have business -K

along with a bloody severed finger.