Big City Life¶

2022-Nov-13

• The party “winds down” with a tailgate at their wagon, which is sparsely attended
• Kleb jumps through a cart just for the fun of it
• After a night’s sleep, they continue traveling and soon leave the carnival behind
• Realizing that Candlekeep would take a couple months of travel overland, the trio decide to journey by sea instead. They settle on riding to Neverwinter first and chartering passage on boat from there
• While they move up the High Road, a column of knights approach, heading southward
• Most are in grey, some in yellow, and all have an insignia of a broadsword on their chests. Rowan recognizes them as belonging to the order of Tyr (the god of justice)
• The yellow-clad paladins leading the formation are “Justices” who have authority both in religious duties and martial affairs
• One of the rearguard justices warns the party that they are traveling “in the wrong direction,” but Kleb insults him so they don’t converse any further
• A few days later, the group reaches the city of Neverwinter and follows the flow of people toward the markets
• Kleb contemplates buying a “Winter? Not Even Once” shirt but decides against it due to the high price
• The first order of business is lodging, which the party secures at the Umber Hulk’s Shell
• Kleb pays extra for a room for himself. The others opt for simple bunks in the communal area
• They break for their individual goals, agreeing to reconvene at dusk
• Rulkorf heads to the Beached Leviathan, a party boat moored at the Neverwinter docks that functions as a tavern
• He has little luck getting an in with anyone there and decides to stroll down to the docks themselves
• A water genasi is stationed at the harbormaster’s quarters,. He is very confused and hard of hearing, but after a small bribe he tells Rulkorf about two ships heading to Baldur’s Gate soon: The Oremaster and The Silent Knight
• Hoping the Oremaster might have a dwarven crew that could be more sympathetic to him, Rulkorf goes to find it
• The captain is named Alabaster, and although he is not a dwarf, agrees to provide passage to the party in exchange for their assistance as crew members. The ship leaves at Godswake in two days time
• Rowan goes shopping at an armory, The Last Dagger. He explains his desire for a more lethal weapon to the rock gnome at the counter, who procures an array of morningstars and longswords
• The magic swords feature an ice enchantment, an infusion of lightning, and a “rockette” blade that can be fired with a button press, respectively
• The paladin trades his mace (and 25 gold) for the rocket sword (with 30 day warranty)
• Kleb goes up to the proprietor of the Umber Hulk’s Shell and inquires about local printing presses and women of low standards
• He recommends the Chasm District and the Moonstone Mask for each of those objectives
• Kleb finds a print shop called “Pressing Matters” in the Chasm District that makes designs for shirts and tunics and pays them to print copies of his newest “Lozenge Azure attack ad” pamphlet
  • The owner, Branklin, is strongly anti-establishment and sympathetic to what Kleb is trying to do
  • Kleb buys 150 copies at 6 copper each (9 gold total), and Branklin also quotes him a price for posters in the future (and puts him in touch with a friend and contact named Guillermo). 4 gold are a deposit, with the rest due on completion
• On a message board in town, Kleb sees a Lozenge Gule post denouncing the city watch’s un-chad-ness and a general invitation to fight the author. Kleb posts a response accepting the duel
• Rulkorf also buys Navigator’s tools and Mason’s tools