Episode 1 "Welcome to Durador"

Session #1: 6/14/2020

1st of Dalian 2350 of the 5th Age

Recap

 * The party was hired in the dwarvish capital of Bahn'Gal by a Tabaxi trader named Silt-Through-My-Grasp to provide protection for him as he traveled to the city-state of Durador to sell his rare Saguaro fruits.
 * Silt opted to ignore the captain of the ship he had chartered to Durador and chose to disembark not in one of the private ports controlled by the ruling families, and instead unloaded his wares at the free dock outside of the sheltered city.
 * The party began the three mile walk to the city gates cautiously, keeping an eye out for the bandits that the captain warned them would certainly be there.
 * En route, they were assailed by a ragged group of dwarves, using some sort of narcotic, who attempted to kill them and steal their cargo. The party made short work of them and continued on their way.
 * Arriving at the city gate, they were met by a squad of city guardsmen wearing red and gold chainmail.
 * The guards nonchalantly questioned them about their fight on the road and upon realizing what cargo they were carrying attacked them.
 * The guards beat the party handily, knocking all of them unconscious and murdering their employer.
 * The party woke several hours later in the slum of Bilgetown, a slum just inside the city gates but separated from the rest of Durador by an interior gate, and found all of their possessions stolen by the guards.
 * The party stood in the filthy streets and tried to figure out what to do next.
 * First, they harrassed several passers-by to find out where they could find an inn. Eventualy they were pointed to the Bilge Tavern.
 * On the way, Belrose searched a shack on the street and found a dagger he was able to steal.
 * As they reached the tavern, they saw the interior gate. Lorem tried to negotiate their way in but was quicky rebuffed by the guard.
 * The party headed to the tavern and then briefly separated to attempt to earn some coin to pay for their stay and some food.
 * Lorem went out in to the street and picked some pockets.
 * Belrose travelled several blocks and used his dagger to rob and murder several locals.
 * Roxanne gambled using her genies lamp as collateral.
 * Quirkell spoke with some rats and convinced them to bring her coins in exchange for food scraps.
 * The party was able to pay for a night in the taverns common room and rested.
 * Waking in the morning, they found the tavern packed with people preparing to pay a protection tax to a local gang known as the minders.
 * The leader of the minder collection squad was a dwarf with a hook hand called Gedan Roughstone. Seeing an opportunity in the party of outsiders who could not pay, he offered them a job. He needed someone unnafilliated with the Minders to find the Sharpsugar stash house of a rival gang, the Cutbeard Boys. In exchange he would pay them 3 gold a piece and wave their protection tax for a week.
 * The party decided that they would attempt to steal their gear back from the guards before finding the Sharpsugar stash.