Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Session XX

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Out of Game Date played: 2020-05-01

Session Title:  Cat & Mouse

In-game Date:  Tarsakh 21 1583 DR

Location: Waterdeep

Player Characters: (Alphabetical order)
 * Gooz (Aaron)
 * Julian Bellafontaine (Matt)

Captivity
As both Gooz & Julianare shackled in iron manacles in an eastern room from the main entrance a noble woman comes down from the servant's stairway & meets a nimblewright who comes from the southern room. She gave the nimblewright a stone with three (3) eyes & told the nimblewright to "Place it in the place we discussed". She & the nimblewright retreat to the room to the south.

Gooz starts to say that he has infiltrated the Zhentarim Doom Raiders when Zhents from the main entrance charge into the room and start skirmishing with the villa's guard's.

They convince the guards to unshackle them & help with the fight as Gooz did originally cast Firebolt on one of the Zhents when then entered the main hall (unknown to the party at the time). They killed the Zhents that were trying to come into the room quickly and with ease.

The half-orc introduces himself as Hrabbaz & asks why they are here truly, no lies this time. They say they have a bunch of information about several factions looking for the Stone of Golorr and wish to speak to the owners of the manor concerning it's importance. Hrabbaz retrieves Yalah, the noblewoman from before, & tells her this. Juliantells her that they know she has the Stone of Golorr & that they wish to help in anyway possible, annoyed she says they are not worth the risk & that knowing what they know they need to be eliminated.

With that Hrabbaz and the two (2) remaining Villa's guard attack Gooz & Julian. Gooz manages to successfully cast the Banishment spell on Hrabbaz while Juliankills one of the guards & blinds the other before both Gooz & Julianescape to the kitchen to the south. They bar the door with a broom and continue the next southern room, the pantry where they find two dead bodies a halfling cook & a human butler on the floor. Gooz casts Disguise self on both himself & Julian to mirror the dead commoners on the floor of the pantry & played dead. This broke the Banishment's hold on Hrabbaz who enraged broke down the door & started looking for the escapees. Luckily the disguise worked in their favour and once Hrabbaz had left the area they decide to stealthily leave the villa using the loading back door.

As they headed back to Spooky's they see several griffon Calvary riders circling the general area & many city watch officials heading towards the Gralhund Villa.

Delivery to the Harpers
Once they get back to Spooky's to discover their companions are not there yet, Juliancalls out for a street urchin with a melodious rhyme: "I need a boy that's tried and true to carry a message from me to you" Timmy, the chosen boy, was to deliver a message to Mirt of the Harpers that said that he has news of great importance about the Stone of Golorr.