Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Session XXIV

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Out of Game Date played: 2020-05-18

Session Title:  Not All Necromancers

In-game Date:  Tarsakh 23 1583 DR

Location: Waterdeep

Player Characters: (Alphabetical order)
 * Järna (Claire)
 * Thola (Julianne)

The Grave of Gregor Grimmsby (Tarsakh 23)
They wake up the following morning Julian & Tyr are asleep and Choo-Cha & Gooz are nowhere to be found. When they are eating breakfast Lif passes a package to Thola from the Emerald Enclave. It has a Charm of Restoration in it and ask Thola picks it up she hear the following message. Hello this is Jeryth Phaulkon thank you for listening to me, sorry to inconvenience you, but I've been given some disturbing news... there's a necromancer stealing bones from the City of the Dead and animating them as skeletons. The night watchman has asked for help, and the Enclave are the only ones who have listened. Please talk to him at your earliest convenience. They proceed to the city of the dead and see Gooz & Choo-Cha talking to a dwarf by the statue of Ahghairon. They hurried off later splitting from the dwarf.

As they roamed the City of the dead they find the gravekeeper, Ambrose Everdawn. After talking to him he leads them to the recently distributed grave of Gregor Grimmsby. As they investigate the tombstone, grave sit dirt, coffin & determine that a halfling necromancer has been resurrecting skeletons from graves.

They skillfully follow the tracks to a wig shop named Dandymops in the Trades Ward right outside the south side of the City of the Dead.

Confrontation Dandymop's
They both enter to be greeted by a the halfling shopkeeper who introduces himself as Losser Mirklav. They slowly & coyly ask him about the skeleton re-animations in graveyard, he feigns that he has no idea what they are talking about although Thola clearly sees through his lies.

They exit the store to re-group. Järna decides to go back & flirt with Losser but the door is locked. Taken aback Thola casts Arcane Eye and enters the second story fo the building and searches the house. While searching she finds an open secret passage in the basement into the sewers. She travels for a while and finds Losser hurrying to him literal skeletons in a secret room. Thola fills in Järna who, in turn, scales the house and opens the door for Thola.

As they rush to the secret sewer room Thola steals a fine cap decorated in the sigils of Selûne. As they enter the sewer room Losser casts invisibility while Thola tries to plead with him to hear her out. He explains that he does not wish to fight and that he is a teacher of necromancy. He pleas that if they let him go he will not desecrate any more bodies from the City of the Dead. Thola asks why he uses necromancy, and Losser replies that necromancy gets a bad rap because it is about death, but he views that necromancy is more about life & giving back. He explains that just recently he was able to allow members of a family speak to their dead daughter who was attacked in the recent fireball explosion on Trollskull Alley.

Järna & Thola decide that they would allow Losser to continue as long as he does not desecrate bodies from the City of the Dead as they consider him to be earnest and honest in his answers.

What is Necromancy?
Järna continues the line of questioning about the dead daughter that Losser helped speak with her still alive family. Järnalearnt that the woman was one of the Zhentarim agents, she said that the Gralhunds & Zhentarim were working together to get the Stone of Golorr but were unsure that the Gralhunds were with them. They suspected that the Gralhunds were aligned with the noble family, the Cassalanters. When asked about Dalakhar by name Losser could not remember anything, but said that she was assigned to tail a gnome who was going to go into Spooky's.

Losser , glad to be assistance and protect his teaching career & students give both Järna& Thola a disguise kit & tells Thola that the hat she took is one the house when she tells him.

Back at Spooky's
Järna & Thola head back to Spooky's to be greeted by a dwarf tending bar with Lif. The tavern is half full with patrons coming in. The dwarf introduces himself as Jom. Thola, having issue with how much chest the dwarf is showing tells him to button up his shirt. Jom tells Thola that she is not his boss, he only answers to Gooz the owner of the bar. Thola, infuriated, tells Jom that she is also an owner and to at least do up one button before she gets a chance to talk to Gooz.