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Dunmari Frontier - Session 46

Darba Days: in which the party tackles errands and prepares for new quests

Featuring: Kenzo, Wellby, Delwath, Seeker, Riswynn
In Taelgar: Aug 08, 1748 DR to Aug 09, 1748 DR
On Earth: Friday May 13, 2022
Darba

The Dunmar Fellowship conducts various activities in Darba before setting sail for Chardon, leaving behind unexplored mysteries.

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We begin as the party reaches Darba, after the journey along the increasingly populated road. Along the way, Riswynn was able to contact Marcella on August 8th, the day the party arrived in Darba. Marcella said she was hoping to flee the following day, during the battle with Kobolds. As the day ends, the party splits up to enter Darba – the Dwarves going together to hope to connect with Riswynn’s contact from Tharn Todor; Wellby heading to find a halfling inn and enquire about ships; and Delwath, Johar, and Kenzo going to the harbor to try to find Johar a ship to Nayahar. 

In a tavern in the dwarven quarter of Darba, Riswynn and Seeker meet Travok Redpeak, recently arrived from Tharn Todor. He tells them about recent events in the north - Magran Boulderbeard and about twenty dwarven warriors confronted a group of Chardonian adventurers near Raven’s Hold, and drove them off, and then cleared the hold of the creatures dwelling there, some kind of twisted worshippers of mind flayers from the Great War. The Chardonians were supposedly mercenaries, four Humans, a Lizardfolk, and a halfling, with a large purse to purchase items from the Stoneborn; but they seemed to have not had much success. Magran Boulderbeard recently returned to Tharn Todor ready to lead an army against Chardon, but the council pushed to try diplomacy first. 

Travok also reminds Riswynn, and tells Seeker, the story of the Chalice of the Runepriest. It was found when the Dwarves fleeing the destruction of the kingdom of Ardith at the end of the Great War reached the Yuvanti Mountains, in a chamber carved and prepared deep beneath the ground, reminiscent of Heart of the Mountain. When it was first found, it flowed with salt water (some say, the tears of the Bahrazel; others a memory of the ocean that once covered the land), and marked where Tharn Todor was constructed. Later, it was taken north by a large rescue mission that went looking for survivors from Ardtih, as many Dwarves were lost at the beginning of the Blood Years. It was hoped the Chalice could be a beacon, a guide to survivors who could still be rescued. But tragically, the rescue mission itself was lost, and despite the pain of losing the Chalice, it was decided that no more dwarven lives could be risked in the ruins of Ardith. Until, in the past year, rumors of its recovery surfaced, and led to Chardon. 

After telling the story and learning from Riswynn that diplomacy is not likely a good idea given what she has learned about the Society of the Open Scroll, Travok Redpeak says he will return to Tharn Todor with news, and that if Riswynn finds any information in Chardon to contact him with her magic. He then takes Seeker and Riswynn to the Redpeak clan’s estates, where they meet Torgga Redpeak, the matriarch of the family, and Vondal Redpeak, a mason who is fascinated with the history of Darba’s stonework. While Riswynn turns in for the evening, Seeker makes plans with Vondal Redpeak for a tour the next day then heads to the docks to meet the rest of the party. 

Meanwhile, Kenzo, Delwath and Johar reach the docks, and look around for a ship heading for Nayahar, while Wellby heads for The Green Leaf, the local halfling inn on the docks, to investigate halfling ships leaving in the next few days. Kenzo finds a Dunmari ship leaving this evening, on the tide, and heading south, and after some negotiation gets Johar a berth. After saying goodbyes and wishing him well with his mission, Wellby, Delwath, and Kenzo meet with Harol Silversong, the captain of the Emerald Song heading for Chardon, to arrange passage for the next day. 

The next morning, the party splits up to sell treasure, sell the horses, and talk to a few people in town before leaving. Kenzo takes the horses to the animal yards and gets a good price for them; Riswynn speaks with Finellen Silverstone, the dwarven antiquities dealer in town; Seeker gets his tour of the masonry of Darba from Vondal Redpeak; Wellby stays with the halflings; and Delwath sells treasure around town. In the course of doing so, Delwath hears rumors from Albus, a Chardonian bookseller, that Servius was trying to hire mercenaries to explore an pre-Drankorian temple, or perhaps a palace, in the mountains, rumored to be the site of worship to an ancient stone god. Rumor has it that many ancient treasures are hidden there, but no one has returned - whether because they are all turned to stone, as some say, or because they all find fabulous wealth and leave for another life, no one can agree upon. Delwath also learns that Servius headed to Illoria, where there are rumors of treasure taken from Darba during the Illorian occupation in the Blood Years. 

We end as the party boards the Emerald Song heading for Chardon, leaving the rumors of the palace or temple in the mountains and the rumors of treasure in Illoria to explore another day.