Growing Questions

The party arrived at North Gresham to investigate the disappearance of Earl Harkenson and had arranged a meeting with the city official Edwin Taft. They had also seen a notice of a competition called the ‘Clash of Champions’ before settling in for the night.

The next day the party split up again, with Blitz and Blomf going to investigate the Clash of Champions whilst the rest head to speak with Edwin Taft. On their way they find the Falcon’s Roost Mailroom where they send a message to the High Priest, requesting official identification and a picture of the Earl. They then head to the Great Hall to wait until their meeting with East

At the waterfall (the location for the Clash of Champions), Blomf and Blitz sign up the party to fight an surprise dangerous monster that night. They then head to meet the others at the Great Hall.

Blomf and Blitz arrive just before Taft and Taft reveals that the Earl had declined the Baroness’ request for more guards for the festival before leaving and that he disappeared somehow between Taft’s office and the lobby.

The party workshop a group name for their entry to the Clash of Champions before deciding on the Celestial Syndicate. They then thoroughly investigate the Great Hall lobby where Malik detects magical particles on a spot on the floor. They meet the Baroness and she contributes little new information with the party growing suspicious of her.

After they leave the meeting Damien writes in his sketchbook and it is revealed another member of the order, KY, is currently in South Gresham. The party theorise as to the Earl’s fate for a while before they spot a young woman watching them and Damien and Alice stealthily follow her before confronting and questioning her. She reveals that she was working the day the Earl vanished and that she saw him reduced to ash in front of her in the lobby.

The group realise they may not get paid as they cannot bring the Earl back so they decide to stay and try and win some gold in the Clash of Champions. As they continue theorising about the Earl’s whereabouts and who might be behind his disappearance, they see a missing person’s portrait of the Earl being posted on a cork board. They see that his skin is bright pink.

Quotes
“Damien is the sugar daddy of the group” - Alex on who has money and pays for things