The Golden Tooth Tavern

[Dram]

Neegan seeing Fingers approaches him. Hyde get this gentlemen a mug of Ale on my tab. He turns to Fingers. One of the artifacts you recovered fighting the ghouls needs to be escorted to the dwarven spiral vault. Would you be willing to accompany us.

[Zhym]

Fingers waves his pint of dark brown at Neegan in acknowledgement. "Yeah, I heard about that. It's the Big Ball of Forever Being Royally Screwed, or something like that, right? Glad I didn't get stuck with that thing. I can't believe Clay found some sucker to take it off his hands. Paws. Whatever." The boy snorts a laugh. Then his eyes narrow. "Hey, you don't have that thing anywhere near here, do you?"

[Marullus]

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Hanging from a rafter over the bar in the Golden Tooth Tavern is a mobile constructed of four hippogriff talons and four dangling hippogriff feathers. A plaque reads,
"To my friend Bucky, may your wings never tire."
- Bandobras

Seeing you look at it, Hyde the Bartender tells you, "Yeah, that's my friend, Bandy... such a soft heart, yeah. He's a good pal. Loved a young hippogriff, not like that, but, you know, and it got killed by some real bad guys. Made that memorial and I said I'd hang it, yeah."

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[GreyWolfVT]

Smoglea walks into the tavern and silently looks around he acts a little timid at first then sighs and asks as loudly as he can muster which isn't very loud still "Umm uh is Neegan hereabouts? I saw the posting on the bulletin board and umm I'd be interested in helping." he says which is barely louder than a mumble.

[Rusty Tincanne]

A badger approaches from a corner table, waddling on it's hind legs. I'm Clay Weatherwax. Neegan is at that table, there. Come. Sit with us if you'd like. I was just giving him some information.He makes introductions as necessary.

welcome to the party.

[GreyWolfVT]

Smoglea fidgets nervously with his hands for a moment and bows his head in greeting "Thank you Clay. I am Smoglea. Pleased to meet you." he says then walks to the indicated table to meet Neegan.

thank you. Now if my Dwarf could join a group

[Dram]

Neegan welcomes Smoglea to the group. Welcome Smoglea have a seat with us. This tall cleric of Baudh is named Erien. He then turns to Clay the badger. Clay Will you be joining us on this expedition?

[GreyWolfVT]

Smoglea nods his head and says softly "Nice to meet you Erien." then turns to Clay and does the same "Nice to meet you Clay." then a little shy like he takes a seat at the table "So I saw the postin on the bulletin board but what exactly is this ancient artifact?"

[Zhym]

23 July 2021

Pendleton Kettleworth approaches the bar and addresses Hyde.

"I require a private room, please" he says, "and your finest food for the next four weeks. I shall be engaged in deep study, so if you could have my meals delivered to my room, I would be much obliged."

Private room for 28 days: 2 gp 8 sp
Good meals for 28 days: 14 gp
17 gp deducted (including 2 sp tip for room service)

(Advance to 19 August 2021)

[Dram]

Neegans Payment for room meals as of 19 August. Will be staying 2 more days to see if any other PC's want to join Expedition. Then heading to Bieths Watch to collect Orb then to Idmi d’dum.



Private room for 28 days: 2 gp 8 sp
Good meals for 28 days: 14 gp
17 gp deducted (including 2 sp tip for room service)

(Advance to 19 August 2021)


Private room for 28 days: 2 gp 8 sp
Good meals for 28 days: 14 gp
17 gp deducted (including 2 sp tip for room service)

[Dram]

Clay locates Neegan in the Tavern and relates all he knows: please consider all the following said IC. I've just summarized it for ease of reading.

- A bunch of artifacts were recovered by Fingers, et al. in May 2021 after a battle with a bunch of ghouls
- Caspar the White later identified it as The Orb of Endless Suffering, an ancient artifact created by the Dreadlord Zhint, a necromancing willworker
- The Orb is banned from entering the walls of Gaul
- Pierpont laid out some of its powers:

"The Dreadlord Zhint succeeded in sealing a pocket dimension of the negative material in the orb; something that should never exist on this plane...
- It causes an exponential increase in the effectiveness of a warlock's necromantic spells.
- It also will infect the land around it, causing any corpses to spontaneously rise.
- It ... siphons the life from any too long in it's presence, like a wight, ghost, or vampire. In fact, it can replace the life force of anyone with... Well, death force, turning the living into progenitor undead of higher types. A warlock's could cause this intentionally and on command..."

When you ask how to destroy it, he shakes his head. "Any attempt to destroy the orb would release the negative material plane into the word, which is catastrophic. Destroy the energy within is catastrophic. Letting it fall into the wrong hands is catastrophic. Pray that none know it has resurfaced... The safest... would be to wish it away, magically of course, by altering reality such that it doesn't exist anymore. Otherwise, and with what is known? That volcanic mountain could destroy it, but the consequences would be severe and unknown. Or, lock it away where it cannot be found or retrieved and hope for the best?
That, at least, was the dwarves plan."

- Caspar the White (here and here) describes the way to the Spiral Vault:

"Finding the Spiral Vault is difficult, as they intentionally do not write details of it. I can surmise that it is east of the river from here, on a jut of the southern mountain range halfway from the river to the dwarven citadel from which Jarkul ruled. They placed the vault so that they could deposit the dangerous magical items there without bringing them into their main holdings further east. It appears that Jarkul's citadel should be about 25 miles east of the river, so that is a guide to finding this hidden vault."

"Of course, the entrance to the vault will be hidden. But it will also have an 'ancestral lock' upon it. You best bring dwarves with you to help you in your duties, as it will try to recognize its own before it yields and opens.

...The spiral vault is... hazardous. As I said, it is meant to be secure from all but righteous dwarves, by whatever 'ancestral locks' are. By building its subteranean vaults along a corkscrew passage, it can ensure that so much bedrock lies between each chamber and the next that magic is of no avail, and they've done their work to contain whatever enchanted items they placed within. Though he doesn't speak of what they entombed, he just couldn't resist bragging a little bit about their dwarven ingenuity in this.

Neegan turns to Clay. Clay I have these 2 men here. We will taking this Orb to the Dwarven Spiral. Is there a reward for doing so?

[Rusty Tincanne]

Clay barely refrains from rolling his eyes as he thinks, Dwarfish greed. I should have guessed. But his badger face bellies none of it. I'm not able to join you three. As I mentioned, I have a mission from my goddess. But this needs doing, which is why Jarkul and his dwarfs we're taking the artifact there so many years ago.

Unfortunately, I have no coin to offer as a reward. Perhaps the Duke or one of the local churches will be appreciative enough for your services as you undertake this quest. It is in all our best interest to finish this task.

Besides, you're sure to find treasure in the empty Halls of your kin, right? He hopes mentioning that it is a dwarf mission will keep Neegan on task.

[Dram]

Neegan- I shall visit with the archduke. See if he is offering a reward for the removal of the Orb from his lands.


OCC- I am thinking we are going to need more than 3 PC;s to complete this task.

[Thebadgamer98]

Erien Laganthe will respond to Neegan I will gladly accompany you to see the Archduke, it would be a pleasure to meet him and see his hall.

OOC: Perhaps, but hey, we can always pool some money and hire a small army of hirelings to support our endeavours?

[GreyWolfVT]

Smoglea to Neegan "I may be new to adventuring but I do have coin I can offer to add to my helping you." I have 151 gp unused on me.

[Dram]

Neegan Not seeing Smoglea come into the tavern. Seeing a kin dwarf.Any coin will help cousin. But first let me see if the Archduke or the temple will give any aid in this endeavor.

[GreyWolfVT]

Smoglea nods unsure why a dwarf referred to him as a cousin for Neegan is surely no kin of his. "I'll wait here while you do what you need to Neegan." the halfling says timidly and stays at the table unsure what to make of the situation.

[Rusty Tincanne]

Dram likely didn't realize you have to characters, and was thinking he is talking to your dwarf, who remains in Idmi d'dum. Or maybe Smoglea is a particularly hairy, tall and obese halfling.

[GreyWolfVT]

Dram likely didn't realize you have to characters, and was thinking he is talking to your dwarf, who remains in Idmi d'dum. Or maybe Smoglea is a particularly hairy, tall and obese halfling.

guess he didn't notice the hairy bare feet and the lack of a beard

[Dram]

I got your 2 characters names crossed. I thought Smoglea was the dwarf.