Chapter 1 - A Tale of Two Cities

Tarina smirks, and motions to the rest of you to sit. "He's got you on the Dead Three? Wow, lucky you.

"The Dead Three are a trio of demigods who combined forces to create their own cult. If something crazy and demonic goes down in the city, you can bet your ass the Dead Three is either directly or indirectly involved. You've got Bane, god of tyranny who wants to rule the world, Bhaal, god of murder who loves killing and generally causing fear, and finally Myrkul, who calls himself the Lord of Bones. He likes undead and zombies and shit."

As she is talking, you can hear some shouting coming from downstairs. Tarina stops talking for a moment, looks over at the stairwell nervously, then smiles and continues.

"Anyways, Zodge had me looking into where the cult had set up shop, and I think I found it."

A deep bass voice can be heard at the bottom of the stairs, followed by several others, and the clashing of dishware.

Tarina looks at you nervously. "Here's the deal...some old shipmates of mine didn't exactly leave on great terms, and I think they tracked me down here. If you get me out of here and I'll tell you everything I know."

Here's a look at the room, btw. The room is surrounded with doors, all of which are currently closed. There are also some other people at the other table although they aren't pictured. If combat breaks out up here I'll put them in.

Nice drawing.. works well.

Shargon - You look down the stairs and can see several men dressed in what you can only assume is pirate garb. They're tattooed and dirty. You can't tell how many of them there are, but there are at least 4 in your vision, and you can hear more. The noise from the commotion they seem to be making leads you to believe they're all here looking for someone.

Tarina adjusts the cloak, looking around the room. "Fuck, any ideas? I'm kind of freaking out right now."

Harmony - the room has three doors to the north, one to the west, two to the south, and one next to the stairwell near where Shargon is standing. No windows. (see the map posted above)

Shargon - The angry voices begin approaching the stairwell, and several of them begin marching up the stairs loudly. One man with a cataract-clouded right eye, seemingly in charge, leads the pack and reaches the top of the stairs, looks at you, then to the rest of the room. "Hey there, any of you lot seen a girl 'round here goes by Tarina?" Behind him, you can now see a total of 4 others following him, although it sounds like there may be more remaining downstairs.