Chapter 1 - Kem, City of Gold

Asking around the city, the party eventually finds the captain of The Coins, Asonia Gloom, at the Coins headquarters just a few buildings down from the Grand Playhouse. She's unhappily filling out some forms at a desk inside the two-story building. She's a stout, muscular human woman with wide shoulders and dark hair cut short. A sword leans against the wall behind her. She looks up as you enter with a kind but no-nonsense look on her face. "Welcome to the Coins. How may I help you?"

Captain Gloom's eyebrows rise. She looks over you with a skeptical eye. "Is that so? Well, I'm sure you can understand we don't just hand out money on people's say-so."

She stands up and grabs her sword, buckling it to her waist. "Carrot, these folks are saying they've solved the problem at the theater. I'm going with them to check it out. Hold down the fort till I get back."

An orange haired man barely into adulthood peeks his head in from the adjoining room and gives a nod. "Aye, aye, Captain." Gloom sighs.

"We aren't pirates, Carrot." She turns to you and says, "Well then, let's be off shall we?"

Captain Gloom laughs. "Carry around large quantities of money so I can get waylaid or robbed walking around the city? I don't think so. Maybe inconvenient for you, but safer for me. Now then, what did you actually encounter in the Theater? I'm not one for ghosts and boogeymen, myself."

"So what you're telling me is...one of the expensive chandeliers is smashed?" she says slowly. "Guess I'll have to add that to the report." You enter and she walks about the place, squatting down occasionally to inspect things like the smashed chandelier and the broken dolls. "Creepy," she says about the dolls. After a dozen minutes or so she claps her hands. "Well I'm satisfied. Congratulations on a job well done. Follow me back to headquarters and we'll see you rewarded properly. I'll contact the theater's proprietor and inform him that his theater is safe to re-open."

Back at the headquarters, Gloom returns with your gold coin. She eyes the four of you. "Would you like it's worth in silver? I don't want any murdering done over a gold coin on my watch." For some reason, she eyes Fingas more than the others.

Captain Gloom pays you 25 silver shillings each. "Well earned. The Coins thanks you for your help. Will you be here long? Now that the Theater can re-open I'm sure I could get you some tickets to the first show as an added reward."

Captain Gloom shrugs and runs a hand through her short brown hair. "I guessed but no harm in making an offer, right? Where you headed? Some folks hire passengers to deliver letters and packages or other purposes. If you ask around you may be able to find someone offering. The pay isn't too much but if you're already headed somewhere, why not, right?"

Captain Gloom nods. "Common enough destination. I can put a few feelers out on anyone who is looking to hire. Feel free to ask around yourselves as well. Where are you staying? So I know where to find you."

If you tell Gloom she will send word or any prospective clients to you.