Chapter 1 - The Beginning

Xadira:
You can't tell one way or another. Your anger seems to cloud your insight into the situation.

The orc, remaining as soft as he can, looks to Aelar, "The Daggers are an organization more widespread than you can imagine. Give us a night and we will find what has become of your Troupe. I promise you this.", he looks to Ütés, "Your prince as well."

Samuel steps forward a bit, "This name, 'The Bard', is an evil of some renoun who has recently starting coming to light as of late. We know no other name, as no one has lived to repeat it. He is simply know as The Bard because he carries an rather odd looking instrument with him. He seems to follow the tradition of the bard, but that is about all we know of him. With this stunt, turning our own hopeful recruits against us, he has made the worst kind of enemy."

"If you will allow it we would like to give you the full force of The Daggers to track down this Bard and destroy him. In return you will gain access to our vast network of informants and spies as well as shelter at any dagger base of operations. Will you aid us and let us aid you?"

Samuel continues, "The next step is to consult our network of informants to find out exactly where The Bard has taken your prince and the troupe. From what I have gathered, it sounds as though they were never meant to escape. It would seem rather odd if you were put into that craze only to take out citizens of some small town."

He walks back over to his desk and looks around in one of the drawers. "I know you are not members of The Daggers...I hope that will change in time...but you will have access to our supplies and resources." He produces four small pins. These ones, unlike Taft's pin, are silver in color, not gold. He tosses them to you. "Wearing these pins will grant a small defensive bonus to all of you."

"We also have a storeroom of items we can lend to you on your journey. If you want to walk the city for the day, please do, it will take some time for our informants to find where they have taken the prisoners. It sounds like you traveled the night through, feel free to rest here. Our facilities are open to you."

[ GM: The pins will add +1 to your AC and make you proficient in DEX saving throws (you get to add your proficiency bonus to them if you don't already) ]

"You may follow me ma'am", the voice seems to have come from nowhere when suddenly you realize the gnome that was reading a book up front before is now standing behind your group by the door.

He turns and starts walking you down the hallway. This hallway, lined with it's many plain wooden doors opens back up into the main hall. As he walks across the hall other members of the daggers, of all varying races, give Green a casual greeting in passing.

He leads you to another door filled hallway on the other side of the hall. All of these doors are green with a small metal plate on them, numbering them as you go. After walking down about twenty doors he turns to you. "Each of you has been given a room, these four here are yours.", he gestures to two rooms on one side of the hallway, and another two directly across the hall from them.

"Is there anything else I can do to be of assistance?", Green asks. He looks briefly at Crolwell, "Would you like me to bring you some pants, sir?"