Chapter 1 - The Beginning

After you manage to finish out the night you are awoken once again by a quite angry scream. The sunlight streams in through a few gaps in the boards above. It is early morning now. The voice becomes quite clear in a moment, "WHO PUT A GOUGE IN MY SHIP!!!". Torment is upstairs, fairly furious you would guess.

Torment just views the scene with derision. She leaves the group and goes back to barking angry orders to her crew.

The next two days go uneventfully. The weather has held for the trip, and you count yourselves lucky for it. You finally spot a green swath of color on the horizon. From a distance all you can see is rising mountains that are covered in dense jungle until about half-way up. They are all crested by snow at their peaks.

Torment informs you she will be docking the ship in the port town on this island. It's a very small little town, and she tells you to find the Flaming Whelp tavern, there your contact should be waiting. Her ship will be in port for a few days before she will be forced to return. She can leave sooner if you are successful in your mission, but the longest she can stay without raising suspicion is 4 days.

When you dock you find yourself in a small one road town attached to a small set of docks. Torment anchors the ship and starts having her crew unload the crates they were previously loading back in Neverwinter. You find yourself a small ways down this road , it's surprisingly busy for such a small town, but the inn and bar seem quite large and there are all manner of traveler here. The docks were full of other ships when you pulled in.

As you find your way to the Flaming Whelp the sound of music drones out from it. At this time of day, about noonish, the Tavern is quite quiet and surprisingly dimly lit despite the sun outside. There are only a few patrons playing cards at one table, and you also spot a man sitting in the back of the bar drinking ale.

As you walk in the bartender looks up from the glasses he is cleaning and greets you, "Aye, welcome to the Flaming Whelp, travelers. Can I get ya' anything?"

The bartender, looking thoroughly confused manages to stammer out, "Uh. Well. Uh, we got dwarven ale. Or this here stout. I...", he looks to the rest of the party, unsure what to make of this man, "I'm not sure I entirely get your meaning."

The bartender serves the drinks for Xadira and Crolwell. As Crolwell checks out the tavern he sees it's a fairly large tavern. Even being small a port town can probably get quite a few customers. The largest buildings you've seen in this town have been the inn and the tavern.

Aside from the 3 gentleman playing a, so far, orderly game of cards. The only other person in here besides the bartender was the person sitting in the darker corner of the bar. Looking a little closer you can see a small metalic pin on his otherwise stark black robes. As you glance around this person waves you to come join him at his table.