Blue Alley Mostly Isn’t

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Journal Scrawlings on a slightly burnt and bloody page

Catbard’s Mert is still after the beheader from the docks. Oh no, she wants to go looking for him. In a magical alley! That people don’t come back from. The Big Guy says it’s full of magic and monsters and an evil mage. Why is my new flock so bent on finding the guy? Job’s done. At least she’s letting us go back to sleep until morning.

Blue cobblestones – source unknown.

Not an alley. Hallway. No way back out. Green light ahead.

Double doors – Gallery of people dying in portraits. Dart traps.

Another hall – more pressure plates.

Double doors – Blade trap.

Library – Tables trapped with gas.

Broken door stops it.

Trapped door into the kitchen. Dead things in the dining room.

The entire parlor is a trap.

So is the kitchen – whirlwind of cutlery and flatware and pots and pans.

The library is lovely though. Found a Dwarven Dictionary.

Gaming parlor – must play or get burned.

Coat room – pit trap.

Downstairs ball room – extravagant dancing blade trap. Stage has sandbag and mirror traps.

Loads of treasure. No beheader. Orange stole a gaming table.

Death, Drugs, and Droids

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Spymaster,

There was more to that explosion than we thought. One of the dead guys worked for Lord Neverember and had the Stone with him when he died. He had heard of us and was trying to come ask for our help. He claimed he took it from Xanathar himself, but Red doesn’t believe him.

A bunch of the group went off to the House of Gond after that. Orange says a robot named Nim made another robot and this robot could have been the one that threw the fireball. Nim said the other one ran away, but he made a detector to find him. Orange says they found the house where Nim’s creation is hiding, and maybe the guy who stole the Stone from Dalakar. (That’s the dead guy.)

It’s the Villa of Gralhund, and Red says they’re Zhent sympathizers. Red says we have to sneak in and see if the stone is still there. He wants to give it back to Xanathar.

Oh, and if you hear about an angry apothecary, don’t worry. Red says he deserved it.

~QS

Celebrations and Explosions

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Spy Master,

Celebration Day was really fun. So many fun things to see and do. PageCat and I found new acts for the Cabaret!

Somebody blew people up outside our house! 11 people got blown up: an old woman, two men with swords – at least one of them with a Zhent tattoo, two women, a male half-elf, a dirty male gnome, and four halflings – two women and two men.

Candlekeep found a woman who said there was a puppet on a rooftop across the street when it happened. When the guard and inspector question us, they say that the dirty gnome was heading for the Cabaret.

Red said a kid saw a guy chasing the dirty gnome, and then stealing something from him before limping away very quickly. He thinks he was a Zhent, like the men with swords. Mary admits he took gems from the dead gnome, and Red takes them to see if he can find out who he was.

He also found a necklace of fireballs that was dropped by the puppet, I guess. The Big Guy says they sound like the puppets created by the Inspired Hands at the House of Gond for the Creation Parade. He and some of the others are going to go check it out.

This city is really strange. I’ve never seen puppets blow people up before.

~QS

A Stone and Two Scimitars

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Spymaster,

I went to the Flagon Dragon with the Catbard, Mary Mouse, and the Big Guy. I couldn’t find much out, but Catbard overheard a drow thinking about the stone of Golorr? He was thinking that the stone is really a creature, and you have to have all the components in order to access it.

Thanks for coming to the show! It was a great opening night! And Volo, Floon, and Ranear all came the second night, too!

I’m sorry we didn’t catch that elf-slayer down at the docks, he was just too fast with those scimitars and that… piss-toll. I think that’s what Mary Mouse called it, but I’ve never seen that word before. It sure did blow a hole through my shoulder. The group is super interested in finding him now, for all sorts of different reasons. I’m not sure that’s a good idea. He can kill us before we even get close. Orange, Mary Mouse, and the Big Guy want to arrest him, though.

Trixie says I’m getting pretty good at climbing. When I close my eyes and don’t look down, at least. Thank you for the introduction.

~QS

Journal Scrawlings

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Orange didn’t come down from the mountain trip. They said he lost at arm wrestling and had to stay there for a few days. He looks pretty tired, talked about X-er-size.

Page invited me and the Big Guy to go to the Yawning Portal with her. They were lowering a group of people into the Pit. She wants me to make flyers for her spirit-talking, so I copy a bunch of symbols off her tarot cards to make it look good. She spent a really long time in the water closet. I hope she’s okay.

Vincent Trench and Falla Lafair, I should ask them how to spell their names, came by to see the Trollskull Manor-cum-Winding Hawk Cabaret. We have such nice neighbors. Falla is going to fix the tree out front.

Pre-Opening Night Dinner preparations:

  • CatBard: Fruits, veggies, bread, cheese
  • Red/Orange: Meats, cheese, bugs
  • Mary Mouse: Nuts, grains, fruits, veggies
  • Big Guy & Candlekeep: Salads and greens

Dinner Menu (12 Pages)

First Course

  • Cheese Strata
  • Parsnip and Toasted Pinenut Soup
  • Anvil-forged Helmet Mushroom Flatbread

Second Course

  • Weeds Fortunato 
  • Wood Elf Forest Salad 
  • Wild Boar Tacos 
  • Lemon Herb Ribs 
  • Otik’s Spiced Potatoes 

Dessert

  • Kobold Candied Crawlies
  • Cherrybread 
  • Cream Puffs
  • Evermead cordial
The Winding Hawk Cabaret Grand Opening Celebration! Come experience the best the North Ward can offer! On the _ day of _ Featuring: The Spectacular Serpentine Spectacle!

We open tomorrow!