4E Against the Slave Lords - March 3rd Friday @ Newport Hills

...getting this on the calendar.

While raiding the guard house, the Baron’s men found maps and notes relating to a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city of Highpoint near Tyr Amar. Within the temple is a large complex being operated by the slavers. After speaking with several of the other local barons and lords, Baron Baltic tells the party that rather than risk the entire Grong Island navy in an attack on what is likely to be a very well defended installation, the lords have decided to send a number of small teams of elite adventurers to infiltrate the complex, identify the leaders of the slave lords and either capture or eliminate them. The teams would also gather intelligence on the location and nature of other bases the slave lords operate out of. Two other reasons the lords decided against an all-out attack is that the slave lords would likely learn of a major attack in advance and any captured slave could be killed or used as hostages. Also, the presence of a large number of Grong Island Naval ships could be misinterpreted as an attack against Tyr Amar.

Bannor receives a visit from his friend, Ruan a fellow Bloodguard who sadly tells Bannor that slavers captured Bannor’s younger sister, Breeda, last week. Ruan and a couple of other retired Bloodguards tracked the slavers to the village of Homlet where the slavers boarded a sailing ship that headed northwest, toward Tyr Amar. Souldun is visited by his brother in law, Sully the shoemaker, who tells Souldun that his twelve year old nephew, Jacob was captured by the slavers while Jacob and his friend Kaylob, were out fishing. Sully tells Souldun that Souldun’s sister (Sully’s wife) Sussanna is frantic and inconsolable and Sully pleads with Souldun to do anything he can to try to find the boy. A local fisherman told Sully that he spotted the slaver’s barge that probably took Jacob heading out to sea in the direction of Highpoint. Raistlin receives a note from his mother that two of Raistlin’s childhood friends, Tuvock and Jadzela were taken by the slavers. The local lord sent out search parties but there was no trace of the black dwarves and half orcs that took them.

Baron Baltic suggests that Man-Tis pose as “Clack-Tick-Mick” a merchant from the far away desert of Rabb who is looking for exotic slaves to bring back to his homeland. Cyrano can pose as Romp, a Drow Slave merchant representing House Banneer from Causaborran. Raistlin and Gird can pose as Man-Tis’ guards and Bannor and Souldun can pose as Cyrano’s guards. The party can use Raistlin’s ship to get to the coast near Highpoint while one of the Grong Island frigates will follow two days later with several additional infiltration teams. Good luck…