The Sunday Game

The game opens up to a freeze frame snapshot of the party. A crowd has gathered around Jezzara as she puts on an amazing display of grace and musical prowess. Just outside the bar, Fargrim acquires up a nasty gash across his face as he intercepts a blade meant for a hapless human. Veiko is employing "aggressive up-selling" to offload his small collection of small game pelts. Vuplu lands with a crunch on the ground outside the bar the party where the party was gathered. Shards of broken glass tnk harmlessly off his armor as the bar's owner steps into the door frame and tells him that his teachings aren't welcome in his establishment. Fargrim knocks his aggressor unconscious with a well placed blow to the head.

Vuplu stands and magically compels the man to a duel. He succumbs easily and asks whether or not they should be armed. After agreeing on weapons, Vuplu cuts down the man in the first round of combat then reenters the bar to speak with the remaining staff. Outside, Vieko and Fargrim notice a Lawbringer begin walking towards the bar. After some brief conversation with the staff about a worker collective, the Lawbringer interrupts Vuplu with questions and accusations of murder. Jezzara swoops in and disarms the situation, explaining that Vuplu was simply defending himself.

Seeming satisfied with this answer, the Lawbringer informs Vuplu that the law of this land is a variant of "you keep what you kill" then leaves. Vuplu sets about exploring his new property and explaining his visions further to a young Dwarf woman who seems taken with the concept. He finds a stash of money the owner had socked away and divides it up. As this is happening, one of the bar's patrons makes himself known to the party in a ~~mysterious~~ way. An old and frail man with one milky white eye and one eye that looks like the night sky, wearing unassuming wizard's attire, sits down at a table that may have always had four chairs at it, all facing him.

When the party joins him, he presents them with a sack, heavy with coin, and explains that he needs a special relic, a cup or chalice, collected from a temple far to the north of the Wastes and the Spine mountains. In a small collection of three mountains known as the Skull mountains due to their position above the northern tip of the Spine mountains. With some hesitation, they agree to search for this relic. After they do, the old man thanks them and leaves in short order.

Before setting out for the Skull mountains, the party decides they should do some research about what might await them and sets off for the town of Hag's Rest that exists north west of the village they're in. Along the way, they were beset by a band of Goblins. After dispatching them, they found several day's worth of food and a strange gold necklace with a gem set into it the shade of a rather green aqua. Jezzara put the necklace on without a second thought.

Notes

• Vuplu is the technical owner of a bar in the Waste border town of Thrax
• A mysterious old man offered them a sizable amount of money to recover a cup from an old temple
  • The temple is located in the Skull mountains
• Jezzara puts on a fancy looking necklace