#73 - Goods and Services in Wroat

Over the course of several days in Wroat, the capital city of Breland, in the first month of the year (Zarantyr), the PCs were involved in political, local, and personal affairs. First the halfling Lord Szen involved them in seeking the Sivis excoriate named Sylvander, while the human bounty hunter Simel sought their assistance in finding Alain ir’Valish, the Blue Wraith. With the former in hand, the hope was to draw out the latter.

Between these events, the PCs sought to use this time to carry out a number of personal errands, acquisitions, sales, and crafting. To do this, they went individually or in groups to various sites in the city. Chiefly, the towers of the Citadel (the security agency of Breland), House Jorasco, the Temple of the Sovereign Host, the House Cannith enclave, a House Sivis messaging station, the Kundarak bank, the Carnival of Shadows (which is setting up outside the city).

Miscellaneous —

• Clarion began to discuss with Cypher some ideas he has about construction of an "expandable holy shield" or "an integrated holy water container/dispenser." Just brainstorming, at this point.
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House Cannith – When visiting this impressive estate, which rises several stories in the air and descends several below, it became clear that the PCs were not typical clients. They possessed wealth and magic, two very important criteria when doing business with the House of Making. Moreover, Cypher is an artificer of considerable skill. When speaking with members of the house about all things technical and arcane, he becomes keenly aware of how far he’s come since his apprenticeship to the magewright tinkerer long ago…

A young dragonmarked heir named Kuven d’Cannith meets with the PCs to discuss business.

• Access to a laboratory and workshop will cost Cypher 10 gp/day, which he would use for augmenting his iron defender, Rungo, and the brewing of potions.
  
• The remains of the warforged name Ink were sold to for 40 gp.
• The “dancing sword” was examined, and the Canniths provided some insight. Sometimes when weapons are enchanted, either due to crafter's error or some other factor, anomalies occur and result in cursed weapons. A sword like this one might have been intended to be a dancing sword, for example. This one, however, appeared to have been deliberately created as a cursed sword and is meant to attack whoever tries to wield it. 
• The teeth and scaled of Rastereshizak the copper dragon were sold for a total of 40 gp.
• The black stone “eye” of Rastereshizak was identified for 250 gp. It was identified as a "Black Oculus" and was confirmed to be enchanted with potent necromancy as a focus for other rituals, not necessarily as a device with its own direct effect. Additionally, a legend lore spells reveals the following lore:
• Crafted by a shapeshifter of the Dragon Below and a dreamer from the Age of Demons. The one who sees through the Oculus for one hundred days will serve his Master beyond the grave. His body will forever serve, in death a focus for the Gatekeeper’s eye. The Cannith wizards do not know what the second sentence suggests, but they believe that the third means that the body of the dragon this was taken from—"a copper dragon, you say it was?"—can be used as a focus for scrying magic. That means bones, teeth, scales, claws...all can be used against their possessors for spying purposes.
• The obsidian chunk culled from the “dark mirror” in Sorethyress’s cave was sold for 100 gp.
• Lady ir’Valish’s spellbook could have been sold for 1,000 gp, but Kuven said that the Citadel might be interested in it, given its political association. Though, he stressed that the Citadel won’t offer as much money for it, if any. Cypher and Clarion are inclined to hand it over to the Citadel.
• Claviger’s schema - When Cypher presented the schema that he had extracted from inside the body of the warforged Claviger...__________

Wands available for purchase or barter:

• Wand of Binding: (market price: 4,000 gp) This wand is a length of chain held rigid by the magic that infuses it. The chain is crafted from adamantine, and runes of binding and imprisonment adorn each link. Property [Attuned]: You must be an artificer, bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard to become attuned to this item. The wand has 7 charges. As an action, you can expend the specified number of charges to cast one of the following spells from the wand.
• hold person (2 charges)
• hold monster (6 charges)
• If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand blackens and crumbles to dust, forever destroyed. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges each day at dawn. In addition, while you hold the wand, you can expend a charge as a reaction whenever you make a saving throw to resist the hold person or the hold monster spell to gain advantage on your saving throw. 
• Wand of Sleep (market price: 1,000 gp) One end of this length of slender rosewood glimmers like a coal, but the gleam is cobalt blue. Property: You must be an artificer, bard, sorcerer, or wizard to use this wand. The wand has 6 charges. As an action, you can expend up to 3 charges to cast sleep from the wand. Each charge expended after the first allows you to cast the spell as if using a spell slot one level higher (maximum 2nd level). If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand blackens and crumbles to dust, forever destroyed. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges each day at dawn.

Gems

• Once appraised at a jeweler’s shop, you learn that the assorted gemstones from Rasterreshizak’s treasure bag are potentially worth a total of 2,000 gp (only if extensively shopped around). The jeweler offers to purchase them straightaway for 1,300gp, which is a “real steal.
• Likewise, a pouch of assorted gems was acquired from the woman at the ir'Valish country estate. Worth is about 400gp, can be sold for 300gp on the spot.
• Aleau commissioned a suit of shiftweave clothing, adding an additional 100 gp to have it made in four days' time.

House Sivis messaging station —

• Clarion visited the House Sivis messaging station.

Carnival of Shadows –

• Learning more from the captive gnome Sylvander: this will wait for our game session
• Meeting with Amaryllis, the Lady of the Carnival, who has Magnus's mace returned with new information: this will wait for our game session
• When Magnus meets with the two Seren (Stormwalker) barbarians, Durshast and Eshka, he learns that this is their last time with the Carnival. Master Mussfinch has learned that a pair of blue dragons have been sighted near the edge of the Mournland by the Brelish town of Vathiron. The Serens intend to travel there to investigate, hoping to find some connection to their kin.

Temple of the Sovereign Host —

• Prelate Faldren at the Temple of the Sovereign Host is a half-elf Brelish and the highest "ranking" priest of the Host in the city. He has a good relationship with the Citadel, and in particular Three, the King's Protector.
  
• Faldren can regenerate Kard's hand for free, but doing so would require some time of service from him—in particular for a full week in Olarune (next month) leading up to the 20th. It becomes plain to the prelate timkuuu3hat Kard is a gifted cleric. The 20th of Olarune will mark the fifth anniversary of the Day of Mourning. A cleric of Boldrei, the goddess of community, who is also a Cyran lead the observances would be wonderful. 
• Likewise, Clarion's arrival at the Temple greatly interests the prelate. For one, outside of Three, the prelate has rarely met a paladin of Dol Arrah among warforged and he is interested in learning how Clarion came into the faith—especially from arcane magic-heavy Aundair. More information to come

House Jorasco —

• The reattachment of Kard's hand would cost 1,250 gp (discounted to 910 gp by Lord Szen putting in a good word—which he would)

The Citadel—

• The PCs can meet with Captain Ellanar, commander of the King's Swords.