Journal 19

3/28/753 ATC

The next day Icarus receives a sealed message from the 10.

The message reads, "Lady Sasha has authorized your access to the Hall of the Wise. See clerk at Front desk. On 29th - P.P."

Luna on the other hand finds a note outside her door nailed in place by a dagger with an iron crow pommel.

This message reads, "Meeting today at noon. Waterfront Port Gabry Bathis District. Life or Death. Yours."

Luna sends a copy of the message as well what happened, to PiP. Luna then meets up with Mickey and Icarus and together we travel to the Port Gabry. Mickey and Icarus tail Luna as she meets with whoever sent the letter.

Luna arrives, and sees someone staring at her flipping a familiar coin. Luna approaches and reveals her coin. He then asks her to follow him. He leads her to a sturdy looking door, opens it and invites her in. She sends a telepathic message to Icarus and Mickey as she enters letting them know which building and that there are 4 armed individuals in the room.

Wladyslaw Spytek is well dressed in a 3 piece suit standing across the room. Wladyslaw thanked Luna for coming and told her, "I asked you here to carry a message to the 10 for me." Luna responds, "Seriously? There were easier ways to get my attention." As Luna tosses the Iron Crow pommeled dagger to Wladyslaw's feet. "I just want ensure the 10 know that the Iron Crows are not interested in interrupting the ascension of Egle Adydan. That some lieutenant of his had siphoned off some funds and used it to support Sasha instead. Władysław wants to reiterate that this is not the position of the Iron Crows.

Luna sighs, “You really didn’t need to threaten me to get me to carry this message. I thought you brought me here to try to kill me personally.”

“No, no — though you have cost us several men.”

“Well, they did try to kill me.”

“That’s fair.”

Luna says, “Look, to level with you, from what I understand you operate in the docks and ensure operations run smoothly, and maybe take a little for your ‘services’. This is good for the docks, the traders, and yourselves. I don’t see anything wrong with this.”

“You seem to be wise beyond your years.”

“Thank you. Was that all you needed?”

“Yes, please carry that message to the 10.”

Luna leaves and messages Icarus and Mickey that she’s safe, along with a quick summary of the nature of the meeting. Luna was surprised they brought her there and didn’t try to kill her.

The Iron Crows are not interested in supporting Adydan; however, some lieutenants signed on but they did not support it. Spytek did not.

After we return, Icarus crafts a scroll.

We then head to the Acropolis Precinct now that we have access. Additionally, a group of slave traders had been apprehended. Most of the slaves were saved, but 5 children and 2 women had been thrown overboard prior to the capture. An execution for the 10 slave traders was set to take place here shortly.

Within the crowd, Bithany spots us and waves. Luna and Bithany hug in excitement. Bithany explains she’s been super busy with classes and politics, getting ready for the ascension of the new Duke. She asks us if we came to watch the execution. Luna turns back to ask Mickey and Icarus, who agree, and Bithany leads us to a better view as the 20 prisoners are led out. An announcer reads their crimes and the sentence of Death. A mage steps forth, takes a moment, and casts a spell. Lightning comes from his fingertips and chains to all 20 of the condemned... continuous lightning that electrocutes the prisoners until dead. After, we part ways with Bithany and head to the Hall of Wisdom.

We meet with Dobrogost Jagiellonczyk "Dob" of the precinct guard who verifies our clearance and escorts us through the Hall of Wisdom. As we pass a guard armory Icarus expresses interest and we take a short detour to tour it. We pass through several offices then descend into some of the tunnels below the Hall of Wisdom. Unfortunately, we did not have clearance to go further. Our detectors however did pick up a weak signal of something further in, but we have no way of knowing what it is. We'll have to request additional access to go beyond this door.

Continuing our tour we're shown where the ceremony will be held and where all the nobles will be sitting. We still have more than 15 days until the ceremony so, at least we still have time.