Recap
The party shifted from shrine combat cleanup into information warfare and logistics planning, using ledger evidence, social influence, and transport contacts to push the Pagked lead forward.
Major Events
- Exited the water and went directly to Tobias Highridge.
- Returned a memento tied to Highridge’s wife; Highridge gave the party a necklace of fireballs (taken by Monty).
- Highridge housed the party in a room for a period.
- Highridge said he thought the party name was “Nothing Official.”
- Monty and Sabong stayed behind to forge Lixl’s name into documents tied to the ledger found at Sahni Bride-of-the-Sea‘s temple.
- The rest of the group returned items taken from townsfolk deals.
- After items were returned, memories/realizations came back to affected townsfolk, who were upset by what returned.
- Ledger investigation indicated Pagked is a polluted industrial town where Carters Consortium is the only present guild and ships technological developments.
- Ledger investigation also indicated multiple mass-poisoning die-offs in Pagked’s history.
- Sabong convinced Highridge (Deception 33) that Lixl was part of the poisoning plot and wife-betrayal thread.
- Highridge said he would send Lixl to an individual investigator.
- The party showed the ledger to Gishkar the Fish Mongerer.
- Notes indicated tremor paste was being hidden in caviar.
- Gishkar offered 150 gp for the ledger; the party declined to retain it for future use.
- Gishkar said he would connect the party with a captain for passage toward Pagked.
- At the shipyard, the party met Mad-Eye Striker, captain tied to Stolen Skunkwater.
- Stella recognized Striker, but he did not appear to recognize her.
- Striker said the Skunkwater fell 20 years ago.
- Striker charged gold for passage and said he could only take the party about halfway.
NPCs and Factions Mentioned
- Tobias Highridge - Received memento return, granted lodging, and accepted Lixl-plot claim for outside investigation.
- Lixl - Named in forged-ledger manipulation and handed off for further investigation.
- Gishkar - Reviewed ledger leads, identified caviar concealment, and brokered transport contact.
- Carters Consortium - Ledger-indicated sole guild presence in Pagked tied to technology shipping.
- Mad-Eye Striker - Captain contact offering partial route passage.
- Stolen Skunkwater - Referenced in Striker/Stella recognition context and “fell 20 years ago” claim.
Important Context
- Returning deal-collateral items produced immediate social consequences as memory restoration triggered distress.
- The party is now actively using forged and original documentary channels in parallel.
- Pagked appears central to both industrial throughput and poisoning history, increasing strategic priority.
Unresolved Threads
- Validate whether forged attribution to Lixl withstands independent investigation.
- Confirm caviar-concealment routes and whether they map to known poisoning distribution lines.
- Determine what happened in Skunkwater’s fall and whether it affects current navigation risk.
- Complete travel from partial passage point to Pagked and secure ground access.