The Black Orb

Where the party takes a mission from the leader of the Wizard’s Guild, and steals the Black Orb from the House of Scarlet.

The group visited the Guild of the Amber Flame
There they met the guild master Devayani Sharma, who had a job for them
- The pay was 3000 gp, plus bonuses and penalties for good or bad behavior.
First step was to steal the Black Orb from the House of Scarlet
- Apparently Devayani had tried to buy the orb, but had been denied.
- When asked, she gave a scroll of Knock to Karlain, no questions asked.

Karlain bought scribing supplies at the Emporium Arcane, and returned to the Toppling Maiden to write the scroll into his spellbook.
Tarkin scouted the House of Scarlet
- After getting all the details he needed, he was seen by a gardener, who asked him to leave.
Thrunn bought coffee at the market from Dairin and Shiass.
At evening time Thrunn, Zorg, Ragos and Glahc descended on the Golden Warrior.
- Thrunn brewed himself a cup of coffee at the counter, and regaled the host with newly learned details about coffee.
- Glahc drank some Deepminer mead with his familiar.
- Zorg and Ragos tried to start a party with the halfling merchant Canus, but only succeeded in drinking 10 shots of Yellow Lightning. Canus got good and drunk, but Zorg only got a buzz and Ragos was unaffected.
As the evening wore on, everyone went home, except Tarkin and Ragos who went to the House of Scarlet.
- Ragos turned into a pidgeon and kept an eye on the scene.
- Tarkin turned invisible, and took a look through the window to the library, while under the effect of Detect Magic.
  - Tarkin saw that the room had four display cases, one holding the Black Orb, and all with powerful auras of Abjuration magic.
  - Tarkin decided to leave the actual theft to the next night.

Tarkin and Ragos (in pidgeon form) ventured out, while Zorg and Karlein waited in the inn, to open the door once they returned.
Along the way to the House of Scarlet, Tarkin got mugged by a group of six human muggers
- Ragos, in pidgeon form, killed two of them, while the rest fled.
At the House of Scarlet, Ragos kept watch, while Tarkin proceeded.
- Tarkin summoned Vren inside.
- Then he cast Knock on the display case.
- Then Vren opened the display case, activating a spell trap, which damaged her and made a loud noise like a bell
- Tarkin ran, and once he felt that Vren needed to leave, summoned her to him.
  - This was in a spot where Vren was spotted by city guards rushing to the scene.
- Vren gave the orb to invisible Tarkin, and was sent back towards the house, out of sight of the city guards, before she was summoned.
Tarkin and Ragos made it back to the inn without incident.
Zorg stood guard the rest of the night, in case anyone would follow the group back to the inn.

Tarkin, Karlain, Thrunn and Glahc got a good breakfast, while Zorg and Ragos slept, then ventured to the Guild of the Amber Flame.
They met again with Devayani, who told them the next step.
- They were to venture north to a Leysol ruin and secure the Codex Mabulum (roughly translated Book of the Flaming Lands).
- The black orb should open the door to the ruin, and then lead them to the Codex, according to Devayani’s information.
- The facility might have traps and guardians placed by the Leysol, but should be otherwise empty, since it had been sealed.
The group decided to start their journey the next morning.

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