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The Kathkallan Investigation was a series of games between November 2008 and February 2009 based around the investigation of a merchant dispute and kidnapping in Wydmoor Free City.

Timeline

Day 1

• Edrell Odenthorpe tells the PCs that a Petran merchant named Kathkallan is having significant problems in Wydmoor
• The PCs travel to the Merchant District, and find Kathkallan caught in an ambush
• Kathkallan explains his dilemma
  • On a prior visit, Kathkallan established trade agreements with Jazasan Arrasti (J.A.) and The Golden Galleon (G.G.)
  • Both are refusing to acknowledge their respective agreements
  • Kathkallan's assistant Galliad, who had the original copies of these agreements, is missing

• PCs spend the morning collecting information
  • G.G. has a road out, strangling the flow of iron into the city, and cannot meet their trade obligations, with Red Iron at a premium, would take significant losses if they honored the contract.
  • J.A. is the mayor's man, and is rumored to be aggressively liquidating assets

• PCs investigate both establisments
  • G.G. employees first denied meeting Galliad, but after pressing questioning admits he visited with a porter and was going to visit the The Platinum Quill (P.Q.)
  • Arrasti employees deny ever meeting Galliad (?)

• In the evening, the PCs investigate the Silent Siren, where Galliad stayed and where the thugs were hired
  • Waitress saw Galliad with an upscale prostitute the evening he visited the two merchants
  • PCs attacked by poisoners, and capture one of them

• LE "questions" the poisoner, and learns he works for a wizard named Mantatlus, who lives on the Road of Chimes

Day 2

• Germain meets with Edrell, who is convinced J.A. is probably the main culprit, but knows little about The P.Q. or Mantatlus
• Another morning of information gathering
  • P.Q. provides insurance and guards for merchants and their products
  • Rats at J.A.'s say there is nothing there to eat

• Meet with a close friend of the prostitute (Zinni)
  • Zinni has been missing since the evening she met with Galliad
  • Was told, by one of the poisoners (Gil), to "come to the Garden of Delights for a sweet surprise"

• PCs launch an assault on Mantatlus in the early evening
  • Garden of exotic (and deadly plants) in the entrance assumed to be the Garden of Delights
  • Zombies buried in shallow graves in the garden, two of which may have been Galliad and Zinni (although we can't be sure since Al destroyed all the evidence... grr)
  • Captured the second poisoner (Gil), but Mantatlus escapes
  • Recover trade agreements for both J.A. and G.G., as well as evidence of a long-term financial relationship b/t Mantatlus and the P.Q.

Day 3

• Report to Edrell and return contracts
  • Edrell takes the contracts to aid in the investigation
  • Germain remains in Wydmoor to finish the investigation
  • The rest of the party heads to Iros Forge to aid in road repairs, beginning a new adventure chain

Major Players

• Golden Galleon
  • They were (relatively) honest with us regarding their interactions with Galliad
  • Motivations are transparent--they can't really afford to honor contracts because of the washed out road
  • Vital resource for virtually every government organization

• Jezasan Arrasti
  • Lied to us regarding their interactions with Galliad
  • Liquidating assets for an unknown purpose
  • Mayor's man, which means de facto enemy of the sheriff
  • Might be low on resources--surprising that the rats in his distillery were going hungry.

• Mantatlus
  • Hired thugs to attack Kathkallan
  • Arranged the disappearance of Galliad and stole the contracts
  • Tried to poison the party
  • Long-term but unknown financial relationship with the Platinum Quill

• Platinum Quill
  • Guardian and insurance services for merchants
  • Mentioned (by G.G.) as part of Galliads itinerary the day he disappeared
  • Long term relationship with Mantatlus

Outstanding Questions

• Why doesn't Arrasti want to honor his contract?
  • Just greedy? A Glee Royal monopoly would be good for his business as an upscale distiller
  • Does he lack production capacity right now? The fact that the rats in his factory are hungry is surprising since so much grain is used in producing alcohol

• Why is Arrasti liquidating his assets?
  • Buildup for some large project... perhaps part of the conflict between the mayor and the sheriff?
  • In financial trouble... perhaps with the Platinum Quill?

• How is the Platinum Quill involved?
  • The Golden Galleon suggested that they were on Galliad's itinerary the day he made his rounds
  • They have received a lot of money from Mantatlus, who held the missing contracts
  • We know little of their alliances, organization, or agenda

• Who is Mantatlus and why is he involved?
  • Is he working for Arrasti to make the contracts disappear?
  • Is he working against Arrasti, perhaps as a collections agent for the Platinum Quill?