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tags: notes
start-time: 2022-05-07 17:30 CEST
end-time: 2022-05-07 21:30 CEST
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Session 04 (2022-05-07)
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## Current status
[The previous session](/PHPMZ-S4TuKv5448htw3dg) ended with me sneaking around inside [the Baron's](/UvPXvufNRAmwjWQ7DQYqnw) house, making sure the coast is clear for the party to enter.

## Sneaky-beaky like
I can hear someone moving around in the room on the top floor, so I continued down and I heard some movement in the basement.

I opened the door facing the battlements, to let the others in.
After a quick investigation of the ground floor, we went into the basement, but when I opened the door, someone ran outside and down the street.

## The butler did it
The basement contained what appears to be beds for the two guards and a private room for the butler.
[Stan](/TWrGl85nSwq_ZukcwAQoFQ) found large quantities of Belladonna in the butler's room.

## Reporting to the captain
We brought some of the Belladonna back to the [Captain Andrevel](/23pliLpqRnqlmmkD8gPpaw) and he sent a group of guards to investigate.

Stan requested that they now return the chest that was confiscated and Andrevel summoned [Captain Toller](/0cikWpTmRU2Y4CTWCqp6ig) from the army to discuss the matter, but he couldn't or wouldn't help us.

It was strongly suggested to us, that if we apprehend the butler, we would be in a stronger position to negotiate.

## Man hunt
The manager of the gambling house had mentioned that there were occasional high-stakes gambling going on at the hostel, across the street from the church, so we decided it was our best bet at finding the butler.
At the hostel, there was no sign of the butler and did a bit of knocking on/in doors in the vicinity, but to no avail.

## Back to the gambling house
I had a suspicion, that the manager of the gambling house hadn't been completely truthful with me and we really did not have any other clues, so we decided to go back there and sneak into the back rooms.

Stan had noticed a door on the back of the house, so we figured me might as well try and sneak in that way, instead of going through the front rooms.

## Breaking and entering
After we broke in through the back door, we discovered that this was in fact the floor above the gambling house and there were no stairs connecting the two floors together, but upon investigating the rooms, we discovered enough weapons to arm a small army.

I took 140 gold, a bow and 20 arrows from the apartment

Stan found a map of the city.

There was also a small hatch to an attic, which [Zov](/cfjMmRWhRx2a5saKtmMwaQ) opened and peeked through. It was a dusty room with boxes, but we did not investigate further.

Instead we decided to hide in the cemetary across the street, so we could ambush whoever came to back to the apartment.

## The ambush
An hour or two after dark, two guys arrived and entered the apartment and we all rushed the door.

It took very little time to kill the first guy and knock out the second.
I had a friendly and completely non-agressive word with him, leading to him seeing the error of his ways and he was very eager to talk.

The location of the butler is unknown, but their organisation hides out in the tunnels near the stables and he suspects that is where the butler would hide out as well.

Zov got the city guards, who arrested the thug and we will discuss the matter with the military in the morning.

## End of session
[The next session](/s6VbH0fUQ4SPM8mqoprP0Q) is scheduled to take place 2022-05-14 17:00 CEST