As Thane, Ghost, and Roger were freeing the last of the Ferrets a large number of guards wearing a sash adorned with a Senate seal burst into the room and demanding to know what is going on. The guards were surprised to see that their job had been done for them and after some vetting they released that Thane, Ghost, and Roger were not cultists and were actually hired by the Captian of the Guard.
The party was surprised to learn that the Capt. has gone missing and is wanted by the Governor for failure to handle the Breeder Cult situation. As the force of guards started to clean up and help the remains Ferrets to safety a large mutt by the name of Thorim who had an air of military veteran about him approached the party and introduced himself by way of, "you guys actually look like you know what your doing. The rest of them are nothing more then farmers with pitch forks".
Conversation and introductions were had all the way around after the decision was made to go see the senator. Roger was really not happy that the Capt. vanished becuase the Capt. was suppose to pay him.
At the meeting with the Senator the party learned that their was conflicting stories between the Capt. and the Governor. The Capt. said he was under orders not to act by the Governor but the Governor said that the Capt. disobeyed his orders. The senator made a point that he sides with the Capt. becuase the Governor is trying to make a power play for the Triumvirate and plans to replace the city guard with his own personal army.
After some rude persuasion by Roger, the Senator agrees to pay everyone a daily wage for the work promised by the Capt. and offers the party a job to find the Capt. and bring him to the Senator. The job is strictly off the books and the Senator threatened death if we run into trouble and admit who we are working for. The payment would be 100 gold pieces per person and there was failed diplomacy by Roger for money and by Thorin to get access to the armory.
After the meeting Thorin led the party to the Red Snouzer Inn where he was staying and working as a bouncer since he arrived in the city. The party took to a table on the corner of the smokey room to discuss strategy. During the conversation Perception checks were made and only Ghost and Thorin made their rolls to notice someone listening to their conversation outside of the window. Thorin and Ghost jumped out the window and gave chase to the grungy looking rat that was spying on them. Roger followed shortly after but Thane botched is Perception roll so bad that he was mesmerized by a fly buzzing around his head and when he came too his fellow companions were gone and most of the tavern goers were gawking in the aftermath of the commotion.
Thane quickly jumps up, grabs his instrument and started playing and singing a distracting song about the majestic fly.
The rat was finally cornered in a dead end alley where a dart from a solid throw from Thorin knocked the rat off of the wall he was trying to climb up. After some interrogation the party learns that he was hired by the cultists to gather information and help lead Ferrets to them. During this time, Ghost removed himself from the situation and headed back the tavern as he didn't want his morals to get in the way of what needed to be done. Roger killed the rat before information could be gleaned about where the rat was meeting the cultists. Thorin searched the body and outside of some loose coin a vial of strange brown liquid was found.
Upon everyone's return to the tavern, Thorin, Roger, and Thane went to bed while Ghost decided to follow up a lead with one of the Lt. who was a good friend of the Capt.
This brings us to the end session 2.
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