Tuesday 7th October Asi van Dit - Male Halfling Thief 2 - Adrian McKinnon Finn Finnegan - Male Halfling Thug 2 - NPC Flung Chow Wong - Male Human Monk 2 (FW TF) - Ian Luxton Gavin Scone - Male Human Fighter 1 - Darryl Sherwood Halcyon - Female Priestess of Panadine 2 - Matt Carr Mel Licious - Dwarf Psionicist 1 - Steven Krijnen Polly Ester - Female Human Bard 4 - Andrew Earl DM - Jeff Clendon
Mort was delighted to get the wand (from the Charles Mansion) and duly paid us our 600gp. Sadly, he had no more work for me. Althought, the assassinations of anyone on the Merchants' Association top ten list would still pay 500gp.
Flung found some work for us, however.
Stewart Field, of the MA, had suspicions that the chairman of the MA, William Hurst, was defrauding the MA a lot of money. He wanted Flung's group, us, to get evidence that this was occurring. He was happy to pay us all standard mercenary rates times 150%, so we were all happy.
Flung hit the Funken Wagnall Grand Basilica, and hit the Great Library's Emerald Town Records section.
Apparently, Hurst arrived in the town only six month's ago. His rise through the ranks of the MA was quite rapid, and he was now considered to be one of the richest people in Emerald. He dealt mainly in wood and textiles, but also dabbled in gems, marmalade, lamp-black and chandling off the ships.
Of course Asi and I instantly suspected that Hurst was Mr Big of the TG.
So, I approached Mort, and told him that we are planning on assassinating Hurst. I watched Mort carefully as I told him this, looking for any gasps of surprise or snide smirks of mirthlessness that one would receive should one threaten to kill the boss of the TG. But there was no reaction. Hurst's death would net 500gp, just like all the other dignitaries.
On another tack, I donned my Lady Peony disguise and paid a visit on the Hurst Offices. They were very cagey and would not let me meet with Hurst one bit. He was a busy man, or was out of town, depending on who you spoke to. However, they were more than happy for one of their other agents to deal with me and help me sell my kilos of cockatrice feathers.
Gavin did some investigating in the Emerald Red Lantern area. Apparently Hurst has a pet whore that he visits often called Emilie. And, apparently, he "likes it rough". We never did find out which end of this roughness Hurst was — a rougher or a roughee — because Gavin neglected to ask.
Asi approached the Hurst residence. He was turned away by a snooty butler.