26 - Many Leads
Sunwood
Boots
Each child was paid 5 gold and further payments based on what they find, if information is found to be false there will be sevre punishment. Only Rha comes with Tirak to the tavern, Wilcoril is missing and the siblings don't want to get in trouble.
Tirak, half-orc boy. Has been providing false reports
Rha, aarakocra girl. Has been following Eless, nothing strange in movements
Kallist, human boy. Tasked with following Bancroft and Leccindon, spend most of their time in libraries and interviewing Dragonborn
Monja, human girl. Tasked with following Marge the glazier, works hard nothing strange
Wilcoril, half-elf boy. Tasked with following Theresia Gold Alliance CFO, has been missing since. Boots is worried, maybe because Boots has been investigating Theresia, because the boy is missing, or that it reminds him of a time he went taken and no one came searching (before Blackfyre days).
Forvon
Opened her gallery 50 years ago, lots of wealth to fund acquiring art and commissioning new art. Claims she's from a merchant family in Queenstown. New art piece is a tapestry depicting a countess and a minstrel at a sunset picnic, if you brush your hand against the artwork you can hear soft melodic song being played on a lute. Forvon will deny being a dragon, ask what the punchline is, you were setting up a joke right?
Owyn suggested talking to you over the Silver Band, I was cheated out of a deal by Lady Emer, she lives in Cloud Fang Keep, between here and Ferrabreeze with her so called Order of the Oruboros. If you can return the ornate crystal flute undamaged and put an end to Emer I'll reward you 5,000gp. Heavily guarded by griffons outside and loyal followers inside.
Dance & Ade
Dance is in Sunwood and dreading every moment, they have come to reveal all and hopes to gain the aid of Ade and Blackfyre. They suspect the Nine Hells are planning to use the Feywild as a jumping point between the Hells and Mor-Thir as after the Ashlem War major arcane orders across Mor-Thir created various protections against devils and demons entering directly from the Nine Hells.
I'll admit bit of a suicide mission but if we can find where they are staging we could disrupt and gather evidence in one go. I've got some research to do, libraries and temples to visit, water and tieflings to avoid. Let Ade know when you want to go and we'll head out.
Grimm Information
The hit job 500gp upfront. You already know Halflar Mormys was involved, other members were Nicolas Heliot, Ridley Umbra, Oddfang, & Vaughan Cedwyn. Halflar is missing, Nicolas & Ridley are dead, Oddfang and Vaughan are here in Sunwood. They were hired by Halflar who left no trail back to who hired him, I know the contract was to kill 'Katrina' doesn't take much work to figure with you're interest you want them dead. Vaughan is a business partner and close friend to me, he's already fleeing. Oddfang is still in town, for a price he's yours.
Oddfang 250gp. He works as a commander at the Chained Anchors, Brass Dragonborn. He always has a team with him, sleeps at their head quaters at the docks.
Shipment & The Gates Good news or bad news first? Bad news it looks like the shipment took another route or changed method, we've got scouts a few hours out of city keeping an eye out to intercept, I fear we've missed it. Good news we encountered the defectors who called themselves 'The Gates', when we found them two were already dead, other two died shortly after our encounter.