Röc, Bayard, Serpent, Aeyn

@Jomsviking,@Honor_Over_All,@PlebeianG,@KaijuCuddlebug

Out into the dark dangerous streets of the slumbering Market District, saunter Röc, Bayard, Serpent. Soon you hear the clatter and scrape of metatarsals on pavement. Your torchlight shines abruptly on a quartet of skeletons coming round a corner, carrying a struggling figure. That is Aeyn, a mage whose sleep spell proved helpless on the unslumbering undead.

Splinters of bone fly randomly yet somehow none of you are injured. Aeyn sprawls on the pavement, his fall "cushioned" by a cloud of disintegrating skeletons.

The torch flame flickers and sways in a sudden cold rush of air, as if spirits are departing the shattered bones.

What do you do now?

Serpent notices in the torchlight the bone fragments and dust seem unusually sparkly. Like mica maybe. An effect of the lightning?

…

You continue to roam the alleys of the Market District the rest of the night. As dawn glows on the rooftops, you realize that no more skeletons are to be fought this time around.

…

What do you do?

Röc has his berth with the dwarfs in Little Grendus. Serpent and Bayard dwell in the Docks district, at the edge of the Boneyard. Where does Aeyn make his living?

Let's say that Aeyn has heard of the Grey Society as his liege is a hanger-on to that necromantic cabal. Serpent and Bayard are a bit out of society, dwelling on the outskirts. They know that skeletons roam the city but they're not really familiar with the politics of it. They certainly don't know (as Aeyn does first-hand, and as Röc was told) that the Society has sway in the Mayor's circle.

Do you all go to the dwarf HQ in Little Grendus? Do you go separate ways? Aeyn's household loyalty is interesting. What was he doing out in the dark? An errand for his liege? A carouse?

You end up back at the secure location where the dwarfs have their Resistance HQ.

Nobody is up yet, but Brigon and Gurtha lead the way in and go to wake up Donny et al.

Looking around, Bayard and Serpent and Aeyn see the same comfortable atrium where Röc dined with the dwarfs a few days ago. Low wooden table, wooden chairs and benches, potted plants, tile floor, stone walls … a nice little courtyard in the sunshine. The table is bare.

Donny emerges from a side door, yawning. "Well now," he says, "what of the night, lads? And who are you new three?"

"A demon?" asks Donny. "What fresh hell … that's a bit over the top for the Grey Society. We thought they meddled with the dead, not demons. They've gone right black-magic now." He shakes his head.

"Well now it's time to bring the fight to them," he adds. "We can't permit that kind of horror in the Mayor's circle. Let's head to the palace and demand the Grey Society be expelled."

Do you consent to Donny's plan to demand that the Grey Society be expelled? Or do you immediately head out to find and kill the demon?

"Very good," exclaims Denny the Dwarf. "But it's actually pretty simple to get into the High Keep. The trouble is the Grey Society don't all spend all their time there. They are prominent citizens, scattered throughout the city."

Where do you go? From the map, options include:
Little Grendus ("dwarf town", where you are)
Market District (where you fought the skeletons, fled the demon, and stopped to sup with Tilly)
Boneyards
Docks
Arena District
High Town

Denny the Dwarf informs you that some of the aristos have walled garden compounds in the Boneyards, but most live in High Town and play in the Arena District while their servants shop in the Market District.

Should we expect that Echo joins you as you set out toward the walled compound that Denny has mentioned to you?

Which way do you head to the Boneyard east of town? (refer to map) Do you go straight the Market District, or the Docks? How do you find out how to find the compound you're seeking?

As you traipse through Little Grendus toward the bridge that leads to the Docks, admiring the odors and sights of the dwarf part of town, an odd-looking figure steps out of a door way and salutes you.

This is @MacConnell fire dwarf, "Echo".