14/01/2018 - Ferry to Bogenhagen (5)

The Ferry Departs

The Adventurers board the ferry and after a while it begins to get underway. The Tall Man and his companions also board. The ferry travels all day down the river towards Bogenhafen, stopping at Weissbruck for the night. Bart gambles with the crew, cheats and wins well.

They go to an inn in Weissbruck, get drunk and have a good time. On the way back to the ferry they are ambushed by the Tall Man and his three thugs. They initially have a standoff, with the tall man holding a gun at Bart, telling him his “friends” in Cologne are dead, due to being members of a Satanic Society.

Gun Fight with the Tall Man

Drunken sailors stumble on the scene, causing the Tall Man to fire and miss. A fight breaks out. Leon shoots one of the thugs and Gert shoots the other. Johanna holds the third off with her gun while Bart and the Tall Man fight it out.

Bart is wounded and then Leon shoots the Tall Man in the neck. The Tall Man bleeds a lot and looks like he will die, but Leon is able to save him with some timely medical aid.

The militia arrive, looking to arrest the Adventurers, until Bart waves a ring from a rich family around. Bart tells the militia that the rest of the thugs went that way. The Militia Captain accepts they are the victims and goes after the thugs.

They go to a local doctor to pay for some further medical aid. The doctor helps patch up their wounds and he determins that the Tall Man will survive if he doesn’t get an infection, but he may never speak again.

Friday, 14 April 1702

Next day they continue their journey towards Bogenhafen. Leon looks after the badly wounded Tall Man. Bart drinks to get over the pain of his wounds. Gerhart feels sick due to the water.

That evening the ferry arrives at Bogenhafen. They pay a porter to get their gear off the ferry on a rickshaw and take it into the town,

The Empty Glass Inn

They go to the local Inn and arrange two rooms for three days, one three person room and one two person room.

Gert and Johanna go down and take part in the festival. They learn about a “goblin” or twisted boy from the local Freakshow has escaped and fled into the sewers. There is a reward for his re-capture.

Leon continues to look after the Tall Man.

Bart is wounded and stays drinking in his room but eventually goes down to the bar and asks about the Lieberung Estate in the Inn, but no one has heard of it. He asks about the solicitors mentioned in the letter, but they are not known either. There is just the printers Schein and Friedman.

Saturday, 15 April 1702

Adolphus the Witch Hunter

The Tall Man awakens but weak and can’t talk. Leon mushes up some food for him to try to swallow.

Leon finds documents on the Tall Man confirming his name is Adolphus von Drakwald. He has the warrant of an Imperial Witch Hunter. He also has co-despondence with someone about hunting down the Magister Impediment in Frankfurt in the Ordo Diabolis. They have a break through and find the man’s name is Kastur Lieberung and they decide to smoke him out with “the Bogenhafen Plan”.

Bart gets himself a disguise and goes to investigate the address of the solicitors in the letter. He finds shops, houses and the Carpenters Guild but no solicitors.

The Inheritance was a Trick

Bart asks a beggar but he do not know any solicitors on this street. He leaves instructions if anyone asks about Kastor Lieberung, to tell him first and there will be a reward.

Bart marches back to the Inn and bursts in on Leon and Gert. They have all realised the inheritance is a rouse.

They are gutted and do not know what to do next. They begin to argue.

Hunting Devil Worshippers

Adolphus overhears that they are not who he was hunting. He cannot speak, but writes that he has money if they let him go. An extended conversation then ensues, with Adolphus writing down what he cannot say.

Adolphus tells them he is on a mission, hunting for the Magister Impediment and the Magister Templus, who are senior members of a cult of Devil Worshippers. There is a 100gp reward for a Magister Impediment and 500gp for the Magister Templus. Then he passes out again.

The Adventurers discuss their future plans. Adolphus will need some bed rest to recover before he can travel further. They will need to stay in Bogenhafen for a few days.

Bart goes to the bar to drown his sorrows at not being able to get any of the 20,000gp. The rest decide to go to the festival and see what is here. They leave a note for Adolphus and take his money and his Imperial Witch Hunter Warrant.

End of Episode Five.