25/08/2016 - Rescuing Ismark (14)

Breaking Ismark from Jail

Horatio sneaks out that night and breaks Ismark out of the town prison using gunpowder to blow open the wall.

The guards are frightened and confused by the explosion. Horatio is able to drag the injured Ismark back to the Inn.

Don’t Get the Inn in Trouble

Horatio puts Ismark in the coach, to hide him from being found. He is still very badly injured from a sword wound he took during the fight with the town guards.

The Inn Keeper seems to know what is going on and confronts Horatio. He tells him that rescuing Ismark must not back fire on the Inn and he must take this problem away as soon as possible.

Ismark refuses to Rest

Ismark has kidney damage, but he insists to Dr Van Der Veldt that he be patched up so he can rescue Ireena. Anything could be happening to her.

The Doctor tells him he could die from blood poisoning if he goes running around with a damaged kidney. Ismark does not care, tells him to patch him up with drugs so he can save his sister.

Dr Van Der Veldt instead gives Ismark a sedative, which knocks him out for hours.

Confounding the Guards

Guards come to the inn, but the barman vouches that the party where there all night. Horatio, who is staying in the coach with Ismark, is warned by a boy to return to his room before the guards get there.

31 August 1790

Buying a House in Vallaki

Peter looks to buy a house, to hide Ismark in and somewhere they can make their own. He looks into cheap property in the town and finds out that for 500gp he can get two three-bedroom houses next to each other in the north part of Vallaki.

They discuss what to do next. Peter asks the Inn Keeper of the Blue Water Inn if he can help find Irenna, which he says he can. Also tells him that they will transport the wine from now on, which is OK with him.

They made a deal with the barman about wine delivery, with Horatio taking responsibility for protecting the deliveries. When the barman shakes hands with hom over the deal, Peter notices he has a raven tattoo on his arm. He also senses the barman using some sort of magic to try to read more from him.

01 September 1790

Early in the morning, William wakes Dr Van Der Veldt as Ismark is awake. He tries to get a sword and rescue his sister, but he is too ill. He asks Horatio to rescue his sister, and when he refuses calls him a coward. Then he faints.

Peter arranges for them to move into the new houses early, before the legal paperwork is finished. Peter talks to the inn keeper, who tells him more of Izek Strazni, the Baron’s bodyguard who took Ireena. He was an orphan who killed another child who was mocking him.

Creepy Toy Shop

They visit a local toy shop, Blinksy’s. They find it has a number of odd and spooky toys, inappropriate for children, as well as some dolls that look suspiciously like Irenna.

Peter buys a toy for the son of the Baron and also one of the dolls that looks like Ireena.

End of Episode Fourteen