City of Towers

This Job Has Really Gone to Shite

Never had a job been so frustratingly precise with as few details as they'd been provided. Shade had given a map of the actual underground hall in the depths and a reasonable location in that hall of the artifact that he wanted retrieved. He'd also given a good description of the artifact, and a direction that it lay in, in relation to their current location. That last phrase was the part that caused the consternation.

Sharn was constructed in discrete layers, with the quarters, wards, and districts, arranged in layers like a cake. The 4 different layers formed this cake. However, between two of the layers – the Lower City and the Cogs – there was a messy filling in the order. The sewers lay below the Lower City, and served the same function as sewers in any other city. However, all of this was built on the ruins of what had come before- giving the depths. Ruins, treasures, monsters – all could be found right under the city. Shade didn't know the path through the sewers to the portion of the depths depicted in the map. So it was left to the three of them to attempt to pick their way through an ill-defined path to get to the location on the map.

“Great,” Callendin said, meaning anything but. “I might be able to find something in our libraries. Our family history extends back that far.”

(Investigation: Forbidden Lore and checking with the Ancient Nobility)

“I might be able to find some adventurers in the bars that I frequent that have gone that deep,” Daakon added, no happier than Callendin at this turn of events.

(Check with Outsiders faction)

“And I'll check with my contacts again, and try to find some records from back that far.” Baratus looked at the other two. “Back here?”

(Investigation: City's Secrets, and check with Thieves faction)

The others nodded, and they set out to work their leads. Thankfully, they're able to get a partial map of the sewers in the area where the hall is supposed to be, but the other leads didn't pan out.

“Well, damn,” Daakon grunted, looking over the sparse information.

“I know which gate would be closer to where this section of the sewers is,” Baratus offered. “The different sections of the sewers are laid out according to function, so this should be near the shore side, from the output.”

Callendin narrowed his eyes, regarding Baratus as if he'd seen something that he'd missed before. But Baratus offered nothing more.

“Let's get our gear and meet there. Hopefully it will be more straightforward than it appears,” he said, not really thinking it would be.