Bedrageri, Storms 5th (continued)
We disembark from Wayte tomorrow
Astul Morraine may be a good person to seek advice from now that Jessica is out
It has been 3 days since Elsbeth has absconded with the ship plans
Things to do
[x] Talk to Shackles
[x] Investigate if Jessica did any other missions like the last one
[x] Talk to Astul
[x] Check out the jail
[x] Check out the library
[x] Find where the ship plans were kept and how they were stolen
[x] Talk to Foster
trail too cold for any worthwhile attempt
Meet with Astul
We discuss Jessica
He knew about her spy network
"There is a lot of stuff the prince is not told, because there is a lot of stuff he doesn't need to be bothered with."
We tell him about how the soldiers wanted her blood
He is concerned, but has never heard of that before
We tell him the information the spy gave Jessica, to see what conclusions he draws
He thinks the ship plans were kept locked away
In the Queen's private library
Some servants too
Anton's theory:
Jessica stole the ship plans (they went missing the day we left) and faked her death
He lays out his timeline, and it does sound convincing
But can't pin down a motive
He does know that he occasionally still gets battleborne visitors while in jail
Visit the jail
Talk to the guards
The guard on duty was kill in the escape
He died close to her cell, and he should not have been near it
Anton finds a loose stone in her cell
a knife could easily be concealed in it
we check other cells to see if there are other false stones
we find two more, so 3/10 have these
Run into Hetzer after leaving the jail
We fill him in on our mission
And also access to the rest of the estate
The rest speak to Cap Foster
He confirms that there are other copies of the ship plan
The other copies are kept in Aeralise Temple
Wrellen was the first to notice, when he was looking for other documents
he opens that chest daily
It's getting late, so we head to the Green Man to eat
Linjal, Storms 6th
Talk with Alre
The plans are locked up
Everyone with access to the library, sans servants, has a key to it
One would need to get past a set of guards to enter the Queen's chambers
and the library is adjoined to her room
He is skeptical that Elsbeth broke out of jail and made it all the way to the Queen's library
His theories: inside job, Jessica?
Coletrane asks if anyone else has requested access to the ship plans and been denied
He is not aware of any such instance
Of his meeting with Elsbeth in jail
He tried to convert her to our side
To the Queen's Library
The Queen herself gives us a tour
There is a window in her chambers, possible point of entry
difficult climb though
Alre gives us the names of the guards that worked the night of the burglary
We speak to them. 6 in total
They were stationed all night and saw nothing.
Going to check on the other copy of the ship plans at the Aeralise temple
It's kept in a big metal box, pretty much a vault
We confirm the plans are still safe
Marley mentions checking out Jessica's room
Hetzer brings up the point that we may be able to tell if she meant to return by what was left in the room
Find some wood carvings, of the royal symbols
A personal copy of some animal book
We search thoroughly
we find some scroll in a hidden compartment, lots of writings but we can't tell what they mean
perhaps a coded missive
Coletrane makes a copy during lunch
Meet with Wrellen
He says the chamber room's window was open
which is not out of the ordianary
We ask him to decipher the scroll we found in Jessica's room
He will reach out to us when he finishes
Anton will keep an eye on him
Alre wants to go on the voyage, but the queen is against it
He asks for help in convincing the queen
Vaer, Storms 7th
The day we disembark from Wayte to Haarn.
They are unsuccessful in changing her mind
Make our final preperations
We then set off to Haarn
Galskap, Storms 10th
Arrive in Haarn