*Silently undresses his hooded shroud and puts it back into the locker. With a keg of dwarven beer Ben sits down on his table and reads Valiros letter again. "Get as fast as possible to the Swaggers Inn, for there are rumours that the VTC is involved in illegal trades". Ben leans back and takes a deep sip. "Trades? They even sell no dwarven brew!!" And with a grim smiles he starts to write the report.*After the arrival of the Seargents letter I immideately moved to Vesper. I decided to go visible into the Inn, and therefor used my hooded shroud. Once there I found only two persons moving around: one I already knew, a female manling called Anna. The 2nd person was a man, later I got to know his name is Kiran. I decided to play
an elf a simple mind and asked for beer.
Both were a knid of peeved by my desires, and more busy with the load of a ship anchoring straight infront of the tavern than to earn money...
I decided to use the direct way and really got on their nerves trying to get beer. This included interupting when they thought I had gone, and following wherever one of them might go.
Anna carried alot of heavy baskets into the Inn - to be honest, sometimes it was hard to believe she is female, for her behaviour while carrying heavy loads was more male.
During one of my "incidents" a third person appeared: another female manling, later called Madiline. One thing was not to be missed: she wore parts of a Covian scout uniform, and her kilt was crafted by our Jessica, for her typical cross stitches and her small label were clearly visible. To be precise: she wore the Covian kilt and sash, and the scouts green on her leatcher armor!
The following actions gave me more informations: during one of the basket transports I was able to sneak into the cellar and watch Anna put the content away - it was lots of nightshade!! Too many for a simple mages stock!
Unfortunately I hit an agapite vein while trying to sneak out, and the following big "bounce" put my visible infront of Anna.
*rubs the large bump on his head*
She wasn´t very happy to see me, but believed when I ordered beer, as I had done for hours then.... Finally the Maddey gal gave me a liquid, thinking to get rid of me either by death or being happy to have some beer. Luckily I was able to continue my stodgily role, and poured the brown liquid away. Later I heard it was horse urin, a trick in the Inn is often used with supposed drunk guests.
The following talks without being detect gave no new hints.
Summary:
1. The Swaggers Inn gets giant loads of nightshade by a trader on a "Sandy Island" and stows them in its cellar,
2. the crew of the Inn uses violance - they shot twice with arrows on your beloved dwarf,
3. they trick people with adulterated liquids,
4. they use Covian armor and colors for their business!!
*leans back and scans the note. "Looks like there is a plot either direct or indirect against Cove!"*
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