With but a few days remaining before the big fight club event, the gang has to hatch a plan to crash the party and hopefully they will be able to snatch the Eye of Golorr while everyone is distracted by the feats of strength and daring-do. First Marty did some research on the Stone and in his digging was able to uncover cryptic writing about how this Abolethic orb has three eyes and definitely holds secrets, but may also cause forgetfulness.
Meanwhile, Parsain cases the town for clues as to who will cater to this big event and discovers Orb Confectioners down in the Southern Ward. Could this be the entree for the Trollskull Gang? On the other hand, sitting around the tavern, someone suggested impatiently beating up the goblins found in the sewer. In the end, the crew decides to go with the less half-baked plan of offering to help with the catering.
Upon arriving at Orb Confectioners, which was quite close to the entrance where they had delivered the musical instruments in their prior encounter. the lovable firbolg druid quickly recognizes this location as another point of access to the cellar complex. Azazel tried to talk remuneration but was too transparent for the goblin, who replied, "If you are good at setting things on fire, you should be able to bake" In the end, Marty offers to help out with the catering, an option which would both get them closer to the Stone and would also give an ability for the Trollskull pastry chef to introduce a new delicacy that they'd been developing: Cake Pops. By hook or by crook, the lowly epicurean goblin agreed to hire the gang and told them to return on Thursday, two days hence.
Speaking of Cake Pops... What are these magical treats on a stick? How could they be made by mere mortal hands? Maybe the gods favored our favorite adventurers? Maybe it was a complete accident, but they were certainly well-received at the bouts. Did this even assuage the rowdy attendees when they found out that the much-hyped Rasool was a no-show? While this may be the case, our gang left early, unaware of the events upstairs, as you will read below.
With two days remaining, more investigation takes place. The team learned that Grinda Garloth would be supplying the armor and weapons. Beyond that, they were easily able to learn the identities of the entrants: Minsc is good, Rasool might enter, and the Goblin champ is Knifethroat. The odds-on favorite, though was Erik the Red, the combatant from Icewind Dale who has been sponsored by Cassalanters.
Cake pop/catering training montage
When Thursday finally rolls around, the new caterers proceed to serve cake pops to the attending crowd, as the sparring gladiators jabs and parrys proceed before them. When the adventurers arrive on the scene, 100 gnome-sized horses vs. 1 horse sized gnome are engaging in heated battle. Although the poor gnome appears to be outnumbered, he also turns out to be unmatched and wins the bout handily. Recalling his ability to assume the shape of various animals, our intrepid firbolg finds a quiet spot to change into a rat and starts exploring. Finding a beholder zombie guarding a passage to the north, the druid who his friends also call Tom Bombadil for some reason (he failed the arcana check), calmly scampered off in the other direction.
Almost out of clear options, our sneaky rat explores another hallway that they had overlooked upon their arrival. Surprised and nearly trampled by an acrobat doing handsprings and cartwheels down the hall. One look into his haunted eyes and a kind word was all it took and the stuntgnome, Flutterfoot Zipswiggle, pleaded for us to take him with us. Heading in yet another direction, with the funambulist more- or less-quietly following, they arrived at a room with a giant fishtank and a dwarf named Ott feeding the giant goldfish swimming therein. With this fellow clearly terrified and threatening to raise an alarm, Parsain's owl flew up and snatches Otts' hat and the party surrounds him.
Someone thought to look more closely at the fish tank and discovered a chest inauspiciously sitting amidst the ruins of a scale model of an old sunken ship. Upon retrieving this loot, an Eye of Golorr was discovered within! Having recovered the Eye, the adventurers proceeded to sneak out, masked by the chants for Rasool coming from the fight club main arena. On arriving back at Trollskull Manor, the Cranes debriefed Flutterfoot. Flutterfoot had befriended a Zhent prisoner in the dungeons, and learned that Manshoon is based in Kolat Tower. He's not sure exactly how to get there, but he knows there's a way through Yellowspire.
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