Addendum2-Story Arc

All the characters have had varying dreams/visions of the hell-mountain, shaped like a jagged tooth. They met the Cap and booked passage from Jun-Ree, a capital of the Noortjen, a naval port with a star-shaped fort. What they know: The port is a grim, military supply crossroads. Soldiers do the peacekeeping. Supplies are kept in a fortified, low-stone warehouse and grain in a series of silos. Heist to steal lantern: Let heroes choose method. The ancient stone columns to climb up , below stronghold in cliff. take a small skiff, pulled by a mantis-shrimp, covered with a dark, oily cloth. Climb columns? Sneak into warehouse, location of lantern unknown, fight guards. Action upon landing: post-heist. Hassling from port officials. Bribe/ thrown in stockade. Whore and contact with temple in city. (population 10,000)? Temple of Chadra. Shaped like a pyramid. Second? largest building in town. Its connection to BL magic is known. Mercenary competition: Bandits and vagabonds watch them, follow them, attempt to rob them? Whores info points to alchemist and then to corpse tree where bandits attack them. First clue, gleaned from Falcons Egg tavern: Whore is in a seedy brothel called the Blue Eel. In a quarter of the city surrounded by broken heaps of buildings. Bosun knew he was dying and went to corpse tree to deposit his arrowheads. *********** NPCs: HoKTAR and Gnome Barbarian Shaman. (Heavy hitters to round out the group) Ambiguous loyalties. Not neccesarily on the side of the heroes. Hoktar: A foreign fighter, mongoloid. Top-knot on head. From far-away land, pursuing legend and loot. Fighter on horseback. Partial heavy armor, patchwork. Helmet and leg armor, the rest is a lacquered ornate armor with stripe ornamented designs. Large plumes stick out from his helmet, peacock style. he has unusual weapons: a bladed bolo and a bow-lance: a staff with multiple crossbow fixtures. ********** Outline:. For pulling heist, Cap offers info: the name of the whore. ("The key to unlocking the whole thing") Tavern--Brothel--Temple--Alchemist. Alchemist wants the arrowheads from corpse tree. Arrowheads get them past broken barrier.