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title: 2022-10-17
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# Yamson's Journal, 2022-10-17

#### Events

- Sheila G, Gavin, and Twistfuck visit the temple  
    
    - After a significant discussion, the head priest is willing to explore putting the lantern in the Tomb of Mud, pending a discussion with the church of Mogrym
- Yamson checks the lower docks for cultists, in the area of the Greenly family 
    - Near the waterfall
    - Greenly's shanghai'd folks into working on ships, and gambling
    - Had networks of tunnels, and made enough money to delay litigations 
        - Found 3 entrances to secret tunnels: 
            - One near a saloon
            - One near the river
            - One leads behind the waterfall
        - Stop in at one of the Greenly bars 
            - Generally human laborers, "the upper poor"
            - Armed guards, just hanging out (leathers, clubs, knives, nothing too crazy)
    - Tailed by some urchins, lost them at a bar
    - Made it to meeting
- Stakor (Boobons) and Gibbons check the upper docks for cultists 
    - The bergermeister provides some details about contraband: some drugs and accelerants.
- Everyone goes to the Triumph Archway 
    - Near one of the great bridges, on the second level of the city.
    - Miscreants are defacing dwarven script all over the city, specifically the runes for steel, sand, and head 
        - Sheila G identifies the graffiti on the "steel" rune was being drawn by the madman in blood
    - An old man, with an upside-down ankh, was feeding birds. Sheila G pointed it out to Yamson, who offered to tail him. As Yamson set off to setup, the old man was immediately aware of his intent, and Sheila G sent a sending notifying Yamson of this. Feigning return, when Yamson turned back, he saw a human version of himself, which sent him diving into the crowd to escape. The rest of the group saw the old man trying to follow Yamson, and giving up. Yamson and Stakor had a sending, during which Yamson advised not engage the old man, that he would try to tail the old man again, and would meet up with the group later
    - The rest of the group set off to speak with the carver's guild, and as they were crossing the bridge, a tiefling approached them with potentially harmful intent, and was held by Stakor via magic.
    - As the calamity of the bridge happened, Yamson approached the old man, but instead saw himself setting there. The yell at the bridge caused the old man/faux-Yamson to take interest, and then immediately notice Yamson again, who immediately panicked and ran.
    - A group of dwarven guards showed up, beat the shit outta the tiefling, and dragged him away to the temple of Torag. While doing so, a blood-curdling scream is heard from the archway area, and the party-sans-Yamson returns to investigate. The area is empty, but there is screaming coming from the tunnels. As the party-sans-Yamson moves in, they find Yamson screaming like a madman. Yamson calms down as the party engages, but as he begins to explain what's going on, he panics again. After a bit he calms down again. However, he cannot discuss seeing himself with the group. He tries to write it down, but ends up writing "WE FIND WITHIN OURSELVES A BLUBBERING NOISE ON TOP OF MEANINGLESS ROT. IF YOU CUT THE HEAD OFF THIS SNAKE IT JUST GROWS ANOTHER HEAD. ABANDON MEANING" and drawing a crazy symbol, which makes Stakor also suffer Fear. Eventually, Yamson decided to book it to the Temple of Torag, the party follows. Sheila G starts getting a bunch of Sendings.
    - At the temple, Yamson discovers the tattoo from Nyarlethotep is still on him somehow. He chains himself to a bench, and waits to speak with the high priest. The party-sans-Yamson goes to interrogate some of the cultists. One is a cultist of Flauros.
    - We are just getting ready for the lantern to go into the mud pit

#### Locations

- Temple of Torag
- Upper City docks
- A Greenly-named drinking house

#### NPCs and Notable Characters

- Gibbons Gormon

#### Other Notes

- Garstein is a place, apparently responsible for much illicit contraband

