#and last time i got there unfortunately Rolan hadn't been around

[invinciblerodent]

how do property laws work in Faerûn

no really, legally speaking, how can Rolan just take over Ramazith's tower? because on paper, all that happened is that adventurers waltzed into a home, killed the owner, and then... the apprentice, whose name -let's face it- is probably not on any sort of paperwork whatsoever, decided that he just owns the building and the land now? in the Upper City, the rich-tits district of Baldur's Gate where all the patriars live?

how do wizard apprenticeships even work. is it like regular employment, an unpaid internship, or Some Guy just hangs out in your home until you decide they've learned enough. was Lorroakan just being an asshole, or actually breaking Fantasy Labor Laws.

or is it just wizard laws. are wizard laws not like regular laws. do you just get anything your opponent owns if you best them in a wizard-duel. can (should????) you bring backup to a wizard-duel, or is it considered bad form to use help that's not your apprentice or someone you summoned yourself. is it illegal, or just a bit of a dick move to bring a ticked off aasimar AND a wizard that's a higher level than yourself as backup.

I have so many questions and no answers whatsoever, but I bet there will be a slightly uncomfortable conversation about this among the rebuilt council that ends with "do you actually, honestly miss Lorroakan enough to try and figure this out, or can we just fucking drop it and be glad he's dead"

[blackjackkent]

So I was pretty certain that we would get a romance scene with Karlach if we took a long rest after all that, but NOTHING HAPPENED.

What do I have to do to get a tiefling kiss around here, sheesh.

I'm really hoping I didn't completely lock myself out of the romance by not having her talk to Dammon the first time in Act 1. :/ But I guess we'll see how things play out.

For now I guess we'll go back to the stupid plot or whatever. XD

Another quick circuit of Last Light, post-Marcus battle. Unfortunately, it looks like while we did protect Isobel, Mol did get taken and is nowhere to be found.

The tiefling kids who were tending the bar downstairs are pretty agitated and discussing, not very subtly, a plan to go after her, which is noble but obviously a terrible idea. Hector reassured them that he would find her and they should stay put; I think they believed him. Yet another weight on Hector's soul...another life in his responsibility. But what else is he going to say?

Big ups to Rolan, actually; he put up a very good fight downstairs during the battle despite having been confirmed just previously to be drunk off his ass. Unfortunately we didn't have the option to say that to him, and talking to him just got us more snark. Hopefully we can get his siblings back.

Also, finally found Councillor Florrick! I knew she was here bc the Flaming Fist guy said so but I hadn't seen her before/during the fight. She had a couple of interesting things to say, namely:

She's going back to Baldur's Gate to try to get reinforcements for the hunt for Duke Ravengard.

The Harpers found a man (currently unconscious and mumbling the refrain of a strange song on a nearby bed) near the inn when they liberated it from the curse. He carried a letter from Duke Eltan (name drop from BG1) and is probably one of the very first Flaming Fist, which means he's likely been trapped here for more than a century

Baldur's Gate has reported they're starting to receive attacks from Absolutists. They're being defended by something called the Steel Watch, which is apparently an army of automatons managed by a "Lord Gortash." Hector and Karlach both know this name - Gortash is most definitely not a lord, and he was the one who originally sold Karlach to Zariel. So this Steel Watch sounds like it might not be as good as Florrick seems to think it is.

Karlach, unsurprisingly, was pretty mad about this. Hector promised her that they would find a way to make Gortash answer for what he did to her, if and when they make it to Baldur's Gate.

As for the man on the bed...

Narrator: This is no physical ailment, but a spiritual malaise. The man's mind has been gripped by the Shadowfell...yet it has not broken.

The most interesting thing here is that the song he is singing includes the name "Thaniel" - which is the name Halsin mentioned when describing the fey creatured tied to the land and therefore the curse. He agreed to bring Halsin to the inn.

The last place we hadn't looked at yet was the cellar, which apparently has a bunch of prison cells in it?

What the hell kind of inn was this? :P