Operation Moonbeam

Quest Giver

 * Ethelian
 * Doreah

Task

 * Go on a pub crawl to locate Maklean spies in the city and then assist the guards in luring them out of the taverns to be arrested.

Quest Events

 * Day 1- Scouting Pub Crawl
 * First Stop- Stalwart
 * At Stalwart the group first talked to the bartender to determine the general vibe of the place and get some drinks. Guy tried the bartender's special drink the Mudshot. The group then went to investigate a couple different parts of the bar. A group first went to see what the commotion was in one corner of the bar, which turned out to be a drinking contest. Off to the side of the table was one person who was already passed out and another who was tapping out. The group saw the last two competitors duke it out, though it was not much of a competition at that point as the regular, Shalisa, easily beat the last person. Calla got some information from the regulars about the drinking competition while Kelkairi and Aratak attempted to learn about the back room from the half-elf bouncer. All they were able to learn was that the backroom was for VIPs, during this time Elseth gathered some more information about the room from the bartender. The bartender informed Elseth that most the people back there were renting rooms and preferred not to mingle with the others, though a couple did participate in the drinking contest that night. After this information was gathered Guy, with the aid of Elseth, started a small fight between a regular and the bouncer but it was over quickly. Kelkairi and Calla went upstairs to investigate the rooms of the guests but they realized they did not have the tools to get in. Instead they explored the balcony which had a wood elf woman there who had just rejected a drunken suitor.
 * Second Stop- The Mull-It-Over
 * The Mull-It-Over was a less exciting stop for the group than the previous with a more high class vibe and less guests. The group was waved over to a large table by a figure who they soon recognized as Thella. Thella informed the group that she believed the people they were looking for were not at this establishment. She also asked the group some questions about Trager and made them question their decision to hand him over to the guards. The group stayed for a bit to watch a musical performance by a human man and woman. A few people asked them about their song which was passed down through family but had some verses added.
 * Third Stop- Drunken Phoenix
 * When approaching the Drunken Phoenix, after a conversation of what to do after Operation Moonbeam had been brushed aside, the group noticed four pieces of paper nailed to the door that were labeled B, F, R, and M. The papers labeled B, F, and R had names crossed off while M had four names circled on it. Once inside the tavern, the group noticed there was a bouncer in front of the door to a backroom that was collecting coin from people as they went to the back. Elseth, Calla, and Tia went into the backroom to discover it was a fight club, which excited Calla. Calla learned from the regulars that there were four types of fights held there; Bare bones (fists), Fey (fists and magic), Martial (weapons and armour), and Righteous (weapons, armour, and magic). Upstairs the rest of the group tended to Kelkairi, who was quite drunk at the time, and talked to the bartender who informed them that the Drop of Stardust was a particularly popular drink lately. While upstairs Zoomus was able to notice a man quickly discard a torn up note in the trashcan which through an okay ruse the group was able to retrieve. Elseth put the note back together at their next stop, which informed them of the presence of Maklean Spies at the Drunken Phoenix and some of their code words (Trident, GFH, S.I.T.W).
 * Fourth Stop- Dogger's Drinks and Drop-Ins
 * Dogger's Drink and Drop-Ins provided a more laid back atmosphere on the river. Calla played some darts with regulars, while Elseth skipped stones with others. Neither found any leads through these people, and frankly felt that the spies were not there. The group did buy some pretzels, well Tia and Johann did and everyone else, especially Kelkairi, stole pretzels from the two.
 * Fifth Stop- A Night on the Tavern
 * As soon as the group entered A Night on the Tavern, Calla was greated by a friendly face in Sorrel. Sorrel informed Calla that he had been laying low in the tavern since they escaped from prison, and then gave everyone a tour of the place. He introduced them to a few dice games, which he played with the Calla and some others of the group. Elseth noted that there was a thieves cant sign that saps were present in the tavern and decided to talk the the bartender in thieves cant to see if he would give us some information. The bartender informed Elseth that there had not been any new regulars in the last few months and that he did not make a lot of Drops of Stardust. With that information and Sorrels agreement to the bartenders statements the group ruled the tavern out.
 * Sixth Stop- The Last Stop
 * The next location was again a quieter one than others, and was quieting down for a performance as the group arrived. Kelkairi asked the bartender if she could make a drop of stardust, which she said she could, but decided not to get one then. As the poetry night went on the bartender came back to deliver water and asked why Kelkairi had asked about the drop of stardust, seemingly nervous or hiding something. In response to this Elseth went to talk to the bartender saying Kelkairi had asked about it for him as it was one of their favourite drinks after they learned about it while in the Kingdom of Makle. The mention of Makle made the bartender seem nervous so Elseth switched to Praxtongue to say he was praxian at heart though, and with that the bartender took the drink to top it off and give him a napkin. When he returned to the table Elseth saw that the napkin said "They're here and they're listening".
 * The poetry night consisted of three poets, the first read a poem that wrote about birds and war, the second was a dark poem about a child, and the third was a dwarf who just did his best. After those three had gone, Johann got on stage and read a poem about his love for his daughter, which elicited some applause from the crowd and some whispers about how it was not in praxian verse. At the end of their time at the bar Johann asked the other poets for copies of their poems if they could give some, which the first and third poets did, so he could learn more about the style of poetry in Prax.
 * Seventh Stop- Meat Heist
 * The final tavern of the night was also the most energetic and lively one, and the only one with a suggested cover, which only some people paid. Once inside the group got some information from the bartender about the bar and the Drop of Stardust. Not long after the group arrived the performance began with Miss De Meener coming onto the stage to hype up the crowd more, it was at this point about half the group realized they had come to a drag bar. The first performer of the Night was Barb Arian, and her performance made the rest of the group realize what they had stumbled into as well. The second Act, Intermission, told some terrible groups about the Kingdom of Makle in praxtongue but performed some incredible marksmanship stunts at the same time. Between the second and third act, Kelkairi got the attention of Miss De Meener to ask her for some advice on how to change her appearance like them, and in response Miss De Meener invited Kelkairi backstage after the show to talk. The third act was a drag king, Crockshot, who performed an incredible pole dance routine that Calla found quite eye-catching. The final act was Miss De Meener who did a great quick change and put on a good show. With the performances concluded Kelkairi made her way to the back were Miss De Meener and Barb Arian gave her some simple tricks on how to make her appearance more feminine, and Barb Arian gave Kelkairi a disguise kit to assist with this. Barb Arian also gave Kelkairi the names and locations of some individuals that may be able to help her permanently alter her physical appearance to better suit her. While this was happen the rest of the group was useless in trying to determine if there were spies present in the bar until Johann decided to dig through the trash and found another note.
 * Day 2- Drawing the spies out
 * Group A- Guy and Aratak at Stalwart
 * Guy enters the drinking content and Aratak decides to be the eyes in the room
 * The drinking contest consists of 5 people including Guy; Shalisa, the human that came in second the previous night, a new human, and a halfling. The first shot hits the new human a bit roughly, but everyone else handles it fine. Second shot most handle fine, though guy starts to feel this one. Third shot everyone handles. Fourth shot Guy impresses the crowd with how he takes it. Fifth shot, the new human falls out of his chair and is out of the competition. Sixth shot really hits guy and the halfling taps out. The seventh shot is the final one as Guy blacks out and the human from the night before taps out, leaving Shalisa the winner for the second night in a row.
 * During the competition Aratak noticed a human come out from the back room, the same one who looked out of the room the night before, and once he entered the crowd Aratak purposely ran into him spilling his drink. Aratak feigned being an older, clumsy guy and offered to buy the guy, Klemps, a new drink. Klemps goes to clean himself up in the washroom and Aratak goes to the bartender to get a drink and a room for Guy. Aratak took Guy up to the room and set him in the recovery position so Aratak could safely go about the night on his own. Once back downstairs he retrieved the new drink and gave it to Klemps. While talk to each other Aratak stated "sprouts got to stick together", which immediately grabbed Klemps attention. In response he threw the drink at Aratak who dodged the glass and responded with a whip trip. As this was happening the bouncer for the backroom had opened the door, so Aratak could see a high elf in the room dart off to the otherside. Quickly downing some metal, Aratak was able to dodge the bouncers grab and enter the room to see the high elf attempting to climb out a window. He grabbed the elf and slammed his face into the glass, incapacitating him. When he went to go take Klemps into the room Aratak saw another human trying to take Guy out of the bar. Aratak then downed another vial and attempted to smack the human with the coin but he missed and the human escaped, though left Guy behind. After this Aratak returned to the room to talk to Klemps and the High Elf, while the bartender took Guy back to his room.
 * Group B- Calla and Kelkairi at Drunken Phoenix
 * Calla signed up for the Barebones fight
 * Her first opponent was a female human, Harla. The fight entered the crowd well as Calla was able to dodge a good number of Harla's blows and take her out in just four blows.
 * The second Barebones fight was between Arabog and Tybee which Tybee won fairly quickly
 * Kelkairi signed up for the Righteous battle
 * The first battle was between Yarrel and Faleres who had competed in the martial fight the previous night. Neither fighter appeared to use magic during this fight. Yarrel was able to defeat Falares.
 * Kelkairi's first battle was against Torkus who was wielding a greatsword and wearing chainmail. Prior the the battle starting, Kelkairi secretly used a dart given to her by Calla to cut the palm of her hand for her blood magic. Kelkairi started the battle off well, but Torkus cast mirror image to create three duplicates, which took Kelkairi out for a round. Despite this trick, Torkus was unable to land a blow against Kelkairi, who kept landing solid blows against him. The crowd was fully hyped by Kelkairi managing to defeat her opponent without taking any damage, and even more so when she asked the halfling announcer if they had to use the potion of healing if they did not need it. During this battle Calla noticed that Yarrel was laser-focused on Kelkairi during the bout but not in a way that suggested it was due to entertainment.
 * Calla's final battle against Tybee was up first. The battle was less entertaining for the crowd it seemed as the two dodged many of the attacks. Tybee landed many good blows against Calla who had trouble landing hits, but Calla's ability to land several hits in one turn allowed her to defeat Tybee. At the end of the battle when Calla offered her hand to help Tybee up, Tybee refused and asked if Calla had used magic, which she denied. In return for her victory Calla received 25gold
 * The last battle was the battle between Kelkairi and Yarrel. Right before the battle started Yarrel cast shielf of faith and said to Kelkairi "this is for the amassador". After Yarrel attempted to land the first blow, Kelkairi noticed the lance was not dulled, and instead of stooping to that level, Kelkairi told Yarrel she would take the honourable route. Calla also noticed and offered help to Kelkairi in infernal. While the fight was happening Calla also noticed that the bartender had come down and was watching her in the crowd. Yarrel was able to take Kelkairi down with the non-dulled lance and, with the combination of the blood and Calla running in and shouting about what happened while giving Kelkairi the health potion, the crowd was turned against Yarrel. The crowd quickly surrounded Yarrel and began to take him outside shouting for the guards, while this was happening Calla left to find the bartender who had snuck away in the commotion. Outside the tavern the crowd brought Yarrel to Ethelian who the group had requested to be stationed at the Drunken Phoenix. Inside the tavern, the bartender and Calla were chatting about what happened, and the bartender claimed to not know Yarrel and offered Calla a drink on the house. Calla took the drink but choose not to drink it while waiting for Kelkairi. Once Kelkairi returned inside they both returned to the bartender, who also gave Kelkairi a drink. The two of them asked about the bartenders past and how they got to be a bartender. While this was happening Kelkairi inspected her drink and smelled something off. With that knowledge Kelkairi decided to stop the bullshit and grabbed the bartenders head and slammed it into the bar. Calla then proceeded to jump across the bar to knock the bartender out fully and while down there found a sketchy bottle that had likely been added to the drinks. The two of them then proceed to take the bartender out of the bar to the barracks.
 * Group C- Johann and Zoomus at The Last Stop
 * Johann and Zoomus arrived at the poetry night early and scooped out the bar, seeing five people on the balcony.
 * The first poet to go was the human woman from the night before who had another dark, anti-war sonnet that no one was to impressed by. The vibe was that not everyone was upset at the war happening.
 * The second poet was Jalleth who read two poems about waterfowl which the crowd loved
 * The third poet was Johann who stepped up to read a poem that talked down about Makle and incited the pro-war nationalists in the room. Zoomus kept her eye out to see who did not seem to like the poem and noted a halfling, half-elf, the human woman, and a dwarf, whom she pointed out to Johann. After this Johann addressed the crowd to reveal themselves if they were a traitor to the Kingdom, and at this time he cast suggestion on the Dwarf. The Dwarf upon having suggestion cast on him, stood up from his seat and announced to the tavern that he was a traitor. At this point the human woman bolted for the door. In response, Johann attempted to cast suggestion on her but failed and then yelled out to Doreah to apprehend the woman. As the woman just made it out of the door, Doreah was able to take her down. Inside, Zoomus had jumped down from the balcony onto the Dwarf's table and was physically keeping him from moving until they could escort him with Doreah.
 * Group D- Elseth and Tia at Meat Heist
 * At Meat Heist, Tia and Elseth began their preparations for Elseth's performance. Tia made glitter cannons and prepared some rock lights to put on stage when Elseth was on.
 * The first performance of the night was Barb Arian who wore a purple and orange stripped outfit and performed a trapezee act with the dire flail.
 * The second act was Crockshot who did almost the exact same pole dance routine as the night before
 * Elseth was the third performer and did a performance that relied on showing off their sleight of hand skills and then their musical skills at the end when they performed a song he had written with Johann that day that made fun of the Kingdom of Makle. At the end of the song was when the glitter cannons when off. The crowd loved the performance, enough to give Elseth a total of 10 gold in tips. During the performance Tia noticed someone peeking out from the backstage curtain to watch Elseth. she proceed to head backstage to find a halfling, who she had noted as a halfling assistant to one of the performers, leaving the curtain area. As Elseth came off stage, Tia informed them of what she had seen before heading back out to the front.
 * While heading to get changed and look for the halfling, Elseth was stopped by Crockshot who asked some questions about Elseth's background such as how they ended up at a drag show and where they were from. Elseth answered the questions, but stayed alert of his surroundings and was able to turn around and cast sleep on the halfling as they were sneaking up on him with a dagger. The commotion brought Miss De Meener over to Elseth who asked what was going on. After a few leading questions to Crockshot, Elseth just asked if they were going to do this the easy way or the hardway. In response Crockshot attempted to move and grab something, but Elseth and Miss De Meener were quick to flank Crockshot and Miss De Meener threatened them with a high heel. Not seeing an easy way out Crockshot surrendered and was led, with the halfling, to the guard barracks by Tia and Elseth

Reward

 * 80 gold; 20 upfront
 * The ability to take an item each from the guard barracks evidence room- in exchange for handing in Trager