Vallaki - Slums - The Wayfarer Kinship Lodge

[Paragonville]

Secret knowledge for secret people.  No one except the Wayfarers knows it!

[docmartinst]

A young, tired looking man with white hair is seen leaving the Wayferer Kinship Lodge, smelling faintly of herbs and other reagents.

[LawfulJoe]

Jared Evenhand has been seen frequenting the Wayfarer's Lodge. A least twice a week he stays at the lodge, and comes and goes.

[urathraviel]

Lorianna Belsan has been seen coming and going atleast once a day from the kinship lodge.

[INSIDE THE LODGE A NOTICE HAS BEEN PINNED TO A PILLAR]

"Lorianna Belsan seeks all remaining kinship members, Can be found usually wearing blue, with blonde hair and a greatsword in the vicinity of The Ladies Rest. Alternatively messages may be left here."

[qwertyuioppp]

An assault on the lodge by great numbers leaves the street below littered with char. Corpses burn overnight, piled to a disgusting height; men, women, Ezrite, Sunkisser, and peasant alike. The poisonous smoke filters through the slums, sticking to the weathered wood for what seems like weeks.

[Legion XXI]

[The supplies that were placed on the ground outside the Drain front door appear to have been placed in front of the Wayfarer lodge not long after - with some slight changes.  They have been arranged in a strange display during the middle of the night. 

At the center of the display is a mass of bloody meat, muscle, and tissue.  It's unclear what, or perhaps who, the gore originated from.  The wooden stakes have all been buried point-first into the mass of meat.  Beyond that, the holy symbols have been each meticulously smeared with a thumb-streak of blood from the grotesque display and arranged around the middle in a symmetrical pattern.  Composing each corner is a clove of garlic, the strong smell of the herb mixing with the stench of the decaying meat to create an overall unpleasant aroma.  Near the wall, three vials of holy water have been placed upon the ground.  While they appear to remain unaltered, they smell strongly of sewer water.

Perhaps most noteworthy, the letter that accompanied the supplies is missing.   In its place, a new one is left upon the lodge door.]

The lamb who strays
outside the fence
must slip the wolves
or not return
-
Let you not seek
those down below
lest you find that
they seek you back
-
And when I sleep
my hands will be
clean of all the
blood that I shed

[PrimetheGrime]

Loud shouting could be heard coming from within the Lodge. Nearing dawn, all is silent.

[Legion XXI]

[A note is place upon the wall, underneath the list of Codes of the Wayfarer Kinship]

[PlatointheCave]

A notice is placed next to the door to the Lodge.

There Be Darkness in This World:


Giles has made a deal with the assassin, Domenico, to aid in his hunt for vampires.

This deal extended to me, and was made on my behalf without consent or informing me.

It specified I help no one harmed by Domenico below. That I stand idle, while he imposes his Order.

I have grown up in Nova Vaasa, where Tyrants rule. I have seen the price of peace with them.

It is convenient, today, to bargain with the wicked. To let the threat of their might cow you.

But Tyranny is a poison. I have seen the violence Domenico administers, to they that defy him.

I have seen the fear and brutality he uses to force others to serve him. The lives he takes.

I will defy that cruelty until my last breath.

Giles insists he would make the same deal a thousand times over.

He tells me the price for the alliance now, is that I am denounced publicly.

I will not make him choose.


Let it Be Known:

Katja Vinter breaks oaths.

Katja Vinter violates peace.

Katja Vinter cares only for herself.

Katja Vinter is a fiend.

Katja Vinter stabbed Domenico in the Drain.

She'll do it again, too.

For these crimes, she is denounced.


Take care of yourselves.

Farewell.



- Katja Vinter

[PrimetheGrime]

After some time, a man in a white shirt is seen staring at the notice before angrily tearing it off the wall

[PrimetheGrime]

Shouting errupts from inside the Kinship Lodge, followed by the snapping of wood and the crackling of an intense blaze, steam errupting from the building in the dead of night..

[Calad]

A letter is slid through under the door.

"I heard, that good hearted people reside here.

I heard, that you wouldn't strike me from behind my back.

I carry the truth and only the truth.

She said you can help me. Help me recover myself. I'd like to have a meeting. Please, give me a chance."


Cethril Maires

[PrimetheGrime]

The familiar form of Giles Hawkins is seen going to and from the Lodge throughout the day, barrels and boxes carried either under his arm or over his shoulder. Curiously, the barrels would leak a faint line of salt towards the Lodges front door.

[diestormlie]

A, woman, red hair peeking out be neath her cheap cloak and hood, wearing long brown boots, slides a piece of parchment underneath the door of the Lodge.

Need to talk to you: Privately, urgently. Don't want to commit more to Parchment. Sorry it's vague.

Leave message for 'Lady Flame' at Blood o' the Vine.

The message is left unsigned, and all unused parchment has a line drawn through it, presumably to prevent forged additions.

[PrimetheGrime]

The familiar figures of the Wayfarer Kinship are seen entering the lodge after some time away, cleaning and making the abode ready for new visitors

[PrimetheGrime]

A loud and enthusiastic "YES" could be heard screamed from the Wayfarer lodge one early morning, disrupting the quiet of the district for a moment.

[Praying Mantis]

*The elven bard known for his storytelling performances in the local taverns, J'ystn "Chance", was seen lingering about the Wayfarer lodge.  When attempt to make contact with someone inside the building went unanswered, a simple letter revealing desire for contact was left after the visit.*