Ch 3, Part 1: Into the Dying City

The heroes try to take some time off but there are continued signs of the queen's influence over Korvosa and they know that the city is still in great peril.

While Gritt takes Slyvania to a dinner date at the Posh and Turtle he notices the Grey Wardens begin to put Old Korviosa under quarantine. Eventually Gritt excuses himself to investigate the quarantine. He learns that they cannot make enough cure for the Blood Veil quickly enough and therefore the Queen ordered the quarantine of Old Korvosa while the cure is concentrated upon the rest of the city. Old Korvosa is the poorest region of Korvosa but also makes up 40% of the city's population.

Gritt quickly enters the quarantine area before access is closed off. There he bravely works to help maintain order.

Meanwhile Sparrowhawk meets with the Commandant of the Sable Marines where she is asked to confirm what the party has learnt of the queen's involvement in the plague. He is also told that the Sable Marine's will be following the Queen's orders to maintain the quarantine of Old Korvosa.

The heroes ponder their options exploring possible ways that they might be able to help Old Korvosa by securing greater supplies for the cure, Eventually they abandon that plan when it becomes clear the logistics of such an operation is beyond their means.

Back in Old Korvosa Gritt works tirelessly to secure support for protecting Old Korvosa from anarchy. There is limited supplies entering Old Korvosa (including a meagre amount of Blood Veil cure) which in the end probably will help to ignite tensions as the citizens try to gain access to the supplies.

He secures aid from the Noble Arkonas house as well as Vencarlo to help keep the peace on the heavily populated island.

In the rest of the city the heroes start seeing the results of Queen's anger. The Three Rings Tavern is requisitioned by the Grey Maidens and the heroes turfed out. Sparrowhawk is in the cupse of opening hostilities before Watson talks him down. Theandra, the owner of the inn gracefully steps aside and lets the Grey Maiden's take her inn. The heroes later learn that the Shrine of Shelyn has suffered a similar fate, except the clerics have been arrested while they are investigated for 'poor' healing performance during the plague.

Gritt later returns to see Vencarlo and discovers the door unlocked and his home suspiciousily quiet. He searches through the house then comes face to face with a man dress in a red insect mask, the man waves his sword in circles which has a mesmorising effect. Gritt stares helplessly at it before he is mericilessly assassinated.

The rest of the heroes decide to look in on Gritt to tell him of the events in the city. They eventually find their way to Vencarlo's home, where they too are confronted by the red insect man assassin, except they quickly learn that there are two and the assassins ably start taking cutting down the heroes, until only Sol, Sparrowhawk and Mandraiv remain.

The day is saved by a strange visitor, an elven priestess of Zon-Kuthon, dressed in a hooked chainmail bikini, she is an ugly sight but has both a cheerful and callous demeanor. She promises to help the heroes if Mandraiv can give her some quality alone time, which Mandraiv reluctantly agrees to. She easily defeats the assassins.

They learn her name is Laori and she is looking for an artist by the name of Salavator Scream, she is fantatical about art and wishes to meet him. She also has her 'time' with Mandraiv and he quickly learns she is a sadistic.

Laori offers to stick around so that she can bring Gritt back from the dead

Encounter	Grit	Helious	Mandraiv	Sparrowhawk	Sol	Watson
Pre-Session	31,171	25,971	31,071	28,221	31,071	26,971
Journal
rp: courting Slyvania	600
rp: Marcus Endrin				600
rp: Keeping the peace at Three Rings Tavern						600
rp: alone in Old Korvosa	600
rp: invesstigating saving Korvosa			600	600		600
red mantis assassins	1600	1600	1600	1600	1600	1600
rp: Laori's bargain			600
Chief Tea Maker	300
Total	33,971	27,571	33,271	31,021	32,671	29,771