Chapter Three: Saragost (rumors)

During the days spent in Saragost the party learned the following information:

• Stone golems are used to open and close the sea-gates.
• There are three power bases in town – the Council, the group of mages called the Order of the Prism and a group of crime lords.
• Sometimes, an up-and-coming criminal will be fished out of the harbour, dead from a massive wound to the backside, as if someone had impaled him on a sword blade.
• Some people on the council have been seen talking to mysterious strangers in hoods and cloaks.
• The law is strict. Condemned criminals are executed by being manacled to the wharf wall at low tide; the incoming tide drowns them.
• There is a powerful magical item in the Tower of Undying Light.
• The object in the Tower of Undying Light controls the weather.
• The Grand Baronial Hotel has a dancing mermaid act.
• A ghost pirate called Captain Whisper haunts the streets of Saragost.
• The crime lords are called the Midnight Enclave.
• There is a new faction in town that has infiltrated the Midnight Enclave and the city council. Its members use poisoned weapons and only go out after dark. They use magic to disguise themselves. Several people on the city watch are secretly in their service. Anyone in service to this faction has to carry a secret token that cannot be forged, as proof of his identity.
• Grandlord Yomah, the ruler of the city, is a drow in disguise. He worships the spider goddess in a private chamber in the Tower of Undying Light.
• This city used to be an elven stronghold but was burned down centuries ago, so practically none of the original buildings are still standing; the elven sewer system is still intact, however and many houses have elf-built cellars, though the occupants do not know it.
• There is believed to be some kind of corruption in the Council but nobody knows quite what is going on.
• Several major burglaries have taken place recently, in which guards have fallen unconscious after being wounded by poisoned weapons.

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