31 Flamerule, 1502 DR

We have been called upon once again as part of our contract to make a deal for the Syndicate to have access to a teleportation circle in Waterdeep.

We were called upon once again to further assist in the prospective engagement between the Zartan and Charrin.

The Lady Tesper had us escort the Zartan and help him with his courtship of the Lady Charrin. We took the lad to the market. got to know him a bit better. He is bright one. but, he seemed to have a brightbird. an herbalist. but! it was just a passing interest. so after talking we convinced the Zartan to give the date with the Lady Charrin a shot. We split once again. The Mimsy, Aber and Azrael went of to set up a nice spot for the courting. whilst the Sylk and Myself escorted the Zartan to the Tesper Villa. The Lady Charrin. She is a very strong willed one. but Alvis thinks she and the Zartan have chemistry yet.

The date went well! at the end the Zartan asked us to allow him to escort the Lady Charrin home by himself. . . if you know what Alvis means So! naturally! we abbliged! we went to go report great success back with the lady Yalah. She was not pleased however that her son did not return home with us. I thought she maybe happy the date went so well? but at her insistence we went to retrieve her son. We sent the lad and he never responded. the lady Charrin said he had left not to long ago. this smelled like trouble.

we set out to locate the Zartan. we had a strong suspicion he went to the herbalist. . . .it would turn out we were right. and it would also turn out. the herbalist was a disgusting vampire. He was under her charm you see! her fangs in his neck as we walked in the door. A great fight broke out! the battle was a bloody one for certain. rats and thralls surrounded us. BUT WE EMERGED VICTORIOUS! and the Zartan was recovered. and we mage agreement. That we would keep this incident between all of us..

30th Flamerule. 1502 DR

This was a special contract for the Syndicate. it would seem the owner of the Syndicate has been trying to make deals with local lords and leaders of various cities for access to their teleportation circles.

We were summoned to the Gralhund Villa for the briefing. The job had two parts. We had to aquire a compass from the Tesper Family as well as secure an engagement between Zartan Gralhund and Charrin Tesper. So naturally we split. Tealight and the Forvist breached the home to aquire the compass. The Aber acted as a middle man and The Orri and Myself went to negotiate with the family.

The Orri and myself entererd the party under the guise of being entertainment. I performed on stage. found the head of the Tesper house hold and the lady Charrin. gave a lovely performance. to which she entertained the idea of meeting the Zartan for courtship.

I don't know what happened to the Tealight the Forvist and The Aber. but after we left Forvist and The Aber were getting arrested. BUT they aquired the compass.

so job well done!

- Alvis Ingen

25th Flamerule. 1502 DR.

This job was a bit of an odd one.

The Cult of the Dragon have been continuing their aggression. They seem to have allied themselves with the red wizards. odd but I could see their nefarious end aligning. We were tasked with intercepting an object. some sort of magical artifact. we had to travel through stone giant territory. avoiding conflict and providing them with a warning with the threat that was approaching.

We happened upon a huge crater guarded by orcs. we attempted to reason with them but communication broke down and well. . .things happened as they usually do. we dove into the crater to recover the object which turned out to just be a pool of raw radiant magic. we were confronted by a red wizard ridding on the back of wyvern. this time I had my vengence upon. and that is about all I can recall.

- Alvis Ingen

15th Flamerul 1502 DR

This was a senseless waste. my words can not describe my displeasure with the events that occurred nor the demeanor of our employer.

This is Alvis's Third contract. We were requested to attend a get together taking place just outside the Syndicate at the bottom of the falls. it was a bit of a party. food, games all that sorts of fare. they wanted to hire us to play "life guard" what ever that is. I thought this was poor use of coin. Why hire someone to watch you swim if you can not swim? is better to not just learn to swim? and this person organizing the event. this "CHAZ" as he calls himself. kept wanting to "rock the babes." I felt this was a rather aggressive gesture. I don't like this Chaz much. but gold is gold. and I had nothing else going on so Alvis takes the job. I was swimming around the pool and decided to go for a dive. the waters are much deeper then they seem. and I was a bit horrified to discover that the bottom of this pool concealed a terrible secret. a grave yard. bones picked clean and corpses in various stages of rot. . . .this does not bode well for those on the surface swimming. Calmly I swam to the top and went to go and get my equipment. but I fear in my wanting to not cause a Panic I doomed a few poor souls. Aquatic monsters rose to the surface and begun to eviscerate those in attendance. we moved as quickly as we could to save them but alas. not all were so lucky. . . .

after the threats were removed. The Chaz was trying to get everyone to return to "partying." I had half a mind to throw the little shit in myself. but, that is not who Alvis is. no. I and my companions strongly suggested he do other wise. . . .and then the fool decided to climb to the top of the falls and dive in. . at which point a sort of sea witch rose from the waters. capturing the Chaz. furious about his parties and how they have been polluting her home. She was not unjustified in her anger. but the killing of the Chaz was not right. so, we fought this sea witch to save the Chaz. I hope he has learned his lesson and does not plan to do further partying and babe rocking in these waters. . . .

- Alvis Ingen

14th of Flamerule. 1502DR

My Second Contract through the Syndicate!

We were hired by a little fey jailer. much like my previous job we were asked to be discrete. though this time we were not interrupted half way through the brief. good to see that is not a pattern out here.

This little jailer was tasked with the imprisonment of the former warden of the very same prison she watched over. it would appear that this warden is also the one whom built the prison. or its defenses in the very least. The innmate was lady Naivara Vesperleaf. We were to captured the Lady Vesperleaf in her eestate and bring her back to jail. SIMPLE ENOUGH!

We were directed to her keep. To which upon our arrival we were greeted by the Lady herself. telling us to turn back and that she did not wish to fight. usual fair. and in all honesty Alvis wished he did not have to do this. but, that is the life I have choosen. sometimes you are great hero! other times. you are the law. A tall fortress on a rocky shelf, waves dancing around the base making it so the only way in was the bridge. but like many things with the fey. this was not as simple as it seemed. any attempt to walk directly in resulted in us coming out some other place we had not intended. after some experimenting we discovered that there was some illusion masking this place making it so all had seemed like it was shift about 20feet over. quite a clever little trap. im certain many an unwelcome visitor plummeted to the sea below to meet a water grave.

but we were much to clever for the ruse! We entered the fortress proper. we were all being very cautious as from what we could assume. this place had many a magical trap in store for us. the first of which in this series of traps and misfortune was a simple flute that was floating in the center of the room. it had inexplicably flown over at which point Mimsy was forced to start dancing as he raised hiring and hire into the air. thinking quickly. Sylk played along with the Float. I join in and with our combined music the trap was disarmed and Mimsy floated safely down. DELIGHTFUL! We started to search the bottom floor. finding nothing much else of interest. so we ascended to the second. wear we had split ways. half of us cut through a lavished dinning hall in the center of the building that had a peculiar spread laid out. we all figured it was a trap and with some magic I believe we determined it was! and so we continued through. resisting the temptations of the feast. Arlis and I had found a bridge leading to an ajoined tower. and of course neither of us were surprised to find that the tower was trapped. this time though. instead of whimsy we were greeted with poison. . . .I did not find this as delightful. . .but there were a few chests within. Note: our payment was what ever we found in the keep. Suppose they were planning in seizing the property anyway. I was not keen on this but. again. this is sometimes the life of an adventurer.

soon we descended to the third floor that eventually lead us to the roof where the fair lady waited. but of course. alone she was not. accompanied by two fey like beasts she attempted to run away as we fought off her pets. She choose to subdue us rather than attempting to kill us. and we doing the same in kind. However, her pets managed to hold us at bay long enough for her to make it through her keep and unfortunately make her escape.

13th Flamerule, 1502 DR

My first contract through the Syndicate. I was not prepared for what was in store. we were originally hired to help flush out some suspected traders of the black fist. but before we had finished the briefing it would appear it was far to late for any such investigations. There was attack on the city! A great dragon flew over the city and unleashed its terrible breath upon the citizens! wrecking havoc! soldiers holding banners bearing the symbol of the Cult of the Dragon and the soldiers carried with them chains tethering draconic like beasts whom they marched upon the city! We scrambled to defend those around us. and quickly devised a plan to save the lord regnant and as many people as we could. As we traversed through the city streets we bore witness to countless sights of terror. and witnessed first hand the betrayal within the ranks of the black fist as soldiers fought their fellow banner men and sadly lost. We found a Harper agent who was able to help guide us through the sewers and make a safe path for those needing to escape the city. after which we moved to the prison where the lord regiant was being kept. The remaining black fist who who had stayed loyal devised a diversion so that we could infiltrate and rescue the lord and usher him out with the rest of the people that had managed to escape the blood shed.

After the lord was free, we joined him and the others in the sewers to evacuate the city. but alas we were cut off by the cult. a mage with some sort of draconic construct and a wyvrn steed. we fought hard to protect the lord but alas. Alvis was feeled by the mages steed. . . . .but how is writing this you may ask yourself? you see I was revived! my chest had been pierced by the tail of the monster but thanks to the lovely Naima and the grace of Tyr I was allowed to come back.

despite the carnage and tragedy that had befallen this day. we saved all whom we could.