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Aaand heres the after action report of Monday's (23rd June) session!

Session Eight, The Brotherhood Part I

One of our players got waterlogged attempting to make it and so had to pull out, leaving the group a man down.

Lucian Gilmore (Adam) Agnew Uptil (Tori) Chud Hathbone (Tay)

It had been a day or so since the concluding part of the Carmine Affair and the Runners received a visit from Lord Carmine's butler who passed on his Lordship's thanks for rescuing his son and heir. But wait the Runners say, we already had a Thank You note from his Lordship. Butler responds that no note had been sent, that he came to convey his master's thanks and that he does not recognize the handwriting. The butler then leaves the now very confused Runners who attempt to find out who sent the note, though they only discover that the note was written by a woman who may or may not had been the young woman who delivered it.

But before they can dwell on the matter an explosion outside and shattering glass grabs their attention.

Rushing outside they find a scene of chaos, people screaming and alot of smoke round the Rudshore Gate. Where the explosion occurred they find a small crater and a couple of dead/dying men, both of who were carrying notes on them;

They've got Ewan and Paddy, we need to advance our plans before they're tortured.

Take the package to the Greaves Refinery and leave it by one of the pipes.

For Morley!

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We have a couple of the Brotherhood in captivity.

We will find out their plans soon enough, but trail your target in the mean time.

-H.B.

Speaking to witnesses they find that the two men had a scuffle which resulted in one of the men dropping a package which caused the explosion when it hit the ground, they also gather up what evidence they can for it to be analysed. Chud takes Cat (the dog) and follow the sent that the bomb man had left on his way to the Gate, the others follow and they follow the trail to an inn in Dunwall's 'Morley Quarter' (locals are immigrants from the Isle of Morley) which is inhabited by some rough looking types. Deciding that their other leads were more worthwhile the Runners head back to Thresh Street and upon their arrival found that they had been summoned by Hiram Burrows, the Royal Spymaster himself.

They get taken to the Citadel, a large bleak concrete building that serves as the Spymaster's office and is equally bleak inside in addition to having brawny and brainy guards that would give Chud a run for his money. Burrows explained to them that the man with the bomb was part of a group known as the Alban Brotherhood, basically Morley rebels dedicated to seeing their isle freed from the Empire. He also demanded that any and all evidence was to be handed over to his people (which the Runners did) and that HIS people were taking over the case and that the Runners should worry about their part in the security detail for the Empress' visit to Kaldwin Bridge in a few days time. After all that they were free to leave and return to Thresh Street.

Upon arriving back Magistrate Cathmore took them to one side to say to them that Thresh Street was keeping some of the evidence and would continue to investigate the case because it happened on their patch, though suggested keeping a low profile as the Royal Spymaster's men were likely to be keeping a close eye on them. Cathmore also stated that he'd been informed by a contact in the City Watch that a Morley anarchist had escaped when the driver of the prison van taking him to Coldridge Prison suddenly had a heart-attack, thus allowing a street urchin to grab his keys and free the prisoner. This occurred in the Morley Quarter and smelled strongly of a setup, so Agnew offered to speak with his friend Professor Plankton-Barnes at the Academy of Natural Philosophy in addition to taking him the evidence collected from the bomb.

After a general agreement Agnew set out along the rooftops (avoiding the Spymaster's men keeping watch on Thresh Street), checked out both Kaldwin Bridge and where the Morley anarchist had been sprung from his prison van. In the process Agnew came across a familiar singing/humming sound that led him to a Whalebone Rune and an old occultist's attic study, in addition to the rune he found some books that explained how to use it and also some information on Whalebone Charms (basically the runes serve as Advances for Agnew's Arcane abilities). Rather than run the risk of bring all this stuff back to his digs, Agnew opted to leave it where it was and make a note of its location with the view of visiting it again later on. He headed onto the Academy and spoke with Prof Plankton-Barnes who agreed to have a look at the bomb evidence collected and said about a poison made from a flower known as Death's Kiss that could only be found in the Pandyssian Continent. In addition the Professor and Agnew had a little chat about the rebel's motives, though the Prof suggested that all may not be what it seemed.

As Agnew returned home another explosion echoed through Dunwall, this time from the Estate District which brought all of the Runners racing to its location which turned out to be the home of a Member of Parliament. They found the upper floor on fire and the Morley flag strung from one of the windows, as the City Watch attempted to impose some degree of order the Runners dashed inside to find what evidence they could. The source of the blast and the main part of the building that was on fire was the master bedroom where the MP had been until his untimely demise, it was under the poor man's bed where the bomb had been planted. With the room quickly becoming engulfed in flames the Runners collected what evidence and identifiable human remains they could before making a hasty leave as the fire brigade arrived to tackle the flames.

Thus we ended things there as the rebels appeared to have stepped up their game.