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Session Six, The Carmine Affair Part 1 

Up to our sixth session with a full house to boot;

Joshua H. Headlam (Nick)

Lucian Gilmore (Adam)

Agnew Uptil (Tori)

Chud Hathbone (Tay)

The day after bringing in Errol Greymane and his band of cultists, they party was reunited as Agnew joined them after 'being off sick'. It was noticed that Agnew was wearing a pair of gloves and he reluctantly stated that he had a 'visit' in the night.

A flashback scene later it revealed that Agnew had woken up in the night to discover some odd things such as water dripping upwards and a strange pale blue light shining through the cracks round his door. Investigating further he found a vast pale blue space with stuff floating around in it such as a whale or a familiar Dunwall landmark seemingly torn from where it normally sat and cast adrift in this strange. Exploring a little bit Agnew ran into the Outsider who explained that he had drawn Agnew into the Void, gave the ex-tick tock lad his mark and sent Agnew back to his own world with a new tattoo on the back of his hand.

Though Agnew managed to gloss over what happened and the Runners were interrupted by a new case walking in the door; Lord Carmine's most senior butler who'd come seeking the Runners' help after receiving a ransom note for Lord Carmine's heir who'd been abducted a couple of days earlier by river pirates. Scrutiny of the note revealed that it had an old faded crest of the Brigmore family, some investigation later it turned up that the Brigmore family had made their fortune on timber but had fallen on hard times some years earlier and been forced to abandon their manor. They also discovered that a new gang had arrived in town some weeks earlier looking for a place to use as a hideout, plus the Carmine servant who'd been with the boy when he was taken had stated that the men were rough looking and had their faces obscured whilst the leader sounded more well spoken than she would've expected.

Meanwhile Chud was training the dog they'd taken from the Greymane estate, since named Catatonic or Cat for short, to be a sniffer dog to help them find the kidnapped boy. Ned Penny was paid a visit and told them that river pirates don't normally attack within the city limits and that the Brigmore manor lies upriver on the outskirts of Dunwall. The Runners retired for the night, except Chud who continued to train Cat the dog.

Following day whilst the others headed to Brigmore Manor, Agnew went to speak to Samuel who'd piloted the boat from which Young Master Carmine was taken from. Samuel stated that the men sounded like they may have been from Morley, their leader sounded a little bit like an officer whilst the others may had been soldiers, sailors or most probably marines from how they controlled their boat and acted. The others arrived at the Mutcherhaven District and soon found the old road to the Brigmore Manor, made their down to the flooded grounds of the manor and to the old gatehouse (though Joshua spotted a female figure out of the corner of his eye who then promptly vanished). Finding nothing of interest (and with Lucian getting a nice shower thanks to Cat) they proceeded up to the main house itself, checking for lookouts and finding a few River Krusts. They opted to go round the side of the building, found a window that they were able to pry open to gain access to a rubble filled room.

Chud however got stuck in the window, though managed to get free and then fell into the room with a loud crash alerting the kidnappers to the Runners' presence...

Thus we ended on a cliffhanger.