When we last ventured to the Great Basin…
The members of the Task Force were plotting there next move on the coast of the Commune of Atrxous. You were discussing the finer points of a revolution and how to remove the compromised actors from the Forum when a sudden slashing sound from a nearby creek caught your attention. A appeared that a group of bounty hunters where snooping around for the new bounty on your head. Their leader was a dwarf in laborers cloths that would be typical in the Commune, along with a man in a black robe with lightning bolts, what appeared to be a hunter and a dueler wearing medium armor. You weren’t interested in fighting this group, so Meru attempted to de-escalate the situation by revealing the Sword of Divinity. While the hunter and the dueler wanted to bail, the dwarf was not convinced that the sword was real and the situation did indeed escalate when the figure in robes cast Chain Lightning. Meru acted quickly, and used Rainbow Pattern to fascinate three of the four bounty hunters, everybody except their leader. After a brief struggle, he was knocked out and left in the woods after Meru cast Stabilize. They continued to concentration on the Rainbow Pattern to keep the others occupied and quickly broke camp, using a combination of Overland Flight and Wind Walk to return to Kerkrad.
Once back on the city, you needed a place to lie low for a while. After a quick debate, Wil re-materialized from the fog and headed for Rokkaku’s Ramen to see if he could provide a safe-house or other nondescript location. Wil, disguised as “Chad the Fogbringer” in town for the annual fog-surfing champion, ordered the Rattlesnake Ramen and asked for a safe-house location. Rokkaku delivered and with the receipt for his ramen, Wil found a street address written on it. Eventually everybody gathered and coalesced from their gaseous state in the Syndicate safe-house.
Hoping to gain an information advantage, Meru used their questions to ask about if Rokkaku was doing to betray them and surprising he wasn’t. You also learned that Eaton was not compromised by LAKE but hadn’t learned of your current whereabouts. Using Jusa’s Divination, you learned that Eaton would meet with you in good faith, Marchi Elenek would seek a safe guard, Ikoma Sakome can’t learn about your connection to the Syndicate and the Breagan would be a wild card.
We now resume late on the night of Whitermire 17 as you plot how to meet up with Eaton and the other members who you’ve identified as being critical for a coup.