The Box in Suttin's House

Twelfth Day of Nymph Moon, Year of the Knife
Fireball Memorandum from Loremaster Walaka
To Sir Sveinn of Hilltop, Paladin Emeritus of Toesch
via PN Garrison

Immediate Notification, Incident 11o7

Urgency: Highest

Encoding: Level 20

A party of agents has found Toestall's Box.

Initial reports from Adept III Perch indicate that a band of agents on an operation in Tikram in support of LSSRS 49 to recover artifacts once held by the Thief Suttin have found the Box and that a preliminary survey indicates that it holds both demikeys. The agents also recovered Toestall's Letter but not Toestall's Guide, although a secondary (tertiary?) map was found.

Report to follow.

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Twelfth Day of Nymph Moon, Year of the Knife
Carrier Hawk Memorandum from Loremaster Walaka
To Sir Sveinn of Hilltop, Paladin Emeritus of Toesch

Executive Summary, Incident 11o7

The party sent to Tikram on Operation Library¹, comprising the warrior witch Belit, the cleric Kahlan, the rogue Samael, and the bard Allys, followed a lead from a residence of the former master thief Villi Suttin to one of his (presumed many) warehouses. The evoker Nyro was rendered hors de combat by a pestilence likely picked up during the party's prior excursion into the Tikram sewers; thanks to the quick work of Adept Perch, the party was reinforced by the ranger Arborealis and the barbarian Felana before any engagement. After overcoming in a relatively peaceful manner resistance from an oath-bound lammasu, the party seized the entire warehouse of commercial goods², a few items of tactical magic, and, most importantly, what turned out to be the location of Suttin's base of operations, secreted in the tower of the Tikram Cathedral of Vecna.

The party breached the sanctuary, facing and overcoming a stone golem guardian as well as several death traps. The party reported complete success in securing the objective of Operation Library, seizing not only the Box of T. but also the Letter. The Box was examined by Adept Perch and appears to be whole and intact.

Further operations were suspended because of the recent earthquake in south Carpathia.

Detailed report sent under separate cover.

¹ Ref. LSSR Strategy Document 49.121
² Transferred to Tikram merchant D'Kath per LSSR administrative order 55.989.A22

Personal Note:

I am sure you have received my IN long before reading this message; I routed it to you through the Steel Guard outpost - I hope the rider didn't ride his mount into the ground getting it to you.

Toestall's Box! Did we ever really think we would find it? The Codices have lain forgotten all these many centuries - and now we will have to race The Corporation to them just to keep them safe once again. The thought of that power... it boggles the mind. Well, we have faced such challenges before. But this earthquake... I don't believe in coincidence. There are rough waters ahead, my old friend.

This party continues to show promise. That Belit is command material, mark me. And Samael continues to be buffeted by the winds of luck - can you believe he actually damaged a stone golem with a rapier? Not that it helped him much, but still! Amazing! The ranger Arborealis actually came inside city limits and proved herself a capable team player, and the cleric Kahlan continues to grow in power (and seemed to share some luck as well: she threw a Bead of Force at the golem thinking to destroy it - hah - but did capture it in the resilience field). The bard Allys is becoming more and more a veteran campaigner each report I get - I told you we could rely on her. And Cousin says that this Felana fellow is about as sharp as an owlbear egg but tougher than iron. How many years will it take for you to trust my judgment in recruiting!?

I am lobbying to get you some fireballs of your own so I can keep in touch more readily - I feel developments will be coming fast and furious soon. If nothing else, it will make our hnefatafl-by-post games go faster!

Cuthbert be with you.