In the kingdom of Hilaga the adventurers were picked randomly from among the citizenry to partake in the celebration in the royal palace. The event was festive, with much food, drink, and even a live band. However during a toast the King Ronaldo II, suddenly collapsed.
Party goers were forced to stay inside, as the city guard went about questioning people and conducting an investigation. In an attempt to calm the party, Faerino Fantastico put on a small magic show, much to the delight and satisfaction of the worried guests. As time wore on however moods grew tense.
An elven diplomat, named Lady Deburah, approached three guests in the party, the aforementioned Faerino, Niko, and Aubreyana. She told them she had a feeling that the three of them would be able to figure out the mystery of what happened with the king. These three people set about right away to getting to the bottom of what was happening in the party.
Faerino used his social engineering to inject himself in a noble person's conversation. However the three noblemen he spoke too had little knowlege about what was currently happening, though did offer a little advice about possible people who may do such a thing. One certainly stood out, Edowin who is the exiled brother of Ronaldo II, and convicted murderer of Ronaldo I. He also learned that the queen Lynia, who was recently coronated, is deeply in love with the king and would have little motive to kill anyone.
Aubreyana, and Niko tried to tie together things they observed during the meal to help in the investigation. Aubreyana had a few ideas about poisons, but her knowlege didn't allow her to figure out much. The two tried speaking to a notably upset, and drunk orc named Ormush. He seemed to think the crime would get pinned to him because of racial biases. When Faerino tried to talk to Aurbeyana and Niko, he was attack, and whisked away from the orc who seemed to hate gnomes a little more than the average orc.
Afterwards Niko and Aubreyana spoke with the servers for the dinner. They did find out that all the food has already been taste and poison tested. However because of the way that the food was brought out, little could be eliminated as possibilities for poisons and motives.
Faerino decided next to try his luck in speaking with the captain of the guard, offering his magical abilities in a guise to understand more about the investigation. The guard was of little help and directed him to check out the same orc that previously attacked him. After a small protest, the guard offered that he may wish to look into Lady Deborah's purpose in being here, while Niko and Aubreyana asked the orc a few more questions.
Lady Deborah seemed otherworldly, though the adventurers could not differentiate between otherworldly and elven, as often the fair race is both. She did notably seem aloof about current affairs, like a recent peace treaty, and other obvious features of Hilaga.
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