The Chase

From the previous session: The party is split - Apollonius is chasing after Luna and her Orc bouncer. Nattari was hit with a Sleep spell and fell into the arms of the two guards from the sting in the square. Majesty, Theodora and Agapetus are drunk inside the Boar's End and have defeated the minotaur bodyguard with the two members of the Sting operation. They are in the green room.

Luna is escaping through the alleys. The Orc bodyguard has a chest that he is carrying.
There is another member of the sting on top of a building overlooking the alley behind the Boar's End.

Session recap:
Apollonius ran through the back alleys behind the Boar's End following Luna and her Orc bodyguard. After some great rolls, he was able to bounce off of walls as high speed and keep on track with Luna when the Orc took a different turn. He was gaining on her but around another corner, she disappeared. He was able to just make out the edge of a door closing before he himself was caught by a Leonid guard.

After some toing and froing, the Leonid was able to subdue and capture Apollonius.

Everyone woke up the next morning in two jail cells. Some of the party were nursing hangovers which Agapetus was able to heal with goodberries. Apollonius was trussed up in a separate cell. The party was conspiring on how to get out of the jail cell when the Leonid appeared. The Leonid - Kemba - was there to escort them to the palace for a talk about what happened last night and what is happening across the realm.

The party took a carriage ride through the tiers to get to the palace overlooking the entire city. They were left to climb a staircase that led to a heavy door with two guards. Nattari was the first to make a giant flourishing entrance into the large white antechamber. They saw a crescent shaped table with King Errip on a throne, flanked by multiple people on both sides. The party entered and Nattari drag a chair across the floor to sit in front of the king. Through the entire "entrance", everyone was stone silent. Majesty made themselves as small as possible under the gaze of the Kings advisor since the King did not scrutinize the party closely.

The members would recognise the guards that apprehended them last night, the heads of the Guilds and the Ixis representative - Souvbi at the table. Aldric Veyne, of the Ascension Guild in Etripor made the introductions - most importantly, the Protagonists; the group that led the sting operation.

This was an open discussion on the threat to Erebor. The King outlined what they knew - that adventurers were being killed and some were surviving now. The nighthowlers that started roaming the country are connected somehow but they are lessening. The report of the wizard experimenting in the warehouse district with the technology and magic associated with this incursion has left the king without much trust in wizard enclave.

The party shared their knowledge, starting at Canterbrell and when they were attacked. They survived and travelled to the city for more answers. They shared that the devices are biological in nature and of advanced magic. They found out about Luna separately and didn't know of the sting operation.

The king entrusted those present with missions:
- Luna, her Orc bodyguard and other members of the cult are somewhere in the city; they need to be stopped and investigated. They could be used for another sting.
- Ixis has involvement with this conspiracy - a group will be sent there to investigate their involvement and depths of their treachery.
- The death of the guild members/adventuring parties is too coincidental to be random; there must be someone helping this cult locate strong people for their experiments - the noble houses would need to investigated with the help of the Guilds.
- The materials point towards the East and Granix; an expedition could be led there to see of more could be found out.