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Chapter One Guide - Part 6

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The Docks District

The guards at the gate will explain that there is an unusual amount of crime in the district but he is unable to offer much help beyond that.

The Seedy Tavern You will learn very quickly that some sort of auction is about to commence in the Seedy Tavern. Rumors are flying around that a cure for the plague is the hot item being auctioned off by Vengaul Bloodsailor, a famous and flamboyant pirate. As a result, the population has gone crazy attempting to gather money to participate. The only problem is trying to get inside the tavern to participate in the auction. The Seedy Tavern is closed to outsiders. The three methods for getting into the tavern are using five Smuggler’s Coins to bribe the pirate at the door, the second is to wear a stolen Bloodsailor Uniform, and the third is use the Tavern Key.

Smuggler’s coins can be found on the bodies of pirates, thugs, and in boxes scattered around this section of town. Collecting five coins is not that difficult and you may want to collect quite a few more in order to buy special weapons, armor and items from a merchant inside the bar.

To obtain a Blood Sailor uniform simply ambush one of the many red-garbed pirates and take their uniform. There is a ship that is docked that has a gang of pirates waiting to be ambushed.

The Tavern Key can be used to gain entrance to the side door of the Seedy Tavern. The Tavern Key is found in Callik’s house in the northeast corner. Callik was Vengaul Bloodsailor’s second in command and has now turned against Vengaul. There are now two factions of Bloodsailors; those who are still loyal to Vengaul and those who follow Callik. Within this house, you can pick up Orders from Callik, which can be used later to gain entrance to the Aqueducts in the search for Vengaul.

Once you gain entrance to the Seedy Tavern, you will learn that the auction has not happened yet and Vengaul is missing. Further investigation of the bar reveals that there is a guarded door leading to the basement. In order to get through the door you must either pick the lock or win a drinking contest in the bar with the half-orc Jalek (you need a Con of 19 to win) to obtain a key. The guard at the door also requires a password to admit you downstairs. You can bribe him, or get the password from Ulfnog, a dwarf, who is located in the tavern’s sauna.

Downstairs you will encounter Dara’nei who is Vengaul’s lover. You should obtain Dara’nei’s Locket which is used to open a locked door at the Silver Sails.

Vengaul

You have two paths you can take at this point to continue the search for Vengaul. The first is using Dara’neiu’s Locket to unlock the door at the Silver Sails to open a passage which leads to a boatmen named, ominously enough, Charon, who will sail you downstream to Vengaul’s secret lair.

The other choice is to go to a door located south of Androd’s Estate, kill the guards, and use the Orders from Callik (you picked up in Callik’s house) to gain access and get you past the gate. Charon will be waiting for you here as well to take you downstream.

Charon’s boat will take you to an area deep within the sewers where Callik and Vengaul are hurling insults at each other. You can kill Callik and his men to end the debate. You finally confront Vengaul and he will most likely send his guards to slay you while he attempts to escape. He will leave an unlocked chest that contains a Cocktrice feather, which is very much in demand for completing the cure for the plague.

Return to Aribeth for the final section of this Chapter.

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