Bogul's Bruisers Session #23

The group stabled the goats and horses and stayed the night at a local Inn. Getting up the next morning, they did some talking to the locals to discover an archery competition was set to take place in two days' time

• The perennial favorite to win the competition was a woman named Domina tun Real

A woman by the name of Pauline asked Jezria to bless her home due to the presence of a ghost that watcher her from the street every night

• After a blessing from Jezria, Orog offered to stay behind and help the woman clean her home

Meanwhile, Bogul and Tydus ran into Jezzie and Keith from the old Underground gang in Crooked Post who had setup shop in Queen's Meet as demon hunters.

• After a little flirting from Jezzie, she offered to host the group if they ever wanted to do a job together

The group made their way to a show happening near the water as Domina, clearly drunk, was firing arrows off into the ocean.

• Bogul attempted to swindle her but ended up with an arrow in him, which lead to Domina being arrested and Magnus tun Carlsin tending to Bogul's wounds along with Jezria

• In exchange for information about her bow, the group allowed Domina to go free. Magnus offered to buy them dinner that night.

Meanwhile Orog tracked down another citizen who was seeing apparitions in Queen's Meet, an illustrator named Betto. He claimed he was being visited by Sabrina Sharp, the Queen of Ash herself.

• Orog discovered both visitations had begun at the same time, a couple weeks prior

The group attempted to track down information on legendary bows in the city first at the public archives but were directed to the Academy Library. They managed to lie Dayna's way into the library to look for more information.

The group met back up with Orog and went to the Bourbon Barrel for dinner with Magnus, who made a living hunting Ziggurat spies.

• Magnus and Orog had a tense encounter where their conversation seemed to be about something other than what they were saying.

The group received word during dinner that Dayna has uncovered a rumor that Domina's bow hurt her when she fired it, possibly hinting at a connection to the riddle

Magnus explained the archery competition was penance for Domina who was forced to compete due to her war crimes. However, she also covets her bow, so since losing would cause her to relinquish it to the winner, she makes sure she always wins, despite the competition keeping her here.

When Bogul inquired how the group could gain entry to the competition, Magnus explained the public wasn't thrilled with the display earlier, so they'd have to earn some good will from the people

• Magnus suggested one way of doing so would be clearing out a backup in the sewers.

The group headed back to Pauline's to check in and saw the apparition she spoke about standing in the street outside her house. When Jezria attempted to grab it, the apparition turned to goo and attempted to pull her into the sewer.

• Jezria escaped and the group decided to head into the sewers after all.