Chapter 5: The Ecstasy of Gold

Scenario Text
You enter Davros, a boom town constructed after a vein of gold was found by the river. There is a robed man putting on a show for the townspeople. The man appears to turn gravel into gold, and throws it indiscriminately towards the audience. After they leave, he talks with his son.

Elijah: The mine owner is definitely coming after us, seeing as we're driving down the value of her property with our alchemy. I'm sure she's ready to run us out of town, or worse. It's too bad we can't fight back against her people in any way, with her being under charter, it would bring us too much trouble. I don't know what to do son, leaving town sounds like a pain.

What do you do?

Calen
Became Michael's bodyguard and helped the Void Crawler collect gold. Because of his lack of stealth, he attracted the attention of some mine guards, which he killed, placing the mine on high alert.

Jack
Jack offered Elijah his support in exchange for gold and asked Ba'az about charter codes and how they might be violated. Elijah declined his offer. Jack was able to use the information that the mine owner had not been properly distributing her profits to her charter lord to blackmail her for hush money.

Jatin
Informed Elijah that he would soon get the mine owner and her men off his back. Jatin then used his knowledge of folklore and the rich woman's clothes to create a disguise resembling Ban-Mun, a demonic bogeyman in local folklore, and rode to the mine at night, declaring that anyone who continued to bother the alchemist would be cursed. Elijah thanked him, and Solomon decided to accompany Jatin on his travels, feeling that he had much to learn from his adventures.

Michael
Michael asked the townsfolk what they knew about the robed man, and they told him he was a local alchemist who periodically produced gold and threw it to bystanders. He then instructed his creature to fetch gold from around the gold-rich town and acquired Calen as a bodyguard.

Nick
Nick read the geology of the area to find veins of gold, then took as much as he could carry, using some to buy a crossbow.

Nicole
Nicole told Elijah and Solomon that she was once a traveling performer and understood their difficulties. She offered them a position in her party and said she could protect them from the mine owner. Unfortunately, she used her hat while Pippin was in earshot, leaving him confused as he was following her because he still believed a previous identity. Pippin ran off and Nicole had to hurry to catch him and re-convince him she was the dead captain's relative.