Dragon Private Sequence 2

Kal decided to follow the lead on the seeress.

He departed Suzail and headed to the town of South Thornthorp, where Geralt's illegal docks are.

He spoke with a man named Winston, who expressed surprise when he identified himself.

Winston led Kal to the seeress's hut.

Kal introduced himself to an old woman inside the hut, who was a handmaiden of the seeress, and not the seeress herself.

She made Kal an earthy sort of tea she claimed to grow herself.

They played the game Go.

The seeress entered about an hour later.

She appeared to be a freckled, red haired young woman. She appeared physically attractive, and 5'10'' in height.

The seeress spoke privately with Kal, and revealed Suotma spoke to her as well. She told him that the people he was traveling were in great danger, and were to be ambushed on the road outside of Valkur's Roar.

Without asking more questions, Kal thanked her and left.

He returned to Suzail.

Kal ventured to the Society of Stalwart adventurers and quickly determined the prices listed for mercenaries for hire was far too steep for his liking and finances.

Instead, he headed to the Laughing Lass tavern, to meet up with a former employer. The employer is a mercenary named Roland Haraldsson.

The tavern appeared to be moderately busy, and had scantily clad women as waitresses. It seemed to be "that kind" of tavern.

Roland had company. Roland introduced his companion as a half-orc cleric of Gruumsh, named Bar-Igbur.

Kal told Roland of his plight, and asked for his assistance.

Without too much deliberation, Roland agreed, on the condition Kal would assist him with a job later. He very briefly described the nature of the job, but did not go into great detail. Partly then and partly later, Kal was told the job was hired by house Darstan. It involved mutinying a Zhentarim ship, and bringing the ship and the cargo inconspicuously back to harbor.

Kal agreed to help Roland with his contract, on the condition Roland help him and his party first.

Roland agreed. He seemed to take this as a binding verbal contract. Bar-Igbur did not explicitly agree to anything, but seemed to go with the flow. He did not ask for payment.

The three of them rented horses from a stable at the docks. They paid for three days.

They set out towards Valkur's Roar.

Instead of waiting and letting the horses rest, Kal decided to make an impromptu stop at the mage's tower, taking a slight detour into the foothills.

He negotiated the horses to be kept within the tower, for a temporary period, and continued on to Valkur's Roar.