Clover’s Log
Time runs short before we must leave to meet my father, so I’ll be brief.
After leaving Brendel behind at the Ghost Waltz to work things out with Lord Kanton, the rest of us plan a jail break for Nesbit. Nyx has things under control as she is able to dispel the magic of his handcuffs, polymorph him into a crow, and coax him through the outside bars straight into Keys’ bag, where we spirit him away into the night. Unfortunately, now that we have him, he won’t give us the information he has for the network, so we send him off to the Golden Plateau to report directly to them. He does inform us that, while in the sewers, he noted a loosened grate behind which he saw miles of clockwork “stuff” going deep into the tunnels. This must be the same grate Brendel was thrown into while we were making our escape. Perhaps worth a return visit.
After saying goodbye to Nesbit, we return to Oman’s house, where we encounter a furious Flick, who tries to lock us out of the house. We apologize for giving her a scare—we’re apparently the first people who have been nice to her without wanting something from her—and comply with her demand for more money and informal title of “boss of the household.” She’s further displeased to discover Ronan has a pet rat, but the fact that he’s named Doodi seems to lessen her irritation.
Deacon Edrik Sablethorn arrives with two angels to finalize the enchantments on our Rift Runner rings. For some reason that escapes me, Oman asks if he’s a vampire and refuses to invite him in, so he comes in of his own volition. Oman is relieved, and we get down to business. Sablethorn goes through the rules of the rings, which boil down to: don’t mess with the rings or he will be notified and react accordingly. The rings have built-in boundaries that we are not to cross unless given permission while we are out there. We cannot remove the rings until we report to Sablethorn after we leave the Rift.
That done, it’s time to plan a heist to retrieve the final dragon scale.