Harbour Street began to descend and soon lived up to its name as an area around a stone jelly boasted a large galleon pirate ship moored close to the Black Lobster tavern. Boldly stepping out in front of the carriage I was promptly feeling the thrash of the drivers whip as he flew past me, making me lose 1 Stamina. I’ve no idea who Lord Azzur is, but I’m sure he is some kind of gigantic bastard. ‘Make way for Lord Azzur!’ shouted the driver, cracking his whip. Back on the main route of Harbour Street, a thundering horse and carriage was charging down the street. Despite my good will, two wild dogs decided to try and tear my head off as I explored a nearby alley, and so they had to die. Here I decided to double-back and head west down Harbour Street, tossing 1gp into the cup of a beggar as I passed, gaining 1 Luck for sharing the wealth. Electing to play, I had to avoid rolling a 1 on a D6, a ‘close enough’ moment followed as I rolled a 2 and walked away with 20 luxurious gold pieces. If I survived, he’d give me 20gp, otherwise I die and he gets my stuff. Of the six pills presented, one was poisoned, the rest were not and if I wanted to play, I had to choose one to take. On crossing the bridge, I could head East down Candle Street or West down Harbour Street, opting for the former I entered a nearby building which housed a creepy looking man in a black robe and skull-cap who was seemingly running some kind of Russian Roulette style pill-popping game. That’s a lot of encounters I’m gonna need to stumble across to find all those! Nico drew me a map of how to find Zanbar’s tower and I left him to his hut. I was then presented with a shopping list of items a white unicorn in a yellow sun tattoo on my forehead to protect me from his enchanting stare, a silver arrow to paralyse him and a compound made of black pearl, lotus petals and Hag’s hair which should be rubbed into his eyes. Now we can feed Zanbar Bone after midnight without concern, but we can only kill him at night as during the day he exists on another plane.

Nico then broke down the rules of Zanbar Bone, almost like Gremlins. Initially roaring at me with displeasure, Nicodemus soon calmed at the mention of his friend, Owen Carralif, who had sent me from Silverton to kill Zanbar Bone. Then I had to give the guy 2gp for the information that I already had… great! So, after this brief deviation from my goal, I went down to find Nicodemus’ hut hidden behind curtains and a ‘KEEP OUT’ sign. After promising I wasn’t going to rob him, the passage in the book informed me that I was asking where to find Nicodemus. Before I could descend the stairs to find him, I decided to speak to the old man crossing the river. Back on the bridge we find ourselves, armed with the knowledge that the wizard, Nicodemus, resides below it.

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