The Cracked Die Podcast - Episode 106 - In The City

[00:00:38] Speaker A: Welcome to the hundred and 6th episode of the Cracked Die podcast. [00:00:44] Speaker B: Look at us go, hot dog. [00:00:47] Speaker C: Happy November 25, everyone. [00:00:49] Speaker D: Woo. [00:00:50] Speaker C: It's thanksgiving. Is today thanksgiving? [00:00:52] Speaker D: Is it thanksgiving? [00:00:53] Speaker A: Today's. [00:00:54] Speaker E: It would be thanksgiving. [00:00:55] Speaker C: Oh, shit. We gotta get a turkey. [00:00:56] Speaker F: Wait a minute. [00:00:57] Speaker D: All right, I'll be right back. I will also leave midway through this episode, but only to get a turkey. [00:01:02] Speaker A: Bye. [00:01:03] Speaker B: Who will go find some stuffing? [00:01:06] Speaker A: Okay, Heidi, you bring up a very important question. [00:01:10] Speaker B: Oh, no, what I have. [00:01:12] Speaker A: Yes. [00:01:12] Speaker B: Is it about stuffing? [00:01:14] Speaker A: It is about stuffing. Are you. So there's two types of people in the world for thanksgiving. Stuffing. [00:01:21] Speaker D: Okay. [00:01:21] Speaker A: So actually, first off, let's say this. It's America Thanksgiving because Canada has thanksgiving at a different time of the year. So America Thanksgiving is today. Now, there are two types of people who have stuffing for the holidays. This is actually going to be a two part question. There's four types of stuffing in the world. Stuffing. One is homemade, like breadcrumbs and all that. Or option two, stovetop stuffing. Which does everyone prefer? [00:01:53] Speaker E: I'm a stovetop gal, mostly because I don't have the energy to make stuffing. [00:01:57] Speaker D: I'm guessing stovetop is a brand. I'm sorry, I'm not from the US and or Canada. [00:02:03] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a box, correct? [00:02:05] Speaker C: It's amazing. [00:02:06] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a box stuffing. Yeah. [00:02:08] Speaker D: Okay. Because I guess the only stuffing I've had is homemade since we've had Thanksgiving esque celebrations at home. Because my mother is a sweetheart and wanted excuses to make turkey and stuffing and the like, and her stuffing is delightful. Mom, I don't think you listen to this, but I love you. Thank you so much for your delightful stuffing. [00:02:31] Speaker A: Aww. Aw. [00:02:35] Speaker D: Also, please don't listen to early episodes because Briana's mom is totally not you. [00:02:42] Speaker E: Please start at 106. [00:02:44] Speaker D: Yes. [00:02:45] Speaker E: No, to start at 106. [00:02:47] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:48] Speaker C: Everyone knows 106 is when a podcast gets good, right? [00:02:51] Speaker D: Yeah, absolutely. [00:02:52] Speaker E: What are you. [00:02:53] Speaker A: What are you doing? [00:02:53] Speaker D: Listening or listen backwards? There you go. [00:02:56] Speaker E: Oh, yeah. [00:02:56] Speaker A: There you go. [00:02:59] Speaker D: That won't be confusing at all. [00:03:01] Speaker A: Nope. Matt, what are you? Are you a homemade stuffing gal or are you a stovetop stuffing gal? [00:03:08] Speaker C: So I would say that that is a question because growing up, so like many people, I'm sure my parents are not together any longer. So I had thanksgiving at my mother's house or at that family, I should say. And then thanksgiving with my father's family. And those were different experiences because my mother's family doesn't really do stuffing like you would traditionally. See, we do potato filling, which is different. And then on my father's side. Just imagine stuffing, but the primary ingredient is butter, and that's what it's like. Now, I have to tell you that that might sound gross, but what I will tell you is that was fucking delicious. It's probably really bad for you, but it's like. Like one of those things, like, if you're doing, like, thanksgiving leftovers, that butter stuffing was the thing that was like, I guess I'll put some. Have some turkey to make it seem like I'm not just eating this butter stuffing, but that's what it was like. So potato filling is basically mashed potatoes, but it's got, like, the stuffing almost mixed into it. [00:04:16] Speaker D: Oh, delicious. [00:04:17] Speaker C: So that sounds delicious. It's different. I don't. I don't know if it's why that is, if it's cultural or friendly recipe or what, but that's just kind of my experience. So I hate to be that person. It's always like, well, actually, I'm not going to answer your question, but that wasn't really. [00:04:32] Speaker E: Can I answer your question with that question? [00:04:34] Speaker C: Yeah. I would say, like, if I was doing it myself and I had to pick either tradition, like homemade stuffing or stovetop, I would probably go for stovetop only because of expediency more than anything else. [00:04:45] Speaker E: But you could then make potato stuffing with instant mashed potatoes and soap tops. [00:04:48] Speaker C: I could. Potato fillings. It's definitely a thing that I've never heard of anybody else who knows what I'm talking about when I talk about it, but if you're out there and you know what I'm talking about. I see you. I know that you're not alone. [00:05:01] Speaker D: Matt's email is Matt thecracked eye.com. let him know. [00:05:06] Speaker E: Potato filling support group. [00:05:08] Speaker D: Yes. [00:05:09] Speaker A: So. So I just googled potato filling, and once I waded through some less than savory things, because it's the Internet. [00:05:20] Speaker D: Oh, right. [00:05:20] Speaker A: It looks like it's a Pennsylvania Dutch filling. Potato filling recipes are what I'm seeing. [00:05:26] Speaker C: That would make sense. That's where my family's from. Okay. [00:05:29] Speaker A: Okay, cool. There you go. So, pencil. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch thing. So, Rob, are you a homemade or stovetop stuffing person? [00:05:40] Speaker F: Turkey. [00:05:42] Speaker A: Turkey person. [00:05:45] Speaker F: Turkey. [00:05:46] Speaker A: Heidi. [00:05:47] Speaker B: If it's got bread and butter in it, I'm there. I'd also like to point out I live in the south now, and there's a thing called dressing down here, which apparently is very different from stuffing. Stuffing is made, usually inside the turkey. Dressing is made outside of the turkey. [00:06:07] Speaker E: Well, I think you stumbled into part two of Sean's question. [00:06:10] Speaker A: Yes, you did. [00:06:11] Speaker B: Cool. [00:06:12] Speaker A: So I'm a stovetop person because I'm garbage. [00:06:18] Speaker D: No, no, no. [00:06:19] Speaker C: Lazy's not garbage, Sean. It's lazy. We could be lazy. [00:06:22] Speaker A: No, no, no. Sorry. I'm sorry. There was a comma in that. I like stovetop. Also. I'm garbage. [00:06:28] Speaker C: Okay. [00:06:29] Speaker A: Sorry. Just. [00:06:30] Speaker C: Yeah, nothing to do with one another. Just wanted to let you know. [00:06:33] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. So, Heidi, that is part two of the question. Are you an in the bird stuffing person or an out of the bird? I guess it would be called dressing person. This causes controversy in my family. There are knockdown, drag out fights over this. [00:06:52] Speaker D: Huh. [00:06:53] Speaker E: I mean, my mother is, like, deathly afraid of in the stuff. In the turkey stuffing. [00:06:58] Speaker C: Does she think she's gonna get, like, salmonella? [00:07:00] Speaker A: Salmonella? [00:07:01] Speaker E: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:07:02] Speaker A: Oh. [00:07:02] Speaker E: She is absolutely convinced that if, like, the stuffing goes anywhere near the turkey before the turkey is out of the oven, bad things will happen. [00:07:09] Speaker C: Okay. [00:07:09] Speaker A: So my father is a food safety inspector. [00:07:14] Speaker D: I see. [00:07:15] Speaker A: So that's real fun to cook for. [00:07:18] Speaker D: Oh, my. [00:07:20] Speaker E: Yeah. But your dad's favorite treat when he comes to visit us is a dirty water dog. [00:07:25] Speaker D: What's that? [00:07:26] Speaker E: That's what they call the hot dog stands in New York City because. [00:07:30] Speaker D: Oh, right, right, right. I thought it was, like, a recipe. [00:07:33] Speaker A: No, he's. He's not consistent on his things. But my mother and I prefer our stuffing, as Heidi has taught me. Now, as stuffing in the bird, my father is like, nope, that's not. I'm gonna get sick, and you're gonna die. And we have, every thanksgiving, there's a nice little loud conversation. That's what I'm gonna call it, about where the stuffing is or dressing would go. And my mother has to make him his own special dressing outside of the bird while the rest of us gorge ourselves on in the bird stuffing. [00:08:11] Speaker C: So anybody here done oyster stuffing before? [00:08:13] Speaker F: Yes. I like that. [00:08:14] Speaker C: So that is so what? Okay, so aside from the potato filling at my thanksgiving, there's also oyster stuffing, which is, like, you would assume, like, regular stuffing. It's a much smaller portion. So normally, when I think of, like, stuffing, like, it's one of the dishes, right? That's kind of where the potato filling goes in instead. And there's a small portion of what is known as oyster stuffing, which is a lot like stuffing, but it's got oysters mixed into it, and that does get cooked in the bird, but it's a very small, so it's not, like, something you would eat a large portion of. It's just kind of like a little dollop you would put on the side kind of a thing. [00:08:45] Speaker A: Oh, that looks amazing. All right, guys, this episode's over. I'm gonna go make potato filling and oyster stuffing. [00:08:53] Speaker C: They're good, man. [00:08:53] Speaker D: Happy thanksgiving, everyone. [00:08:55] Speaker C: I had a great growing up eating. [00:08:59] Speaker A: God, I'm gonna be, like 9000 pounds after this episode. Well, audience, happy american Thanksgiving and send us your favorite foods for the holiday Thanksgiving. [00:09:16] Speaker E: It's one of those really weird, like, happy, just another propaganda day. [00:09:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:23] Speaker C: It's a very specific meal too. Like, you eat any of this stuff normally, yeah. Speaking of which, I want to get to the real, the real deal breaker, the real, like, knives out question about your thanksgiving, though, which is cranberry sauce. Do you like gelatinous cranberry sauce that looks like the can once it's out of the can? Or do you like homemade cranberry sauce? [00:09:49] Speaker B: Homemade. [00:09:53] Speaker A: I'm gonna be that guy and I don't care what style my cranberry sauce is in. Just put it in my mouth. [00:10:00] Speaker C: Fair enough. [00:10:02] Speaker A: Rub my throat like a dog trying to take a pill and I will just eat all the cranberry sauce. [00:10:08] Speaker B: Okay. [00:10:09] Speaker C: I gotta say. Well, then I'm in a very. The canned stuff tends to be sweeter and it's, there's no chance of getting, like, texture in it if you hate texture. But other than that, like, if either one of them is my plate, I'm super happy about it. [00:10:27] Speaker A: I I will say for thanksgiving, I'm the only one in the family who eats cranberry sauce with Christine's family. [00:10:36] Speaker C: Wow. [00:10:36] Speaker A: And her mother. Her mother makes me cranberry sauce. My own little thing. Like, and that's a lot of work she does for that too. And it. Because she, like, she does make home. Makes it. Yeah. And it's so good. [00:10:52] Speaker C: One thing I found fairly recently was somebody I know puts oranges in it just. Just a little bit. [00:10:58] Speaker E: Oh, yeah. [00:10:58] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:10:59] Speaker A: She does too. Yeah. [00:11:00] Speaker D: My mom puts apples. Nope. Just kidding. We're still talking about cranberry sauce. My brain was still dreaming about her stuffing. Yep. Which she puts apples and rosemary and bacon. [00:11:12] Speaker C: Have we gone 50 minutes yet? Are we done? [00:11:14] Speaker A: Yeah. I think this is. Thanks for listening to episode 106, the gang talks about Thanksgiving. [00:11:20] Speaker E: I mean, I feel like at this point we just have, like, a small mini patreon content episode about Thanksgiving food. [00:11:28] Speaker F: I just put the turkey in the oven. So I got another good three to 5 hours. So if you want to keep going. [00:11:36] Speaker A: All right, well, we'll go a little long today then. In our last episode, you all got on ooh's new boat. [00:11:47] Speaker E: Some of us got off on ooh's new boat. [00:11:50] Speaker A: Yes, you got off on mermaid, but you also plant bake oyster stuffing. Anyway. [00:12:01] Speaker C: Yeah, I don't think we're getting stuffed though. [00:12:04] Speaker A: Before all that though, Saraya was speaking with your Nidal diplomat, Nidalees. Nidalee's companion and kind of made friends with him, wants you to check in on him while he's in contago if you have free time. And he's also offered. You found out he was a cleric of Zon Kuthon. He's decided to hold some spells to the side for you in case you all get hurt while you're there, which is a one third level heal spell, two second level heal spells, and three first level heal spells every day. So that was nice. And then U and Soraya went off to do their thing. Twintalena was hanging out in the pterodactyl's nest and getting to Sani to go fishing for them, for the whole crew. Brianna was kind of stewing in her. Her bunk and knife sword was in the backpack, resting. [00:13:06] Speaker F: Wasn't I steering the ship? [00:13:07] Speaker A: Oh, yes. And you were taking turns steering the ship with. With twin Talon. And you were also trying. [00:13:13] Speaker C: I made him a tiny ship wheel to go next to it so he feels like he's contributing. [00:13:17] Speaker A: And you also tried to learn a new spell which didn't work because you don't actually learn spells. You're just innate in your body and. [00:13:24] Speaker D: Brain and blood, the fire and wind and. [00:13:28] Speaker E: Sorry. [00:13:29] Speaker A: You all arrived successfully at the silver city, which is contargo. Now, I'm hoping this worked. You should all see a map on foundry. Yes. Unfoundry. [00:13:40] Speaker C: Got it. [00:13:42] Speaker A: Everyone sees a map. Yes, very Constantinople in while this is Contago. [00:13:48] Speaker C: It's Istanbul, dude. Come on. [00:13:50] Speaker A: Istanbul was Contago long time ago. [00:13:55] Speaker B: Key Largo. [00:13:55] Speaker A: Alright, Montego, baby. [00:13:58] Speaker C: Why don't we go down to Kintar? Go. [00:14:01] Speaker A: So let me. [00:14:02] Speaker C: Okay. [00:14:03] Speaker A: Kind of try and paint a. Let me paint. Paint a word picture here. So on the map in front of you, you should see the city of Contago. You actually sailed in from the north coming down south. It is split into two sections. The northern section is more of the shopping district and the schooling and shipyards and everything like that. And the southern district is where most of the housing is located. To the south, you have this domed building that is the Kentarga Opera house. There's also this black roofed building which is called the people's Temple. [00:14:49] Speaker C: Is it like the people's elbow? [00:14:51] Speaker A: No. This dock that you see in the north, near the walled city, which is indeed the posh neighborhood, this single dock is the shipyards where you would sail into. Okay, so as you sail into Contago, you're approach, you are waved at by the harbor master, asking you how long you're going to be here, what your intentions are, etcetera. [00:15:25] Speaker F: Cool. [00:15:25] Speaker B: I'm here until I damn well please. All right, thanks. [00:15:33] Speaker A: Is this a. Is this planning on being a long visit or a short visit? [00:15:37] Speaker B: It's however long I won't visit. [00:15:40] Speaker A: Okay. Basically this is like the ship valet. He's like, do I need to put you in long term parking or short term parking? [00:15:48] Speaker B: Baby, you just put me in long term park and you just sit right there. You just look beautiful. Okay. All right, thanks. [00:15:56] Speaker A: So, yeah, you guys are in Contago. Oh, let me. Let me just give you a couple of other major things about this map. To the very north, right outside the walls, this grassy area that is called Kite Hill. This road coming down from north to south is called the Knight Road, which is the main thoroughfare throughout most of Contago. [00:16:22] Speaker C: Could you clarify very quickly, is it knight with a k or knighthood with an n? [00:16:26] Speaker A: N I g h t. Okay, the big walled in building in the southern point. This is Castle Contago. [00:16:35] Speaker C: Little on the nose, but okay, look. [00:16:39] Speaker A: This road leading out of the southern section in the bottom of the map is called Ravenule Road. It heads to. You'll never guess where. [00:16:48] Speaker C: Ravenel. [00:16:49] Speaker A: Yep. [00:16:50] Speaker C: I mean, this is Ravenel, so I don't. [00:16:52] Speaker A: Yeah, well, more areas within Ravenel. And this is called the Argo isle. [00:16:58] Speaker C: To the south of the city? [00:16:59] Speaker A: Yes, to the south of the city. Okay, so y'all land here and what do you want to do? [00:17:06] Speaker C: Try to help get everything that the Middle east ambassador brought on off of the boat. [00:17:11] Speaker A: Now, do you help him take it off the boat or do you just push it overboard? [00:17:14] Speaker C: No, no, I help him get it to the dock so he can fuck off on his own in pay us. [00:17:18] Speaker A: Okay, he does. He pays you in. He pays you 20 gold for escorting him, and he also tells Saraya where he will be staying. The name of the inn is the counting house. [00:17:34] Speaker C: Sounds like an Abbott temple. [00:17:36] Speaker D: Yeah, right. [00:17:37] Speaker C: Well, good luck. [00:17:38] Speaker E: Well, thank you. Do you know much about the city or is this your first time visiting? [00:17:43] Speaker A: This is my first time visiting. However, the harbor master does seem to know and is able to direct you to where you would like to go or answer any questions you might have. [00:17:55] Speaker E: Thank you. Safe travels. Good luck. [00:17:59] Speaker A: Thank you. I do hope to see you soon. Or again. If you need anything, please feel free to let me know. I don't think I ever showed you a picture of this guy. [00:18:10] Speaker C: Is that a piercing in his lower lip? [00:18:11] Speaker D: Yep. [00:18:12] Speaker C: Okay. I just don't know if he like a makeup on or if it was a piercing. [00:18:16] Speaker A: No, that's a. It looks like a jade ring. [00:18:19] Speaker C: Ring. [00:18:20] Speaker A: Lip ring to match his piercing green eyes. [00:18:23] Speaker C: All right, so I guess we should ask the dock master whereabouts. Well, I want to know two questions. One, where is the counting house? And two, where is sunset imports? [00:18:37] Speaker A: Okay, so the harbor master looks at you. [00:18:41] Speaker B: Ah. [00:18:42] Speaker A: First time visitors, huh? [00:18:44] Speaker E: Is it that obvious? [00:18:45] Speaker A: Yes. Uh, so, uh, Cantargo is broken into two sections. We have living quarters to the south and more, uh, business like districts to the north. You are currently at the Vashnarstil shipyard. The easiest way to cross between the two districts is to use the bleak bridge. Sunset imports. Sunset imports. Uh, that sounds like it's. It's gonna be more to your. To the southwest. That sounds like where it is. Not a lot's been going on there for a while, but, yeah, I vaguely remember it. Kind of directly to the west here is one of our most famous shops. It's called the war cage. It's a. It's a wonderful weapon. And armory shop. We have the alabaster academy to the northwest. If you're looking for a beautiful open air market, that's to the north. That's called the Newt market. Let's see, what else? Cantargo Opera House. If you're looking to take in some music and arts, that's down to our cross in the other district, but is well worth the trip down there. We also have the people's temple. If you're looking to worship while you're here. [00:20:13] Speaker C: Worship what exactly? [00:20:15] Speaker A: Originally, that was a temple to Aridan, and then when he kind of looks around, the former government was here. It was transformed into a temple of Asmodeus. However, it's currently under renovations to become our government capital. [00:20:34] Speaker C: The temple is. [00:20:35] Speaker A: Yes. [00:20:36] Speaker C: Okay. [00:20:37] Speaker A: Hmm. It's. It's. It's a. The temple of the people. For the people. So that. That's where the government. Government is working out of. It's technically called the administrative and civic center of Ravenel, but we all just call it the people's temple. [00:20:54] Speaker E: Okay, interesting. [00:20:56] Speaker D: I see there. [00:20:58] Speaker A: And if you really want to head way down south, there is the house of truth and clarity. [00:21:07] Speaker C: And why might I want to go there. [00:21:08] Speaker A: It's our courthouse, but it is a very lovely courthouse. Its reopening was a hugely symbolic gesture when it was reopened after the former governor governing body was removed. It's one of the first public acts undertaken by our silver council. [00:21:31] Speaker C: So any unusual laws or rules we should be aware of while we're us being outsiders in Contago, we're generally lawful city. [00:21:45] Speaker A: So some of the basic rules. We have very little tolerance for slavery here, which is a sticking point, as the old governing body was very fond of that type of punishment. [00:22:00] Speaker D: And pray, I do not know my history that well. What was the previous governing body? Was it at all chalaxian? [00:22:07] Speaker A: Uh, yes, it. [00:22:09] Speaker D: Brianna is not happy. [00:22:13] Speaker A: We were ruled by House thrune. And you see him kind of like, as he says the name house thrune, he kind of whispers it as if not to, like, invoke Voldemort. [00:22:27] Speaker D: Yeah, Priena will definitely bristle at the name, having heard of it even in the colonial town of Crevosa that she and Twintallen grew up in. Indeed. I am glad to hear that your city is under new management, let us say. [00:22:51] Speaker A: Yeah, you and me both. [00:22:53] Speaker C: So great. Good to know. What if we do find some slavery happening? What should we do? [00:22:59] Speaker A: Well, the best idea would be to contact the local authorities and let them know so that we can send in our town's guard. However, should things need to be taken and dealt with immediately. As long as you have proof of these things, we have no problem with it. [00:23:24] Speaker C: All right, great. [00:23:25] Speaker A: We prefer people being brought in as deposed as opposed to being disposed of. However, we do understand as long as. Again, as long as there's proof, the guards generally don't have a problem. [00:23:39] Speaker C: Good to know. All right, well, off we go. [00:23:41] Speaker A: So you guys can head there directly. You can try and find an inn to rest in. You can also try and gather information or research things about Ravnul and any place in particular you would like to look in. [00:24:00] Speaker C: Sure. [00:24:01] Speaker E: Do we want to? Yeah, see what we can hear on the streets, basically about sunset trading. [00:24:07] Speaker C: Yeah, absolutely. [00:24:08] Speaker D: I mean, do we know where we're going to be staying slash our base of operations? [00:24:13] Speaker A: Well, while we're here, we don't know. [00:24:16] Speaker C: How long we're going to be here. So, I mean, it might just be like we go there, we punch a guy in the face, and then we go home. I don't. But in the meantime, we could always bunk at the ship for now. Or if we get there, decide that it's a longer process, then we can find someplace. No need to rent a room and then immediately leave. [00:24:36] Speaker D: I feel like Brianna would feel safer and better on the ship than she would staying in town. [00:24:43] Speaker B: Don't worry, baby. [00:24:44] Speaker D: I'll protect you. Oh, don't you start with me. Ooh. [00:24:55] Speaker B: I'm not starting anything. [00:24:57] Speaker D: I'm just saying I appreciate it. And I also have your back if necessary. [00:25:02] Speaker A: Okay. So if you would like to do a gather information. [00:25:09] Speaker C: I would like to gather information about sunset imports, but also this building right here, which is, like, tucked in behind a bunch of walls. [00:25:17] Speaker A: Oh, that. Oh, that building right there. Okay. [00:25:20] Speaker C: On the north side. It just looks very odd. [00:25:23] Speaker E: Yeah, it's like. [00:25:24] Speaker A: And just so you know, there are places on this map that I have not marked out that do exist that you could find out. All right, so. All right, so Twintalon is researching sunset imports and the weird single building that is to the southwest tucked in behind some walls. Gotcha. Christine, what does Serea want to do? [00:25:46] Speaker E: I think she's also going to be seeing what she can learn about sunset imports and seeing if there is. How much of an undercurrent of the old ways are still around, especially considering that's what he was talking about. [00:26:06] Speaker A: Hiya. [00:26:07] Speaker D: I feel like Brianna wouldn't leave Twintallon alone to search any weird buildings by himself, so she would probably go with him. [00:26:17] Speaker A: Sounds good. So gather information as well. Heidi. [00:26:21] Speaker B: Somebody take me with them. I don't want to be alone. [00:26:27] Speaker E: Do you. Do you want to come with me? Ooh, yeah. [00:26:31] Speaker A: Yes. And knife, sword. What would you like to do? [00:26:38] Speaker F: I'm gonna go look and see if I can find a refuse pile. [00:26:41] Speaker C: Oh, no. [00:26:44] Speaker F: I just want to see, you know, I want to go through the archives and see what I can find. [00:26:50] Speaker E: The archives? [00:26:51] Speaker F: Well, like old newspapers throwing away scrolls. [00:26:54] Speaker C: I mean, as weird as that is. [00:26:57] Speaker A: It'S not bad, actually. [00:26:58] Speaker C: Really interesting. I don't think really that's gonna explore a lot, but I would say that what people throw out does. Would tell you a lot of. [00:27:06] Speaker A: Yeah, true. [00:27:08] Speaker F: Well, I grew up in a trash pile. It's kind of, you know, second nature. [00:27:11] Speaker D: All right, hero point. [00:27:13] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, absolutely. Hero point for knife source. [00:27:16] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:27:17] Speaker A: Puts them at two hero points. Nice. Oh, also, everyone is going to get a hero point, by the way, a second hero point for your incredible role playing on the boat and getting all of the information out of the kyle that was with you. [00:27:37] Speaker D: Well, I refused the second hero point as Brianna was seething and brooding and I wasn't here. [00:27:45] Speaker A: So that was role playing? No. Okay, I'll take it away. All right. Let's gather some information. Oh, I make the roll. I forgot. [00:27:59] Speaker D: Oh. [00:28:00] Speaker A: Oh. It's a secret roll. [00:28:02] Speaker E: Yay. [00:28:03] Speaker A: Okay, so you are all. I'm gonna roll some secret gather information checks for you. All right, so I'm going to start with twin Talon. And as I read more things, I'll let you know when people start. When people start not knowing these things. So everyone knows the first bit and then I'll put a break it and let you know. So Matt and everyone. Actually, sunset imports has been operated by the Vashem Narstill family for decades, during which time it has been a leading business in Contago, bringing in arcadian goods for distribution throughout Cheliax. The business foremost client used to be house thrune. But now that Ravenel has seceded from Cheliax and Tys, house thrune have become complicated. Sunset imports has fallen on hard times. The building that is kind of tucked away behind everything appears to be a guard barracks. [00:29:15] Speaker D: Oh, okay. Makes sense. [00:29:17] Speaker A: It's nicely fortified, but they can still get to at least the northern part of the town. That is all you and Brianna. [00:29:28] Speaker C: So just quick recap. Very. Just real quick. Two things. One, the cloak that we found in the ship had that same name on it, right? [00:29:39] Speaker A: Correct. It is embroidered. [00:29:41] Speaker C: And that name is also the name of the port that we stopped in. [00:29:44] Speaker A: Yes. [00:29:45] Speaker C: Okay. All right. [00:29:46] Speaker A: Ooh, and Soraya, what was the secondary thing you guys were looking into? Steam. Oh. [00:29:53] Speaker E: How much demon worship chile, how much tradition is still. [00:29:57] Speaker A: Still around. [00:29:58] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:29:59] Speaker A: So you find the same stuff out about sunset imports as you explore around, kind of trying to get a feel for how contago as a whole feels for Cheliax and the undercurrent. I guess you will. Cheliax is not very well liked in good. It's. It's. You know, this town is very happy to be their own thing. And it is very like there is a strong undercurrent of fuck those guys. We need to make sure they never come back. Contago citizens have a lot on their minds, particularly when it comes to the ongoing diplomatic talks with Nadal or recent sightings of strange apparitions associated with the rebellion in the city streets and alleys. Some of Contago citizens hope to develop a relationship with Nadal that enriches the city, while others fear that the humble court is making preliminary power moves to annex or assault ravnul. Most people, however, simply don't know what to think at this early point in the political development. The recurring reports of mysterious hauntings include stories of ghostly hellhounds echoes of somber bells, and even visions of Brasali thrun, the tyrant who ruled Contago. For a short time, many fear that Brasali himself may have risen from the grave. This citywide dread isnt exactly helping. The diplomatic talks with Nadal and the combined unrest has made people cautious. So that is what you two find out. Knife. Sword. Yeah. As you dive into the trash pile, you actually have to leave the town a little bit like, you have to go. You actually go outside the walls. You see those barrels to the north? [00:32:04] Speaker F: Mm hmm. [00:32:05] Speaker A: That's kind of where they start dumping things, and that's where the pipe tiles get moved to. So you find a couple of things. First of all, you find. I hate using this convention. You find a journal, there's always a thrown out journal, huh? [00:32:25] Speaker C: Yeah, that's what I do with all my journals. I write in them and I throw them in the garbage so I never have to remember that again. [00:32:31] Speaker A: What I'm gonna say is, you find some old business ledgers. [00:32:34] Speaker C: It's business time. [00:32:35] Speaker D: No. [00:32:36] Speaker A: From sunset imports. [00:32:38] Speaker E: Ooh. [00:32:39] Speaker A: This is what you learn. The varchanels, I keep saying their name differently each time. [00:32:45] Speaker F: I just assumed that every time he pronounced it differently, it was our characters interpreting it like how they would interpret it, you know? [00:32:52] Speaker D: Vashnar still. That's how I would say it. [00:32:54] Speaker A: Vashnarstill. The Vashnarstills have long been proud citizens of contago, but their business is financial. Dependence on house throon made some in the family less than enthusiastic participants in the recent rebellion that resulted in ravenules independence. Unfortunately, even before Ravnules freedom was established, house Thrun cancelled all of sunset imports contracts, costing the business most of their income. While the Vashnar stills responded by working hard to secure an exclusive contract with the city's new leadership, the silver council. In traditional chillaxian fashion, the Vashnar stills sponsored a theatrical banquet and other expensive entertainments. But Ravnall's government, dedicated to principles of liberty in mercantile pursuits, was eager to establish a tradition against the exclusive contracts. The vashnar stills came off as old fashioned and decidedly unpatriotic, costing the family contracts with the silver council as well. Today, sunset imports is a struggling business. The current owner of Sunset imports, Sedrani Vashnarstil, continues to carry herself like a chillaxian aristocrat, seemingly unaware that she is out of fashion, if not downright offensive. In the reborn city, rumors that sunset imports has recently taken on a mysterious new client have begun to circulate in the streets. You also find out that there is a school, a private school called Lady Dakur's school for girls, founded two centuries ago in the village district by a forlorn elf, Lady Malari Dakura. This boarding school for girls is a school that most long for their children to go to. And that is the circle I just put in there to the northwest of the docks. [00:35:02] Speaker C: Okay, cool. By the pond? [00:35:04] Speaker A: Yes. That pond is a part of the campus. [00:35:07] Speaker C: Oh, nice. [00:35:08] Speaker E: We want to meet back up and pool our knowledge. [00:35:10] Speaker C: Yeah, sure. [00:35:10] Speaker E: Decide where to go next. [00:35:12] Speaker D: Sounds good. Is there a. Maybe a bar on the docks? Maybe we can. [00:35:17] Speaker A: Oh, absolutely. There is a. [00:35:18] Speaker C: It's. [00:35:19] Speaker A: It's. I'm not gonna say it's a rough and tumble, because everyone is very lawful here, but you can tell that this bar was fought over during the recent restructuring of the city. It looks like it's been burnt out. But then they. The bar owner came back and rebuilt on top of it, and then, you know, they're still boards on the windows. Nice silk, like, glass shrapnel. And it smells like fish, so it's not. It's not the nicest bar in town, but it is. It is definitely a working man's bar, like, you know what I mean? [00:35:53] Speaker D: Oh, for sure. [00:35:54] Speaker C: I feel like walking down the street near the docks is just like. Tavern, brothel. Tavern, brothel. Ship supplies. Tavern, tavern, brothel. [00:36:03] Speaker A: Brothels are legal in this town, by the way. Yes. [00:36:06] Speaker D: Cool. [00:36:08] Speaker E: Ooh's eyes just getting bigger and bigger and bigger. [00:36:11] Speaker A: I forgot one thing, and I'm gonna say, ooh. Finds this out. Yay. [00:36:16] Speaker C: Of course she gets rolled by a prostitute. [00:36:22] Speaker A: I'm gonna put another thing on the map down here to the west, southwest of where you are, but south more southeast on the map. If you've been listening to this long, you know, I have terrible map directions. You find a place out about a place called Little Miss juries among the bevy of dance halls in Jarvis End, which are often some combination of tavern, brothel, and music venue, this new establishment provides itself on drawing crowds to its dance contests and performances of experimental music. [00:36:53] Speaker D: Originally, I was going to ask about going, perhaps meeting up on one of these rough and tumble bars to see if we can get maybe a bit more information or at least listen in, because I'm sure being an imports company, a lot of contractors would have things to say. [00:37:09] Speaker C: I'm sure they'd have something to say. I don't know how active the company is at this point, but. [00:37:13] Speaker E: Well, if anything, I would say maybe go hobnobbing and see if people are gossiping about the one who's, like, carrying herself. Like, she's still all that. And everyone was like, yeah, she's kind of bitchingly haterdeendeh. [00:37:26] Speaker C: I just can't wait to wave her cloak in her face. [00:37:31] Speaker B: She might come at you for that. [00:37:32] Speaker C: Oh, that's fine. I'll teleport away because I have this cloak that she used to own that. [00:37:36] Speaker E: Let me do that. [00:37:38] Speaker A: So. [00:37:39] Speaker E: Yeah. Do we want to? [00:37:40] Speaker C: Yeah, those oxide bars seems like a good idea. [00:37:42] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:37:43] Speaker C: All right. Onward and dockward. [00:37:46] Speaker A: Head into the dock. The pier bar. And what are you all doing? [00:37:52] Speaker C: Well, coagulating our knowledge. [00:37:55] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:37:55] Speaker A: Okay, so you all share and drinking. [00:37:58] Speaker C: I think that's a fair assessment, yeah. [00:38:01] Speaker D: Brianna will head to the bar and speak to the person behind it to get, I don't know, ales all around. [00:38:09] Speaker A: All right. [00:38:10] Speaker E: Jasper is practicing conversation with people who are already drunk so they're less likely to notice if he messes up. [00:38:16] Speaker B: Who's looking for a game of, like, knives or darts or, you know, stabby McStaberson drinking? [00:38:24] Speaker A: As you enter this bar, you see that there is a portly dwarf behind the bar. You see he's wearing an eye patch. He has maybe, if he's lucky, three teeth, maybe. [00:38:41] Speaker C: Now, this is a real bar. [00:38:42] Speaker D: It's lessen. Mm hmm. [00:38:44] Speaker A: There's a dartboard on the wall. In fact, on the wall, there's something here that I want. All right, so on the dartboard, you see a drawing. So on the dartboard is a picture. It is a circle with red lines and what looks like drop of blood. [00:39:16] Speaker D: Hmm. [00:39:17] Speaker C: Is it something that we recognize? [00:39:20] Speaker A: One of you is a hell knight historian, correct? [00:39:23] Speaker D: Yeah. [00:39:24] Speaker A: Great. Give me a role. [00:39:29] Speaker C: What role would you like? Because as a hell night historian, I got architecture lore. [00:39:33] Speaker A: Great. That's perfect. Give me a. Actually, you know what? Give me either architecture lore or society. One of the two. Whatever you would prefer. [00:39:48] Speaker C: Society is one point higher, so I'll go with that. 23 or seven for a 23. [00:39:53] Speaker A: 23. So you know that this the symbol for the hell knight order called the order of the rack. [00:40:06] Speaker C: And this symbol is on the dartboard. Like people are throwing darts at it. [00:40:09] Speaker A: Yes. [00:40:10] Speaker C: Oh, awesome. [00:40:11] Speaker D: An old gift. [00:40:12] Speaker C: This is gonna be my new favorite place. [00:40:15] Speaker A: And I shared the picture with you guys. [00:40:17] Speaker E: What is the order of the rack? [00:40:19] Speaker B: First it goes your left boob, and then it goes your right. [00:40:24] Speaker E: Oh, so the picture is just pasties. [00:40:27] Speaker A: Yes. So with your 23, the order the Iraq inherited Diadin rules, endless quest to destroy wasteful knowledge and intolerant idealism before it can affect the simplicity of everyday life. They usually did so via book burnings and the suppression of rebellious groups. [00:40:50] Speaker D: Fun. [00:40:52] Speaker C: They're a bunch of book burning religious persecutors. [00:40:56] Speaker A: Yep. You know something? Twin Talon loves the hell nights. The hell nights. Great. And as you look kind of towards the castle in the distance, you realize that some of its architecture, with your architecture lore, kind of looks like a citadel. You know, like, maybe that used to be a hell night citadel. Or maybe it still is a hell night citadel. Who knows? [00:41:24] Speaker C: All right, well, I doubt it's still a hello, Knight Citadel. But when town will ask around about what people know about the order of the rack and also who lives in that castle there. [00:41:34] Speaker A: So while you're doing that, Soraya, what are you doing in the bar? [00:41:38] Speaker E: He's just listening for any juicy gossip, okay? Especially if Cedrano made an ass of herself recently. [00:41:46] Speaker C: Okay. [00:41:47] Speaker A: Hiya. What is Brianna doing? [00:41:49] Speaker D: I believe she's still getting the drinks. [00:41:52] Speaker A: Okay. I mean, this is kind of over, like, ten minutes, so. [00:41:56] Speaker D: Well, how busy is this bar? [00:41:58] Speaker A: It's not. Not great. [00:42:02] Speaker D: Okay. [00:42:02] Speaker A: It's not super busy. It's like. It's like noon right now. Okay, so even after spending time getting. You guys got in around, like, seven in the morning. It took a yden, like an hour or so to get everything set up for the boat. And you all went and gathered all this information to the different parts of the town, and now you've met back up around noon. It's not a heavy drinking. I mean, it's always a heavy drinking time in these towns, but it's not a super heavy drinking. [00:42:29] Speaker D: Brianna will be on the just general listing as well. Maybe see if she can insert. I don't know. Yeah, just listing, I guess. [00:42:39] Speaker A: Okay. Ooh. What are you doing? [00:42:41] Speaker B: Did. Did I play a card game yet with somebody? Did I. [00:42:44] Speaker A: No, you have not. Do you want to play a card game or do you want to throw darts? [00:42:47] Speaker B: I want to. Ooh, throw darts at things. Let's throw the darts. [00:42:52] Speaker A: All right. And knife. Sword. [00:42:55] Speaker F: I'm gonna come running in the door. You're gonna hear a squelch. Squelch, squelch. Squelch, squelch. [00:43:00] Speaker D: Oh, no. [00:43:01] Speaker C: Aw, it smells like he's with us. [00:43:03] Speaker D: Oh, no. [00:43:05] Speaker F: Hey, guys, I found some stuff. There's some lovely filth over there. [00:43:10] Speaker D: Oh. Oh, no. [00:43:11] Speaker A: Oh, boy. [00:43:13] Speaker B: That's my boy. [00:43:14] Speaker F: I'm gonna waddle up to the table and slap down the journal and other relevant papers. [00:43:21] Speaker A: Okay. [00:43:22] Speaker F: And I'm gonna, like, you know, sort of shake off all the muck and, you know, old food that I've been crawling through. [00:43:31] Speaker C: You couldn't have done that before you got into the bar? [00:43:33] Speaker D: No fun with that guy. [00:43:35] Speaker C: All right, cool. Great. [00:43:36] Speaker A: You hear the dwarf? [00:43:42] Speaker D: Apologies. Friend Brian will put down some work coin, like, for the damages that our friend has done. [00:43:53] Speaker A: All right, Matt, give me a diplomacy check. All right, Saraya, give me a diplomacy check. Okay. Ooh, I'm sorry. You're listening, right, Soraya? [00:44:07] Speaker E: Yeah. Was it diplomacy or society or perception? Because I'm listening to see if someone in high society has been an idiot. [00:44:15] Speaker A: Okay, you can get your choice. You can give me either society, perception, or diplomacy if you want to chat some people up. Ooh, give me an athletics role. [00:44:27] Speaker B: 29. [00:44:27] Speaker A: Right? Twintellen, what did you get? [00:44:29] Speaker C: So I finally rolled above a ten, so I got a 26. [00:44:33] Speaker A: Great. Saraya. [00:44:35] Speaker E: 30. [00:44:35] Speaker A: 30. All right, so we'll start with. Ooh, you kind of step up to the dart board, and you see that there is a gnome and a half lane who kind of look up at you and fancy a game just, like, towering over them. [00:44:54] Speaker B: Yes, I would love a game. [00:44:56] Speaker A: Excellent. Five silver to play in. And winner gets to keep the pot. [00:45:04] Speaker B: Here on little man. [00:45:05] Speaker A: Excellent. All right, so you threw. You rolled a 29. Let's see what there. So the gnome throws and doesn't even hit the board like you. As you look closer, you notice that there are more holes around the board and, like, under the board than there are actually in the board. Now, the halfling steps up to play you and throws just a little bit better than you. And he. He wins. And he takes the pot and he goes. Oh, I thank you kindly for the game. Would you like to play again? [00:45:50] Speaker B: Double or nothing. [00:45:51] Speaker A: Oh, okay. He pulls out a pipe and starts smoking it. All right, next, Surreya, with the 30. You. You find out that there has been a. There's rumors that. That sunset imports and the Vash narstills are starting to get money in again. And the rumor has it that they're working with Cheliaks to bring in money because they're still of the old ways. You also hear that Sidrani doesn't really leave sunset imports, and also, most of the people who worked for them at some point have been let go or fired. [00:46:40] Speaker E: Interesting. [00:46:41] Speaker A: Which has never been the case before. Matt? [00:46:45] Speaker C: Yes. [00:46:46] Speaker A: You learn that the. The order of the rack has been indeed removed from the town and is no longer here. And they're no longer welcomed here. However, there are. There is an order of the torrent here. [00:47:03] Speaker C: Order of the torrent. [00:47:05] Speaker A: T o r r e n t. Yes. Order of the torrent. [00:47:08] Speaker C: And what do I know? People think about them. [00:47:11] Speaker A: They're tolerated here. They are. They have a reputation for rescuing abducted people. Its leader has been missing since Brazali Thrun, the lord mayor, the old lord mayor here brought this order of the rack to the city. You also know that they have been stripped of their charter and that most of their that. And that the members of this order have been declared outlaws in Cheliaks. [00:47:46] Speaker C: Huh. [00:47:47] Speaker D: This specific count night order? [00:47:49] Speaker A: Yes. [00:47:50] Speaker D: Fascinating. [00:47:51] Speaker C: So maybe Twintalon doesn't hate all hell knights. I don't know. He's gonna have to. He'll give him a chance. [00:47:56] Speaker A: Okay. [00:47:59] Speaker C: Anybody, any order of the hell knights that the other hell knights don't like is worth at least talking to. [00:48:05] Speaker A: At this point in time. I will say, hey, if people are really interested in the hell knights, and Kintargo specifically, and all of the hell knights that we're talking about, would recommend going back to Pathfinder one and playing through. I want to say hell's rebels. [00:48:30] Speaker D: I believe you're right. [00:48:31] Speaker C: There are two. Yes, there's hells. [00:48:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:48:35] Speaker C: That'S the other one. [00:48:36] Speaker A: Yeah, I would recommend going back and playing through or reading through hell's rebels. Not my players, not you guys. [00:48:43] Speaker C: What's that? [00:48:44] Speaker A: What's that? [00:48:45] Speaker C: I shouldn't be opening these PDF's. No. What? Okay. [00:48:47] Speaker A: Nope, nope, nope, nope. Hell's rebels. [00:48:50] Speaker F: That's very interesting. [00:48:52] Speaker A: Ties into this ap a little bit. Or at least this book of the AP a little bit. So if. If you've heard these names before, these are events that have happened in the game in the past. So just a little fun fact. [00:49:07] Speaker D: That is pretty cool. [00:49:08] Speaker C: It's nice when one adventure path, you know, like the echoes of it you are seeing in later ones, not just like, individual stories. So just to remember, their leader is gone and he's missing. Ever since the old chillaxian house brought a different group of hell knights into the city and then they left. They got kicked out or whatever. [00:49:28] Speaker A: Yeah. So the order of the torrent was stationed here in Contago. Then house Thrune, which was led by Brasali Thrun, came in and brought in the order of the rack to the city. Because this order of Hell knights, the order of torrent, was rescuing abducted people rather than abducting people. So Grisali Thrun did something, and the leader of the order of the torrent disappeared and hasn't been seen. And then when the revolution happened, heroes came in and dealt with thrune and then also kicked out the order of the rack and the Order of torrent has kind of tried to start reestablishing themselves, and they function as city guard, if they're the SWAT to the city guard, if that makes sense. Like, if the city guard can't handle it, they, like, send someone to the order of the torrent, and they come in and, like, all right, everyone, let's calm down. Also, you know that the order of the Torrent is very normatic, so they kind of go everywhere to help people. [00:50:58] Speaker E: Interesting. [00:50:59] Speaker C: Okay, well, certainly interesting. [00:51:02] Speaker E: Yeah. [00:51:03] Speaker C: And who's in the citadel, though, that's over there? [00:51:05] Speaker A: Oh, the few members of the Order of the torrent that have returned. [00:51:09] Speaker C: So that's their phase of operation at this point. Got it. [00:51:12] Speaker A: Yep. [00:51:12] Speaker C: All right. Right. [00:51:13] Speaker A: And they've actually. They've been helping with the reconstruction of the town, and, like. Like any of the buildings that were damaged during the revolution, they've been working to repair. [00:51:27] Speaker E: All right, so we know they were working. That Vashnar stills, the sunset company, has been working with the Scarlet Triad, which would logically be why they let all of their other people go. And we do know they're also intending to kidnap and enslave people. So we can find evidence of that. We can make sure that they don't get a foothold here and essentially just start a slave trade to China. [00:51:48] Speaker C: Yes. And I'm sure that the order of the torrent, as well as the general Contargo constabulary, would be interested if we could find evidence that slavery is happening. [00:51:58] Speaker E: Absolutely. We can study a little more closely the captain's quarters on the ship and see if there's anything we missed. What? I was in there. Doesn't mean I wasn't looking. Doesn't mean I was looking. I was maybe distracted regardless. Certainly something to look into. And perhaps to see if there's a scarlet triad presence here in Kintaro as well. [00:52:29] Speaker B: I can see what I can go find out in the brothels. [00:52:33] Speaker C: How noble of you. [00:52:34] Speaker D: Well, people do tend to loosen lips, I am told, in such establishments, so it is certainly not a bad idea. And if there's anybody who would partake and enjoy said company, it would be. [00:52:51] Speaker B: Ooh, I am very charismatic. [00:52:53] Speaker D: Indeed you are. Well, then I guess that is our point of order. Is that what is happening? [00:53:02] Speaker E: Are we going to see if we can uncover, cover any more presents? [00:53:05] Speaker D: I think that is wise. [00:53:07] Speaker C: Okay. I mean, whatever you guys think is best, I'm very happy to just go knock on the door of sunset imports and see what happens. [00:53:17] Speaker D: Yeah, I think more reconnaissance before we even broach. I mean, if you would like to come with me to sunset imports and just have a look at rand at their operation and I can put up. [00:53:32] Speaker E: And see anything about the Scarlet triad. Oo can do what ooh is going to do. [00:53:37] Speaker B: And yes, I will put out some feelers as well. [00:53:45] Speaker D: Different kind perhaps, but yes indeed. [00:53:49] Speaker C: You realize putting out some feelers doesn't mean feeling people up. You realize that, right? Like that's a different skill set. [00:53:57] Speaker B: Uh, yes. No, I mean, I. I can come with you. [00:54:07] Speaker C: You go fill people up for information. That's fine. It's up to you. [00:54:12] Speaker B: Sure. [00:54:12] Speaker A: Okay. [00:54:13] Speaker C: And what's knifes we're gonna do so you all. [00:54:17] Speaker A: Oh, I knife sword has told me what he's going to do. [00:54:20] Speaker C: Oh great, great, great. [00:54:21] Speaker E: Oh no. [00:54:22] Speaker A: So with that, as you all look around, getting ready to go your separate ways, you notice knife sword is not there. [00:54:30] Speaker C: I'm gonna check Brianna's backpack. [00:54:32] Speaker A: Nope. Empty. [00:54:33] Speaker C: Damn it. [00:54:34] Speaker E: Ooh, your backpack. [00:54:35] Speaker A: And with that, we'll see everyone next week. [00:54:38] Speaker C: All right. [00:54:39] Speaker B: Oh no, it's alright. I'm gonna go feel some people up. It's Greg. [00:54:44] Speaker C: Rob? Rob, where are you? [00:54:46] Speaker A: Thank you for listening to the crackdive podcast. Background sound effects provided by sirenscape because Epic Games deserve epic music. 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