Chapter 1:
The Collector
Eccentric, fat, and excessively chatty – Legs Lai wants to hire you to get back the dragon horn stolen from the train.
Breland, Late Autumn: Aryth 6th, 996 YK
Western Line: Wroat to Sharn
A little rough around the edges, this “rain” soaked and dimly lit street contains row upon row of high-stoop dwellings of varied architectural styles fronted by wrought-iron gates.
Greeted by a somewhat less nervous looking Elstrom, you enter into a spectacular, if not garish red and gold striped foyer and entry gallery with a grand central staircase with brass and iron balustrade and dark marble floors leading down a long haul.
As you pass the imposing central landing with massive ceiling heights flanked by two grand formal salons. The southern of these salons with a MageFlame fireplace and paintings, sculptures, pottery. The northern salon holds a wealth of antique arms and armor, all meticulously maintained and guarded, by several brightly painted pink and purple Warforged.
At the end of the hall you see the amber light of a MageFlame fireplace in a private study. As you are announced and enter the room, you see, in the flame cast shadows on the far side of the room, what must be Eberrons’ fattest Gnome. Beady brown eyes survey you from under a fat forehead. A black mop of hair that looks like a fur covered hat, too small and perched on a dirigible.
Legs Lai waddles around the great dark slab of a desk he was sitting behind and offers you all seats near the fire. Its magical warm light beckoning you warm and bright after the endless night and rain outside.
In the first days of the empire, Jhazaal Dhakaan created the great horn Ghaal’duur, a horn to ring out on the field of battle, signaling the downfall of the enemy. This horn is one of the greatest relics of that old empire, and legend says, that if an Heir of Dhakaan could acquire it, the Goblin clans would flock to his banner.
I had an arrangement with some of his associates to fund an expedition to one of the vaults of the surviving daelkyr in Khyber (the underdark) to retrieve Ghaal’duur. It was supposed to be on the Quintessence. You bring me the package, I gives you the money.
Legs Lai
Mid-level functionary and art collector for the clan. Legs’ runs several casinos and dance halls and is always seeking a way to improve his standing with the clan. Extremely eccentric and flamboyant. Seeks Red Dragon Horn