CIRCA 1492 DR... *A letter, not too different from any other, arrives to you sealed with a stamp showing a symbol like this.* ![[Pasted image 20260219145217.png]] *At first, you’re confused on what this letter is… and then it dawns on you, this seal has a keyhole within. Upon fidgeting with the letter, you find a hidden key that looks like this hidden tightly against the surprisingly sturdy (almost metallic) flap:* ![[Pasted image 20260219145247.png]] *You place the key into the keyhole and twist, then a melodic tune plays from the letter, almost like a music box. A soothing voice plays. “Greetings, operative. The Golden Vault has learned that the egg of an eldritch horror has been mistaken for a historical object and is about to go on display at the Varkenbluff Museum of Natural History. The anthropologist Dr. Cassee Dannell tried to warn officials about this egg, known as the Murkmire Stone, but none believed her. We do, and we know that if this egg hatches, many will die—or worse. This quest, should you choose to undertake it, requires you to infiltrate the museum, steal the egg, and return it to Dr. Dannell, who will neutralize it. There’s no time to waste; the egg could hatch at any moment. Start by meeting with a group of adventurers. Join them, for they will be working alongside you for many of our cases and future problems pertaining to Waterdeep. They are located in Crowlyn. There is a centaur, a satyr, a mountain dwarf, and a leonin. After that, seek out intel from Dr. Dannell. Good luck, operative.” Once you listen to this enough to burn into your memory (or perhaps write it down), you pull the key out. The key and the letter glow and then vanish.* The Party is made up of [[Chotiro]], [[Perion]], [[Dorian Whitlock]], [[Seren Llewellyn]], [[Rordrik]] and [[Nemu]]. I believe at one point it included Perion's [[Krakenos]], but that is a tale for another time...