She proceeded to the Merc Guild once more to inquire about other members looking for work. The guild master explained that there was a short gentleman in that morning looking for work. Chandra headed to the Rabid Parrott Inn and negotiated a price for Ian’s service into her caravan guard. They were then getting a bit tired, so decided to head off to the Drunken Archer where Razi had already arranged room and board for Chandra and her party members.
They arrived just moments before the Drunken Archer exploded into a fiery inferno.
At that point all the other characters also arrived on the scene and began to systematically help out the patrons of the now inflamed Inn. Robert stayed outside most of the time directing citizens out who were trying to leap from the top stories. Chandra, Ian and Killian were busy climbing the stairs and rescuing folk while Xiong Tai was climbing the rafters to help down the people from the highest floors.
The evacuation worked out wonderfully and the PCs began to work on the wounds incurred during the ordeal, as well as calming down the patrons of the Drunken Archer. Once things were in control the city guard showed up and took care of the details. The constable came over and talked to the PCs and offered them room and board for their troubles at the
Once the PCs were safely back at the Rabid Parrott, the constable came over and bought them all a round of drinks. Some of the farmers that were saved in the fire came over and bought drings and thanked the PCs. When everything quieted down a bit more, they started to talk about the events of that evening. Xiong Tai expressed her concern that this might be the work of a terrorist organization that she has been following for some time called the Crossed Arrows. When she explained everything to the others, Killian popped up with his part of the puzzle by displaying the magical coin that he had acquired a bit ago. The coin was of masterwork quality and showed the symbol of the Crossed Arrows Organization. Killian then produced a note that the coin was wrapped in when he found it. The note gave a cryptic message that lead the PCs to belive that this coin was either a bomb as just seen here, or a part of it. They decided to sleep on the information and check out the ruins of the Drunken Archer at daybreak…