# Session 2 - Lay of the Trollskull Rise

### 📍 **Location:** [Waterdeep](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Waterdeep), Trollskull Alley

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## 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Party Status:

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## 🏚️ Key Events

### 🛠 Trollskull Tavern Renovation

- Renovations began on [Trollskull Manor](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Trollskull_Manor); **12 days remaining**, **1005 gold owed**
- Discounts earned through labor contribution
- **Sold paintings**: +368 gold
- **Purchased supplies**:
    
    
    - 🔐 Locks
    - 🧪 Alchemy kits
    - 🦁 Troll skull head ornament
    - 🐍 A snake
    - 🐈 Three cats

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### 👥 Tavern Staff Hired

- Team hired **barmaids**, a **chef**, and **bards**
- Ghostly **[poltergeist bartender Lith](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Poltergeist)** revealed—adds flair (and mystery)

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### ⚖️ Dren’s Arrest

- Dren imprisoned for **10 days**, fined **32 gold**, and given a **3-month probation**
- Absence disrupted early tavern plans

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### 🛡️ Faction Engagements

- Met key NPCs from Waterdeep’s factions:
    
    
    - 🧙‍♀️ [Vajra Safahr](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/books/watersdeep-dragon-heist/page/vajra-safahr) (Blackstaff, [Force Grey](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Force_Grey)): +1 Renown
    - 🛡 [Savra Belabranta](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Savra_Belabranta) (<a data-end="2100" data-start="2049" rel="noopener">Order of the Gauntlet</a>)
    - 💰 <a data-end="2142" data-start="2109" rel="noopener">Mert the Moneylender</a> ([Harpers](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Harpers))

### 🔮 Prophetic Warning

- Visited monk **<a data-end="2231" data-start="2212" rel="noopener">Hilam</a>**, who warned:
    
    > *“Evil’s twin will be born in the dead of winter...”*
- Sets ominous tone for the coming season

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## 📈 Outcomes:

- ✅ All characters advanced to **Level 3**
- 💰 **Gold remaining**: 153
- 🏚 **Tavern progress**: repairs underway, staff hired, Lith active
- 🔮 Future mystery: monk’s prophecy and winter threat
- 🚩 Rising tension between local businesses: **Fala vs. Rishaal protest**

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