Strife:Festival of Blades (Camonna Tong)

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Overview
Windblown...
 * Quest Giver: Bobby.
 * Location(s): Gimothran Ancestral Tomb, Mudan Grotto.
 * Prerequisite Quest: Snake Charming.
 * Next Quest: Bologra Do Ra.
 * Reward: 183567/(Party size + 3) gold each from the previous heist and any bought items, plus 255000/(Party size + 3) gold each and any bought items from this one.
 * Optional Bonus: None.

Quest start
After waiting 3-7 days (depending on their healing of Balz), the party can come back to the Ebonheart docks to the Camonna Tong boat. ''Down in the hold of the boat, J'Krin is not on the boat but Balz and Bobby are speaking. Bobby's right arm is in a sling from the explosion. The party come into earshot, hearing Bobby: "-kid, don't feel guilty, it wasn't your fault. The Dunmer set us up n' we all got cocky. It doesn't matter." He pauses. "Look, life's like a bridge n' everyone's buildin' their own tryna get to the other side where the ash is grey-er or whatever. Sometimes people's cross n' they fuck up other's, but that's what friends're for. And whether you finish that bridge or not, if you're happy buildin' it then that's all that matters. I'm happy buildin' mine, an' I know you don't know where yours is goin' but I'm gonna help you build it till you do." He pauses again, the party see Balz look up at Bobby. "We're all proud'a you kid." They hug.'' The party can walk over. ''As the party gets close Balz wipes his eye and looks at the party; Bobby continues, grabbing Balz by the shoulder: "And for now, we're here, we're ALIVE, why would we complain? For now I'm gonna love and ride by my mother's name, you can share in that if you want, you are family after all... Anyways!" Bobby rolls out a carpet containing all of the things they took from the Hlaalu Vaults: "Worth 183 thousand 567, this assortment of goods was procured by the finest thieves in the continent." J'Krin walks into the ships hold where every else is slurping from a bowl of soup. Bobby continues: "A cut of 183567/(Party size + 3) per person, unless any of this looks good to you?"'' On the carpet among 4817 loose gold is: ''Bobby directs the party to a crate, containing their cut in gold. He continues: "Whilst this holiday is over our festival of blades has just begun" he pauses, smiling.'' Any Redguards recognise he just made a pun about the Festival of Blades holiday. "Either way, over the past few days I found out about a couple of lost artefacts from the temple workers. Though not TECHNICALLY stealing, this could give us a HUGE payday, plus it'll help us hide out, being in the wilderness n' all. In Gimothran Ancestral Tomb, a theres a powerful, and more importantly expensive, staff some sorcerer stole n' is now hidin' out in the tomb. That's where we'll start. Other than that, finder's keepers. Any questions?"
 * 16 Diamonds
 * 5 Emeralds
 * 13 Pearls
 * 14 Rubys
 * Ebony Shortsword
 * Ebony Spear
 * Glass Helm
 * Glass Left Pauldron
 * Glass Right Pauldron
 * Glass Boots
 * Glass Cuirass
 * Glass Greaves
 * Glass Tower Shield
 * Glass Firesword
 * Glass Jinkblade
 * Ebony Longsword
 * Orc Warhammer

Gimothran Ancestral Tomb
The players fight through the Gimothran Ancestral Tomb with Bobby, Balz, and J'Krin, J'Krin finding the staff on the body of Kuffutto Gilgar. ''J'Krin picks up a staff. She examines it, saying: "This it, y'reckon?" Before anyone has a chance to reply she glows blue, still straight faced. Balz says: "Somethin' tells me yes... Y'know you're blue, right?" J'Krin looks confused. Bobby smiles: "Must be it" reaching out for the staff, to which J'Krin hands it over. He continues: "Next, we'll meet at Mudan Grotto; south-west of Ebonheart it'll be a bit of a swim, any questions?" J'Krin chimes in "Can't w'use the boat?" To the dismay of J'Krin, Bobby says: "The water's far too shallow; we'll need to swim." Looking at the party: "We'll meet you inside."''

Mudan Grotto
''Upon entering and wading through the first section's waist height water, after following a trail of dead slaughterfish the party find J'Krin, Balz, and Bobby, waiting on some dry land by a door for the party. Whilst J'Krin's height makes her too tall for her clothes to be affected by the water, Balz and Bobby certainly are not. Bobby is wringing out his shirt, and Balz only just putting back on his lower armour. Bobby says: "Fuckin' slaughterfish knocked me down into the water... I can't believe it." Balz replies: "You coulda braced yourself!" Bobby says: "How... How do you expect that, by the Dwarf-King the shit jumped at me!" J'Krin remarks: "Believe it or not, those fish've bought me great luck..." She looks down at her gauntlets. "Plus you've gotta stand like this." She braces for nothing, with her legs wide and arms up. Bobby lifts his head: "A-" is all he gets out before he sighs, putting back on the damp shirt. "Lets just go, make fun of me ONE more time and I WILL recall us to get a change of clothes." J'Krin and Balz look at the party as Bobby enters the Lost Dwemer Checkpoint area.''

The players fight through the Mudan Grotto with Bobby, Balz, and J'Krin. Upon getting to the central vault ''the room is filled with Dwemer coins and trinkets, amazed and looking around, Bobby says: "Hmmm, we're lookin' for a cuirass. Sound off when you've found it." J'Krin and Balz nod and begin looking.'' The party find and can take any other items in the vault.

''During this, Balz is walking around quickly glancing at shelves jumping up to get a view of the tops, Bobby is looking underneath leaving no stone unturned and presumably looking for anything hidden, and J'Krin is reaching containers until she reaches a container, which makes a large click sound as she tugs on it hard. A pause goes by as she then turns from the cupboard: "Yo, think I-" Interrupted by a wall next to her bursting open, the Steam Guardian followed by 4 Centurion Spiders which engulf the hulking centurion.''

After the fight, ''J'Krin approaches the cupboard again "-'ve found it." Flinging it open the group crowds to see an ornately displayed beige cuirass, akin to Bonemold, though clearly made from bone. Balz says: "What's that!" Bobby replies: "Dragonbone Cuirass, made by the great Underking..." Balz says: "The... Underking? Who?" Bobby picks up the cuirass, putting it on his back. "Oh god, look, I'll give you a book later. It's a lot to tell you in the short recall back." J'Krin pipes up: "Speakin' a' which, Imma swim on back." Balz pulls out a scroll, Bobby turns to her: "Come on, he's got 'is scrolls down to a science at this point!" J'Krin scowls. Balz says: "Yeah, I'll check it this time as a sign'a good will." He turns to the scroll: "Oh god..." J'Krin sprints half out the door. Balz calls after her: "JUST KIDDING!" A silence is her reply. Bobby laughs: "Let's just head off, eh. We'll meet 'er back at the boat I'm sure." Balz shrugs and waves the party to him: "And are YOU lot scared too? Promise, it's fine." After any dialogue which follows, the group which is missing J'Krin recall back to the Ebonheart docked boat.''

Finishing the quest
''Bobby lays down the two artefacts, looking at the party. "You lot are bleedin' me dry, I've gotta get to sell this shit soon. Luckily for you, I've already got this priced, and the gold to match. This" pointing at the staff "is worth 75 thousand, while THIS" pointing at the cuirass "is priceless, if no-one wants it, a museum says they'd pay 180 thousand for the 'honour' of having it on their shelves. Also told me might be more trouble than it's worth, y'see. Goes 'missing' quite often... So, do either of 'em interest ya'? If not, that's a cut of 255000/(Party size + 3) each!"''

After the party might buy either of the items, Bobby says: "Next, we're gonna try to integrate with society again! Though we ain't too welcome in Vivec, we're heading to the Ghostgate to steal from it's vaults, BOTH the towers... Should be interesting. If there's no questions, we'll all meet there! OH, and your cut's down'n the hold again." The party can head down to get their cut. ''On leaving to the ships deck, they are met by a very wet J'Krin walking back onto the ship. "Where we headed next?" The party may reply, to which she says "Ah, those mages 'ad it comin' if ya' ask me. Tribunal's fuck-up made it there in the first place." After any other dialogue, she heads back into the cabin.''

The party now has completed this quest and has now moved onto quest Bologra Do Ra.