Missing note: Scrap of Paper
In Jannath's mansion, when the artist isn't rescued in act 1, there's an NPC running around serving food, Furbleston. If he dies, his corpse has a note which reads:
Note: Black coat's got the heaviest pockets. then pocketbook of the Duke's clerk. Always comes up for a smoke at midnight; get in and out after.
Missing note: Parchment (Jannath's Estate)
In Jannath's mansion, when the artist isn't rescued in act 1, there are 2 nobles, Impurto Nexim and Saer Dokksill, talking. If Impurto Nexim dies, his corpse has a note which reads:
To the Esteemed Lord Nexim,
Please allow me to offer my sincere and heartfelt condolences - to lose both of one's parents in such rapid succession is truly an agony for which there is no balm.
Fortunately, I believe my spirits and I are able to soothe your anxieties with regards to their missing will. When it comes to matters of inheritence, the dead always prove most eager to clarify their intent.
Come to my mansion at the seafront, and we will see what we can learn. Given the delicacy of this request, I will of course require payment in advance.
Yours in spirit,
Mystic Carrion
P.S. when called for, "secreta mortuorum" will grant you access.
Missing note: To Oskar Fevras
In Jannath's mansion there's a note in a chest which reads:
[This letter is penned on fine parchment with a precise hand.]
Oskar.
The tone and manner of your correspondence is most inappropriate - practically scandalous.
Do adjust your tone in future letters, I implore you.
Lady Jannath
[The letter is cleverly folded to obscure a small, hastily scrawled postscript]
I eagerly await my next sitting - return to the manor in a tenday's time. Use the servant's entrance, be discreet. - F
Missing note: Letter from Mother
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
My darling daughter
I hope life as a newly-wed is all you hoped it would be. Life in the Upper City is pleasant as ever - the flowers in the garden are blooming beautifully, though not a patch on your bouquet.
I do hope you'll visit soon - it's been far too long. Come any time, and stay as long as you wish.
With much love, as always
Mother
Missing note: Dearest Fireliia
Found in the ashes of the fireplace in Jannath's estate. It reads:
[A charred love note, nearly illegible, addressed to Lady Jannath, apparently from a rejected suitor. The name of the sender has been burned away.]
Missing note: For The Discerning Eyes of Oskar Fervas ONLY
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
Note to self - do not forget that the painting is in the attic. THE painting. THAT one.
Missing note: Regards Missing Painters
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
[A note written on official Flaming Fist parchment.]
Lady Jannath,
While I appreciate the offer of a generous donation to Fist coffers - I've got neither the authority nor spare boots on the ground to authorise a "Sword Coast wide" search of your friend, Mssr Fevras. I'll keep an eye out while I'm on the beat in the City, but until we get the full Steel Watch rollout promised by the benevolent Lord Gortash, we're simply stretched too thin. I hope he shows up soon, my lady, I really do.
All the best,
Devella Fountainhead
Missing note: Invoice
Found in Jannath's estate, it reads:
Blue Lynx Adventurers
Base cost: 1,000 GP
Incidentals: 1,000 GP
Objective: no trace of Oskar found from here to Waterdeep.
Missing note: Neatly-Written Note
Found in Jannath's room, it reads:
[A pristine note jotted on House Jannath parchment.]
While I understand the depths your melancholy, I implore you, milady, give at least a glancing appearance for the staff. It would do so much to improve morale and quell the... ah, well-intentioned wonderingsamong the help.
I would never indulge in such rumour-mongering myself, of course, but there's only so much assurance I can give my colleagues when even I know not how you are. Please, milady, please.
Your ever-loyal butler,
Mnemonis.
Missing note: For the Eyes Of Lady Jannath ONLY
Found in Jannath's estate, behind the fake wall. It reads:
[The occasional smear of oil paint splotches this hastily quilled letter.]
My dearest Lady Jannath,
I write to inform you of my progress on your portrait - and my struggles therein. You see, while my skill at capturing countenance is considered far superior to the other brushfolk of this good city, it is lacking in one particular aspect. My memory of your form is far inferior to the purest beauty I beheld when you first sat with me. How can I finish a masterpiece without confidence in my grasp of its subject?
I beg of you - sit with me again. Allow me to finish this portrait in the proper fashion - with its ravishing subject firmly grasped within my gaze.
Yours,
Oskar Fevras
Missing note: Parchment (Jaheira's Home)
Found in the Old Pouch on top of the roof of Jaheira's home. It reads:
I'm not one for goodbyes.
I go in search of my friend. Perhaps you will call it selfish and short-sighted to think of one life among the thousands threatened by the cult. Perhaps I would even agree. But go I must.
Know that we share the same goal, and though our paths part for now, i hope to meet you again at our destination.
Good hunting.
J.
Missing note: A Negotiation
Found on the skeleton in a cell in Flymm Cargo's Basement (on the way to the submarine). It reads:
Antiope -
Received your note demanding that I double the payment rate for your services as my sahuagin wrangler. While I appreciate candour in my direct reports, some of your remarks might be regarded as disrespect. I'm going to give you a chance to rethink your position. I'm sure if you think hard, you'll come around to my way of thinking.
- Lord Gortash
Missing note: Underwater Facility Plans
Found in the locked container in Flymm Cargo's Basement (on the way to the submarine). It reads:
[Page after page within this book is filled with diagrams and schematics of a pressurised underwater research facility to be built in Grey Harbour atop the sunken stone structure of Sarevok's Iron Throne Headquarters.]
Missing note: Aquatic Labour
Found in the locked Metal Trunk in Flymm Cargo's Basement (on the way to the submarine). It reads:
Prinski -
The prefabricated parts for our underwater facility delivered from the Gondian foundry look like they'll do the job of completing what I'm referring to as the 'Iron Throne'. To assist in construction, I'm sending you Dark Breaker Antiope, a renegade Umberlee mage who specialises in charming and controlling sahuagin. And just that easily, your underwater labour problems are solved.
- Lord Gorthash
Missing note: Moonshae Strait Shipping Report
Founded in the small gilded chest on the first floor of Water Queen's House
I witnessed as the Queen lashed the prow of a vessel called the Kinship with whips of waves and foam until she'd taken her prize: Two sailors, dragged to her salted bosom. Upon which she did retreat and left the Kinship to reach its destination in peace - so great was her mercy.
It did cross my humble mind that such a vessel, upon its return journey, might take a longer, unfamiliar route to avoid her wrath and might thus become vulnerable to other kinds of interference...
Missing note: Reminder to Self
Found on the submersible which goes to the Iron Throne. It reads:
Reminder to Self - The steam mephits in the starboard pressure tank have bred again and now there are too many of the blasted things cooking away in there. need to blow the valve to release three of four of the vapey bastards, but I can't loosen the exhaust bolt without a Number Four Spanner, and mine went over the side when we hit that goddamn mermaid. Better see about getting another Number Four from up in the Wonders bloody soon, 'cause if that tank blows when we're submerged, it'll be bye-bye Redhammer.
Missing note: An Unexpected Talent
Found on the corpse of Olfaith Olumssdottir. it reads:
Field alert to the Murder Tribunal - this agent must report the activities of a new aspirant for Unholy Assassin, a candidate who, though unexpected, may prove to be an outstanding exemplar of Bhaalist murder. However, this aspirant, an adventurer newly arrived in the city, is an outsider to our ranks and may require some guidance. It's not clear, for example, that the candidate knows to bring their murder evidence to the Tombstone Shop for trial and confirmation by the Tribunal.
- Shallar Overseer 81.82.46.46 20:55, 5 March 2024 (CET)
Missing note: A Plan for Chaos
Found in the wardrobe in orin's bedroom, it reads:
How weakly the city slumbers above, safe behind its walls. It forgets what lurks below. It must be reminded.
If the tyrant wishes them to suckle his accursed teat, I can make them crave it. My sweet assassins set to stalk their hearths and stifle their throats. My changelings will turn the very face of hope against them. Master choking apprentice, father hacking down son.
This city will butcher itself soon enough. And the lordling will be powerless to stop it. 81.82.46.46 17:06, 7 March 2024 (CET)