Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

A new plaque is hung above the Last Anchor's main room hearth

A notice is put up outside the Last Anchor

Now that the drama and business of the war with Dragonspear forces has more or less concluded, Derik Ranloss can be seen traveling about the Coast a bit acquiring various reagents and components.

After a few weeks of this, these components are supplied to a friend and Mage, Oth, who uses them to cast some sort of spell on the Last Anchor.

When asked, Derik replies it is for "security concerns"

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The last few weeks there has been a noted absence in the Last Anchor, that of the young, vibrant, red haired and blue eyed proprietress Lannia Ranloss.

It was known that she had traveled to Waterdeep a while ago with her and her husband's infant son to visit family there, but has long since been scheduled to be back. Whispers from the staff to each other indicate that they seem to be growing tense and worried, but why she is still gone is subject to only pure speculation.

Derik Ranloss himself is observably far more tense and sullen than he normally is, the normally gregarious warrior keeping a great deal to himself. The staff stay out of his path for the time being, their initial questions having been rebuffed.

The staff at the Anchor whisper among themselves when few guests are around, but eventually a common thread of the whispering gets out.

Lannia Ranloss, the proprietor and hostess of the small pub and tavern, is well overdue from her trip to Waterdeep with her and Derik's young son, Declan.

Derik himself seems to be tending to needs around the inn as quickly and efficiently as possible and not socializing much. When confronted by one of the regular townsfolk about his wife and child being absent for longer than intended, he merely replied under his breath about dangerous roads, and that they're both fine. The look the huge warrior gave the farmer when pressed left no doubt that the conversation was at an end.

Patrons that enter the Anchor on the 19th of Kythorn can note the kitchen to be sounding terribly busy. Once in a while some curly red haired woman darts around the main room talking to staff with both apron, face and arms decked out in flour and who knows what. She did spring at the odd customer here and there, to have them taste test what goods were being made out there.


All day long, until evening came around, the scent of baking hangs in the air. It is a clean, slightly sweet, yeasty aroma that somehow smelled warm, like inhaling a blanket on a cold winter day. Sometimes a more sweet scent, other times to the savory side. When evening came around she disappeared upstairs for a soak, the kitchen finally quieting into its usual routine. When she reappeared she was squeaky clean and with soaked hair, baskets under her arms to lug toward a boat that were soon heading toward the Gate, and with whom ever had appeared/volunteered to help. If someone asked, they could know it all were being moved to the church of Ilmater.

Derik Ranloss can be seen bundling up his now 1 year old son and packing his things and toys. He then takes the child and luggage to a waiting fast ship in the Ulgoth's Beard harbor.

When asked, he simply responds that he is taking the child to reside in Waterdeep with Grandparents for a time being of unknown length. He will not answer questions as to why.

With a pop of a Teleport spell, Derik arrived outside the Anchor in Ulgoth's Beard. After checking in with the staff, he made his way to a certain artisan in town.

That afternoon, alone, Derik dug a small hole in the small Ulgoth Beard Cemetery next to the headstone of the man named Don he had placed some time earlier. In said hole, he places another elaborate headstone and secures it. No body is interred.



Once set and secure, Derik takes a few steps away from the headstone and plops down into a cross-legged sit and stares at it in total silence.

Teris returns to the Last Anchor from a party, running as fast as he can and seemingly horrified. When asked if something went wrong during the event, he only manages to shake his head before running upstairs and hiding in his room. He cannot bring himself to speak of what he saw just yet, but rumor has it he was seen curiously exploring the cemetery after coming back to town.

A posting up at the Anchor: