The mission
From Create Your Own Story
"Right, men, let's not waste time," Jonah says. "All of you who were not chosen, follow Edmund outside. The rest, stay with me."
Six relieved-looking men file behind the one called Edmund and get out of the warehouse. Of the six men remaining in the building (including yourself), only Jonah shows no obvious sign of nervousness.
"You all know what this is, right?" he asks, pointing at eleven small barrels lined up against the wall. "This is pure powdered warpstone. We unloaded it from the Drakenhof an hour ago. No superlative can overstate how dangerous this substance is. It is much more powerful and unstable than black powder. In addition, when exposed to air, it exudes highly poisonous fumes that have been known to cause death in a few hours, if you're lucky... and strange diseases and horrible mutations, if you're not. If you dropped one of these barrels from a height of three feet, this whole warehouse would be levelled to the ground and everything within a half-mile radius would become a no man's land. With all this warpstone, we have enough to destroy a large part of Sartosa."
For someone who had been trying to reassure his men just a moment ago, Jonah is now making a fairly good job of making them even more scared than they already are.
"I'm telling you this just to make sure you all understand," he continues. "A single mistake will be the death of us all. Now, look, I have six backpacks. Each of you will take one barrel in a backpack and the other in your hands. I will myself take one in my backpack and use my hands to hold a crossbow, just in case we meet something, but I don't expect any trouble."
All men receive a miner's helmet with a small lantern on top. You dutifully put yours on, then take two barrels of warpstone as instructed. Though small, they are rather heavy. You now realize why the other men are fearful.
"Now, you follow me," says Jonah.
He walks over to a well-concealed trap door in the floor and opens it. From the dark hole underneath comes a stench that far surpasses even that of all the fish in the warehouse. The sewers, you understand. They will place the barrels of warpstone under the city. You shudder at the thought of the devastation they will cause if they explode.
One by one, the men enter the sewers, led by Jonah. You are the last one. You can either follow them in the sewers to maintain your cover and learn more about their plan, or you can leave the warehouse to alert the authorities.
