- Our adventurers agreed to take on a dangerous mission from the Merchant’s League. Perro Stillwish has paid them 3000 gold upfront to rescue a ship of theirs that had gone missing in the Strait of Sarifal south of the Moonshae Isles. The team met Captain Sutherland and crew onboard the Eclipse near the location of the missing ship. The ship sailed into mysterious mists and encountered magically enhanced weather. The ship was sucked into a natural portal and appeared in a strange new place consisting of a giant floating bed of rotting sargassum seaweed and scores of shipwrecks.
- While the crew repaired the ship the IR team and new companion Mr. Anchovy set off to locate a missing warforged scout that had been sent in for reconnaissance, but then stopped responding. They found the N8 Unit unresponsive in a pool of water in a derelict rotting ship, missing an arm. The team revived the N8 Unitand then were ambushed by Sahuagin. Thankfully, a friendly stranger came to their aid and scared off the Sahuagin using some intimidating magic. Franco introduced himself and welcomed them to Saragross. He gave them some helpful information about the strange land and the dangers that they may face. Before parting he showed them how to make “swamp shoes” to more easily traverse the seaweed beds, and invited them to a captain’s parlay to be held the next day at noon at his shack “The Crows Nest”. Apparently Franco wishes to help quell a recent uptick in bloodshed among the crews of the stranded ships.
- The team traveled back to their ship with the N8 Unit to help repair him, only to find that the ship had been ransacked. The entire crew had been killed and their bodies were burning in a pyre. After repairing N8 and upgrading him with a new grapple arm, the team prepared to sleep for the night. As soon as they had fallen asleep the ship was attacked by a horde of 40 zombies (“the drowned”), but the team valiantly fought them off using some resourceful tactics.
- The next day they traveled back north to the Crows Nest for the parlay. They were fairly early and explained to Franco that their ship had been raided. Franco promised to get to the bottom of this since someone had broken the parlay rules of non-violence. The team enjoyed a beautiful sunny morning and some ale as the rest of the guests arrived. A total of 6 ships would be represented. Poofy 52 performed some much welcomed entertainment to ease the tension in the room, and the party spoke briefly with a few guests. Franco conducted a small ritual in honor of the goddess of the sea, Umberlee.
- Dragonborn Capt. Asaadi arrived late and Franco began the parlay by welcoming everyone and went over the ground rules. Franco then raised the revelation that someone had broken parlay by attacking the Rescuer’s ship. Capt. Asaadi happily took ownership of the act, claiming that she would do whatever she had to do for her people who were dying of thirst. She then told everyone that she would be taking the Crows Nest for themselves and that they best be running. A ballista bolt suddenly impaled Franco through the chest, spattering blood all over the floor as his body crumpled to the ground. Chaos is about to ensue…
WoW C0.S1.01- Stranded in Saragross Pt 1
April 23, 2023