Look Who's Coming to Dinner

With all preparations in place at Farshore, the Crimson Fleet still manages a bit of a surprise.

The summary of this battle will be in a future post.

The Wreck of the Sea Wyvern

The emerging powers of Ortho now allow him to teleport great distances. The party capitalizes on the opportunity and makes a resupply run to Sassarine. Members of the party that stay behind continue to prepare for the impending assault of Farshore by the Crimson Fleet.

Repairs are made to the fortifications of the village. Daria receives a letter containing an economically advantageous opportunity, so she runs off like an eager entrepreneur to close the deal. Z and the Jade Ravens organized the population and drill the town militia.

Two days before the election of Lord Mayor of Farshore, Manthalay Mervanchi (Avner's uncle), is assassinated. The town scrambles in anger and terror, a patrol nabs a member of the Scarlet Brotherhood a mile or so outside of town. The Manthalay mansion was burned to ground, apparently in an attempt to cover up the assassination. Interrogating the unrepentant Scarlet Brother ultimately results in his expiration.

Lavinia is elected to Lord Mayor and begins to rally the populace to further action. The celebration dinner is particularly lavish, even Vin gets into the mood and makes the most wonderful sonnet-like toast. Even Ortho looked a little wispy and Rudy managed not to throw-up.

A complaint by some of the farmers near Farshore leads the party to a small village of Troglodytes. The party makes it's best effort to negotiate a solution, but the Trog chieftain says that all will fall before the Two-Headed one. The village was no match for the party, and the infestation was removed from the area outlying Farshore.

Later Captain Spanky arrives stating that some giant sea dinosaur is keeping the repair work on the Sea Wyvern from finishing. The party quickly travels up the Isle of Dread's coast and lands on the reef where the ship is stranded. The elasmosaurus is not the only creature on the ship, a strange squid-like, almost humanoid, creature is aboard the ship. As the battle engages, the squid-man takes control of Rudy and the party must fend off the terrible rage of the Milano clan in addition to the dinosaur and the squid-man. Slowly, the party overcomes the foes and Rudy regains his mind.

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Session Characters: Rudolpho, Vin, Gwendlyn, Daria, Ortho, Nesta Hjalmgerdr
Session Loot: ring of protection +2, amulet of mighty fists +1, dusty rose prism ioun stone, 350gp necklace of shark teeth.

The Who's Who of Farshore

Lavinia Vanderboren (Vin's sweetie), council member and nominee for Farshore Lord Mayor

Lord Manthalay Mervanchi (Avner's uncle) council member and nominee for Farshore Lord Mayor

Professor Hevrik Aldwattle, council member, runs a laboratory.

Vesserin Catherly, council member and chaplain, head of Farshore's chapel.

Telday Syren, council member, and operator of The Apothecary's Infirmary.

Ulvar Kabbanja, council member and militia captain.


Greffold "Redfoot" Fiddlebitter, a male halfling that runs a clayworks with his family.

Dranys Sellis, a male dwarf owner of Sellis' Woodworks and Smithy

Tehrik Arrelion, male human, and huntmaster of Farshore, owner of Tehrik's Tannery.

Malfus Fairwind, male human bard, owner of the inn, The Last Coconut.

Jeran Emrikad, male human, keep of Farshore's hall of Records.

Jade Ravens

Now considered to be the 'B' team by most of Lavinia's associates, the Jade Ravens traveled with Lavinia on the Blue Nixie.

Tolin Kientai (male human ranger-3/fighter-4), a vain and brash, rugged good-looking man.

Zan Oldavin (male half-elf rogue-7), a jaunty flamboyant man who spends a lot of time playing with knives.

Kaskus Kiel (male dwarf druid-7), a lover of mountains and caverns, he is fascinated with the Isle of Dread and would like to do more exploring.

Liamar Teslikaria (female human sorcerer-4/favored soul of Rudd-3), a bit of a wild child that seems to be obsessed with testing her luck.

At Vin and Lavinia's direction, the Jade Ravens have been working on various improvements around town.

Survivors

From the original passenger and crew list of the Sea Wyvern

Captain, Amella Venkalie [deceased, Isle of Dread]
Father Feres [deceased, near South Olman Isle]
Aver Meravanchi [deceased, Renkrue-Isles of Axuxal]
Skald [survivor, Farhore]
Urol Forol [deceased, Isle of Dread ]
Lirith Veldirose [survivor, Farshore]
Tavey Nesk [survivor, Farshore]
Rowyn Kellani , stowaway [deceased, Renkrue-Isles of Axuxal]

6 marines, 4 sailors, 7 colonists. [3 marines, 2 sailors, 4 colonists perished]

Skald, Lirith, and Tavey are now working to help prepare Farsore defenses by participating (and training) with the Farshore militia.

XP Standings

Ortho and Gwendlyn advance to level 9. Daria returns to level 9. Druugen, Spanky and Medea advance to level 8.

Level 9: Nesta, Rudopho, Z, Vin, Kongu, Daria, Ortho, Gwendlyn

Level 8: Chiri, Newt, Druugen, Spanky, Medea

Again, submit your updated character sheets when you advance.

Rudy, Nesta, Vin, Z are closing in on 10.

Rakastasfarians

The party returns to search for the Phanaton village and the crazy shaman Miahuaxochitl. Vin negotiates the aid of the phanatons in defending Farshore from the impending battle. Rudy negotiated some modifications to his heirloom falchion (+1 admantine) to add the berserking quality. (As if he wasn't pissed off enough already.) Daria trades some useless magic sticks for vials of liquid that are probably better off not being mentioned.

The phanatons tell the party about a shrine of the tiger-people that had weapons. The tiger-people are no longer there and the party might find some stuff there. On the way to the shrine, rotting vegetation attacks the party. Ortho holds back his big guns, and victory is gained anyway.

After finding the overgrown shrine, the heroes are immediately attacked by a gargantuan anaconda. Gwendyln provided lunch for the creature, and kept singing in spite of being chewed. With much damage applied the snake finally falls, and Gwendyln survives.

The entrance to the shrine is trapped, Hjalmgerder falls into the brackish water. Several statues are looted from the hall leading into the main shrine.

In the main shrine, flying colorful snake creature named Tonatiuh tells Vin the sad history of his children the Rakastas (tiger-people). The rakastas were preparing to defend from an attack of the skin-walkers, an ancient offshoot of the Savage Tide 1000 years ago. The rakastas weapon stash is free for the party to use in defending Farshore against the Crimson Fleet. Having fulfilled his purpose, Tonatiuh leaves to the outer planes.

Leaving the shrine 6 scouts from the Scarlet Brotherhood savagely attack the party. The Scarlet Brotherhood was not prepared to bring their 'A'-game.

Returning back to the crazy shaman, Miahuaxochitl is not finished yet but will send the weapon with an advance team on phanatons to Farshore. The return trip is slow, since the party is packing several crates of weapons.

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Session Characters: Nesta, Rudolpho, Vin, Gwendyln, Daria, Hjalmgerder, Ortho, [Z]
Session Loot: +1 wounding warclaw (spiked gauntlet), +2 evil outsider bane longbow, +1 holy greatsword, 6 wands of cure moderate wounds (14-9-19-18-25-25), 6 amulets of +1 natural armor, 6 masterwork kamas, 40 masterwork warclaws, 20 masterwork longbows, 600 arrows, 10 masterwork shortspears, 10 masterwork longspears, 10 masterworks javelins. 20 jaguar statues (50 lbs) 150gp each.

Kidnapped!

While the stalwart adventurers were out smiting the terrasque of the tar pit Kongu's body was kidnapped. Reports from the citizenry of Farshore tell stories of dark shadows drifting in the streets, flashes of light, and the smell of brimstone.

What sinister designs have been hatched? What fell powers are extending their grip into Farshore? Why is slop knot Pete is missing?

Only the unfolding of the future will tell...