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Session 44 Summary

1. The fight resolves, and The Cinderlings are beaten back! Barely...
   1. Fena is worried that The Cinderlings will come back, so she urges them to get away, but hands them her business card (which has tarot and psychic hand symbols on it) if they would like to reach her.
   2. Shadow and Zo are severely beaten, and everyone is sapped of magical power.
   3. The Captains make a break for the Tide's End Ferry building, narrowly avoiding groups of Cinderlings on the prowl.
2. They board a ferry, and as they depart, an elf in a long coat approaches them
   1. His name is Detective Avari Telren, and he invites them for a chat, maybe over drinks.
   2. The party is in pretty dire shape, so they ask to put it off.
   3. He gives them his business card and lets them be.
3. The captains arrive at Un'theaped Market and go wild for shopping!
   1. They all get patched up at the First Aid station at 4 GP for a 1d8+2 health boost
      1. It's pharmacological and cannot be stacked multiple times like health potions.
   2. Pucc buys an Energy Sword, Long and 6 degraded batteries
   3. Shadow buys a few health potions
   4. Ari buys some boom-boom arrows and looks for armor.
4. As the captains round out the session, Shadow receives a text message from his brother, but he doesn't respond, and doesn't share it with the others.

Session 43 Summary

1. The Captains interrogate the captured thug, and he drops a sinister name... The Prince of Ashes
   1. Pekk recognizes the name from his days raving, and it was bad back then, and he's afraid of what it means now.
   2. The thug is pretty snarky, even beat up as he is, and as he's about to threaten them more, Ari puts an arrow through his head.
2. While discussing it with the team, Ari recognizes the name from what the Laguin have told her.
   1. The Prince of Ashes is a half-fiend leader of a powerful gang, known as The Cinderlings, in Tide's End
   2. They brand themselves to show loyalty and rank, with the first brand being in the shape of a ball of fire.
   3. The guy they killed was covered in brands.
3. The captains are a little beat up from the last fight, so they find a place to hanker down for a breather before moving on.
4. They attempt to sneak across Tide's End following Pekk, but after a while, they spot someone tailing them from the roofs.
   1. Pucc casts Vicious Mockery, deals full damage, and the guy stumbles back and falls off the roof.
5. They finally reach Defromora's Apartment, and find it torched.
   1. Ari goes on a roof to be lookout
   2. Everyone else goes inside to search for clues.
      1. Shadow determines that there's no body in the wreckage.
      2. Zo finds a couple bills addressed to Defromora and burned photographs with Defromora in them.
      3. Pucc determines that there wasn't a struggle, as there's no residual blood or anything else like that.
      4. Gyrnst finds a journal, tucked at the very back and beneath a book shelf, mostly unharmed
         1. A quick glance through it shows that it's a personal diary with names of people and places Defromora has been.
   3. Ari spots a nosy old woman, who tells her that Defromora wasn't home when the attack happened
      1. It was lead by a bunch of pirates (so she says, they looked just like the ones on ReelTok), with a Sahuagin leading them, and the building was burned down two weeks ago.
      2. While at first they thought this was the work of The Cinderlings, the team realizes this was probably the same sahuagin and crew, Saskan and The Stray Dogs, who they killed on the Bonanny Islands.
6. While talking with Fena, they are approached by 5 more Cinderlings, who demand they come with them to meet The Prince of Ashes.
   1. Ari says fuck that, and shoots at them; fight begins!
7. Fight!
   1. This is a tough fight; The Captains are depleted of magic, and already somewhat wounded.
   2. However, luck has been on their side, and a number of strong blows have wounded the assailants
   3. Shadow took a huge hit from a heavy mace, and was stunned for one round!
      1. Gyrnst and Pucc rushed out to help, Zo using her last spell to light up one of the thugs, and Ari raining arrows down from above.
   4. In the final round of the session, Gyrnst compelled a duel with the Cinderling who wounded Shadow (on the map, he's marked with dotted lines).
      1. This means they cannot attack anyone else (except with Disadvantage) and the thug can't move away from Gyrnst
8. To be continued...

Session 42 Summary

1. The Captains decide to leave Thero on the ship with Skavin
   1. He's mostly recovered, still a little beat up, but Gyrnst and Pucc have healed him a little.
2. Where is everyone?
   1. Skavin is on the ship, managing repairs.
   2. Josh is going back and forth from shore to ship, but staying relatively close by.
   3. Dee-HD has gone off without a word, presumably to do ReelTokker things.
   4. Pucc called Pekk to see if he was available to take them down to Tide's End, but he said he was meeting up with some local friends.
      1. If they don't show, or if things wrap up, he can meet up with them and take them around the district.
3. The walk to Tide's End
   1. As The Captains trace their way around Corellon's Crown, they leave the industrial/warehouse/shipping area of Beleg Andorie Harbor and enter more suburban-type neighborhoods.
      1. The homes are built into walls, around trees, and the roads bend and wind their way around.
      2. Lots of little shops, and it feels like each street has its own feeling.
      3. In the Harbor and these neighborhoods, there's a broader sapient diversity of humans, elves, dwarves, and other Covenant species.
   2. They pass through the high-district of Gil-Estelaico.
      1. Beautiful sweeping mansions, homes, ornate carvings; fancy schmantzy!
         1. The streets are populated almost entirely by elves; only interspersed are people of other species, and they carry equal airs of wealth.
      2. Zo can't help herself but live-stream and gawk at the lavish expense.
         1. As she's filming, someone catches her eye; a middle aged half-elf, pot belly, in blue overalls, who looks exactly like Pucc and Pekk, aged 40 or 50 years.
         2. Zo calls Pucc over, and he goes to introduce himself.
      3. The half-elf's name is Paqelamir, and he's a nice man, and after some discussion of the coincidence, invites them over for dinner and drinks with his wife.
         1. Pucc notices a company tag on the clothes for a company called Microlutions Industries.
   3. They go through another suburban district, and Pekk sends them a text that he's on the way over.
      1. As The Captains approach Tide's End with Pekk, they notice the more graffiti, dilapidation, and waste and debris on the streets
      2. Pekk tells them about the raves he used to go to in Tide's End end back in the day and what a blast he had, but The Captains are on uneasy.
         1. Everyone feels on edge; Gyrnst and Shadow are picking up on the furtive looks people are shooting them, and Ari sees movement out of the corner of her eye, people darting over roofs.
4. Confrontation in Tide's End
   1. A big dwarf steps out from around the corner as they approach, and tries to extort The Captains. They're having none of that, and Pucc Viciously Mocks the highwayman, and the fight is on!
      1. Goons step out from the shadows, surrounding and outnumbering The Captains, but they're ill-prepared; try as they might, they can't land a hit.
   2. The Captains are on fire; landing hit after hit, they quickly decimate and demoralize the would-be robbers.
      1. Zo deals massive blows with her Shillelagh
      2. Shadow strikes hard at one of the big lads, cutting arteries and dealing heavy damage.
      3. Gyrnst fells two with critical hits!
      4. Ari cuts down one of the rookies
      5. Pucc tries to use the Cube of Force to bisect the guy who stopped them, but traps him the cube with him (disrupting the inhabitants of the houses on either side).
      6. Pekk hides, then gets excited by the sound the Cube of Force makes makes, and takes out a little recorder to capture it for his music.
   3. Pucc tells the guy to look around, that he is alone, and he should surrender.
      1. As the bandit mulls it over, Shadow lances him through the belly with his pneumatic barbed speargun, yanking him towards them.
   4. Of the eight assailants, four of them flee, and The Captains prepare to interrogate the captured bandit to learn his motives...

Session 41 Summary

1. Fight!
   1. The water genasi realizes that Ari isn't dead yet, and makes her escape, leaving behind her sea elf companion.
   2. The Captains proceed to beat down on the sea elf and are able to shoot the water genasi a few times, but she's able to escape by climbing over a wall.
   3. Ari realizes she was poisoned, and there is a brief panic and flurry of healing spells to keep her alive while the poison runs it course.
2. Interrogation and torture ensues
   1. The barkeep initially acts like she didn't just witness a big fight, but after some "encouragement" from Pucc and Gyrnst, reveals that she knows the sea elf as Thero, a local fixer, and has never see the water genasi before.
   2. The Captains drag Thero to their ship, ducking past the marine technician discussing boat repair with Skavin and strap him down, using the threat of and actual violence to make him talk.
3. Thero spills the beans
   1. J'tak is dead, and there are power struggles and chaos among the Eldrid
   2. Kaelvarr is Ari's half brother, and wants to solidify his claim to power
   3. Kaelvarr hired Thero to take care of Ari, so he hired Brynja
      1. Pure dumb luck put them all at the same bar on the same day
   4. Ari tried to call Kaelvarr from Thero's phone, but it was declined, and after revealing she was Kaelvarr's sister, they lost communication with him.
   5. Thero also offered to look over the Vengema Rankora blackbook from The Golden Goat.
4. Next steps
   1. Ari knows there are both Laguin and Eldrid chapters in the city, but a larger Laguin presence than Eldrid
   2. Ari asks her girlfriend/attorney Haramosh whether to kill Thero, and she says probably don't do it
   3. Brynja is still out there, and The Captains can't help but feel like they're being hunted...

Session 40 Summary

1. After repairing what they could of the damage from the Mergor attack, The High Falutin sails on and finally arrives in Corellon's Crown, a beautiful and vast elven city.
2. Skavin says their ship will take a week or two to get repaired, and to start looking for Defromora Jarllow.
3. The Captains begin looking in a bar, Throkaethra's Steamer
   1. After getting seated, Gyrnst notices a couple Rankora gang leaders at a nearby table
      1. They are subtly dressed in business suits, but he recognizes little hints like the edges of tattoos and flashes of earrings.
   2. Shadow tries to go over and pickpocket them, but is immediately caught and turned away.
      1. He goes the restroom and changes their clothes into Francesca
   3. Pucc tries to impersonate a Rankora soldier with the spell Disguise, but aims a little too low, and is made
      1. They want to have some "fun" with him, but he screams and runs out of the restaurant and changes back into Pucc
4. Meanwhile, Swol Danglebits walks in with a couple of offworlder executives, talking business; The Captains decide to harass him.
   1. Francesca uses Water Genasi Powers to splash his water on his face as he's about to drink, and he looks around the room and the two lock eyes.
   2. Swol tries to play it off with his guests, but Zo approaches in an attempt to distract and interrupt with her ASMR ReelTok performance, but ends up fumbling with her things and falls over and farts a little.
   3. Thinking fast, she casts Fog Cloud on her, steals Swol's wallet and phone in the confusion, and they all leave the restaurant without paying.
      1. Two nat twenties! Two of them!
   4. Outside, Francesca digs through Swol's things.
      1. She takes Swol's ID for the Looming Vessel Company, a blank bank promissory note, and an offworld credit chip.
      2. From his phone, Francesca learns that Swol Danglebits is the COO of Looming Vessel Company, and that the company was acquired by Phorus-Racos, Inc..
      3. She throws both of them onto the walkway for Swol to find later.
5. They re-read the letter from Captain Jarllow to Defromora, and see that she lives in Tide's End
   1. They go to Devil to Pay, order drinks, and try to get some information on Tide's End.
   2. The barkeep suggests the Tiefling named "Barry" at the bar give them a tour for 50GP, and everyone is upset.
6. The other two patrons of the bar get up to leave, and as they pass Ari, she feels a slick dagger slide between her ribs, and the water genasi whispers "Elis sends his regards."

Session 39 Summary

1. Fight finishes!
2. The Mergor have been using this "island" to spot nearby ships and ambush them
   1. The captains find some loot, along with water-logged lumber to help them limp on to Corellon's Crown.
      1. Wheat, 200 lbs, 2 gp
      2. Flour, 200 lbs, 4 gp
      3. Salt, 50 lbs, 2.5 gp
      4. Canvas, 5 Bolts (100 sq yd), 50 gp
      5. Cinnamon, 30 lbs, 60 gp
      6. Platinum, 16 ounces, 500 gp
      7. Lumber (poor), 150lbs
3. Party sets out for Corellon's Crown

Session 38 Summary

1. Big fight!
   1. Zo (as both an octopus and her regular tortle self) and Ari successfully intercept the Mergor submersible and slay all but one^[1] of the inhabitants.
      1. Zo ensnared the vessel with octopus goo and grabbed the attention of two of the mergor.
      2. Ari cut and cut until there was nothing left to cut.
   2. Gyrnst, Pucc, and Shadow took to the island and counter-ambushed the Mergor ambush!
      1. Pucc and Shadow put their pneumatic barbed spearguns to the test!
      2. Gyrnst went head-to-head with a Phio!
2. The fight goes on...

Session 37 Summary

1. Skavin calls a Captain's meeting to discuss The High Falutin, which is in bad shape.
   1. The hull is patched, but they need more materials to make more lasting repairs.
      1. Everyone should keep their eyes out for floating timber or other materials that could be reused
   2. Additionally, the electric engines were damaged, and can only safely run at half-pace.
      1. e.g., 7 days to Corellon's Crater instead of 3
   3. Corellon's Crown is the nearest stop on the map, so Skavin recommends going that way
      1. Largest city around, it'll be easier to get key parts and good deals.
2. Shadow picks up on Skavin's stress, gives her a little massage, and The Captains decide to take a small siesta once the course is set.
   1. Ari and Zo search for shipwrecks for materials, and find tuna instead
   2. Shadow sets up beach chairs and makes margaritas
   3. Pucc and Gyrnst make music to help Skavin relax
3. After a few days, they spot a small island on the horizon with a light house
   1. Skavin checks the maps, and there are no islands marked for the area
   2. Has lots of wood, and maybe other materials if lucky, so they set course
4. Suspicions mount as they get closer and see strange water patterns on the tower
   1. Ari made the calculated guess that the island was actually on the back of a giant Turtle
5. Pucc observed a Mergor poking it's head over the ridge, and the captains formed a plan of attack
   1. Pucc and Gyrnst took the row boat to the island
   2. Ari, Shadow, and Zo swam toward the island
      1. They discovered that it was indeed a Dragon Turtle, and the Mergor had a small submersible headed towards their ship!

Session 36 Summary

1. The Captains split up to save their ship and their skins!
   1. Shadow returns to The High Falutin to help Zo and Skavin disengage their ship from The Vengema Rankora vessel
   2. Pucc takes the Cube of Force and goes with Ari and Gyrnst into the ship to try to find the IBU who is piloting it
2. Zo and Shadow
   1. Before returning, Shadow tries to find the comms unit on the cyborg goliath, but doesn't find anything
   2. Additionally, Zo and Dee-HD search the bodies on The High Falutin, but they are so bloody and wrecked, they aren't able to find anything like a comms unit.
   3. They hear Skavin call out from below-deck, and they find her franticly trying to patch the hole in the hull
   4. Skavin goes above deck to try to pilot The High Falutin off of the Rankora vessel, and Zo and Shadow work on patching the gaping hole with mixed success
3. Pucc, Ari, and Gyrnst make their way deep into the enemy ship
   1. Lights and sirens are going off all around them
   2. Pucc uses the Cube of Force to allow them to safely navigate across the ship (in case it exploded before they got to the control room)
   3. When they find a control panel, activating the Cube around it appears to jolt it to attention, and Pucc and Ari try to convince it to not self destruct
   4. It agrees, and gives them 2 minutes to clear the vessel
   5. While running out, they grab everything they can
4. Zo and Shadow switch jobs, and work much more efficiently as Skavin navigates The High Falutin off of the Rankora ship
5. The Captains return to the vessel with some loot, and the Rankora ship departs.

Loot

3x Daggers
3x Short Swords
2x Barbed Spearguns
1x Long Chainsword
2x Handaxes
2x Scimitars
125 gp (50 from the ship, 75 from the bodies)
23sp

Level up!

Session 35 Summary

1. Fight on the boats
   1. Pucc jumps off a crows nest and hurts himself, then jumps onto the enemy boat and hurts himself
   2. Zo robinhoods a javelin
   3. Shadow gets pierced
   4. Ari gets her murder on
   5. Gyrnst gets a double kill!
2. As the Captains slay the remaining crewman, the apparent leader barks a command; "Pilot, initiate self destruct sequence!"
   1. The ship lights flash, and the captains must make a choice...

Session 34 Summary

1. The High Falutin welcome its new passengers
   1. Pekk goes to the hull of The High Falutin
      1. Skavin can't distinguish Pucc from Pekk, and it's decided that Pucc will always show his Captains tattoo to help everyone tell the difference between them
   2. Dee-HD takes over the infirmary for her video editing, but sleeps in the crew quarters
2. Catchup
   1. Pucc checks in on Pekk to get a rundown of Corellon's Crown
      1. Learns of the vast crater ring, the sub-aquatic biodome market, and that it's the seat of elven government on Sikorrak
   2. Ari sends star picture to Haramosh, who plays hard to get
      1. Then Haramosh sends some teasing star pictures from the bathtub and logs off for the night
   3. Gyrnst and Shadow work on their Jump Jets
      1. Shadow practices with his jump jet, and gets a little bruised, but gets better at using it.
      2. Gyrnst tries to find a manual for it to get an idea of how it works and if it's water resistant, but comes up short of a certain answer.
   4. Zo crafts a message of peace, and shares it over ReelTok.
      1. Response is mixed, and it doesn't get a ton of traction.
3. Shadow spots a ship in the distance, and recognizes it as a ship of war
   1. It's like a semi-submerged catamaran that's used by raiders to disguise the size of their vessel before an attack
   2. He warns the other crew members, and they take turns on watch
   3. After several days, it's clear that the vessel is following them, and at night, a red, unblinking light shines from deck over the open ocean
4. On the night of the 7th day of travel, while Pucc is watching, the light goes out
   1. He searches the open waters for it, then suddenly the ocean erupts as the vessel surfaces from the water and rams The High Falutin
   2. Ballistas on the deck shoot bolts with ropes over The Captains boat, and the flag of The Vengema Rankora unfurls on its mast...