Session 31 - What Happens on Shadow Isle... Stays on Shadow Isle
30th Jul 2021 - 19:45 - 23:30
In-game timeline: Start of session: 1489DR Marpenoth 16. End of session: 1489DR Marpenoth 17
Our "Heroes" are starting on their first day in their new jobs. Derrick impresses the other Dock Workers with his strength, intelligence (! They aren't all that bright, those Dock Workers!), elocution and Magic-Boy skills. He starts to form a network of "Regulators" - dock workers and urchins who can go anywhere around the small town and report back to Derrick.
Karoshi struggles to get many words out of his boss, Malek, at the "Shape Ya Booty" forge. He is able to chat in private with Brighton and finds out a bit more about the Dragon Turtles and the Sahuagin - most notably that their entire area on the Isle is under water.
Iwee is so focussed on making a good impression during her entertainment sessions at the "Fill Ya Booty" Tavern, and in crafting her new "Pirate Song" that she doesn't hear too much gossip. She is Inspired to hear her Pirate Bree song being used as a Rebel Anthem, though.
Jaxii takes on her new role as "Exotica" in the "Booty Full" Brothel with enthusiasm. She does find out quite a bit about Jorell and ensures she is booked by him that evening.
Together, the group also manage to identify one Pirate Captain and nine Pirate Bosuns who are somewhat disappointed at their lot within the Radiant Sisters, and would happily join a Rebel Cause, though not before a 'sensible' plan had been sorted out by the group. Oh dear. That isn't really their forte.
The events of the following evening have been heavily redacted, in order to (1) retain the DM's sanity and to try to recover a semblance of honour and integrity, and (2) keep this blog at a PG12 rating. Suffice to say, Derrick exploited the fact that Pirate Captain Skull (male, human) seemed to have taken a liking to him, and ended up getting lots of information about the treasure, hags and sahuagin. Derrick did not sleep alone that night.
Jaxii used her new reputation as "Exotica" and managed to "entertain" Jorell, the half-elven harbourmaster, long enough to allow Iwee, invisible, to infiltrate Jorell's office, find out what had happened to Jaxii's mum, Tamara (she was sold as a slave, along with other slaves, to the Clerics of Shar who are on Abbey Isle, in exchange for the Eye of Kronos ruby). Iwee also got a look at various charts etc that seems to show the upcoming Isle movements, and the targets for the next few Pirate Bree attacks. Unfortunately, however, much of the notes and notation was in a form that Iwee could not understand, so her information was patchy, at best. She quickly exited the office before she could be seen.
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In the early hours of the morning, Karoshi swam down to the Dragon Turtle, using one of the two potions of water breathing that they obtained from Brighton, and having been made invisible by Iwee. He found out a bit more about the chains that hold the Turtles, and the Sahuagin guards in the Winch Room. He returned to share his findings with the others, and they spent some time formulating a plan.
And so we leave our "Heroes" working out what they options are, what things they can afford to try to do before attempting to get off the Isle, and what things they will have to leave for another time. With Bree leaving in only a day, and a slave galley arriving half a day later, time is of the essence - assuming they want to take advantage of, or do things before, those events happen…
Pirate life (sung to the tune of House of the rising sun)
There was a band of cruel pirates
Who sailed the trackless sea,
And it’s been the fate of many a poor soul
That’s sold to slavery
For those that run the gauntlet
It’s a pirate’s life ahead
For those too weak or scared to try
Its cruel servitude instead
The only thing the sisters want
Is gems, blue, green and red
Fail to gain treasure enough
And to the quippers you’ll be fed
Liberty, now you’re forfeit
It’s a pirate’s life for me
Branded, trapped and powerless
With no hope of getting free
There was a band of pirates
Who sail the trackless seas,
Fearsome, dread and hidden
Sailing under Captain Brees