Session 16

The Black Breach & the Battle on the Jasmine (November 16, 2018)

The PCs searched the Ebon Hawk for young Ignatius to no avail. Lady Yen confirmed that the teleportation circle on the deck was a one-way teleporter off the ship, and could not be used to return. Captain O’Malley was satisfied with this information and continued the ship’s course to the Black Breach. The PCs threw a party to lift the crew’s spirits; there was socializing, arm wrestling, gambling, and 3/4ths of the rum keg was consumed. The party learned the history of the Black Breach prison, met a tattooed prisoner, gave Wilhelm into custody, and collected his bounty. However, Altair and Ignatius maintained that the catatonic man they delivered was not the real Wilhelm, and that he must’ve escaped. Altair split his portion of the bounty with the party, and indicated that he would begin to track young Ignatius.

Tryx dispelled Wilhelm’s spell book, and Lady Yen began the lengthy process of translating it. It revealed journal entries written by Wilhelm which confirmed that he used magic to create Ignatius. It also contained diagrams of the Enimat flower, and a ritual involving a diamond that might restore Balor’s faculties.

The Ebon Hawk encountered a merchant ship called The Jasmine, and engaged in trade with its charismatic captain, LeCroix. A battle ensured when it was revealed that The Jasmine had slaves on board. Petronella was badly burned as she beat the minotaur, Grim, to death; however, Ignatius implored her to spare LeCroix. The Jasmine was left badly damaged, the slaves Nim, Noble, and Lily, were brought aboard the Ebon Hawk, as was a box of the narcotic Black Sand, and an ornate cannon called the Persuasion.

That night the crew gathered to perform the ritual in Wilhelm’s spell book. Lady Yen used the diamond component from the cannon, and Balor’s intelligence was restored! The Ebon Hawk is two weeks from Boar Island— the location of the final idol. Meanwhile, Ignatius’s tonic stock is dangerously low.