Session 21

Bay of the Undead (March 8th, 2019)

Balor spoke to Petronella about the cauldron’s revelation that they come from the same place. She told him that she is from an island called Dovastahd but that she left decades ago and intends to never return. She remained vague, but told him that there are no more silver dragonborn there, and that his people were drawn to conflict. Using the map on the bracer from the red dragonborn, Balor was able to identify the approximate location of Dovastahd (west of Loki), if it still exists.

The crew sought out an aarakocra nest and left payment and a letter to be delivered to the Black Marauder requesting further instructions for their mission.

During the three week journey to the Bay of Marauders Ignatius’s condition worsened; his speed slowed, his mood was inconsistent, and his hair began to grey. Meanwhile, the party entertained themselves with goblin pranks, “training” Lily and Noble, and bedtime stories with Beyla. One evening Balor overheard the sounds of copulation in the armory, but was only able to catch Ragnar alone.

Mr. Burroughs was able to use a star chart and a partially burnt scroll to determine that an eclipse was set to occur 32 weeks from their scheduled arrival in the Bay of Marauders. According to his calculations, during this time the deadly storm system in the Sea of Storms would settle long enough for the Ebon Hawk to pass safely to the Infinite Isle. The crew debated if waiting so long would be in their best interest or if they should brave the storm now.

When the ship finally docked, the Bay of Marauders was in ruins and covered under a cloud of perpetual ash. A smaller ship called the Coral Casket was also docked, but did not seem to have a crew. The party fought through shuffling undead in the market ruins, and defeated the reanimated body of Brother Jeremiah. Tryx nearly died when he summoned a bolt of lightning onto himself and the surrounding undead, but Altair managed to revive him. During the battle the decaying form of Merryweather compelled Balor to rip out his own eye and her own eyeball made its home in his socket.

The party managed to avoid further undead as they made their way to the Keeper’s shop, only to find that the building was burnt and broken-down. However, when Balor tried the damaged red door it opened to reveal that the shop was miraculously intact. Ignatius asked the party to stand watch and entered alone. An hour later he emerged with a large case of tonic, and missing a hand.

When the party returned to the Ebon Hawk Lady Yen inspected Balor’s new eye and determined that he had attuned to a familiar. Altair reasoned that Lady Yen could use the mountaintop teleportation circle to instantly send them to different islands across the Cerulean Dominion.