Heroes diary

Harvest 543 AF

When the Mystic Sea-Pig docked in the Mor-Valen Isles, 3 special characters embarked. The druid Enialis was on the way to Lycia to start a personal journey, Daisy Greengae was going home and Ramiro on a mission to find more about a strange symbol. Already on board was U Boi, en-route to Lycia where she hoped to meet with the guild's contact.

During the journey Daisy and Ramiro discovered a shared interest in arcane history and chatted amiably in Draconic. U Boi struck up great rapport with crew and with her balance and rope skills and started earning her passage.

A few days into the journey, a huge storm approaches.

The party assist the crew in the storm, impressed by the cabin boy who swings effortlessly though the rigging. As they secure the ship against the storm, they see another ship running with the storm and drawing closer. Ramiro is amazed to recognise it as a Thuran warship, The Storm-Raven! Amar Ghul attacks any Thuran ship that is south of Shieldgard and they never make past the pirate citadel.

The Storm-Raven is crewed by zombies and steered by a squid-like entity. A necromancer stands on the quarterdeck watching the Mystic Sea-Pig.... As rain lashes down as the storm intensifies and the captain orders the crew to reef the sails but the Storm-Raven ignores the howling wind and continues to close. The party rush for their weapons and start to bombard the zombies in the rigging. The necromancer casts chain lightning and crew members tumble to the deck - only to rise, still smouldering, as he animates them as a boarding party! While the zombies stagger to their feet the party concentrate their fire on the steersthing - Enialis, U-Boi & Ramiro killing it just as a change in the wind forces the Storm-Raven to veer away (out of control). The animated crew members are dealt with swiftly. Ramiro demonstrating his natural panache, Enialis his scimitar skills and U-Boi her acrobatic talents.

The storms gets worse and with a skeleton crew the Mystic Sea-Pig is doomed. The party find themselves washed up on a beach west of the Summerlands.

The party salvage what they can (there seems to be a lot of carthorse tack) and after finding food rest up before heading inland? U-Boi finds a giant wasp's nest. They are dangerous, deadly in swarms but have a valuable sting. The party discuss options but U-Boi soon reports a goblin party with similar intentions scouting the area. Daisy tells the party that this is the tribe that raids her people and that they will happily wipe out an entire nest without considering the impact.

The party decide to set an ambush. Using illusions they draw the goblin hunters into a narrow defile and pelt them with arrows and sling stones. U-Boi bushwacks one, Ramiro takes them on face to face and finishes another with a flourish. Enialis finds himself facing the leader and, although lightly wounded, beheads him with a mighty blow from his scimitar (partially inspired by Ramiro's heroic battle chant).

The party plunder the camp and find a map showing a goblin trail into the Valen Massif (this is not a gang of Elven thugs). Daisy suggests gatherng provisions and exploring the route as it is not one her people know. Ramiro brings up the symbol and Daisy confirms it is ancient Draconic after Enialis remembers hearing that the necromancers saw such a symbol in a temple and the building self destructed. The necromancers fear the symbol. Daisy suggests that it might be a Keresh seal. Ramiro thinks the Red Wizard may be lizardkin…