We began in the market district of Sic-Met at the end of a good shopping spree. The group spent the night in a room at The Cottage of Tekhat. Most of the group slept in Agnes’ mansion but Kerzha fell asleep to the whispy voice of Prescott reading her a book in the room.
That evening a voice in Tubbs’ head reviewed Ambrose’s offer and offered to pay for the group’s passage to Schooner Bay on a ship called the Sea Splitter.
Once on board on the way to the cabin Fern was yelled at by a couple of dwarves. They were clearly brothers and knew Sargent Firebeard from the time that she was posted on the WestWall. They cheerfully invited everyone to their table for drinks and catching up. They did mention that there was a giant scarecrow setup and lit on fire outside the king’s castle in the Celestial City.
The brothers somehow got in a ghost pepper eating contest with most of the party involved. Everyone did surprisingly well. After eating 3 ghost peppers both barbarians were still able to arm wrestle for the right to tattoo any of the losers with a tattoo of their choice.
Early the next morning Kerzha used a homemade tattoo kit to tattoo a beautiful image of her biceps on Fern’s lower back.
Sometime that morning Julianna landed next to Keljor as a bird and then had a conversation with him. She mentioned that he was impressive and that she had been thinking about him. Julianna asked if Keljor knew about a dance hall under the Silver Serpent. Keljor deflected Julianna’s interest for the most part. He did learn that Julianna can find her doll.
Julianna made a lunch for the group, a particularly vegetarian lunch with glazed apple slices for dessert. While they ate Julianna told the group what was uncovered in Ambrose’s book that was sold to her.
- Ambrose is ambitious and powerful and rich in his own right, beyond what he does for the crown. We have the names of his other properties and more than one safehouse where he may have stashed valuable contraband.
His book mentions that he and the Queen are both interested in restarting the old wars between Seak’Oria and Demacia by first crippling or annexing Kingsport.
Ambrose’s book also mentioned a snowy pass between Demacia and Seak’Oria that was expected to be open for about a month this year. He intends to test Demacia’s defenses and send spies through to infiltrate them.
After the dinner Julianna appears on deck and tempts Loris with “Power and essence unending” from Shadowfell. Julianna seems interested in Loris’ power and shadowy essence. The evening ended with Julianna flying up to roost in the crows nest and Loris looking out over the waves.