Around the lake, the group mourns and heals. Sir Anton and Lady Leanne both want revenge upon Sir Anton’s brother for his slaying of the Lady of the Lake. Some of them, via water breathing, investigate the bottom of the lake, finding some treasures (including some magical items). They also try to use the magic mirror in the castle to travel more quickly to England. The first time they try to use it, two figures come through the mirror to them! (Stephen of Kusman and his cohort, Yvona). Introductions are made, and then the group tries again. They end up in a strange land…Poland, to be exact (hey, at least they were in Europe!). They spend a week traveling west.
Lady Christine has a prophetic vision of a giant on his throne, holding a cup (the one entrusted to the Lady of the Lake of the North). He is surrounded by his “Castle”, actually a conglomeration of many mismatched castles, it seems. He is searching for his wand and his book.
Upon being told this dream, Lady Leanne tries (at night) to communicate with King Oberon and tell him the details, including their suspicions of Morgan le Fey. He agrees to warn Nimue, Arthur’s guardian. He then takes them closer to England, although some magic prevents him from locating them at England. The party wakes up on the coast of France!
From there, they find a fisherman willing to ferry them over. The boat looks old and leaky, and so the druid and minstrel secretly repair the wood. Some of the party notice that the fisherfolk always wear gloves. The group sets watches, and during one of them they hear a hammering noise. Yvona tries to investigate but is discovered and sent back to sleep with a story that the fisherfolk are “making repairs”, but she sees that one of the fisherfolk has an ax! She returns and reports this.
Then Lady Christine tries to distract the fisherfolk while the druid Cassandra repairs the ship. But this gambit fails, and the captain calls his sister (wrapped up in clothes and a veil) to “take care of” Lady Christine, who cannot sleep.
Lady Christine is led to a small cabin by the “sister”, who is actually a Sea Hag. To her credit, Lady Christine resists all the magical effects of the Hag, but then the claws start to hurt her. Lady Christine, alerts her White Hart (which awakes, and causes Justice to also wake up), teleports back to the place where the group is sleeping, and wakes the group. Prince Caius goes to investigate, and sees Justice and Weasel trying to get past him to Lady Christine. Caius tells everyone to draw weapons, but then the Sea Hag appears, and Lady Leanne, Stephen and Yvona and weakened by her horrific appearance. Caius, at the top of the stairs, kills the hag.
Then the party goes into the main hold and engages the crew [8 Hd advanced Wights]. During the fight, the wights talk about “spectral knights” that the “lady” said would be here. After a long battle, the group dispatches with the Wights, and find a letter from “M” ordering the wights to stop people accompanying one with a certan shield (the shield of Prince Caius). They also find bodies of the real crew in the kitchen; there is a mas burial at sea. Then the party tries to sail the ship north (one of the magic items was a dagger that always pointed north). They actually get to a shore, near Dover. There they hire real sailors to get them to Camelot. Note that Caius has decided at this point to disguise himself and the crew.
During the second sailing trip, Lady Christine has another prophetic dream. This time, Ciaus’s little sister is presenting Arthur with The Cloak, but Nimue stops her, and insists that she wear the cloak first. She agrees, and upon donning it bursts into flame and dies. Morgan le Fey (with the help of some magic) manages to spin this to indicate that Caius (and perhaps his father and brothers) were plotting high treason against Arthur. A nun brings up the strange recent murder of a respected old nun in Castle Anguish. [Hey, Caius is being framed for a crime he really did commit!].
Some want Anguish and his sons to be killed, but Arthur demands that they get a chance to speak for themselves, in a legal court. He says justice must apply to everyone, or it is not justice. He orders knights to find and bring Anguish and his three sons before him, and also orders that, while this matter is being adjudicated, Archduke Roderick manage affairs in Ireland.
The party doesn’t know if this is something that might happen, or something that is happening now. They don’t know whether they will be too late to do anything. But they embark at Camelot, in disguise, and rush towards their fates (speaking of which, I spent 30 destiny points of Prince Caius on this).
