Mortachi and Xarut explore the ship together (Mortachi likely inquiring about the Deathless). The captain gives you leave to go anywhere except for his stateroom.
The warforged known as Glass is perched on the bow of the ship and makes light conversation with you as you pass. When you mention the ship modifications the warforged points down below the bow. A large ram can be see cutting waves just beneath the waterline.
Beneath the decks, you located the keel of the ship and it looks to be carved with all sorts of runes. Magic hangs heavily in the air and you unconsciously hold your breath. You also pass what appears to be a disassembled siege ballista. Other than that, you find all the things you'd normally find in a sailing ship (food, water, oranges, extra canvas and ropes, & a spare anchor).
As far as armaments go, a small catapult is built into the stern of the ship and an artillery platform has been added to each side of the ship (each with a ballista).
X speaks to Dodger who relates that yes, thier group has some preplanned tactics but that it'd be difficult to train on the ship without causing damage. And given the captain's dislike of warforged it wouldn't be a good idea.
That night Keesha takes Hobbes out on her flight... it's glorious flying hundreds of feet above the surface of the sea though Hobbes suddenly realizes, with a sickening sensation that THERE IS NO LAND ANYWHERE.
As she banks towards the oncoming ship Hobbes catches the scent of dust and death in the air. The ship is painted a deep red color and is a wide two-masted ship. You note that although the wind is strong and filling it's sails, the ship has oarsman who are rowing so as to accelerate the ship. Keesha swears when she sees this and mentions that the ship will be upon the fleet within the day.
Upon returning to the Lunar Fury, the captain interviews both Keesha and Hobbes. When Hobbes mentions that he smelled dust and death the captain nods. "It's a Kaarnathi privateer called the Dawnspear... rumors state that they use the dead to crew the ship. We can outrun them... but the Osprey and Wavedancer can't." He then excuses himself to communicate with the other ship's captains.
Groswen: [SBLOCK]You can find plenty of information about Jherod as he's not properly in the Vlad'dam family. He's related by blood, and apparantly spent a lot of time with Navanna Vlad'dam in the past six years. He was a child prodigy graduating from Wynarn University at the age of fourteen, mastering foreign languages and specializing in history and archeology. He is now officially employed by the University as it's Archeology chair, something that caused quite an upset within the University's ranks, though all agree that none are more suited to the role than he.
Marinanna, on the other hand, is completely mundane. Born to a dragonmarked house without a dragonmark herself, she was consigned to the mercanary wing of the house. She's supposedly good at what she does, but is nothing exceptional in and of herself.[/SBLOCK]
