Elven Navy Delta Squad: Thought Taker

[Mirth]

"You have nothing to fear from us, Lareth Eln of Toril," Chjargal tries to make his deep bass voice as soothing as possible to calm the shaking (human's?) nerves. "You are are now under the protection of the Elven Navy, albeit only a handful of us."

Seeing that Lareth is feeling better, the bugbear asks, "How did you come to be on this ship? It is unusual that you were a live captive on a ship that did not seem the type to take live captives. What about you is so important?" As the druid continues talking, he scouts the drakkar for parts that can be used as quick-fixes for the damage to the moray.

 

[Keia]

After Marcus has distributed the healing that he can to the crew and assist those that were hurt (other than the boarders), he will move onto the other vessel to help with the search and explore the ship.

Normally, We'd take these pirates to the nearest port and turn them in for their crimes, but I don't know if we have either the time or the capability of doing that now, Marcus thought. We don't have a sending stone to just alert the fleet and have a ship pick them up. Let's find out who they are and what they've done, that may make this easier.

Marcus will intimidate and interview the boarders to learn about who and what they are. Then, he'll check with the robed figure and hear what Chjargal has to say about him.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

The human wizard explains his plight. Not long ago he crash-landed on a magic-poor world, where he was discovered by Erik Bloodaxe, the late captain of the drakkar. When Lareth told the barbarian that he was a wizard who flew among the stars, Erik became quite interested.

The shock of the crash had wiped Lareth's spells from memory. He attempted to spend some time with his spellbook, but the savage took it away and burned it in front of him. Bloodaxe took the wizard home and spent weeks tormenting Lareth for information about spelljamming. After discovering that the ship's helm survived the crash, Bloodaxe stood up before his village council and proposed raiding the magic lands beyond the sky.

The council laughed him out of the hall, but Erik was not deterred. He gathered many of the younger warriors, installed the helm on one of the village's ships, and set off to prove himself a warrior not to be scoffed at.

Bloodaxe and his crew found their first encounters in space to be easy pickings. The other ships they met were more suited to space travel, but the raiders made up for their inexperience with ferocity and will. Bloodaxe burned the other ships behind him and took no prisoners, which is why he probably escaped the notice of the Navy (until now).

Erik left Lareth alive because he was the only one who could operate the helm, but the warrior never trusted the wizard. He and the others would even drag the wizard along during boarding actions, for fear that he would attempt to steal away with the ship. Lareth was able to prepare magic missle and a few other spells from memory, but didn't see a likely shot at freedom until now.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Akodo (either after Lareth tells the story or later after hearing it from Chjargal — OOC: I don't know if he'd still be busy tending people or not at this point) pats the wizard on the shoulder and smiles, "It's good to be free of Bloodaxe, isn't it?" Then to Marcus, "What shall we do with him? I mean, I'm perfectly happy to let him take the Barbarian ship — it seems like a reasonably fair trade off for the humiliation he's suffered. Unless, of course, you have any better ideas?"

Edit: Fixes a problem with parentheses.

 

[Keia]

"Let's talk to the surviving boarders and see if they corroborate his story then we'll go from there," Marcus says to Akodo. "Chjargal, can you come with me to talk with the boarders as well?"

When away from the robed wizard Marcus quietly and not facing the wizard asks Chjargal "Do you have detect evil available. If so, can you pass it over the boarders and also check the wizard. If not, do you know of anyone else that would have it."

 

[Mirth]

When away from the robed wizard Marcus quietly and not facing the wizard asks Chjargal "Do you have detect evil available. If so, can you pass it over the boarders and also check the wizard. If not, do you know of anyone else that would have it."

"I'm afraid all I can detect today is magic or poison, sir," Chjargal says to Marcus. "If we can stall until morning, then I could have it ready tomorrow, other than that ... I don't think Akodo has it, but I'm not sure about Amanu or Grillon. I suppose I could ask them, ... surreptitiously, of course."

 

[Keia]

"Understood, see what you can do," Marcus asked. He was hesitant to leave this remaining boarders and mage behind unless he was sure they weren't coming back after them later or going after someone else.

 

[Mirth]

"Aye, sir," Chjargal says to Marcus, then makes his way to Grillon and Akodo, asking both in hushed tones if they have the capability to detect evil on Lareth and the crew of the drakkar.

If not, he will approach Theryndil with the same question, also inquiring of the nomad whether he thinks it would be wise to ask either Elaine or Thought Taker should the psi-elf not be able to detect evil either.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Most of the twenty surviving boarders are reluctant to talk, but a few proudly admit their glorious raids against the ships of space.

For his part, the wizard asks to accompany you to a convenient port, explaining that he feels defenseless without a spellbook. He also asks that you bring along the helm and portal locator from the drakkar, which were taken from his former ship.

Lareth also tells you the raiders are from a sizeable asteroid two days away. He thinks it is probably safe to return them to the asteroid, since they have no other means of spelljamming.

Lareth blanches when Thought Taker comes up on deck to inspect the moray after the battle. He searches your faces, probably wondering if you've all been dominated. The raiders stare at the mind flayer without fear, but also without recognition.

The illithid telepathically congratulates you on your defense of the vessel. He asks what your plans are for the survivors.

 

[Keia]

Marcus will address Thought-Taker, "We intend to drop them off at a nearby asteroid. Without the helm and portal locator, they haven't the capacity to spell-jammer and therefore, will harm no other travelers. Their leaders have been slain in the attack. The wizard who was with them was apparently kidnapped and forced to work for them. We'll probably drop him at a port along our way."

"The ship and its remaining belonging will probably belong to us, to compensate us for the attack and our repairs," Marcus added.