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<blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 4240043" data-attributes="member: 301"><p><strong>The Bullywug Gambit Part 1 (Garnham)</strong></p><p></p><p>From the journal Of K. Garnham apprentice Seeker. Translated from the Vallossan.</p><p></p><p>For our service to the city we were awarded the Spire of Sasserine. There was a party. I wore a new suit and shook the hands of people who wouldn't have acknowledged my existence last week. There was punch and small cakes. Several people thought I was a wizard for some reason.</p><p></p><p>After the pomp and circumstance we departed Sasserine for Kraken's Cove aboard the Flying Fish, a fishing ship under the command of one Arlen Huxley. We made landfall opposite the cove itself and crossed overland. We hadn't gotten too far into the jungle when we were attacked by monkeys. Deformed abominations some barely able to breathe through twisted throats. </p><p></p><p>That was just the beginning. We made it to the cove in short time. We saw the smoke long before we arrived. Several ships had been set on fire. Debris littered the beach and you didn't need to be a tracker to tell that several people had made their way to caves in the rock face.</p><p></p><p>We made our way down to the beach and were attacked by a small group of people just as deformed as the monkeys we encountered in the jungle. At first I thought they were undead. Some had wounds that I thought would be impossible for a living being to endure, let alone stand and fight. In close combat it became obvious that they were living albeit twisted. Tainted. When we put them down they dissolved into some sort of acid. We made our way through the caves and found more tainted people and beasts. There we met Brissa; what remained of her anyway. Dexter's ax put her out of her misery. </p><p></p><p>Eventually we came across an untainted survivor. And what a specimen she was. She was in the midst of fighting half a dozen of her former companions when we first saw her. She was wading through them. Our group may have dispatched as many as she did in the same amount of time, but I doubt it. This was Captain Harliss Jarvel of the Slippery Eel and from her we found out what happened. Vanthus was caught stealing from her. He had a black pearl "as big as your fist" in his hand, Jarvel bloodied him, getting some on the pearl which went overboard. Once it hit the water it exploded. Captain Jarvel says that her vision went green for a while and when it cleared her crew were living undead. Vanthus resisted the taint and, charmer that he is, pushed the tainted Brissa overboard to make his escape.</p><p>Jarvel sent her first mate Drevanaz to seek revenge on Vanthus by killing him and his family. We managed to convince her that Lavinia is innocent. Jarvel gave us a letter to give to Drevanaz in order to spare her.</p><p></p><p>We have rejoined the Flying Fish and are returning to Sasserine to prevent Lavinia's assassination. As to the pearl itself. Jarvel claims that she was to deliver it to a buyer who was to come to the cove. She wouldn't reveal their name and, actually, seemed frightened of them. A scary thought given her amazing ability with the sword. I think that arrogant, amoral jackass Vanthus may have saved Sasserine. This pearl was a city destroyer. A little blood and water and zam; anyone who resists the taint ends up getting killed by those who didn't. There's a short list of people who have that kind of hate for Sasserine. The top of that list has an embassy there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrow, post: 4240043, member: 301"] [b]The Bullywug Gambit Part 1 (Garnham)[/b] From the journal Of K. Garnham apprentice Seeker. Translated from the Vallossan. For our service to the city we were awarded the Spire of Sasserine. There was a party. I wore a new suit and shook the hands of people who wouldn't have acknowledged my existence last week. There was punch and small cakes. Several people thought I was a wizard for some reason. After the pomp and circumstance we departed Sasserine for Kraken's Cove aboard the Flying Fish, a fishing ship under the command of one Arlen Huxley. We made landfall opposite the cove itself and crossed overland. We hadn't gotten too far into the jungle when we were attacked by monkeys. Deformed abominations some barely able to breathe through twisted throats. That was just the beginning. We made it to the cove in short time. We saw the smoke long before we arrived. Several ships had been set on fire. Debris littered the beach and you didn't need to be a tracker to tell that several people had made their way to caves in the rock face. We made our way down to the beach and were attacked by a small group of people just as deformed as the monkeys we encountered in the jungle. At first I thought they were undead. Some had wounds that I thought would be impossible for a living being to endure, let alone stand and fight. In close combat it became obvious that they were living albeit twisted. Tainted. When we put them down they dissolved into some sort of acid. We made our way through the caves and found more tainted people and beasts. There we met Brissa; what remained of her anyway. Dexter's ax put her out of her misery. Eventually we came across an untainted survivor. And what a specimen she was. She was in the midst of fighting half a dozen of her former companions when we first saw her. She was wading through them. Our group may have dispatched as many as she did in the same amount of time, but I doubt it. This was Captain Harliss Jarvel of the Slippery Eel and from her we found out what happened. Vanthus was caught stealing from her. He had a black pearl "as big as your fist" in his hand, Jarvel bloodied him, getting some on the pearl which went overboard. Once it hit the water it exploded. Captain Jarvel says that her vision went green for a while and when it cleared her crew were living undead. Vanthus resisted the taint and, charmer that he is, pushed the tainted Brissa overboard to make his escape. Jarvel sent her first mate Drevanaz to seek revenge on Vanthus by killing him and his family. We managed to convince her that Lavinia is innocent. Jarvel gave us a letter to give to Drevanaz in order to spare her. We have rejoined the Flying Fish and are returning to Sasserine to prevent Lavinia's assassination. As to the pearl itself. Jarvel claims that she was to deliver it to a buyer who was to come to the cove. She wouldn't reveal their name and, actually, seemed frightened of them. A scary thought given her amazing ability with the sword. I think that arrogant, amoral jackass Vanthus may have saved Sasserine. This pearl was a city destroyer. A little blood and water and zam; anyone who resists the taint ends up getting killed by those who didn't. There's a short list of people who have that kind of hate for Sasserine. The top of that list has an embassy there. [/QUOTE]
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