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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isklexi" data-source="post: 6890665" data-attributes="member: 6684948">The Lady and the LiarDelft dropped the constables off at the docks to make their arrangements and headed back to HQ himself. An unusual sight and an irate first mate greeted the constables when they arrived at their ship. The waters about the Arboretum were teeming with huge schools of fish, and Sorcha, their Hamadryad first mate, stomped down the gangplank to inform them they had a visitor. The party would have to deal with Lady Beshela, Archfey of the Seas.[gm]I don’t think I’ve mentioned the party’s ship crew by name here. I thought it made sense for the RHC to provide a small crew of crack sailors since the PCs aren’t experienced sailors themselves. I’ll go ahead and list them now.Engineer Adelaide Smith; human female, also the ship’s cookEngineer Cecilia Jones; human female, has a pet squirrelChief Engineer Artair Rana; eladrin male, perennial pessimistGunner Geraldine Williams; human female, has a tattoo for each ship she sank during the Yearasol wars (3)Look-Out Mary Taylor; human female, prone to tavern brawls and missing several teethHelmsman Albert Brown; human male, tends to whistle and has sky blue hairBosun Sharon Davies; human female, rarely speaks without shoutingFirst Mate Sorcha Tulach; hamadryad female, never leaves sight of the shipI generated them all randomly using the population distribution for Risur in the player’s guide and tables of NPC quirks in the 4th & 5th edition DM guides.[/gm]Lady Beshela told the constables that she was here to offer her aid. She told the party that she had been an ally of Duchess Ethelyn. The duchess had been afraid of a shadowy force trying to take over Risur. Beshela claimed that she wished to ally with the constables as they had defeated Ethelyn and proven themselves the greater weapon against the darkness. She came to bestow a gift on the constables, a wooden dais that would allow their ship to flit between the real world and the Bleak Gate or Dreaming.Irony was immediately suspicious. As the party’s expert on the fey, Irony knew that Lady Beshela is famous for her mercurial temper and she certainly isn’t known for handing out gifts. As Irony began to question Beshela’s motives, a boisterous crowd approached the docks led by Rock Rackus. Rock hailed the constables and, to their consternation, proclaimed that he was ready for their next adventure. Before the party could untangle this latest wrinkle, voices in the crowd accused Beshela of sinking Risuri ships and demanded the constables place her under arrest. Maddox and Doran noticed that the rabble-rousing cries didn’t seem to actually originate from anyone in the nascent mob. Irony quickly moved to calm the crowd when yet another uninvited guest appeared, a tatty suit with an old top hat floating above a non-existent head.Irony recognized the newcomer as the infamous fey trickster Copperhat the Headless. Beshela was clearly not pleased to see the unseen jester. Copperhat asked if the constables really intended to trust Beshela while the Unseen Court was tied up in internal disagreements. Copperhat then cartwheeled over Beshela’s portal pad and teleported it down to the docks where it proceeded liquefy the dock’s masonry. Beshela accused Copperhat of trickery and demanded the party kill him. The constables refused on the grounds that she had obviously been trying to sabotage their ship. Enraged, Beshala hurled insults calling them traitors and servants of shadow. Beshela clearly believed that the constables were in league with the Obscurati.Irony realized that the only way to get Beshela to listen was to insult her and challenge her to a boasting contest. That would force her, for the sake of pride, to at least listen to their version of events. The constables took turns boasting of their battles against the Obscurati. Beshela boasted of saving the life of Risur’s future king, Aodhan, during the Yearosol wars and bragged about being behind the recent rise in shipwrecks near Flint. The party impressed Beshela with their boasts and insults, and she confessed that she had misjudged the constables. She removed the curse from the portal pad and promised to stop sinking ships near the city as well as come to their aid in the future. Beshela then dove off the side of their ship and vanished into the water.Copperhat commended the party on a most entertaining show and asked if the constables would hold onto a magic item for him. He pressed a balled up glob of spider web into Kirk’s hands and told him that it would come in handy for dealing with dead bodies. “I don’t know what you’re up to, but I’ve got a knack. I can always smell a corpse in the offing.” Copperhat then draped an arm over Rock’s shoulders and, with a flourish, produced an ornate invitation, claiming that Rackus had been invited to the Unseen Court for some new adventures. The whirlwind of confusion departed as soon as it arrived, leaving the constables to clean up and prepare for their mission.</blockquote>

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