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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantardis" data-source="post: 3807734" data-attributes="member: 46174">A few days later, the group received a summons from Lavinia.  On their retun to House Vanderboren they were greeted by Lavinia and a human male whom Lavinia introduced as Aubreck.  "As I don't have any work for you currently, I wondered if you would consider helping a frined of mine."Aubreck continued, "You see I am a merchant.  Unfortunately I am in something of dire straits.  My last cargo vessel, the Emperor of the Waves disappeared about 2 weeks ago.  I have recently learned that it has run aground about 3 days sail from here.  The ship itself doesn't concern me, it's the cargo that matters, specifically a large metal box inscribed with my seal.  If you would be willing to sail out to the Emperor of the Waves for me and retrieve my cargo I would see that you were suitably recompensed for your time."A few hours later the group were aboard the vessel that would transport them to the stricken merchant vessel.  The first day at sea passed uneventfully.  During the afternoon of the second day, whilst he was on deck, Grey noticed that there were some shapes readying to climb aboard the ship from all directions.  He motioned silently to his companions and they stationed themselves at various corners around the ship.  Grey's warning came not a moment too soon as a large number of strange fish and lobster crossed humanoid figures appeared on deck.  Two of them headed towards the captain at the wheel whilst the rest headed towards the companions.Before the creatures could attack the captain, Grey loosed an arrow and one of the creatures fell dead.  Meanwhile Aust managed to reach over the porhe vessel, where two of the creatures were still readying to clamber aboard.  Muttering a few arcane phrases, he leaned over and a burst of bright colours sprouted from his fingertips.  The two creatures appeared stunned and sank to the bottom.  On the starboard side of the vessel two of the creatures attacked Erin and Morning, doing some considerable damage.  Fortunately Morning's healing aura was still radiating outwards and the wounds quickly started to heal.  On the foc'sle another creature swarmed aboard and dodging Seki's snake attacked Seki himself, drawing blood.Nimo, near the stern of the ship shouted, "I think they're Sahuagin" and shouted at them in Sahuagin.  When they didn't respond, he let a bolt of glowing energy fly from his fingers and one of the creatures fell down dead.  By this time Seki's snake had attacked the creature which had harmed his master, the creature falling down as posion coursed through its body.  Grey launched another arrow at another creature which was trying to leap over the side and it fell backwards into the sea.  Finally Seki struck the final creature and it fell.  Silence reigned over the ship.By midday on the third day the Emperor of the Waves came into view, it had become lodged on a set of rocks, protruding from the surface of the ocean.  Launching the longboat the group quickly came aboard the stricken vessel and had a look around.  There seemed to be a number of strange tracks and Seki examined them.  "One seems to be a slithering creature, I'm unsure what it was, the second seemed to be similar to a spider and the final one appeared to be humanoid wearing boots, which was going below into the hold.  The group decided to head left,following the slithering track towards the cabin on the left.  Using the spears they had taken from the bodies of the fish creatures, they surrounded the doorway, whilst Grey tapped on the door.  The next moment the door was burst off its hinges as a huge sized centipede burst through.  Although the door was broken, the doorway was still intact, meaning the centipede was squeezing, putting it at a disadvantage, meaning the group could quickly finish it off using their spears.  Inside the centipede's cabin they saw a crude altar.  Aust had a quick look at the runes and symbols that were all around and recognised them as belonging to Tharzan, a demon lord associated with vermin and insects.  They also found a ledger which showed that the Emperor had landed by an island and that the crew had been attacked by large number of orcs.Leaving the centipede's cabin they headed towards the other cabin.  Opening the door they saw a large spider.  It nearly managed to poison Aust as he opened the door, but fortunately Seki's snake managed to attack it first.  After a mighty spear thrust by Erin which went through the spider and out the other side, all became still.</blockquote>

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