Through the streets of the city of Sasserine the halfling woman walked, through the districts of the city she walked. She was looking for those her msitress needed. Through each of the major city districts she passed on her mistress' message. Only time would tell if there would be a response.
Sea ward ho! With lavinia's gold
- Thread starter Dantardis
- Start date
Cal Sirenson
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Cal Sirenson signing on for a long and prosperous voyage, Carrrrr-ptin
knitteddoll
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Elaine Anselm, ready to find her some pirate treasure!
Standing in the atrium of Vanderboren Mansion stood a male human in flowing robes, a slightly aristocratic woman in armour, a male dward in full armour, another human in very showy clothing, another male human in dark black robes and a dwarf cleric.
They were all greeted in turn by the lady Lavinia who revealed she wanted to employ them to try and recover her father's caravel, the Blue Nixie whch had been impounded by the Sasserine harbour master due to late payment of the mooring fees. Lavinia said that the harbour master's cronies, led by a cutthroat called Soller Vark had taken a payment that Lavinia had given them and then claimed the payment hadn't been made. She wanted to employ the group to try and recover the vessel.
They were all greeted in turn by the lady Lavinia who revealed she wanted to employ them to try and recover her father's caravel, the Blue Nixie whch had been impounded by the Sasserine harbour master due to late payment of the mooring fees. Lavinia said that the harbour master's cronies, led by a cutthroat called Soller Vark had taken a payment that Lavinia had given them and then claimed the payment hadn't been made. She wanted to employ the group to try and recover the vessel.
The party agreed to help Lavinia out and headed to the harbout to scout out the area. After looking around for an hour or two they saw that the ship was full of rough types. Stopping by a local mariner's store called "It Still Floats", they hired a small cog and headed across the harbou, aiming for the blind side of the vessel. Using the netting the group readied to scramble aboard. Realising that there was a villian in the crow's nest who might call out a warning if he saw their vessel, Jack cast command on him and the watcher dived from the crow's nest, landing on a colleague, harming both of them badly. Meanwhile the remainder of the group, using the netting at the side of the vessl the rest of the party swarmed aboard, Beserkan quickly criticalling one. Elane, meanwhile who was quickly surrounded fell over under a hail of blows. Lucius (who had been given the task of tying the cog to the Blue Nixie) watched in chagrin as the current carried the cog away. At that point a cabin door opened and a swarthy human, presumably Soller Vark moved towards beserkan. The remainder of the party couldn't come to his aid as they had problems of their own. Eventually the fight was over, the blue Nixie was recovered and the party returned to Lavinia.
Lavinia Vanderboren was delighted when the party returned with her father's ring, together with a scrap of paper which seemed to hint at a way of unlocking the family vault:
Chimera Looks to sunrise
Cyclops looks to sunset
Medusa looks to sunrise
Umber Hulk looks to sunset
Basilisk looks to sunrise.
Wasting no time Lavinia ordered her servants to get her carriage ready and the party hurried over to the vault at Castle Terkanian. After a minor skirmish with the vault guardians they reached the door to the main vault, which was locked. After several minutes trying to work out the combination, Lucius eventually realised that there was a clue in the riddle they'd found, the number of revolutions correlated to the number of eyes of each creature, with the sunrise, sunset referring to left or right.
With a great creak the vault door swung open, however the vast majority of the chests bar two had been emptied. In the remaining chests were some thousands of gold pieces, together with a ledger and a diary revealing that the Vanderboren family had interests far to the south on an island called the Isle of Dread. On leaving the vault Cal asked the nearest scribe if anyone else had been in the vault recently. The scribe then revealed that Vanthus Vanderboren had been there too!!!
On returning to the manor, Lavinia informed the party that she was worried about her brother and wanted them to find him. After a few false leads they discovered he had been seen heading out to Parrot Island, in the bay. Hiring a boat they followed him and found a trail leaing to a trapdoor with a rope hanging down. Scrambling down the rope one at a time, they suddenly saw Vanthus at the top of the shaft, he cut the rope with a mocking laugh and slammed the trapdoor down. It was dark and the party realised they had not brought any light sources. Fortunately Jack found a sunrod so they at least had some light. Coming toa waterlogged room Jack ,moved ahead and was ambushed by some small crabs, quickly falling over, bleeding profusely. After being healed the group found the dead body of man called Penkhus who had written a lengthy diatribe against Vanthus Vanderboren. After another hour of searching the group found a tunnel which lead back to the beach and they sailed back into Sasserine.
Chimera Looks to sunrise
Cyclops looks to sunset
Medusa looks to sunrise
Umber Hulk looks to sunset
Basilisk looks to sunrise.
Wasting no time Lavinia ordered her servants to get her carriage ready and the party hurried over to the vault at Castle Terkanian. After a minor skirmish with the vault guardians they reached the door to the main vault, which was locked. After several minutes trying to work out the combination, Lucius eventually realised that there was a clue in the riddle they'd found, the number of revolutions correlated to the number of eyes of each creature, with the sunrise, sunset referring to left or right.
With a great creak the vault door swung open, however the vast majority of the chests bar two had been emptied. In the remaining chests were some thousands of gold pieces, together with a ledger and a diary revealing that the Vanderboren family had interests far to the south on an island called the Isle of Dread. On leaving the vault Cal asked the nearest scribe if anyone else had been in the vault recently. The scribe then revealed that Vanthus Vanderboren had been there too!!!
On returning to the manor, Lavinia informed the party that she was worried about her brother and wanted them to find him. After a few false leads they discovered he had been seen heading out to Parrot Island, in the bay. Hiring a boat they followed him and found a trail leaing to a trapdoor with a rope hanging down. Scrambling down the rope one at a time, they suddenly saw Vanthus at the top of the shaft, he cut the rope with a mocking laugh and slammed the trapdoor down. It was dark and the party realised they had not brought any light sources. Fortunately Jack found a sunrod so they at least had some light. Coming toa waterlogged room Jack ,moved ahead and was ambushed by some small crabs, quickly falling over, bleeding profusely. After being healed the group found the dead body of man called Penkhus who had written a lengthy diatribe against Vanthus Vanderboren. After another hour of searching the group found a tunnel which lead back to the beach and they sailed back into Sasserine.
Lucius & Merocto
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Lucius reporting for duty
*toys with his moustache idly*
Well, you lot seem to have this covered. I warned you about Vanthas!
*toys with his moustache idly*
Well, you lot seem to have this covered. I warned you about Vanthas!
knitteddoll
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I'm sorry, I missed the we-shouldn't-all-pile-into-this-pit-in-the-ground warning, although in retrospect, it was more then a little silly...
TBH, I don't think those things would have held off for any number of bananas. Or salt.
TBH, I don't think those things would have held off for any number of bananas. Or salt.
