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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Canaan" data-source="post: 3370848" data-attributes="member: 40239">JarothJaroth speaks up."Gentleman,  a few facts that bear further consideration before we act.  First, someone or someones on this ship commands great power in the dark arts.  Second, that person or persons knows we oppose them.  Third, that person or persons knows we command significant power at least when acting in concert.   These facts suggest that we are significantly at risk generally, but perhaps more at risk individually.  Accordingly, I suggest we not go individually to our cabins.  I, for one, am in no condition to defend myself, should I need to do so.""Fourth, from what I have been told of your battle with the Demon, it was not slain, rather it voluntarily left.  Fifth, I understand that it was a Demon of significant power, perhaps beyond all of us to tackle.  These facts are inconsistest with the general nature of demons, i.e. destruction and chaos.  They therefore suggest that the Demon was here for some purpose.  But what?  A diversion?  It is equally likely that this was no Demon at all, but an illusion perpetrated by a powerful arcanist.""Sixth, consider how the Captain of the Marines could have left the ship.  Flight, swimming, teleportation or being cast overboard.  No land is nearby, as far as I know.  That suggests he did not fly or swim.  That leaves teleportation and death.  Now, I am not clear on the figures or bundles that were in the hold when you faced the Demon and what happened to them.  Is it possible that the Captain was in one of the bundles and that they were teleported off of the ship?  If so, that would suggest that the Demon was real as it explains the Demon's behavior and purpose and a Demon has the ability to teleport.  If not, the odds that the Captain of the Marines teleported off of this ship are very small.  Accordingly, if the Captain of the Marines left the ship, it was likely by death and being thrown overboard.  In that case, there may be evidence of a struggle or his death somewhere on this ship and we should consider finding it.""But a final possibility lays before us: that the Captain of the Marines is still here.  This is the most likely possibility, since the others are either unlikely, impossible or fantastic.  If he is still here, he is either hidden or imprisoned.  If imprisoned, we would find him by an investigation of the ship.  If he is hidden, consider the possibility that he is hidden in plain sight.  That beastman.  He was not on this ship when we boarded.  He is either under some spell or he is a lycanthrope.  Could he be the Captain of the Marines in another form?  It is something we should consider.""Seventh, the Captain of the Ship is clearly not our friend or ally.  We should expect treachery."Jaroth pauses and considers his companion's responses.</blockquote>

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