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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4632051" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 57, “Arrival at Nos Nevets, June 18th, 1007: Shortly after dawn the Silver Moon arrives at Nos Nevets harbor. They are welcomed ashore by a man named Edland, who says that he is the harbormaster. A man named Carmine, who says that he is Vincenzo’s Aide, then greets them. Carmine gives the party a tour of the town. In the process a very peculiar heavy-set older gentleman named Roland who has a stuffed lizard attached to his shoulder greets them. Roland then accompanies the group. They are eventually taken to Vincenzo’s Office. Vinnie thanks the party for coming, and then gestures to Roland saying, “I see that you’ve already met my father.” Narg gets right to the point and asks, “What seems to be the problem. Our ship was attacked on the way here.” They then show him the flag the other Vincenzo says, “The trouble started when we began to get oil from the Isle of Poisson, about a day’s sail East of here. The Island belongs to the land of Raylan, and our town was authorized to get the oil. Unbeknownst to us, the Island was also the home to a group of pirates, who have been fighting us.” Hearing the term ‘pirates’ causes Narg, Mojo and Milo to break into a chorus of “Arrrgh” and “Eye Matey” comments, while simulating hooked hands and peg legs. Interrupting her clowning allies, Serita asks Vinnie, “What exactly do you want us to do?” He replies, “Nothing just yet. We sent envoys to Raylan’s capital city of Oddessin to find out more about this pirate group and to get further instructions. We should wait until they return.” “Sounds good. Can we find a good bar to wait in?” Mojo asks. The party does manage to find a bar to hang out in. The evening is interrupted by an explosion and fire, which the town then works hard to extinguish. It turns out not to have been caused by an enemy attack, being an laboratory accident by the town’s alchemist, a man named Byron. June 19th, 1007: Trouble occurs in the General Store, caused by a pair of locals. Vincenzo concludes that these problems in town are a result of tension and fear because of the Pirates, and he has his Aide Carmine teleport to Oddessin to find out what is keeping the envoys. Carmine returns, stating that the envoys never arrived. Carmine was able to find out some information. The enemy turns out to be a known magic-user named Korsikino, who is the self-proclaimed ruler of Poisson and leader of the pirates. The visual description of this man matches the mage who the party had seen on board the enemy ship. The day is interrupted by the arrival of three small pirate ships in the harbor, which barrage the town with flaming spears propelled by arbalests. Nos Nevets archers under Vincenzo’s direction, assisted by the Silver Moon Adventurers, mount a counterattack and the ships sail off. A group of soldiers are sent to investigate down the road to the west, which the envoys had travelled on. The soon return, having found the bodies of the envoys not far from town. This sends Vincenzo into a fit of rage, as the leader of the envoys had been his mother. The party offers to do whatever it takes to help bring down these pirates. June 20th, 1007: Vincenzo holds a worship and memorial service at his Church of the Twin Gods, which the entire party decides to attend. Vincenzo casts blessings on the party for success in their mission. Shortly after the service the ship Silver Moon is readied for sailing, as the party has decided to go on the offense and sail directly to Poisson. Vincenzo gives Kharole a magical device that simulates a Locate Object spell and has been created to point to a ring that Korsikino is known to wear. About halfway to their destination another ship is seen in the distance. Rather than fighting, the group decides to try subterfuge. They take down their Raylan and Thenossia Lordholding flags, and raise the flag that they had taken from the other pirate ship. As the ships close on one another the Silver Moon makes no offensive act, and wave to the other ship as friends. Both ships anchor alongside each other and the captain of the other ship approaches. Anjuili successfully casts a Charm Person on him, and explains that they were hired by Korsikino as a new warship for the pirate fleet. The man not only believes them, but even has some of his own treasure transferred over to the Silver Moon for them to deliver to Korsikino. While this exchange is taking place Kharole and Silas investigate the other ship while invisible. The other vessel is crewed primarily by hobgoblins. Below deck they accidentally make some noise near the treasure room, which a group of hobgoblins guards hear. The still invisible Silas attempts to tell the superstitious hobgoblins that he is a god. They had heard two people, so Kharole tries to pass herself off as “the gods wife”. The hobgoblins become suspicious, so the two decide that they have overstayed their welcome. Silas gets into the Bag of Holding, taking some of the treasure with him, and Kharole then teleports them back to the ship Silver Moon. The Silver Moon sails onward and no other ships are encountered along the way. They approach the Isle of Poisson shortly after dusk, carefully sailing along the sheer cliffs on the unoccupied side of the island. They find a rocky inlet to anchor in and send a landing party ashore, the crew then rowing the landing boat back. The landing party consists of Andrew, Anjuili, Freyland, Kara, Kharole, Lannon, Milo, Mojo, Narg, Serita, Silas and Timothy. The ship Silver Moon then heads back out to sea. The party had instructed Jacob to sail to the very edge of visual distance from the cliffs, and that they will use signal mirrors to call it from he cliffs when they are ready to leave.</blockquote>

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