(G629 29/08/2026 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) EVL17
[The no-longer undead cleric of Umberlee known as Salt's Wake and Korinth the Sellsword have been hired onto the Sea Wyvern, which is on its way back to Farshore.]
DAY 761 2nd Tarsakh (April)
The Blue Nixie and the Sea Wyvern set off from Yag Island just as dawn was breaking. There had been delays yesterday but they were on their way now. I had very mixed emotions. Lavinia felt she had no choice but to go with the ships but I wasn't so sure. Evi was just three months old! But the plan was for me to teleport myself and daughter to Farshore once the ships had arrived and also, I could still go back and forth to the Nixie via this method, every day if I wanted to. Teleports were not without risk and I didn't really fancy ending up in another plane of existence while holding a baby!
Also, the LVTC was doing well, but what with all that was going on I have had to hire some management:
Master Corvin Voss, Factor and Trade Master
Captain Elaina Marr, Fleet Master
Harrick Pindle, Senior Clerk
This will eat into the profits, not that it matters much I suppose. Also, I was barely keeping a lid on all the nonsense going on in the Barrow Colony. Camps were feuding with camps, there had been a spate of thefts and we had to set constant guards because of all the rogues coming up from the
port and causing trouble. What I needed to do was elect a mayor and wash my hands of the lot of them.
I was beginning to long for a life of adventure again!
Anyway, enough of my problems, this part of my journal will focus on the adventures of Salt's Wake and Korinth. As the two caravels headed out into the open ocean Salty followed in his smaller vessel. He then scuttled the ship and sent his two undead kao-tua down with her. So long and farewell brave Guppy and Codpiece!
As he stood on the deck, hoping that his sacrifice would be enough to keep Umberlee off his case he realised he had no small boat to use to get over to the Sea Wyvern! The Wyvern swung about and he was hauled on board with a gaff-hook.
He sloshed over the deck and into his cabin to dry out.
DAY 762 3rd Tarsakh (April)
This second journey of the Blue Nixie and the Sea Wyvern was less eventful than the trip I had been on so, to skip on a bit ...
DAY 772 13th Tarsakh (April)
Today I had a sneaky little trip to the Cashta (The "FAMP") and got my hands on 6 shards.
The mages of Cashta were crazy if you ask me. One of the shards appears to be so powerful I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm going to bury it somewhere I think.
DAY 799 9th Mirtul (May)
Today the ships entered the Bay of Chult and had to pay a tribute to Aremag the dragon turtle that lived there. A thin man in a black cloak arrived on a fast boat to collect it. Amella wasn't happy about it but eventually she handed over a bag of gold. The price of doing business in the region.
DAY 800 10th Mirtul (May)
Today the Sea Wyvern arrived at Port Nyanzaru. The Nixie was already there. Lavinia had already arranged supplies with her brokers in the city and the ships were loaded up with even more barrels of food, tools, clothes and all manner of other kinds of equipment.
DAY 801 11th Mirtul (May)
Today Salty and Korinth were enjoying a humid evening at The Thirsty Triceratops, an open-air tavern famous for its potent, fermented honey-drink called tej. The tavern was packed with merchants, mercenaries, and dinosaur handlers. In the centre of the tavern, a massive, scarred gladiator named Koru was boastfully showing off his prized, leashed pet: a highly trained, feathered Deinonychus called "Ripper."
Some other locals were playing a game of "Ziggurat" (a dice game) next to them and it got heated. A losing gambler flipped the table in frustration. A heavy clay jug of tej flew through the air and smashed directly on the snout of Ripper.
The dinosaur screeched, snapped its leash, and immediately leaped at the nearest target - which happened to be Salty! Koru, enraged that "foreigners" were threatening his prized beast, drew his weapons, and roared for his drinking buddies (two local thugs) to back him up.
While Koru attacked Salty, the dinosaur went for Korinth. The thugs also waded in, drawing knives to get sneaky stabs in with. Salty returned fire with touches of Inflict Critical Wounds. The thugs went down, then the dinosaur and the gladiator. Bloodied and panting for breath in the heat they looked around at the other patrons who had scattered to the edges of the tavern. Salty saw a sneaky looking halfling scamper off out the door and waved, 'see you later pal!'
Salty didn't mind a rogue going about his business, but he got more interested when a rich looking merchant suddenly cried, 'my coinpurse! I've been robbed! A handsome reward for the man that catches the thief!'
The sneaky halfling was a rogue called Tali. She had used the brawl as a smokescreen to rob the merchant. Salty spotted her in the crowd outside and they gave chase!
She led them a merry dance, through some baby dinosaur pens, across a market and over some rooftops until they cornered her in an alley. She begged to be spared and handed over the purse. Salty opened the purse, it contained gold, a diamond and a magical looking jade broach. He generously gave the gold to Tali and sent her on her way.
Salty was interested in finding the jewels value so spent a few hours hunting around Nyanzaru for a suitable place to do so. Eventually they arrived at the Jewel Market, but it was full of swindlers so they moved on to the Grand Souk.
A talkative local told Salty;
'Oh, this is the city's massive central market. It doesn't have a dedicated magic shop, but you will find it packed with individual stalls. Because of Wakanga's monopoly, the merchants here are restricted to selling spell components, herbal remedies, and minor consumables. And watch out as the Souk is also notorious for snake-oil salesmen peddling fake magical fetishes and counterfeit amulets to gullible adventurers.'
Salty had a nose for trouble so he then dragged Korinth along to Wakanga's villa. Wakanga was a merchant prince of magic and lore. He didn't have a store front. Instead, wealthy buyers and adventurers were invited to his extravagant villa in the Merchant's Ward. He held the absolute monopoly on spellbooks, scrolls, potions,and magic items. He was known to be very friendly to adventurers and often traded magical gear in exchange for lost Chultan lore, maps, or rare artifacts.
Salty met one of Wakanga's agents and said;
'I recovered this from a thief. I didn't want it to fall into the wrong hands.'
The agent didn't believe a word of it.
He said, 'I know who this belong to, I can give you the address.'
Salty was a bit put out because he really just wanted to sell it, but he took it along to the address anyway. Korinth stopped to buy food and drink from street vendors along the way.
There were a lot of armed guards at the address and our two erstwhile Wyverns had to surrender their blades at the door. The merchant they had seen at the tavern brought them through to his day room.
'We got back some of your stuff,' said Korinth and the purse was handed over.
'What about the gold?' he said as he opened the purse.
'Oh I gave it to the thief!' admitted Salty. Korinth put his face in his palm.
'You did what!?' spluttered the merchant.
'It was only a hundred gold!' shrugged Salty.
'More like eight hundred!' cried the merchant.
Salty started to argue but the merchant held up his hands. 'No more! You foolish northerners can please leave my house!' He then tossed a purse of gold at them.
Outside on the street they counted it out. 340 gold. Better than nothing.
'What a grumpy man!' declared Salty.
'Why did you tell him you gave all his gold away?' asked a puzzled Korinth.
'So what? It was only a hundred!'
Korinth shrugged, he knew there was no using arguing.
They then went to Wakanga's villa and Salty bought an Amulet of Health.
He had to borrow a hundred gold from Korinth!

