(G629 29/08/2026 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) EVL17

(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!

(G628 15/08/2026 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) EVL16

(G628 15/08/2026 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) EVL16

[The no-longer undead cleric of Umberlee known as Salt's Wake has signed up with an expedition to Jundarwood along with his new chum Korinth, a sellsword.
They are now at the top of the Tower of Klonis where there is a stand-off.
The fate of Tyfellia, the Jundarwood, and the whole of the Shining Sea, hangs in the balance!]


DAY 732 3rd Ches (March) cont ...

The Cultist cleric backed up to a pillar, she was aware her life was at risk, and a wrong word in the wrong place could bring her death. Groups of people started talking amongst themselves, as factions began to form.

Salty talked to Nukaliss, the nutty yuan-ti cleric. She said;
'Egnol's plan is all soppy, we should keep this place undead. The world doesn't need more fancy-pants elves! What we should do is take charge and spread our evil all over the land!!'

Meanwhile Korinth talked to Egnol.
'We've a horde of undead below us. Regardless of what we decide, how do we deal with that?' he asked.
'We can lure them away,' mused Egnol. 'Then we can enact my plan.'

Salty teased the porters with getting them to lure away the undead as they were being lazy, but in the end Spider Climb was cast on Korinth and he scuttled down the side of the tower.

With Korinth gone, Salty could see that Nukaliss was gearing herself up to do something rash. He wasn't sure if he would join in if she made a power-play. He was sensible  enough to realise it was worth knowing where Wrunas stood on the current situation and he went to talk to him. The minotaur's opinion was simple, 'I trust Egnol!'
Salty bantered with the big dumb slab of beef, but Wrunas was right, Egnol was reliable while Nukaliss was a lose cannon.

Korinth reached the bottom of the tower and could not see the lich king who had been tossed off the top of the tower earlier. He then went to the tower doors and caused a ruckus. A few undead came and he cut them down. He yelled and banged his shield and soon he was being pursued by a great many skeletons and zombies. 
He ran all the way around the base of the tower and back to the door again. He entered the tower and using all his strength pushed the doors shut and jammed it with beds from the guard room. He then ascended the tower again, killing off the few remaining undead as he went.

At the top of the tower Salty was bringing things to a head. He could see Nukaliss was getting ready to attack Egnol, who was in conversation with Bozor and the other elves.

Salty went and talked to the cultist. She was a fanatic, the Final Dawn were clerics but they did not believe in resurrection and very much disapproved of what Egnol planned to do. The cult would do anything to stop him.

Seeing that the lower rooms of the tower were now safe, Salty went down and talked to the ghostly Prince. He then unwisely brought him back up with him! The Prince jumped up onto the altar and was resurrected. He then said;
'Well thank you for bringing me back! I am your monarch and ruler so now I will take charge!'
Engol looked up at the ceiling and sighed then gave Salty a withering stare.

Korinth had arrived back by this time and looked at Egnol and then looked at Prince Ferlane. He motioned with his thumb to say "shall I kick him out the window?" Egnol waved the idea away, although he did seem tempted!

Salty added more chaos to the scene as he next brought up Lady Shae Emeralla (the undead former queen) and dumped her on the altar too! She then started arguing with the Prince about who should take charge of the city.

While all that kicked off he brought up Captain Thaelir, who was also resurrected. Egnol pleaded with him to stop, but he had lost control of the situation as Salty went about restoring most of the old Tyfellian court. A limb or a skull was enough to bring someone back and by the time he'd finished the top of the tower wasn't big enough to hold the 40 or so people that were now alive.

Egnol was at a loss. Korinth joked,
'Hey, if it works with just bones, you could eat a chicken, put its bones on the altar and you get another chicken! That's a business opportunity.' Engol scowled at him, but said nothing.

The restored Tyfellian court had the Guard Captain take the cultist away to be put in a cell and eventually everyone went down a few floors and set up camp.

DAY 733 4th Ches (March)

Egnol's plans were all still in disarray. To simplify his life he told all his hirelings they were free to be paid off and to leave.
He explained to Korinth,
'I was planning to bring back the clerics first, to help summon food and water for the next tranche, but now I have to deal with the Prince and the Queen and its a total mess!'
'I can stay and help if you like,' offered Korinth.
'That would be good. I'll send everyone except you and Bozor back to the coast.'

And so Ownkabey went back with Salty, Nukaliss and the porters. Everyone was well rewarded with purses of gold, even Nukaliss who had been on the cusp of betrayal only yesterday.

We now skip on ten days in this tale...

DAY 743 14th Ches (March)

I wasn't there, but I heard that a force of Cultists attacked the Tower. However by this time there were lots of powerful elves about the place and the Final Dawn were easily repulsed.

I had eyes on Salty, and during this time. He seemed to mainly be enjoying being alive again and was doing what pirates with pockets full of gold liked to do the most - namely drinking, gambling and whoring.

DAY 750 21st Ches (March)

Korinth arrived back on Yag Island today and word got back to me about how Egnol was getting on. He had built up a group of clerics and magic users and was using them to start to rebuild Tyfellia. One by one they were using the altar to bring the elves back to the land of the living. Not all wanted to come back, but most did. It will be interesting to see how things turn out.

Salty was now back in his rented house with his undead fishy retainers in the basement. I heard sailors talk that he was worried about going back out to sea. He was a Chosen of Umberlee and they were meant to be undead. He didn't fancy being dead again and had really learned to appreciate having all his bits and pieces functioning again!

I had Jiggles do an investigation into him and his former crony Vaelis Crowe. They had killed a Derro local during a scrap down at the docks and were the main suspects in the death of a spy called Donglepart. There were suspicions that they were responsible for other deaths - but well - this was business as usual in a port like Tamunzah. What bothered me the most was the disappearance of Keletch. There was no evidence that Wake and Crowe had done it - and yet - both me and Jiggles had a bad feeling about it.

If Keletch was dead, then he was better off staying that way. He had been reincarnated twice and I think if he was dead for a third time, then it was just meant to be! Poor Keletch - may the God's look over him, wherever he is.

I was to meet both Salty and Korinth in person for the first time ten days from this date...

DAY 760 1st Tarsakh (April)

Worrying news from Farshore had been coming in for the last couple of weeks. The colony was running very low on supplies and if they were not helped out soon then disaster would surely strike.

And so I've been left holding the baby while over the last ten day Lavinia took the Blue Nixie and the Sea Wyvern to Sasserine to load them up with supplies. One problem was crewing the Wyvern. Nobby and the rest of the crew had been having adventures for ages and had a big supply of gold that was burning holes in their pockets!
They wanted some time off to relax in Sasserine, probably for months. So I called in my share of the ship and would put her to use along with the Nixie, just like the old days when it was me and Raz that had set off on her.

The plan was that Lavinia would be on the Nixie as before and Amella, who we found in Sasserine and sobered up, would be Captain of the Sea Wyvern again. I would stay on Yag Island to watch over things here. And our daughter of course! Evi was about three months old now and as cute as a button. Sylvia said she would stay on for a bit longer, which was very kind, but she had a life back Waterdeep that she had to get back to at some point.

Anyway, as Nobby et al were on holiday I helped get the crews together and hired on  none other than Korinth and Salt's Wake! My reasoning being that Korinth was a reliable fellow despite his rough appearance and ol' Salty was better when put to use, rather than causing trouble on the island.

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