Session 67: Mission Darktow

General Summary

9-14th Thunsheer 836PD   9th Thunsheer   Simeon divines on Pallius- it appears that he is being moved around the island, not kept in one space for too long.   10th Thunsheer   Simeon scries on Pallius, sees him in magical chains, two people guard him. A man with 2 short swords, and a human woman who spots the scrying sensor and addresses it. She introduces herself as Bilbe Arundel from League of Miracles, a mage mercenary hired by Plank King. She assumes it is Zeni who is watching, and says that they know they are coming for Pallius. She offers an open invitation to Zeni and the party to visit and talk terms with her and the Plank King.   10-13th Thunsheer   Travel and on evening of 13th, night before arriving, Zeni send to Bilbe to say expect the group in the morning.   14th Thunsheer   With the Dawn rising, Zeni covers the airship with a fog cloud to hide it from the unassuming isle of Darktow below. Through various magical mixtures of feather falls, flying, invisibility and Pass without Trace, the Unbroken manage to infiltrate land on Darktow undetected. They disguise themselves as pirates, and find a pub to meet with Bilbe and martial associate Raif. Bilbe uses truesight to see through the groups disguise, but can't see Raph due to his anti-detection amulet. Bilbe shares that she has been hired from the League to help build an arcane device to protect Darktow from intruders, a shield that acts as an air defence.   The Group meet with the Plank King, a goliath that wears the scalp of the previous ruler. He asks the group to drop their disguises, and when Raphael does Bilbe reacts with shock as if she recognised him?   The Plank King has a bounty of 10k gold on Pallius for Drakkar to buy him back, he set the bounty as a way to embarrass Drakkar, but it looks as if he actually has the money. This would humiliate the Plank King and so He's willing to do a new deal. He will release Pallius to the Unbroken if they retrieve a residuum crystal from a sunken ship, the Siren’s Breath, to power the shield generator that Bilbe and LOM is building for them.   The party take some time away to debate the deal, and whilst some are concerned about possibly helping pirates, especially aiding their defence. But they see a way through, focus on the help it will bring to the slaves and helping Zeni to save her mentor. Agreeing to the deal, and discussing the details it turns out it will take time for the group to sail to location of the shipwreck, the Diver’s Grave. The Plank King will hold off Drakkar until their return. If Drakkar is provoked by this new deal, PK won't interfere if Unbroken and Drakkar duel. Zeni makes naturally persuasive argument to have a crew and support, and to free all of the slaves on the isle.   Whilst Zeni gets to see Pallius in person, they lift each other’s spirits and also check that he is alive. Raphael and the Unbroken ask Bilbe, why she was shocked when she saw Rapahel. She reveals that she knew person that looks exactly like him, Karkematth!