DW Session 26: Enter the Mindflayer
General Summary
4/3/897
- The party cleans up from the long Battle of Chernenko
- Flora helps Astrid revive one her sailors killed in the battle
- Margaret breaks up with Jax, she’s worried about his recklessness
- There’s a loose end to investigate, one of Tarkov’s inner circle members is missing
- Gleb was present at the start of the battle, but he disappeared in the chaos
- His ship is still out at sea, and her sailors Colin and Gregory haven’t returned from an investigation.
- So Jax, Beleren, and Flora row out to the boat to check it out!
- Margaret and William are coming along
- They find a ship full of goods from the Elflands, but nobody’s on board
- Until Beleren opens a door and finds a giant sahuagin
- Sailors Colin and Gregory are slumped over and unconscious
- Jax slays most of the sahuagin without any problems
- One of them summons a tsunami-sized wave that floods the ship
- She gets killed too, and the party escapes before the ship sinks
- Party reports back to Astrid, concerned about if Gleb’s connected to Sunken God
- Jax mentions that the boat was named The Ildred
- That's the name of an old mindflayer, but surely it’s just coincidence?
- Party says its goodbyes, begins sailing towards Oblast
- Nikolaj is being coronated as the new king of Myltev
- Astrid is towing Tarkov’s ship behind them as a sign of strength in Oblast
- Vanya says goodbye to Beleren (Mellitus), gives him 5GP for dragon turtle passage
- As the party sails along Astrid has a talk with Flora
- She explains romantic love to Flora, says Cereus has a crush on her
- Flora understands, she brutally friendzones Cereus not long after
- Beleren crafts a potion of suggestion, to lull victims into a false sense of security
- The party arrives in Oblast to thunderous applause from the docks!
- The locals are overjoyed to see Tarkov overthrown
- Decorations celebrating Nikolaj’s new reign adorn the houses and ships
- Beleren and Jax are a tad disappointed to see the city in such high spirits
- Astrid’s relieved that the there’s less unrest in Gameth’s backyard now
- Allows her and the RKB to focus on the Sunken God
- Astrid heads over to Nikolaj’s keep to discuss politics, the party’s free to explore the city
- Jax and Beleren go shopping at Fat Mike’s Emporium
- Fat Mike has a little toy monkey with cymbals that claps whenever somebody lies
- Beleren buys a Cloak of the Mountebank (with Jax’s help)
- Jax buys a Decanter of Endless Water, he’s impressed by the geyser feature
- Cereus, still friendzoned by Flora, goes with her to the Sterry Khram to do some sightseeing
- Flora notices the elven refugees and shrines set up to honor Rexfur (not Erivo)
- She buys souvenirs for the entire party
- Everybody meets up at a tavern near Nikolaj’s keep to discuss the day’s events
- Beleren listens to the tavern talk, ears prick up when he hears about unrest in the south
- Jax tries to do a Myltevian take on the dragonshine challenge, he can’t make it
- Later that evening the party’s called to Nikolaj’s keep for a late-night meeting...
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