Pothos Pirate
Pothos was an orphan who only wanted to chase adventure, and when she had her chance she utterly failed... After deciding that adventuring didn't like her, she spent her days collecting stories of other adventures to claim and retell as her own.
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Madness
Pothos madness time
I am filling out paperwork for joining the military, then getting a physical test
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we are waiting in line and it feels like there is water in my lungs.
at the front of the queue is a woman who looks like me,
I do not pass the test for healing... and suggest I do charity
I was sent away to leave
People's faces are disappearing
we are in Eamon's field and it was a church hall
Ander Rules
1. Don't punch a man in a dress
2. don't be friends with creatures with lots of teeth (the guide)
3. don't bite sharks. DONT bite sharks
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I slip inside a tavern to watch the gleeman from my childhood perform
The story is about a pirate who killed his crew in order to sail forever
Talking to rose, we are in a cabin
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mATT IS KILLED BY a bandit
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Back with Adrain
when i got trekar
TREKARRRR bb :)
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KOBOLD HUNTING WITH DAVE
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Drowning
Ahhhhhhh
fight
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Back at the medical exminers
the training dummy turns into a young blond woman (bonnie?)''
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MEET kira and gudar
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The destruction of the ship
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Ander in the hold person woods
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Back at the physical test, i punch ander ooop
06-04-982
The starting drama
Buried ms walks
Front Garden of the spooky house we were in
was the spooky house a decoy?
spooky mist around us three and bonnie
Ava gets free
Man tied to a chair shirtless and beaten, seems in rough shape and begging for something
The teenager standing in front is shaking
Are these Dmitri's memories??
Dmitri is taking off fingers from a man's hand
we are now in a forest
2 young boys and a teenage girl
follow them through the forest
End up in city following children running and hiding
figure holding weapon has a familiar trenchcoat and hand crossbow, dar spectral wings, no facial features, black hair.
6.5 ft.
where is bonnie ???
sending not delivered
do not know where base is
Crazy boy finds us
need to kill evil dmitri to get out
if dmitri dies we are set free
we need to find anastaisa (HIS SISTER)?
dmitri reshot tier
mother syas he is evil and was born that way
tall figure wearing armor talking to young children
father thinks he should have drowned pavol as a child
Dmitrir feels like he needs to defend him
mother having affair with pasha?
Dmitri had been asked to kill his sister
uhh fight spiders?
no cookies >:(
Pavol under pressure to bring back Dmitri bc he will not be heir
death x_X
forgien forests of oddstoke and people in unorms
fey wilds with bronwyn
mia neversworn
dMITRI CUT OFF MY PINKY >:(
Ander is here too, lost a hand
dmitri appoligizes
35: Back to Brightcrest Probably
19/2
Ophelia was discouraged from reproducing because she was not very strong magically
Petty crime around 14 or 15
Around 20-21 she wanted to leave and cut contact with her parents
she went sailing, nothing in ship manifests or legal ships. Maybe illegal sailing
my parents want to investigate covertly, thought I was brought there purposely and wanted to use my power
Special connection to the tree of life every thousand years
leave my parent's house to discuss the Pavol notes
BEEEEEEEEEEE CAFEEEEEEEEEEEE BEEEEEEEEEEEEE CAFEEEEEE
Are we going to put Sasha in charge?
I will scry one day
a corsage is tier's mother?!
28TH or so we leave on the lady obgery and loose the spore trackers
7th of the third month
lots of traveling
we meet adora in the woods
she says there are people behind us
Cultists >:(
water elemental summoned from a jar
ander is dead T-T
decaying troll, almost kills me
HI BONNIE
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Approaching from a boat, partially on beach, stilts, rainforest, large windows
cAPTAIN Witherspoon offers free passage back on his ship.
~3 WEEKS AWAY
ROTHIA is strict
See 3 bodies hanging from a tree uhoha
The tree seems to be consuming bodies
Treason tree
must register weapons with the guild of adventurers
need to register for ration at the civil court
sells drink not food
Adventurer Guild
Name: Pothos Pirate
Date fo Birth : ...
Place of Birth : Two Riveres
Country of Origin : Rothia
Reason for adventuring : Following up on a mysterious letter
Prefered Name : Pothos Pirate
Gender: Female
Race : Human
ID Number : 44024
I can't spell
WARRYN
10 HOURS AWAY
mingle with locals and write a report on them
250 gold, extra 50 gold for each level of competence
Treason
Murder
Crime
Littering sometimes
Attacked by druids and bush blight?
The city is Pastels not bold colors,
One tavern (the sweet pea)
Man in a black tuxedo and large budtender of yarrow flowers behind the bar
Takes out bags and starts vibrating, leads us upstairs where we sleep
Formal Tuxedo man shoes and yarrow flowers are only one in the tavern. More people eat in the tavern at lunchtime.
There are no festivals coming up
Rodrik starts shaking again and his head explodes.
The party is covered in head juices...
MAN WITH LIGHT HAIR AND LIGHT EYES WEARING A VERY SIMILAR OUTFIT TO Rodrik iii comes out named Rodrik iv.
sometimes people explode here ???? and questions make them weird. Their job is to make guests happy. Questions make people explode????????
There are four leaders, women, called the bunnies. They love them. You will find them.
MAYBE JUST OPINION QUESTIONS
Ander and Dmitri attempt to explode Rodrik :(
Asking questions ABOUT WEHRE HE came from casued his head to explode
Beautiful in a very feminine way, pastels, mostly women
ask a woman in a blue sundress where to find the bunnies, Hang out in the park to od town planning
Floating lights, swans in the lake, two men in tuxedos with yarrow butneders pruning a rose bush
FOUR WOMAN
box braids with green bodycon dress
sleek black bob with a blue bubble dress
long cured rnglets blonde hair with kater dress and cardigan
long dark brown hair and fringe in a curly ponytail with a lilac sundress
SPEAKING WITH THE WOMAN
They turn around together and talk very in synch
Bunnies have been in charge for a year
No men in town, there are only darlings
There is a prom tonight, can bring my men if they have tuxedos, prom is only for the bunnies
Local History not available
Aira
Caroline - green
Elenor
Victoria
Pothos is an excellent dancer and Ander is not >:O
Love the bunnies I guess
WORKSHOP TIME
in the house. READY for the workshop. Bunny needs to catch the bunny
bRING ME TO THE attic
Caroline takes the rabbit and heads up first
Bunnies put on aprons and bunny maSKS, GIVES me and Ava some too
stand in a circle and hold hands with the bunny in the middle
I need to tell the bunny what I want
I ask for a sense of friendship, the bunnies start chanting and the rabbit vibrates then explodes
a knock at the door
I made a tuxedo who was made to be my friend
go Armale the second! He has the knowledge of the town
a few years ago the REDACTED nonwomen, (men).
Bunnies took over
what happened to the men was not the bunnies fault
1/3 of the darlings come out funny
Aramell junior was the best tehee
some are furry and some immediately explode
making bunnies is fun, and Pothtos is having a good time
REPORT ON WRYNN
Upon arriving at the town very late at night, we were easily able to find the only tavern in town, the Sweet Pea. The tavern was very cozy and decorated in a pastel color scheme, as was the rest of the town. A very attentive employee took our bags and led us to our rooms for the night. The attendants. It appears that when asked for their opinion they explode . The town is run by a group of four women called the bunnies who do most of their town planning from the local park which has a lake with swans and lights decorating the park.
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Notes from session
After the discussion with Bonnie about the letter that sounds especially like my parents
Dimitri helping out the child he shot (by mistake)
Bonnie is working every day because she went adventuring with us, we should talk to her supervisors about getting her a day off
ACHNe in Rothia, sail from Port Troumouth recommended it will take 13 days to walk
NINJA = NonAlivers IntentOn NonAliving Just AnotherPartyMemberNamedDmitri
Bonnie's Boss is very sorry for not believing Bonnie was on an adventure with us and will give her a more reasonable working schedule
Lady Obdurate is going where we need and passage will cost 90 gold each
While boarding we had our weapons taken and stored on the ship
1st-day 2nd-month board the ship
Captain - Winston Wetherspoon, Spkiey black hair, thick black beard, son of the ships previous captain
The ship seems to only transport singular tiger
fIRST mate Bradley Whitefeather - wedding ring on the right hand, the left hand is atrophied
Third Mate Abigale Gibbs - Buff
Martin Redbow- third mate, an air of respectability
Quarter Master
Pleasant Journey through the southernish sea, full meals every day
Night 5 - Not everyone is having dinner, but it's not super strange
After dinner we go to sleep very shortly after dinner, has long peaceful rest
6th day of the 2nd month
Awoken and asked to see Bradley Whitefeather, Bradley may have taken his own life and I have been asked to do the last rites
Bradley is bleeding out after shooting himself in the left side of the head with Dmitri crossbow
Inside a magical dead zone, no spells
Paul With--- the steward of the first mate
Acuaitions threw towards Dimitri because of his crossbow by the captain
Abigale drags Ava on deck because Abigale found Bradley's wedding ring in her bed. She will be executed on the 8th. UHOH
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List of People on the Ship ^^^
There is a body in the chamber and everyone has left except for pau
Abigale pocketed the wedding ring
INVESTIGATION OF THE BODY
Found his chamber keys
Cannot place when the shot wound happened
A lot of the blood is dry, but not all started bleeding about 12 hours ago, shot happened after 10 pm in the middle of the night
Body not in a state of Rigg 0 Mortuus, 2-6 hours ago was killed, would last a day
Lots of very dry blood in his mouth and turning a dark color, almost definitely from poison and done almost 36 hours ago
we did not see Brad yesterday
INVESTIGATION OF THE ROOM
This was Bradley's Room
Key to the room we are in at the bottom of the doorframe, the door is high up and has room to slide the key under
Two slightly dirty goblets, one clearly dark stained: I am familiar with a type of poison that would cause the dark mark and cough up blood
Bradley's Diary:
-His wife and brother died in an accident that killed multiple crew members
-The accident was Winstons fault
-Reason that Winston became captain from the helmsman
-Rosa Phibtz Current helmsman is a close friend
-Abigale Gibbs may have overheard discontent for the captain discussion with Rosa
-Final few pages of the diary has been removed
DISCUSSION WITH PAUL WITTER
Relationship: Close to being friends, but not because boss
Last saw Bradley: On the night of the 4th, Bradley wanted alone time which was not out of character after the trauma
Checked on him this morning
Wilmin the gunner had the weapons, but the chest was not locked
Was friendly with Rosa, Coral Stormrider, Marcus Gibbs (SIBLING OF Abigale)
No one, in particular, did not like
The wife was lovely and worked on the ship as an able seaman, met at sea
SPEAKING WITH AVA
Did not have dinner, did not go to bed early like most others, hanging around the ship
Saw 7 people playing a card game, one or more of them started discussing a mutiny. Unclear who
Middle of the night Ava heard someone leave Bradly's room
went back to bed, when woke up none was up
Natasha and Roselee were awake quite early
seen nothing suspicious the past two days
Would like us to accuse someone anyways just in case, to try and save her as a last-ditch effort
SPEAKING WITH ROSA
Helmsman has a fake rose in her hair
The accident was 3months ago, Winston made a bad call which crashed the ship and some of the crew died
Winston was very torn up about his mother's death, very close with Abigale
The incident with Abigale, overheard them bad-mouthing the captain and she told him
CURRENT GUSS: It was Abigale...
SPEAKING WITH ABIGAL
Abigale has really small pockets so couldn't steal the ring, actually, she did and needs the money for her and her brother Marcus
last saw Bradley on the 4th in passing, did not really talk
Had to execute Daphne recently, old gunners mate to Wilman, for treason
MArtin found the ring in Ava's bed
Abigale went to be early
SPEAKING WITH MARCUS
Marcus was friends with Bradley
Natasha, Rosalee, Pipa, Martin, Wilmin, Miles, and Henry play cards together
mARTIN sAYS ABIGALE FOUND THE RING
last saw Bradley on the 4th, had a drink with Coral, and Bradley. And stayed after for a drink
He does not wash his hands enough
Martin asked him to grab something from Henry and put it into Bradly's drink using blackmail to get him to do it
Martin knew that Abigal got Winston to hire him despite his lack of experience
Speaking WITH HENRY
got around 50 sleeping potions from martin which he put in the food, the last potion went into Bradley's Drink via Marcus
Henry Truts Martin
SPEAK WITH MARTIN
Put everyone to sleep so they can play cards was the plan
Natasha and Rosalee came up with the plan
Bradley was sad so Martin sent Marcus to help him sleep...
Natasha and Rosalee were not fans of the captain but were friends with Bradley.
Martin is avoiding eye contact when talking about the ring
Pipa McKay is upset with her job, was steward to Winston's mother before
Pipa was still awake late into the night after cards
SPEAKING WITH WILMAN
He, Pursla, and Danny have access to the weapons room.
Daphne was Brave but stupid
Ask Danny About the Weapons
No bolts have gone missing
SPEAKING WITH DANNY
Pursue has an extra set of keys
Danny has not loaned out his keys
feed ava
SPEAK WITH ERICA
Ask to see the key
Bradley's extra key was pushed under the door
Milthes, Wilman, Sabys , and pipa visited and could have stolen a key???
SPEAK WITH PIPA
Was up late because she was playing cards///\
myhtsles was up after the card game and maybe pipa
Pipa does not think he is an experienced captain
Mythles, martin, Natasha, and Rosalee really do not like captain
Winston sent pipa to ask erica about inventory
SPEAK WITH MITHLEz
Does not currently have friends
went to see erica because martin asked her too
when myhtles was awake the night of the murder her and martin and wilmen stayed up later they were stealing the key to bradleys room on instruction from martin
Also stole the last pages of the diary
The pages describes and interacting between them, martin and Bradley
Bradley asked for a meeting with martin
Martin freaked about this
Bradley said no to joining
SPEAK WITH MARTIN AGAIN
found a matching diary page
SPEAK + ITH THE CAPTAIN finally
He is not happy with the rukus
Lets convince the captain
wE mADE IT TO TOURTLEHEAD
Dmitri chaos bolts Ander
SPEAKING WITH JAMMY
Jammy Fell out of his bed at 1 am
Did not sleep until the middle of the night
25 - It's Dave...
After opening the Museum we were asked to usher in the guests, so I tried to hide behind Ander to avoid Dave. But he invited my travelling companions to talk with him tomorrow and they seem keen to go. Trekar was left behind in Oddstoke because we were teleported from the forest party. He is in the hotel room and should be okay for a day, but I need to get back asap!!! I will go back in the morning and hopefully also keep Ander and Dmitri from meeting Dave.
This morning I got back Trekar, Anastasia picked him up from the Downward Dog for me. Anastasia is my friend T-T. and Trekar is my friend T-T. Ander and Dmitri won't want to be my friend after they talk with Dave. When they were waiting for their breakfast slow-cooked steak I bought them each a copy of the book as a parting present.
When we go see Dave he warns them about me exploiting them. He shows them the book. And honestly... I was expecting them to leave. I was expecting them to be mad, and want to leave me. Maybe travel with dave instead... But I was surprised. They seemed strangely okay with it... I guess they understand that I truly regret what I've done, and I would change it if I could. We even talked a bit about my past and how I survived the sinking ship to get here. We haven't gotten into the Gudar and Kira issues, but I don't want to ruin the moment. Ander did make me promise to tell Audra, which I am not looking forwards to. All of us have pretty rocky pasts, but Ander is right, we are a family now, no matter how dysfunctional <3. I need to focus on the people who can be helped now, the people of Alden we can avenge, and the God we need to kill. Dave went into the forest to hunt and cool off while we were discussing my past.
During this wonderful bonding moment, we heard Dave screaming from the forest and found him trapped with his new blade tooth companion under a net. There is a fire elemental with an escort of scimitar wielding men. Before we can do anything we were surrounded by a ring of fire and the elemental escaped towards the city. Luckily we were able to get out of the fire ring and stop the elemental before it got to the city. After the fight, we needed to clean up the forest and stop the fires from spreading.
After the fight, Dave pulled me aside and we had a moment of reconciliation. Dave was proud of how I did in the fight and how much stronger I became. Although my book didn't make life easier for Dave, It seems like it helped him stop chasing glory and focus on helping people. We have reached some sort of understanding, we have a strained peace for now.
24- Another Job from Bronwyn
11th month of 981
~~23/11/981~~
Today Bronwyn offered us another job after doing an acceptable job at the mascarade. We were selling pills which make it easier to scry on people to help locate criminals, we were supposed to try and sell to changelings if we can... we decided not to take the job because it felt wrong. As a compromise, we are selling one pill to a criminal. He is called the Kernal and Dmitri was able to bring us to where he hangs out.
We went to a tavern called The Brown Bear and you would never believe who we saw, Jammy!!! After some drinks and an arm-wrestling competition I tragically lost against Ander, we head out to eat dinner at Bronwyn's.
On our way there we were attacked by a wizard and some zombies who seemed to be stealthily trying to kill us. We told Bronwyn about the encounter and she says she will report it to the guards for us. Ander had a bit of a breakdown after the fight, he has been very emotional recently after he rages and he cried all through dinner.
In the middle of the night, Ander woke me up and invited me to a fae party. We met up with Anastasi and Dmitri before heading to a giant tree. We had some great thematic cocktails and entered a dance competition. Everyone else did some drugs which let you taste colours... but that's not the vibe I am here for. I did trade a secret for some wings though, what harm is a fae knowing I am a pirate afraid of water, of drowning really... but I guess I am not a pirate.
I had a raging hangover after the party but Lucan woke me up with a sending. He asked for us to come to the opening and stand around. He wanted us to open the museum as the heroes of Prith which is something I can do I guess.
At the opening, I think I saw Dave.... oh no.
The Aftermath of Alden - 23
SESSION NOTES
~~13/11/981~~
Today the adventuring party was back in Prith. Raymond was nice enough to make a big breakfast for everyone, he also shows us his new ocean god related powers. Lei hasn't heard anything from a God just like Ander. I wonder what this means about my own seeming connection to Sláine or this mark connecting us all to the "dead god", maybe the other gods are trying to save us from Morhan. I stabbed Dmitri to show off my new dagger too, Raymond had me stab him too he says it hurts, I guess I should remember that...
Ander and Dmitri have been spending a lot of time learning languages, but Ander is claiming to know a lot more than I thought, He was at least lying about the Dwarvish.
Dmitri wants to go to Oddstoke tomorrow morning to visit some family. His family is kinda strange, I think we are meeting up with his maybe "uncle".
Before we leave we spent the day visiting around Prith. Adrin is staying with Simon Simons and Haste, at least if the cat was Haste? Simon must be able to feel how much I want to kill him he was pretty afraid, I hope he has the smarts to stay afraid of me >:). While having tea with Adrin, Ander returns his locket we totally found in the rubble of Alden (oops). Speaking of rubble Alden is gone, there are no people left and the actual buildings are deteriorating very fast. The party think it may have been a magical field that caused the actual disaster., but I don't know what to make of the lack of bodies. Adrin thinks Morhan and the cult are behind this, and I cannot help but agree. Adrin has a theory that Morhan has used a lot of his power to destroy Alden, and may need more time to "recharge" his powers, the working theory is that he is the god of destruction so I am worried he will come back stronger after this stunt. Adrin is still mourning, maybe I should send him flowers or something, he is our friend... I am not very good at having friends.
On the subject of friends we went to visit Scaley too, he has been staying with Gus and he seems much happier than when he lived with Ander. He seems a bit resentful to Ander which is completely understandable... I wouldn't like Ander much either after uh ya know... that
Achievement is supper swamped in paperwork dealing with the refugees from Alden, I hope she gets some assistance soon... maybe some of the refugees have time to help out? If they volunteer that is Achievement is sensitive about working for no pay. I spent some time in the relief hospital with Bonnie to try and help out a bit. The people look terrible, I have never seen injuries like this before, the people look like they have been shredded? It was a rare moment that inspired me to pray, I can't imagine the destruction this could cause in a larger city, Sláine help us. It felt really great to help people with this gift, maybe having the responsibility from a god may not be all bad.
Bonnie and Tier are going to leave for Bright crest tomorrow, I am glad she will have a stable home. I gave them some gold to cover a cart and maybe food. Bonnie is worried bout the fire magic outburst from the fae wilds, she is reluctant to tell her sister but I hope she is careful just in case it is dangerous to herself or others. I got Bonnie a new quarterstaff for the journey hopefully that will help make them feel safe, I pray she doesn't need to use it.
Ander and Dmitri went off to the tavern to study languages while I was in the hospital, to my untrained ear, it sounded like the same word pronounced differently over and over again. I worry about Dmitri sometimes he has such drinking problems... today he tried and throw a pint on me but was so drunk he just missed. It seems to be rubbing off on Ander too because he was talking to nothing and punching the air, I'm going to try and encourage them to lay off the spirits.
During my time adventuring with our marked group I have become significantly stronger. I really have come so far... if only I could go back now, maybe I could have helped Kiera and Gordon. They could have had a family by now... but no matter how much I wish to change the past, I can't. Every time I heal someone or save a village it chips a small piece of my guilt away. I fear the guilt and regret is too great for a lifetime of saving people to heal and it will always be with me... I don't think I could ever balance out the lives that were lost because of my failures, but I will certainly try.
We leave for Oddstoke in the Morning, I hope it is an uneventful trip but knowing our party it will not be...
~~14-19/11/981~~
While travelling to Oddstoke we were playing truth or dare and the topic of me being in a shipwreck to come to the country came up.... Ander thinks that I shipwrecked a pirate crew I was supposedly travelling with because I did not like them. If only he knew...
On the second night of travelling, we came across a lady names Pandora making camp after being attacked by goblins. She looked fine and we decided to make camp together and continue to Oddstoke in the morning. We played some truth or dare with a zone of truth but did not learn much about our new companion, but we did confirm Ander is extremely vain. While travelling we came across a camp of weird green creatures surrounded by human-looking remains, I think they may be trolls. They were not friendly and we ended up fighting, Dimitri blew one up with an exploding bolt. That was Pretty Metal. Pandora seems quite shaken by the whole thing apparently, she travels this route to visit her sister a lot and hasn't seen trolls in the area before. I have read before that they naturally regenerate in battle and it appears to be true, that could make a very interesting story villain...
This morning we got into Odstoke and Pandora went east to an upper layer of the city to visit her sister. We settled into The Rattling Rat for a drink, and it is undoubtedly the cheapest pub I have ever been to. Dmitri was meeting up with this Sasha character he seems to trust but is hesitant to tell us anything about. Sasha showed up with a woman who Dmitri seems to be very affectionate with, he hugged her and everything... this is the most emotion I have ever seen him shown.
It turns out that Dmitri is the son of a prominent gang leader who Sasha worked for, and the woman was Dmitri's sister Anastasia. Ander was getting kinda friendly with Anastasia, but I cannot tell if it was genuine flirting or an attempt to annoy Dmitri.
The assains (Ninjas) coming after us all this time were from the gang, and sent to kill Dmitri. I can only assume Anastasia has been dealing with similar issues and have been running away with the help of Sasha. They are planning on leaving the city but needed to update Dmitri on how his family is trying to kill him, FANTASY FAMILY HOLIDAY sure must be interesting. The visit was brief due to the people searching for them all and we moved on to find lodging for the night.
I performed a ballad about defeating vampires raised by a crazed wizard tonight at The Downward Dog, It may have been inspired by the vampires we fought around Magecrest. I was thinking maybe it was Varis who raised those vampires, so a story about a wee village girl defeating not only vampires but their crazy wizard overlord and saving the village and area! It was one of my best performances in a while and got us rooms for the week. Adventuring is really improving my storytelling as well, maybe this could be another book! I'll keep it in mind while travelling.
~~20/11/981~~
Today we met Dmitri's old friend Bronwyn who worked with him as the city guard, the people at the office were quite friendly to an ex-guard who supposedly was thrown out for taking very illegal bribes. Everyone was also quite surprised he was alive... I guess the gang is quite a power.
Bronwyn recognized my name, apparently, her girlfriend Audrea has heard about me... and she had read my book. We all met at the tavern later that night and we went off and discussed some stories by ourselves. I am really glad the rest of the party did not hear because I haven't been very upfront about my past and those books are not a great place to start. The books would bring up a lot of memories I do not want to have to explain or revisit. I guess if I were to eventually publish another book I would need to tell them or be estranged enough for them to not care... Ander is vain enough that he may be on board, but he also is not a fan of secretive pasts. I am pretty good at pushing people away though so it probably will not be a problem.
Bronwyn has recruited our group to go undercover at the Netherswans' mascarade ball to prevent an assassination tip in two days time. The assassin is expected to be in the brass band and has been hired by whoever wants the target killed. The assassination is expected to take place during the fifth song on an unknown target, but maybe we can figure out who it is by talking to party-goers. Bronwyn realllly wants us to try not to cause a commotion and preferably take the assassin alive. I guess I am glad I have that fancy pirates costume, now I just need to get an animal mask to match! This would also make quite a gripping storyline for our swashbuckling hero :D.
~~22/11/981 The Mascarade~~
Tonight was the Mascarade and oh boy, what a time.
The Brass Band was on first and we only had 5 songs to discover who was the assassin.
The hottest Tarenglade sibling was present tonight and Andraste gave us some tips on the
Death Ward Each of them to protect:
-Changing Jet showing lots of skin
-Inca in bright pink
The blue from brass band had bead with invisibility
used zone of truth to eliminate other suspects
Dave
Pothos meets Dave While travelling through a town and they travel together for a while. Pothos would get them rooms by performing and dave would go adventuring and share his stories with pothos to perform. Pothos even tagged along for a super easy low stakes quest.
Pothos then rewrote the story with her as the hero and published it which made dave upset because she "embellished" a bit to make it more exciting. Dave is disappointed in her, he thinks she could be better than this.
Dave leaves without telling her in the middle of the night and they haven't spoken since.
THEY ARE STRICLY FRIENDOS, IF THEY COULD THEY WOULD GET A ROOM WITH SEPERATE BEDS
Dave is a half-elf with dark skin from an unspecified origin. Although most likely from the elf country.
The Greatest Regret
Falkirk is a small town situated in a valley with lots of mountains on either side. Many of the men living there work in a mine close by, with one family running a successful farm. Like most towns, there was a tavern, and so when Pothos found herself travelling through Falkirk she found herself performing at The Come on Inn and Tavern. The innkeeper Gudar and his wife Kira were very kind and were impressed by Pothos' performance, so they extended an invite for her to stay and perform again for the same room and hot meal. This became a routine and pothos passed almost two weeks at The Come On Inn and Tavern, eventually, she began helping Kira with running the Inn, spending time chatting about where Pothos wants to Travel and how Kira wants to have a house and a Family one day soon.
Everything was not so happy in the valley, winter was coming and food was being stored for the colder months when the local farmers would not be able to provide enough for the whole village. Falkirk was not the only ones preparing for winter, a group of goblins and bugbears began amassing on the other side of the valley, setting up a ramshackle camp. The village people began to worry that they might try and raise the village for food to sustain themselves through the winter. A guard formed of some of the braver miners, wielding pickaxes and hammers, they would patrol at night keeping an eye on the lingering threat. The town was not in a jovial mood, fewer people were drinking in the tavern each night, although those who came were comforted by the tales of adventure Pothos still told. She was careful to choose ones with much less confrontation than normal, and with happier endings to lighten the mood.
After almost three restless nights in Falkirk Pothos declared it was time for her to move on, she was ill-prepared for winter and needed to make it into a city to get proper clothing and supplies if she was to continue to travel. Kira and Gudar insisted she could stay through the whole winter and continue performing for the tavern, she would have her own room, and there was plenty of hot food to be had. And besides an adventurer like her would be useful to have with the threat of attach from the goblins.
They thought she was a strong adventurer, that she could protect them? No she was a performer, she told STORIES of adventure, she was not prepared to actually defend anyone, she had never even faced a kobold, let alone hungry goblins. She needed to leave, and before the chance of an attack. She needed to leave tonight.
Telling her new friends of her departure was too hard, so she decided to leave a note and just go. Pothos gathered her meagre possessions and slipped out into the night intending to return one day when she was an actual adventurer, with plenty of stories to tell Kira's family.
Travelling at night was dangerous, but the path was well marked and did not go through a forest, so it should be okay for tonight.
After almost an hour of walking there was noises, no screams! Coming from Falkirk. Pothos couldn't just leave, maybe she could help, maybe she could help get people out, she could heal people! She needed to run.
When she arrived in Falkirk again it was chaos, there were broken windows and doors left open to see the overturned contents of the houses. There were people too, all running away clutching their children and whatever personal items they could carry. There was a large fire in the centre of the town, it was the inn.... Pothos needed to see if Kira and Gudrun were okay, she needed to make sure they got out alive. If the fire spread to the cellar where the alcohol was kept there would be no saving the tavern.
Pothos arrived at the burning tavern
NOTES:
Finds kira under a beam, trapped ,cant get her out?
goblins come in so she runs but gudar trys to stay
Gudar is 100% hates her the most
The First Adventure (Bad Memory)
Pothos' 18th Birthday came and went and she was still at the monastery. Now that she was an adult she could leave whenever she wanted to, but she was just waiting for the right moment... right? But day after day she began to realize the right moment might never come, and she will spend her days at the monetary doing the same chores from when she was a child until she became bored enough to become a nun.
On a trip to town to pick up food for the monetary, she saw her opportunity. The kingdom was looking for sailors to join their navy and she could see herself, like a pirate on the see becoming a famous war hero or general. The recruiters did not take her so seriously, there wasn't room for women fighters in this navy but they would take her as a nurse or for the galley. It was not ideal, but at least she would get on a boat.
When she joined up they gave her instructions to travel with other recruits in a week time to the closest port town to Emond's Field, Illian. Here she was to report to the docks where she could get an assignment.
A week passed and she met with the caravan that was travelling to Illian, only one other woman was making the journey, Egwene al'Vere the daughter of the innkeepers. Pothos had known her from town although never spoke with her long enough to become friends. Besides Egwane 7 other men from Emaonds field were going, she did not recognize any of them, but she thought she heard one be called Verick. With them was the recruiters from town and a cart with provisions pulled by a horse.
The journey was supposed to take 3 days, but the roads were hard and there was rain which slowed them down. There wasn't enough food and the group was hungry and foraging for extra food. They were not the only hungry travellers on the road, on the 3rd day the group were attacked by bandits and. the horse was spooked and got away. One of the boys were killed as well, they were called Matt. A sombre air settled over the group for the rest of the journey and they didn't talk much before arriving in Illian.
Upon arriving in Illian Pothos was assigned to The Atlas, it was a carrack with six sails, a bowsprit, foresail, mizzen, spritsail and two topsails. It was magnificent. There was a crew of about 100 including sailors, soldiers, and the three nurses which included Pothos. Pothos lived on the boat with the two other nurses in a small cabin with not much space to keep personal effects, that was okay all of the Pothos' possession fit in the one pack she brought with her. Mostly clothing it also included a mug which was a gift from the monetary when she left, the books she had had since she was a child, and an eyepatch she made shortly after the visit from the gleeman. The other Nurses were named Rose from Illiad and had studied medicine with their mother. She decided to join up with the promise of a good income for her family which they needed. Rose's father was a blacksmith who had been injured and was unable to work and they were suffering. At home, there was a younger brother and sister, and an older brother who already deployed as ground troops. The other woman was nd an older more experienced nurse named Mary, who was rough and kept to herself.
After a week of very basic medical training from Mary which much of the Pothos already knew from helping around the monastery, the ship deployed, to fight a war in the east against a vague threat that Pothos did not understand. But tragedy was to strike sooner. After only 2 weeks of sailing, there was a very bad storm that caused the ship the pitch and creaks in very worrying ways. Pothos was learning she might not be cut out for the pirate life anyways...
The storm made it near impossible to sleep so pothos lay awake in her bed lamenting how this was supposed to be her grand adventure, and so far there had only been failures, and tragedies, and boats that made her uncomfortable. Suddenly there was a great crash on deck and a whole lot of commotion. This woke Mary and Rose who seemed to have been sleeping better through this storm. Mary urged the girls to get upstairs just in case there were injured men. Pothos and Rose rushed on deck with coats thrown over their pyjamas and first aid kits in hand to see that there was a lot of injured men, but they may not be much help.
Giant tentacles were rising from the ocean hitting the boat, and when lightning struck a giant thing could be seen silhouetted giant in the sky. A loud crack sounded behind them as the mast began to fall, Pothos pushed a cowering Rose back towards the stairs down as the mast crashed into the deck. The monster was not relenting and soon it was clear the ship was taking on water. The Atlas pitched violently as it took on water knocking pothos and Rose to the deck. There were not many choices. It was either stay on the ship and risk sinking, try to make it to a lifeboat and risk the stormy seas and a monster, or give up and hope for a painless death. Pothos was afraid, she did not want to die, so she chooses a lifeboat. Trying to drag Rose with her she made her way to the nearest lifeboat still intact. It was not difficult to get in, other sailers allowed the woman on first and soon the boat was dropped into the water, this was not a much better situation the be in. Some of the men tried to row but it was no use, the waves were too strong. The waves were too big too and the lifeboat was flipped, leaving the passengers at the mercy of the ocean. It was hard to swim and Pothos was struggling to stay above water, she found a floating piece of wood which made it easier, but the ocean was relentless. All Pothos' strength was being used to cling to the board, she was scared, there was no hope. The last thing pothos remembers was being hit on the head and then nothing.
When she came to who knows where, who knows when the ocean was calmer and mostly empty besides herself and some other bits of debris. In the distance, there was land though, but pothos did not have the strength to swim there, she could only follow the ocean. Eventually, Pothos washes ashore and sleeps outside. The next day she walks and finds a town where she is able to get food and medical help. Once she is better she decided to wonder for a while, maybe a big adventure could wait some time...
When the Gleeman came to town (Best Memory)
The orphanage/monastery where pothos lived was just a little while from a town called Emond's Field. Often pothos was sent to the town to retrieve food and other supplies needed for repairs and such. This was one of the better chores, it gave her a chance to be alone and maybe sneak off to the bakery for a treat when she found herself with a spare coin from the shopping.
While arriving in Emond's Field for supplies one unremarkable autumn day, a man with greying hair and a mischievous smile rode into town. He was wearing a cloak made of a dizzying array of patches filled with more colours than the autumn landscape that surrounded him. This had to be a gleeman. Gleemen travelled telling stories and performing tricks for pay, or even just a room and a meal if they were simply passing through and low on coin. The gleeman made his way to the only inn in the small town run by the al'Vere family, and by the time pothos was done with her errands, the talk of the Thom Merrilin the gleeman had spread through the town, along with rumours that he would be performing just one night at the inn before moving on in the morning.
Pothos decided she would see his performance tonight no matter what. She ran all the way back to the orphanage and rushed through the rest of her responsibilities. That night she feigned illness to get out of dinner and evening prayers and snuck out in the cold autumn night. It was dangerous to travel the road to town in the dark, and pothos was scared, but she did not want to turn back, opportunities like this did not come around very often.
Pothos arrived at the inn partway through the performance and was able to easily slip in the door of the lively inn and disappear into the crowd. The gleeman was in the middle of telling a story of the Pirate Bastion who sailed the seas with the fastest ship around, but who had no crew. It was said his ship was manned by dead sailors who were cursed and thrown overboard by Bastion himself to create a perfect unholy crew...
The performance lasted late into the night, the crowd cheering and asking for one more story, or one more trick and the gleeman obliged. Only when the dawn began to peek over the horizon did the inn empty out and pothos had to run all the way back home to do her morning chores and prayers before anyone discovered her missing.
This gleeman is what inspired her to perform in exchange for food and a room at an inn. One day pothos dreams of having a colourful cloak like the gleeman's, but only when she feels she has collected enough stories to earn it.
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