Escaping Icemountain Bay & The Bards

Gathering / Conference

The party decides to go Westward, heading towards the water body. They know that there are old ships they can use to travel, so it's possible one is intact enough for the party to successfully travel away from Icemountain Bay. The party eventually arrives, finding a suitable boat, however it's sealed in ice so the party has to dig it out. During the time it takes to do this, Alphy calms down, however forgets to change out of his dragon-blood soaked clothes. A juvenile white dragon spots him and attacks the party, and they defeat the creature, with Alphy landing the final blow. He ends up cleaning himself up so no more dragons get upset about him killing the mother dragon and her baby. During the fight, Alphy ends up buzzing the necklace from Cnidaria's Speaker and nothing happens. John also activates the orb and seems to start acting weird, however nobody follows up on him. The party successfully frees a boat and ends up setting sail, fleeing from the hostile biome. The party decides to set sail to Sancrist via Southern Ergoth. After a few days, they end up encountering 2 dolphins that end up turning into a Vedalken and Dargonesti who board the ship. They are 2 bards (much to Alphy's disgust) and they go on to tell him of how he's become the Hero of the Sea, a legend, and that he has had plays and songs written of him. Everyone knows his name! They go on to question the party about their adventures, which Alphy tries to downplay but Vinoth gets overly excited and tells them all about it, including Alphy killing 2 dragons and another Highlord. The bards say they will be writing a play, and Alphy ends up accepting it but requesting they honour Diesa. He also recommends they send some Vedalkens back to the castle, as there are dragon eggs and other goodies there that would be useful for their research. Alphy, before they leave, asks if his ex-wife is at least impressed by his feats, and they tell him she has no clue and is sailing with pirates. They then proceed to bail. Alphy goes off to wallow in his sorrows and newfound fame. The party continues to travel for a bit and realise the polar bear has been with them the whole time and is on the boat too. They end up getting attacked by Sahuagin and nearly dying. 7 days since leaving Icemountain Bay, another ancient White Dragon attacks the party and sinks the ship. Turns out dad dragon wasn't happy about his wife and kids! The party was aware of it following them since the Sahuagin attack, but didn't prepare to fight it. The party was shipwrecked on Southern Ergoth.