Episode 12 - Meeting Geremund

On the trail of some answers

The Party arrives at Gloompoint Bay, stopping at The Cocoon markets to stow the carriage. Gimick is startled awake by the body of the dead Knight of Sha twin, while Click also awakens and rejoins the group. After securing the carriage, they head up to the Liksayd College of the Arcane in search of Geremund. They are greeted by the head mage Arcust, who has not heard of Geremund. He asks another recent arrival to the temple, Jor, whom the party quickly discern to be Geremund, and then head to his workshop to speak with him. After questioning Geremund, the party discovers that he knows of a material that may be able to help free Ray, knowledge obtained during his time working for Hati. He points the party in the direction of lake to find a green magicalised substance, warning the party that few who venture that way return. The party is still wary of Geremund, Yasha in particular threatening him (though his willingness to help appeared to be genuine), so they left Blackbeard and Gimick's Imp to guard him while they were gone.
Yasha and Gimick set out to scout the lake. They have a heart to heart conversation about trust and clear the air somewhat about their apprehensive feelings toward each other. They seem to connect slightly, but Gimick then takes a swig from his poisoned waterskin, shifting the conversation to one of paranoia about the Knights. Yasha is able to deceive Gimick about his actions. Upon reaching the centre of the lake, they find a small jagged island amongst some stalagtites, however before they can investigate they are thrown overboard and sucked down into the lake by a mysterious magical force. The vortex sucking them in ended with a bright light, at which point Yasha and Gimick lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, Esmerelda, Click and Fangalf do some potion shopping before they head for the lake. Esmerelda picks up a potion mixer while she is there. After stocking up, they see a Dwarf woman peering into their Carriage. They question her, and she makes up an excuse about just being curious and begins to walk away. The three adventurers don’t fall for her deception and question her further, with weapons drawn. She then tells them that she is a bounty hunter with a group based in Moonstone looking for the twins, and invites them to join her the following day. With that the group lets her go, and set off to join Yasha and Gimick. They cannot find them by the docks, so they search for them via broomstick. They find the small island, the remains of their boat and spot the vortex below the water. They throw caution to the wind and head down into the vortex to try and find their companions.