Around the Campfire: An Adventurer's Journal / Episode 2

Currently discussing the events of Episode 2.

Having decided that Parlainth sounds like a good idea our intrepid adventurers decide to leave Kratas behind and head for Daiche. Transportation has been arranged for them on the Crescent Pleasure. The Crescent Pleasure is known throughout the river systems of Barsaive as a gambling ship. Its high profile does as much to protect from pirates and overly aggressive aropagoi as do the bribes, and heavy on board security. With a ticket for the Crescent Pleasure you buy a degree of anonymity, and freedom because it is the only ship known to freely cross the borders of the different T’skrang houses without so much as a cursory glance. This should tell any intelligent observer that the ship has a heavy compliment of spies on board from assorted political factions, making it useful to everyone.

Boarding the Crescent Pleasure without incident the party quickly settles into gambling in some low stakes card games, however a certain windling is much too curious to mind her own business, instead she seeks to know the business of others. Flitting about Satine decides to collect information from the assorted patrons on board. While only the passions know who was real, and who was a cover identity, the most disturbing tidbit relates to her cousin Terricia. Some seem convinced that she is an assassin and King Garlthik is the worst kind of fellow. Naturally Satine needs to come to terms with who to believe, or rather what to believe.

Setting anchor for the night the ship is ambushed by pirates. Through the smoke of fire cannons, screams of the dying, and the terror of the living, the distance closing between ships as the pirates prepare to board, a roar is heard as Graul comes running through the smoke and leaps across the remaining distance on to the pirate ship, axe held high coming down with fearsome force to split the skull of an enemy. Jand and Audvin are close behind slashing at those about them, as Satine provides fire support blasting her opponents with the power of the elements. Singling out the Captain of the pirate ship Jand engages him in a duel, maneuvering and taunting the whole time he eventually lashes out disarming the Captain and threatening his life, he demands their surrender, and it is given as the rest of his crew has fared no better than he.