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The last time we saw the Twilight Knights, a spirit left the body of a man while in their room. He immediately limped over and they promptly left him at a tavern, feigning him to be a drunk. They decide on their next move, Froth instructing them they need to deliver the book they found to Neverember. They head to bed and the next day decide to check on said man. When arriving at the tavern, they see a sleeping man leaning on to a table and an eladrin man reading a book. Linette walks directly up to him and asks what he's reading. The man answers and introduces himself as Umbriel Brightblade, quick to insult Linette and Linette quick to make comebacks. As the others introduce themselves, Linette and Umi continue to jab at each other until Umi takes off his glove, throwing it at Linette’s feet. Everyone stares in silence as Linette proceeds to pull out her flute and begin playing. Umi, without hesitation, begins to dance battle Linette, both of them pushing themselves. The sleeping man is no longer sleeping and is bopping along to the music with the bartender. Everyone stares in shock and awe as they do their finishing moves and the battle ends in a tie. They shake hands and Umi asks to travel with them, the Twilight Knights telling him, “They try before trust”.
They begin to prepare for their meeting with Lord Neverember, Froth leaving the others to meet up with the beggars he helped before. He asks for any info on Sir Merk or anything that would be of interest to him. They happily obliged and give as much info as they could. Before the others head in, Linette lets the others know she wants to keep the book, at least for a little while so they can copy down the information from it. The head in to their meeting, which is run by Chancer instead so Neverember can attend to other matters. As Chancer asks what updates they have on their missions, Linette lets him know what they found and tells him they have not found the notebook yet. Chancer seems a bit confused by their appearance but no objectives completed, warning them that they only have a little time before the contract goes to someone else. They nod in understanding and ask if Chancer knows where they could get any info or where some things might be going down and he gives them a couple options that they could work on. A new gambling boat has arrived into port but people seem to go missing, there's a bounty on a missing person named Silus and The Chasm always needs people to help. They take the options into consideration and head out, having some time before they choose their next objective. While the others take some downtime, Linette decides to stake out the ship and Shava follows, looking for important people and ways to get into the ship.
Once everyone meets up, they decide to board the ship. Merric and Umi go invisible while the others pay some coin to get in. Everyone splits up looking for useful info, learning that this ship is owned by Lord Cassoveria and Pow Ming is filling in while he attends a meeting. Merric and Umi make their way into a dining area where people are talking about Lord Neverembers party and that the 3 lords will be attending.They decide to make their way upstairs while the others partake in some gambling making some good bets in the process. Umi and Merric look through the upstairs to find nothing of note till they happen upon a locked door with carpeting on the bottom. They take down the door and search through the room, finding a ledger of business deals that have been made. They find out someone owes them 1000 gold and that person went missing, so they write down all the names. Merric notices the octopus in the tank staring at the 2 of them, even though they’re invisible and has a VERY tight grip on it’s diver decoration. He gets extremely nervous and Umi casts suggestion on it to ease his nerves. During the downstairs gambling, Froth gets very friendly with Lady Altier, at the end when everyone is beginning to head out, she secretly hands him a note and walks away quickly. In the note is nothing but her voice plays in his head, telling him to follow and meet with her after she walks off the boat. Umi and Merric continue to look around and Umi finds an envelope which burns up almost immediately but was able to read the words “Kraken Society”. It makes them uneasy but they decide they have found what they needed and clean everything back up before heading out, nearly running into Lady Altier as she heads into the room they just left.
The 2 of them sneak out while everyone else eventually leaves, meeting back up at the spot from before. They exchange info and Froth waits for her, eventually seeing her leave and following her into a dark alley. She explains her situation, that there’s something corrupt going on and believes Pow Ming is behind the disappearances. She points him to the sewers near The Chasm and he agrees to do what he can to stop Pow Ming. Once Froth returns to the others, he explains what she told them and they agree to investigate the sewers. Once they enter, it’s pitch black, there’s kind of a sloshing sound but mostly quiet. Merric pulls out his driftglobe, illuminating the room and everyone begins to search around.
s they get closer to the walls, Merric gets a ping from his shortsword and whirls around towards Shava, shouting for her to watch out. She nearly gets hit by some kind of slime creature and everyone readies their weapons as more come out. They all slash at them, making sure to keep their distance, and defeat all of them swiftly. Umi using all his acrobatic skill to slice down a slime, slice another and then gracefully backflipping to finish off a third, Merric being heavily impressed. They notice how it easily melts away metal and make a mental note to steer clear of them. Heading further into the sewers, what awaits them next.
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After following the trail further into the sewers after noticing some movement in the chamber it opens up and we see a few dead bodies floating in the muck, Umi casts detect magic and a sword stuck in the muck glows with an arcane glow as well as 2 potion flasks. Umi greedily bounds over to extricate the sword and is surprised by this monstrous creature leaping out of the water to attack; he deftly dodges all the creature's attempts as his companions react to the surprise. The wood elf Froth shoots an arrow into the creature making it take notice and the bard Linette unleashes an incredible series of attacks that staggers the creature, and nearly kills it outright The creature then shoots out a tentacle grappling Umi who is not strong enough to break the hold and is slowly being pulled toward the creatures mouth as it submerges in the muck. The halfling monk Merric throws a series of daggers at the creature, one bouncing off of its tough hide the other sinking deeply in the creature, causing it to scream out in pain. Just as the creature submerges the paladin Cardelle leaps into the water shouting a prayer to her god and hitting the creature with a divinely inspired hit and cleaving its head in two, (edited)
At this point the creature releases Umi as his body shuts down in death and we all regroup to continue looking for the lost noble. After some exploring we find a chamber that appears to be some sort of filtering system with bridges and gates designed to trap large debris and detritus. Umi thrilled at escaping death at the hands of some disgusting monster in the sewers leaps deftly over the disgusting river of sewage after spotting a fish creature with a staff as the rest of the group react to several fish people coming out of the water and attacking the group. The wizard Shava shoots a firebolt at one hits them and then sets the bridge on fire Froth spotting one on the other side of the cavern engages in a shooting battle with them while Linette, Cardelle, Shava and Merric deal with the fishmen coming out of the water. Shava uses a wand and disappears part of one the bridges causing it to collapse. After a few minutes the group manages to overcome the creatures while Umi deals with the staff wielder to the south, Umi readies a fireball if the creature appears it pops its head out of the water shoots an acid bolt at Umi doing some minor damage the fireball explodes on top of the fish man doing serious damage, singed and burned Umi deftly back flips to the helpless fish man and finishes him off with a few slices of his rapier. As the rest of the group finishes up battle the fish man fighting with Froth whimpers a word of surrender and drops his weapons.
After a few moments of interrogation and a short rest to recover our senses we convince the fish man to show us the way to the man in charge of the area. He pleads that he was only providing food for the pet, the monstrous creature we just dispatched we assume. He also insists that we were invading and killing his friends, not wrong but...they attacked first. We finally regroup and he leads us to a grate in the wall and says behind there is Ossith the leader. He then leaps into the water and swims away. Merric goes to the grate and undoes the plate releasing an arcane trap discharging a lightning bolt Merric, Umi and Froth take some damage from the blast then uncover a ladder down to a huge chamber. In the middle of the chamber we see 2 figures standing on a circular platform, Merric, Umi and Linette move closer to the figures in the middle of the platform a conversation ensues as we move back toward the office. This is indeed Ossith and he does have the noble we were looking for. He offers to let him go as we are not worth the trouble Umi, and Merric pry for more information about the gambling operation Pao Ming? He relates that he is just a pawn working for him as an earner of gold. As we are making our way out after doing what we came to Oosith ask Umi if he practices the way of the blade dancer, Umi replies yes, Why? Oosith then relates that his bodyguard Kodo is a bit of a Swordmaster and demands we duel with the prize being our lives.....Given no other choice Umi casts a quickening spell on himself and bounds to the central platform to meet his fate. While this is happening Merric searches the room looking for shady info on Pao Ming and gets some evidence (edited)
Kodo draws his blade and casts a spell empowering it with red flame, Umi draws his rapier and empowers it with leaping green flame they circle each other menacingly and with unearthly quickness Umi strikes first and deals 2 minor hits on Kodo that were so fast he could not even see where he was struck, Kodo responds with 3 tremendous blows any one of them would cleave Umi head to toe, Umi dodges one then another and finally a third that looks like it will hit but Umi whispers an arcane phrase and a blue translucent shield appears blocking the attack. They continue to circle and Umi again with unearthly quickness Leaps away casts fireball at Kodo that he deftly avoids taking no damage Umi darts back and takes a slash at Kodo again doing minor damage. Kodo now visibly irritated with his inability to hit Umi with a melee weapon casts a Spell at his feet that booms thunderous noise and tries to push Umi over the edge into the water, Umi resists and takes some minor damage and responds with two lightning fast jabs with his rapier of which one glances off his armor and the second one nicks him for some damage, Umi realizing he cannot stand toe to toe with Kodo quickly disengages and retreats to the eastern part of the bridge to gain some distance and casts a spell creating 3 duplicates of himself to try and get some relief from the ever increasingly annoyed Kodo. Kodo moves closer then speaks an arcane word that drags Umi with the force of his mind 30 feet to once again be within melee range with Umi. Kodo grapples him with his force of will and Kodo once again attacks 3 times none of which seem to be able to land on the impossibly dextrous Eladrin. Umi responds in kind and hits the beast Kodo twice more for some damage which is starting to add up, like the rumored death of a thousand cuts, then mutters a word and appears next to Ossith escaping Kodo's grasp once again (edited)
Upon reappearing next to Ossisth, Umi hears a voice in his head and is momentarily confused, What will happen next will the battle continue or will Umi succumb to the intrusion of Ossith, and is that really playing within the spirit of the deal? This and more will be answered during our next session on Saturday.
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Returning back to our Twilight Knights, Umi was feeling a tickle in his brain but being so focused on battle, he easily bats it off. Kodo rushes to close the distance with him, shooting a bolt of lightning at him as Umi takes a defensive stance. Creating distance between them again, Umi reaches out, summoning necrotic energy on Kodo who seems to brush it off even though heavily injured. Oosith attempts to calm down Kodo, asking for a draw but he refuses and attempts to attack Umi again, unable to strike him. With Oosith not staring at them, Merric, Linette and the noble make their way over to the rest of the group, sending Linette up the ladder with him as Oosith shouts for Kodo to stop. Umi strikes at Kodo in defense, having him take more damage then rushing off to keep more space away from him. Kodo begins walking towards Umi again but Oosith catches him this time, telling him to stop and hands him a potion.
As Froth senses things about to get shoddy, he nods at Shava to activate her spell then for her to head up the ladder. She casts fly on him and herself but as she does so Cardelle grabs Shava’s wrist. The group look at her weird as they ask her to let go but she refuses, saying she’ll stay and Shava will go last. Merric attempts to intervene, preparing himself for a fight with Cardelle but instead his head droops for a moment then slowly lifts and grabs Shava’s other hand, beginning to agree with Cardelle. Shava begins to cry out as the two of them begin dragging her towards Oosith and Kodo, Froth quickly flies over, picking up Merric and dropping him in the water and Umi walking up to face Cardelle. He sternly tells her to let go but she refuses, both of them pulling out their weapons, they stare at each other until Umi rushes forward , shoving Cardelle into the water and grabbing Shava. Seeing this as he climbs out the water, Merric tries to rush over to Umi but Froth blocks his way, preparing to grab him and toss him into the water again. Merric, getting agitated he can’t complete his objective, swifty strikes at Froth stunning him and bounds towards Umi attempting to attack him as well. Umi nimbly dodges and uses the butt-end of his rapier to literally knock some sense into Merric, who is extremely confused about suddenly being wet.
Umi leads Shava over to the ladder and sends her up while Merric attempts to help Cardelle out of the water but she slaps his hand away looking extremely angry. As all this happens, a black shadow that had been slowly making it’s way closer and closer to the group suddenly pops out attempting to grab as many people as possible but only getting Linette. Umi, dodging out of the way from the tentacles, attacks the massive creature and makes some distance away from it and everyone else. Linette, begins reciting a discordant melody towards the creature grabbing her and it wails in pain as it drops her and begins returning to the water. Linette makes her way back up the ladder as Froth gets out of his stun, flying up and shooting a perfect shot to pin the creature’s tentacle in place while also doing harsh damage to it. Froth shouts out to Merric that when Umi hit him, it broke him out of that weird trance, hearing this Merric attempts to make multiple punches to break Cardelle out of her trance. After his 3rd strike, she manages to wake up and Merric leads her towards the rest of the group and away from the ever approaching Oosith and Kodo who are grinning ear to ear.
Kodo makes his way towards Umi but decides to strike Cardelle as he does so, doling out heavy damage to her and nearly striking her down. She strikes him back and casting a divine light as she strikes him but it’s not enough to finish him off as he continues to menacingly make his way towards Umi. Seeing an opportunity, Oosith rushes to pry out the arrow keeping the creature above water but Cardelle refuses to let him be, quickly striking him and smothering him with her divine light as well. Instead of falling over though, his body dissipates as if he was just a mirage, taking that as a sign things are pretty bad here, she heads up the ladder to join Linette and Shava. The creature attempts to grab another person but failing as he is still reeling from Froth’s blow, he uses the rest of his strength to pull out the lodged arrow and swims back into the water. Noticing Umi getting low, Linette pokes her head out and sends some healing his way who is grateful, but after pushing himself so hard during his fight with Kodo, he can barely move as Kodo struts towards him. Shava attempts to use her wand, accidentally casting slow but unfortunately only on Umi. Froth flies above and fires shots at Kodo while Merric rushes closer and attempts to stun him but they both fail to finish him off. Blocking any opportunity to attack, Kodo rushes away and lines up Merric and Umi shooting out a bolt of lightning, nearly finishing off Umi.
While the group is distracted, the big fish creatures that have just been staring earlier, make their way closer as it turns out they have turned their wheels and the room is beginning to fill with water very quickly. Shava, getting frustrated with Kodo, fires off her scorching ray and finishes off Kodo, using the rest of her attack to hit one of the fish men coming closer. Froth flies over to one of the wheels and begins to turn it back the other way to slow down the water, but seeing this, the fish man picks up Kodo’s weapon and moves towards Froth. Cardelle, being in a relatively safe area, uses the chance to heal herself then makes her way back down the ladder to help defend their escape route. Merric makes his way to Umi to help him safely escape but he refuses as he wants Kodo’s rapier and leaves him to chase after the creature that took it. Merric gets back to the ladder in time to see Cardelle facing the fish man from the other side, she strikes at it nearly finishing it off but not quite enough. Umi rushes for the fishman finishing it off and taking the rapier as his prize, Froth manages to get the wheel turned enough to slow down the water and begins flying back with Umi in tow. With the water filling quickly, Merric is almost immediately forced to swim and makes his way back up the ladder as Shava finishes off the last fish man, flying inside of the secret entrance with Cardelle climbing up behind her. As Froth flies above the water carrying Umi, the massive creature from before leaps out of the water, attempting to strike and bring down Froth but fails to do so, splashing back down and the group rush to escape the sewers, safely making it out.
As they look at each other they decide what to do with the noble they rescued. With Umi and Froth threatening him, he tells him he's of the Blackthorn family but is a disappointment so he has no money and just a gambling debt but is willing to get them more information for saving him. They wave him off and Merric hands over the evidence to Froth as everyone heads to their respective rooms for a nice shower and sleep. After their rest, Froth checks in on the thieves guild, telling them to turn the front into a restaurant and hiring the aid of the giant he met before. He learns that the reason for Captain Merk being in the area is to make sure Neverwinter won’t put Waterdeep in danger and learns about many ships being turned away for not having proper papers.One of his members tells him of a ship that left during the night and came back with massive damage and being turned away due to not being able to dock safely. Umi decides to do some shopping and purchases a commission of the cloaks that Cardelle, Shava, Froth and Linette wear. As Merric returns to the chasm district to volunteer, he hears a drunk man talking about how the Kraken Society has a secret hidden treasure and that it would make anyone filthy rich. He also hears rumors of people saying the ground keeps shaking in the east, the animals migrating unnaturally and rumblings, saying they’re afraid another dragon will appear.
Froth meets with Lady Altair and hands her the bag, who is delighted to hear about his success. He hands her the bag and tells her about what they saw and plans to finish off that creature, she thanks him and asks for somewhere they might be able to stay and Froth asks her to give him time and he'll see what he can do. They get flirty and intimate as she lets him know what she plans on doing as the others make their way to the dinner party Lord Neverember invited them to. Before going in, he asks them to put on their best faces and to upsell Neverwinter so they can get the aid and resources they need to rebuild. As the group walks in they see the 2 groups on each side, the nobles from Neverwinter and the nobles from Waterdeep. On the side of Waterdeep, they see Lady Seraphina, Lord Cedric, Lady Elara, Lord Aric and Commander Thalric, who is the only one to have a weapon on his person. On Neverwinter’s side sits Thaelin Blackthorn, Stogan Ironhart and Edmund Scalescore.
Umi decides to sit beside Commander Thalric while the others sit on the opposite side. Umi makes attempts to impress Commander Thalric with his spells and knowledge and he seems to be more amused than impressed and makes conversation with him. As the others begin to make small talk and eat their dinner, Merric attempts to read everyone’s energy to understand them a bit more. Unfortunately he doesn't get much but notices Lady Elara stirring uncomfortably. He notices that she seems uncomfortable by Lady Seraphina and Blackthorn’s conversation, Blackthorn making “lighthearted” jabs about Waterdeep not helping but Lady Seraphina brushing it off and continuing to make conversation. In an attempt to take her mind off it, Merric makes conversation with her, asking about her background and how she got to her position. She tells him about herself, explaining that she worked harder and smarter than the people around her, talking about how she now runs successful magic shops and other businesses throughout Waterdeep. He gets the understanding that she is the type to look out for her people but doesn’t care for others who are not part of that. As she tells Merric of her life story, Blackthorn suddenly chimes in slamming his fist on the table, shouting at her that she could’ve helped during the fight with the dragons. She retorts back about needing to keep her people safe instead but he insults her, shouting about her and the others being selfish for not helping. As they erupt into an aggressive argument, what will the Twilight Knights do? Will they make things worse as tensions rise or will they be able to calm things down and smooth it over? Lets wish for good luck as things get stormy for the Twilight Knights
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The Great Dame Gambling Ship
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The last time we saw the Twilight Knights, a spirit left the body of a man while in their room. He immediately limped over and they promptly left him at a tavern, feigning him to be a drunk. They decide on their next move, Froth instructing them they need to deliver the book they found to Neverember. They head to bed and the next day decide to check on said man. When arriving at the tavern, they see a sleeping man leaning on to a table and an eladrin man reading a book. Linette walks directly up to him and asks what he's reading. The man answers and introduces himself as Umbriel Brightblade, quick to insult Linette and Linette quick to make comebacks. As the others introduce themselves, Linette and Umi continue to jab at each other until Umi takes off his glove, throwing it at Linette’s feet. Everyone stares in silence as Linette proceeds to pull out her flute and begin playing. Umi, without hesitation, begins to dance battle Linette, both of them pushing themselves. The sleeping man is no longer sleeping and is bopping along to the music with the bartender. Everyone stares in shock and awe as they do their finishing moves and the battle ends in a tie. They shake hands and Umi asks to travel with them, the Twilight Knights telling him, “They try before trust”.
They begin to prepare for their meeting with Lord Neverember, Froth leaving the others to meet up with the beggars he helped before. He asks for any info on Sir Merk or anything that would be of interest to him. They happily obliged and give as much info as they could. Before the others head in, Linette lets the others know she wants to keep the book, at least for a little while so they can copy down the information from it. The head in to their meeting, which is run by Chancer instead so Neverember can attend to other matters. As Chancer asks what updates they have on their missions, Linette lets him know what they found and tells him they have not found the notebook yet. Chancer seems a bit confused by their appearance but no objectives completed, warning them that they only have a little time before the contract goes to someone else. They nod in understanding and ask if Chancer knows where they could get any info or where some things might be going down and he gives them a couple options that they could work on. A new gambling boat has arrived into port but people seem to go missing, there's a bounty on a missing person named Silus and The Chasm always needs people to help. They take the options into consideration and head out, having some time before they choose their next objective. While the others take some downtime, Linette decides to stake out the ship and Shava follows, looking for important people and ways to get into the ship.
Once everyone meets up, they decide to board the ship. Merric and Umi go invisible while the others pay some coin to get in. Everyone splits up looking for useful info, learning that this ship is owned by Lord Cassoveria and Pow Ming is filling in while he attends a meeting. Merric and Umi make their way into a dining area where people are talking about Lord Neverembers party and that the 3 lords will be attending.They decide to make their way upstairs while the others partake in some gambling making some good bets in the process. Umi and Merric look through the upstairs to find nothing of note till they happen upon a locked door with carpeting on the bottom. They take down the door and search through the room, finding a ledger of business deals that have been made. They find out someone owes them 1000 gold and that person went missing, so they write down all the names. Merric notices the octopus in the tank staring at the 2 of them, even though they’re invisible and has a VERY tight grip on it’s diver decoration. He gets extremely nervous and Umi casts suggestion on it to ease his nerves. During the downstairs gambling, Froth gets very friendly with Lady Altier, at the end when everyone is beginning to head out, she secretly hands him a note and walks away quickly. In the note is nothing but her voice plays in his head, telling him to follow and meet with her after she walks off the boat. Umi and Merric continue to look around and Umi finds an envelope which burns up almost immediately but was able to read the words “Kraken Society”. It makes them uneasy but they decide they have found what they needed and clean everything back up before heading out, nearly running into Lady Altier as she heads into the room they just left.
The 2 of them sneak out while everyone else eventually leaves, meeting back up at the spot from before. They exchange info and Froth waits for her, eventually seeing her leave and following her into a dark alley. She explains her situation, that there’s something corrupt going on and believes Pow Ming is behind the disappearances. She points him to the sewers near The Chasm and he agrees to do what he can to stop Pow Ming. Once Froth returns to the others, he explains what she told them and they agree to investigate the sewers. Once they enter, it’s pitch black, there’s kind of a sloshing sound but mostly quiet. Merric pulls out his driftglobe, illuminating the room and everyone begins to search around.
s they get closer to the walls, Merric gets a ping from his shortsword and whirls around towards Shava, shouting for her to watch out. She nearly gets hit by some kind of slime creature and everyone readies their weapons as more come out. They all slash at them, making sure to keep their distance, and defeat all of them swiftly. Umi using all his acrobatic skill to slice down a slime, slice another and then gracefully backflipping to finish off a third, Merric being heavily impressed. They notice how it easily melts away metal and make a mental note to steer clear of them. Heading further into the sewers, what awaits them next.
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After following the trail further into the sewers after noticing some movement in the chamber it opens up and we see a few dead bodies floating in the muck, Umi casts detect magic and a sword stuck in the muck glows with an arcane glow as well as 2 potion flasks. Umi greedily bounds over to extricate the sword and is surprised by this monstrous creature leaping out of the water to attack; he deftly dodges all the creature's attempts as his companions react to the surprise. The wood elf Froth shoots an arrow into the creature making it take notice and the bard Linette unleashes an incredible series of attacks that staggers the creature, and nearly kills it outright The creature then shoots out a tentacle grappling Umi who is not strong enough to break the hold and is slowly being pulled toward the creatures mouth as it submerges in the muck. The halfling monk Merric throws a series of daggers at the creature, one bouncing off of its tough hide the other sinking deeply in the creature, causing it to scream out in pain. Just as the creature submerges the paladin Cardelle leaps into the water shouting a prayer to her god and hitting the creature with a divinely inspired hit and cleaving its head in two, (edited)
At this point the creature releases Umi as his body shuts down in death and we all regroup to continue looking for the lost noble. After some exploring we find a chamber that appears to be some sort of filtering system with bridges and gates designed to trap large debris and detritus. Umi thrilled at escaping death at the hands of some disgusting monster in the sewers leaps deftly over the disgusting river of sewage after spotting a fish creature with a staff as the rest of the group react to several fish people coming out of the water and attacking the group. The wizard Shava shoots a firebolt at one hits them and then sets the bridge on fire Froth spotting one on the other side of the cavern engages in a shooting battle with them while Linette, Cardelle, Shava and Merric deal with the fishmen coming out of the water. Shava uses a wand and disappears part of one the bridges causing it to collapse. After a few minutes the group manages to overcome the creatures while Umi deals with the staff wielder to the south, Umi readies a fireball if the creature appears it pops its head out of the water shoots an acid bolt at Umi doing some minor damage the fireball explodes on top of the fish man doing serious damage, singed and burned Umi deftly back flips to the helpless fish man and finishes him off with a few slices of his rapier. As the rest of the group finishes up battle the fish man fighting with Froth whimpers a word of surrender and drops his weapons.
After a few moments of interrogation and a short rest to recover our senses we convince the fish man to show us the way to the man in charge of the area. He pleads that he was only providing food for the pet, the monstrous creature we just dispatched we assume. He also insists that we were invading and killing his friends, not wrong but...they attacked first. We finally regroup and he leads us to a grate in the wall and says behind there is Ossith the leader. He then leaps into the water and swims away. Merric goes to the grate and undoes the plate releasing an arcane trap discharging a lightning bolt Merric, Umi and Froth take some damage from the blast then uncover a ladder down to a huge chamber. In the middle of the chamber we see 2 figures standing on a circular platform, Merric, Umi and Linette move closer to the figures in the middle of the platform a conversation ensues as we move back toward the office. This is indeed Ossith and he does have the noble we were looking for. He offers to let him go as we are not worth the trouble Umi, and Merric pry for more information about the gambling operation Pao Ming? He relates that he is just a pawn working for him as an earner of gold. As we are making our way out after doing what we came to Oosith ask Umi if he practices the way of the blade dancer, Umi replies yes, Why? Oosith then relates that his bodyguard Kodo is a bit of a Swordmaster and demands we duel with the prize being our lives.....Given no other choice Umi casts a quickening spell on himself and bounds to the central platform to meet his fate. While this is happening Merric searches the room looking for shady info on Pao Ming and gets some evidence (edited)
Kodo draws his blade and casts a spell empowering it with red flame, Umi draws his rapier and empowers it with leaping green flame they circle each other menacingly and with unearthly quickness Umi strikes first and deals 2 minor hits on Kodo that were so fast he could not even see where he was struck, Kodo responds with 3 tremendous blows any one of them would cleave Umi head to toe, Umi dodges one then another and finally a third that looks like it will hit but Umi whispers an arcane phrase and a blue translucent shield appears blocking the attack. They continue to circle and Umi again with unearthly quickness Leaps away casts fireball at Kodo that he deftly avoids taking no damage Umi darts back and takes a slash at Kodo again doing minor damage. Kodo now visibly irritated with his inability to hit Umi with a melee weapon casts a Spell at his feet that booms thunderous noise and tries to push Umi over the edge into the water, Umi resists and takes some minor damage and responds with two lightning fast jabs with his rapier of which one glances off his armor and the second one nicks him for some damage, Umi realizing he cannot stand toe to toe with Kodo quickly disengages and retreats to the eastern part of the bridge to gain some distance and casts a spell creating 3 duplicates of himself to try and get some relief from the ever increasingly annoyed Kodo. Kodo moves closer then speaks an arcane word that drags Umi with the force of his mind 30 feet to once again be within melee range with Umi. Kodo grapples him with his force of will and Kodo once again attacks 3 times none of which seem to be able to land on the impossibly dextrous Eladrin. Umi responds in kind and hits the beast Kodo twice more for some damage which is starting to add up, like the rumored death of a thousand cuts, then mutters a word and appears next to Ossith escaping Kodo's grasp once again (edited)
Upon reappearing next to Ossisth, Umi hears a voice in his head and is momentarily confused, What will happen next will the battle continue or will Umi succumb to the intrusion of Ossith, and is that really playing within the spirit of the deal? This and more will be answered during our next session on Saturday.
The Kraken Society!
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Returning back to our Twilight Knights, Umi was feeling a tickle in his brain but being so focused on battle, he easily bats it off. Kodo rushes to close the distance with him, shooting a bolt of lightning at him as Umi takes a defensive stance. Creating distance between them again, Umi reaches out, summoning necrotic energy on Kodo who seems to brush it off even though heavily injured. Oosith attempts to calm down Kodo, asking for a draw but he refuses and attempts to attack Umi again, unable to strike him. With Oosith not staring at them, Merric, Linette and the noble make their way over to the rest of the group, sending Linette up the ladder with him as Oosith shouts for Kodo to stop. Umi strikes at Kodo in defense, having him take more damage then rushing off to keep more space away from him. Kodo begins walking towards Umi again but Oosith catches him this time, telling him to stop and hands him a potion.
As Froth senses things about to get shoddy, he nods at Shava to activate her spell then for her to head up the ladder. She casts fly on him and herself but as she does so Cardelle grabs Shava’s wrist. The group look at her weird as they ask her to let go but she refuses, saying she’ll stay and Shava will go last. Merric attempts to intervene, preparing himself for a fight with Cardelle but instead his head droops for a moment then slowly lifts and grabs Shava’s other hand, beginning to agree with Cardelle. Shava begins to cry out as the two of them begin dragging her towards Oosith and Kodo, Froth quickly flies over, picking up Merric and dropping him in the water and Umi walking up to face Cardelle. He sternly tells her to let go but she refuses, both of them pulling out their weapons, they stare at each other until Umi rushes forward , shoving Cardelle into the water and grabbing Shava. Seeing this as he climbs out the water, Merric tries to rush over to Umi but Froth blocks his way, preparing to grab him and toss him into the water again. Merric, getting agitated he can’t complete his objective, swifty strikes at Froth stunning him and bounds towards Umi attempting to attack him as well. Umi nimbly dodges and uses the butt-end of his rapier to literally knock some sense into Merric, who is extremely confused about suddenly being wet.
Umi leads Shava over to the ladder and sends her up while Merric attempts to help Cardelle out of the water but she slaps his hand away looking extremely angry. As all this happens, a black shadow that had been slowly making it’s way closer and closer to the group suddenly pops out attempting to grab as many people as possible but only getting Linette. Umi, dodging out of the way from the tentacles, attacks the massive creature and makes some distance away from it and everyone else. Linette, begins reciting a discordant melody towards the creature grabbing her and it wails in pain as it drops her and begins returning to the water. Linette makes her way back up the ladder as Froth gets out of his stun, flying up and shooting a perfect shot to pin the creature’s tentacle in place while also doing harsh damage to it. Froth shouts out to Merric that when Umi hit him, it broke him out of that weird trance, hearing this Merric attempts to make multiple punches to break Cardelle out of her trance. After his 3rd strike, she manages to wake up and Merric leads her towards the rest of the group and away from the ever approaching Oosith and Kodo who are grinning ear to ear.
Kodo makes his way towards Umi but decides to strike Cardelle as he does so, doling out heavy damage to her and nearly striking her down. She strikes him back and casting a divine light as she strikes him but it’s not enough to finish him off as he continues to menacingly make his way towards Umi. Seeing an opportunity, Oosith rushes to pry out the arrow keeping the creature above water but Cardelle refuses to let him be, quickly striking him and smothering him with her divine light as well. Instead of falling over though, his body dissipates as if he was just a mirage, taking that as a sign things are pretty bad here, she heads up the ladder to join Linette and Shava. The creature attempts to grab another person but failing as he is still reeling from Froth’s blow, he uses the rest of his strength to pull out the lodged arrow and swims back into the water. Noticing Umi getting low, Linette pokes her head out and sends some healing his way who is grateful, but after pushing himself so hard during his fight with Kodo, he can barely move as Kodo struts towards him. Shava attempts to use her wand, accidentally casting slow but unfortunately only on Umi. Froth flies above and fires shots at Kodo while Merric rushes closer and attempts to stun him but they both fail to finish him off. Blocking any opportunity to attack, Kodo rushes away and lines up Merric and Umi shooting out a bolt of lightning, nearly finishing off Umi.
While the group is distracted, the big fish creatures that have just been staring earlier, make their way closer as it turns out they have turned their wheels and the room is beginning to fill with water very quickly. Shava, getting frustrated with Kodo, fires off her scorching ray and finishes off Kodo, using the rest of her attack to hit one of the fish men coming closer. Froth flies over to one of the wheels and begins to turn it back the other way to slow down the water, but seeing this, the fish man picks up Kodo’s weapon and moves towards Froth. Cardelle, being in a relatively safe area, uses the chance to heal herself then makes her way back down the ladder to help defend their escape route. Merric makes his way to Umi to help him safely escape but he refuses as he wants Kodo’s rapier and leaves him to chase after the creature that took it. Merric gets back to the ladder in time to see Cardelle facing the fish man from the other side, she strikes at it nearly finishing it off but not quite enough. Umi rushes for the fishman finishing it off and taking the rapier as his prize, Froth manages to get the wheel turned enough to slow down the water and begins flying back with Umi in tow. With the water filling quickly, Merric is almost immediately forced to swim and makes his way back up the ladder as Shava finishes off the last fish man, flying inside of the secret entrance with Cardelle climbing up behind her. As Froth flies above the water carrying Umi, the massive creature from before leaps out of the water, attempting to strike and bring down Froth but fails to do so, splashing back down and the group rush to escape the sewers, safely making it out.
As they look at each other they decide what to do with the noble they rescued. With Umi and Froth threatening him, he tells him he's of the Blackthorn family but is a disappointment so he has no money and just a gambling debt but is willing to get them more information for saving him. They wave him off and Merric hands over the evidence to Froth as everyone heads to their respective rooms for a nice shower and sleep. After their rest, Froth checks in on the thieves guild, telling them to turn the front into a restaurant and hiring the aid of the giant he met before. He learns that the reason for Captain Merk being in the area is to make sure Neverwinter won’t put Waterdeep in danger and learns about many ships being turned away for not having proper papers.One of his members tells him of a ship that left during the night and came back with massive damage and being turned away due to not being able to dock safely. Umi decides to do some shopping and purchases a commission of the cloaks that Cardelle, Shava, Froth and Linette wear. As Merric returns to the chasm district to volunteer, he hears a drunk man talking about how the Kraken Society has a secret hidden treasure and that it would make anyone filthy rich. He also hears rumors of people saying the ground keeps shaking in the east, the animals migrating unnaturally and rumblings, saying they’re afraid another dragon will appear.
Froth meets with Lady Altair and hands her the bag, who is delighted to hear about his success. He hands her the bag and tells her about what they saw and plans to finish off that creature, she thanks him and asks for somewhere they might be able to stay and Froth asks her to give him time and he'll see what he can do. They get flirty and intimate as she lets him know what she plans on doing as the others make their way to the dinner party Lord Neverember invited them to. Before going in, he asks them to put on their best faces and to upsell Neverwinter so they can get the aid and resources they need to rebuild. As the group walks in they see the 2 groups on each side, the nobles from Neverwinter and the nobles from Waterdeep. On the side of Waterdeep, they see Lady Seraphina, Lord Cedric, Lady Elara, Lord Aric and Commander Thalric, who is the only one to have a weapon on his person. On Neverwinter’s side sits Thaelin Blackthorn, Stogan Ironhart and Edmund Scalescore.
Umi decides to sit beside Commander Thalric while the others sit on the opposite side. Umi makes attempts to impress Commander Thalric with his spells and knowledge and he seems to be more amused than impressed and makes conversation with him. As the others begin to make small talk and eat their dinner, Merric attempts to read everyone’s energy to understand them a bit more. Unfortunately he doesn't get much but notices Lady Elara stirring uncomfortably. He notices that she seems uncomfortable by Lady Seraphina and Blackthorn’s conversation, Blackthorn making “lighthearted” jabs about Waterdeep not helping but Lady Seraphina brushing it off and continuing to make conversation. In an attempt to take her mind off it, Merric makes conversation with her, asking about her background and how she got to her position. She tells him about herself, explaining that she worked harder and smarter than the people around her, talking about how she now runs successful magic shops and other businesses throughout Waterdeep. He gets the understanding that she is the type to look out for her people but doesn’t care for others who are not part of that. As she tells Merric of her life story, Blackthorn suddenly chimes in slamming his fist on the table, shouting at her that she could’ve helped during the fight with the dragons. She retorts back about needing to keep her people safe instead but he insults her, shouting about her and the others being selfish for not helping. As they erupt into an aggressive argument, what will the Twilight Knights do? Will they make things worse as tensions rise or will they be able to calm things down and smooth it over? Lets wish for good luck as things get stormy for the Twilight Knights