Session 8

Date
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Ashenport Lighthouse
Mario shoved the corpse into Enoch's backpack and dumped it out into the ocean.

The church of Ashenport served as a lighthouse. Inside the chapel were intricate stained glass windows depicting the gods, with Mae'Mekka and Maev having their own windows. The church seemed much nicer than the people of Ashenport could afford. The religious artifacts were dusty, which indicated that they were seldom used.

Maya lit some candles, and Darro blew them out and put them in his bag. Maya told him off, and he returned them.

Maya: "That's really disrespectful. These are for the gods."

Darro: "I'm not stupid."

Mario kicked open a locked door leading to the top of the lighthouse. Maya freaked out about the broken lock. Mario used minor illusion to make Maya think he fixed the door.

Maya: "Mario! How did you do that?"

Mario (in Darro's voice): "I'm not stupid."

Mario, Darro, and Izzy sneaked up the stairs while Maya stayed in the chapel. They got the sense that the church was a bizarre front.

Mario lit the lighthouse.

Siren Song
Damacus was in the inn, disguised as a Teller with his feet in warm water.

Izzy, Darro, Maya, and Mario headed to the Smooth Sailing Inn. When they arrived, they found Damacus, undisguised, wheeling and dealing with the bar keep. The bar keep told them that Twinkletoes and another Elf fellow washed ashore and were upstairs. The Cinnamon Wind, the boat they were in, hit some rocks.

Twinkletoes: "This place has no lighthouse. It sucks."

Galzario, The Boar, was the Elf fellow. Mario performed bird CPR and cleared his lungs of water. Galzario asked who all was in the tavern, so Mario asked every single person for their name and discovered that, strangely, none of the locals were in the tavern. Maya explained the siren song problem to Galzario but was interrupted by the siren song.

Mario ran outside and tackled Damacus. Maya cast lesser restoration on Damacus, and he returned to his senses. Darro spotted some cloaked figures. Darro, Mario, and Izzy chased the cloaked figures to a cave entrance revealed by the low tide. Damacus, Maya, and Twinkletoes restrained townspeople. Trixie followed Izzy so that Damacus could find the others.

Astraya: "Towns of this size are usually a little more religious and hold tighter to religious traditions."

Maya told Astraya about the deformed statue in the grove.

Cave
Darro (whispering): "Elbow, my quiver!"

Darro looted a discarded black robe soaked in saltwater.

Trixie (in Damacus's voice): "Izzy!"

Izzy: "Whoa! Is this new?"

Trixie: "Yeah, I learned it when we hit level seven." (Where did this lampshade come from?)

Mario used minor illusion to make a false wall while they waited for the others to join them, in case some more cloaked figures tried to leave through the tunnel.

Darro (to Elbow): "These people know so many talking birds."

After Destiny's Children reunited, Darro blew flour on Damacus. Damacus immediately developed a disdain for Darro.

Damacus: "Who is this? You trust him? What if he's a cloaked figure!"

Izzy: "Well, he knows about the bounty and didn't turn us in!"

Damacus: "That means he's dishonest!"