Rise of Drekis: Chapter 3 Episode 01

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==Synopsis==
The party is teleported to the island of Bravo on a mission to gather information that the empire of Drekis can use in their upcoming invasion of the island. In exactly one year, the party will be teleported back to Drekis to report their findings.
The party spend the first 6 months of their mission in the northwest city of Bastian. During that time, they learn the language, information on the city, wildlife in the area, and other cities around the island.
After 6 months, the party decides to go to the nearby city of Ayu directly to the east.  On their journey there, they encounter some fearsome creatures called Ravagers. Everyone in the party except Woodsy Bill is knocked unconscious, but Bill meets a goblin named Maada who heals the party. The party and Mata come to an agreement to feed him if Maada travels with the party as a healer. With their new party member in tow, the journey to Ayu continues. 
==Recap==
===Briefing===
A longtime ago, before the Breaking of Arcadia, Bravo was accessible and had been unified into a single empire with the main island and many of the surrounding land masses. Then, at the end of the Age of Might, the storms came, and the mountains rose, and Bravo was both devastated and cut off from the rest of the world. Drekis finally has the power to get people to Bravo, and possibly "reunite" it with the rest of the growing empire.
In order to “reunite” Bravo with the rest of the Drekissin empire, an invasion will most likely be required. Any invasion of a foreign land requires lots of information to be successful. Using magic to find out what's going on over there might yield some results, but much of the information needed will require scouts. 
The four scouts chosen for this mission all have reasons to be loyal to Drekis and have valuable individual skills that make them perfect for the job.
==== Mission Objectives====
#Learn about the following:
#*Local alliances
#*Powerful individuals
#*Monsters of the land
#*Environment and its dangers
#*Location of all major towns and cities
#Map the island in as much detail as possible
#Identify locals who could aid the invasion 
#*Those that can undermine the establishment before the invasion
#* Those that can switch sides and fight for Drekis during the invasion
#*Those that can provide supplies or aid
===The Party Arrive in Bravo: May 15, 1517===
The powerful wizard and king of Mistrya, Imrik McGary, teleports the party to a beach outside of the town of Bastian. After arriving, Imrick immediately teleports away and the party is on their own in the hostile and mysterious land of Bravo. The first thing they notice is a group of halflings staring at them, their jaws dropped. The party realize they have been seen getting teleported here and the bard of the group, Hank, casts on the halflings. 
Over the next 6 months, the party spend their time in Bastian learning the language of this land and gathering as much information about the surrounding area as they can. This is what they learn: 
* Bastian is a halfling village in the northwest of the island and is often raided by orcs. The halflings deal with this by offering the orcs food as a tribute to leave them alone. The halflings are able to do this because of the large amount of arable land on this part of the island, and as a result, the halflings have an abundance of food.
*The survivalist, Bill, learns about the local wildlife including vegetation, fruits, and carnivorous plants.
*The fighter of the group, Sunny, learns about how the town of Bastian is run. She learns that Bastian is run by a group of counselors who belong to different families in the town.
*Hank, the bard, learns about the local hero of the halflings. His name is Taro the Terrific, and he was the one who learned how to take taro roots and turn them into alcohol. He also learns that the main thing Bastian trades with the rest of the island is liquor. They also trade normal food goods with the town of Ayu.
*The cartographer thief, Daniel, learns about the cities of Bravo. He learns that the city in the center of Bravo, Yaka, rules over all the other cities in Bravo. He also learns about the general location of the other cities.
The party comes to the conclusion that the city of Bastian is a perfect place to start the invasion. It has plenty of food to feed their army and the halflings don’t seem to have any loyalty to the empire of Yaka. 
===The Party Set Out for Ayu: November 15, 1517 ===
Now that the party knows everything they need to know about Bastain, they decide it is time to scout out the remaining cities on Bravo. The first city they choose to travel to is Ayu, the closest city to Bastian. To get there, the party travels east along the northern coast line until they spot some unusual tracks. Hank preemptively inspires the party with a song as they sneak up on an unfamiliar creature (ravager) distracted by something in a bush. The creature is very dexterous, bipedal, and has bone spikes for hands. The party sneaks up behind it and ambushes it.
====Combat Begins ====
=====Round 1=====
*Will misses his bow attack.
* Sunny lands a critical sword attack on the creature severely wounding it.
*Hank comes into melee range with the creature and also criticals it with his sword, almost killing it.
===== Round 2=====
*Hand makes another attack on the creature, killing it. He then moves up close to the second creature.
* The creature attacks Hank with both of its hand scythes and hits with 1.
*Sunny attacks the creature and misses.
*A third creature appears and attacks Daniel, landing both of its attacks almost killing him.
* Daniel attacks the creature with his dagger dealing a small amount of damage.
*Bill hits the third creature with an arrow.
*Hank deals some damage to the second creature.
* The second creature retaliates and deals heavy damage to Hank.
*Sunny responds and hits the second creature for significant damage.
*Bill misses a bow shot at the end of the round.
=====Round 3=====
*Daniel is brought down by the third creature and begins to bleed to death.
* Bill brings out his spear and hits the third creature, almost killing it.
*Sunny is severely hurt by the 2 attacks of the second creature.
*Sunny responds by killing it with a critical strike.
*Hank climbs a small cliff to get high ground and sees a fourth creature.
*The third creature misses both of its attacks against Bill.
=====Round 4=====
*The third creature hits Bill with a critical hit.
*Sunny then kills the third creature.
=====Round 5=====
*The party prepares an ambush for the fourth creature.
=====Round 6 =====
* Bill makes some noise to draw the creature to him.
* When the creature runs after Bill, Sunny ambushes it, dealing massive damage.
*Hank also ambushes it but misses.
*Sunny gets an opportunity attack, killing the fourth creature.
====Combat Ends====
The party can’t see any more ravagers but they saw 6 footprints. This means there must be 2 more nearby. Daniel is bandaged up and put on a donkey that Hank conjured using the spell . The party moves forward when they hear a shriek and spot 2 more ravagers. 
====Combat Begins====
=====Round 1=====
* Hank, Sunny, Bill and the fifth creature all attack each other at the same time. However, most attacks miss with the creature only taking minor damage.
=====Round 2 =====
*The sixth creature brings Hank down unconscious, bleeding to death.
*Sunny hits the fifth creature for minor damage.
*Bill attacks the fifth creature with his spear, killing it.
=====Round 3=====
*Sunny attacks the sixth creature bringing it to half health.
*The creature retaliates, hitting Sunny and almost killing her.
*Bill attacks the creature, almost killing it.
*The creature attacks Sunny, knocking her unconscious and bleeding to death.
*Bill and the creature exchange blows that end with the creature dead and Bill alive.
====Combat Ends====
===Goblin Friends===
Except Bill, the entire party is unconscious and near death. Bill loads the donkey with the 3 bodies and moves to the bamboo part of the woods, hoping it will be safer there. Once in the bamboo, Bill creates a fire and shelter.
At some point, when Bill returns to the camp with firewood he has been collecting, he sees a shadowy figure leaning over his companions casting a spell on them. Bill attacks the creature, interrupting its spell and stabs it with a knife. The creature which Bill can now see is a goblin, casts on Bill, shouting the word cower. Bill fails his spell saving throw and cowers as the goblin flees.
The next day, it is clear that Hank and Sunny have a good chance of dying from their wounds. Bill finds some tracks nearby that are most likely the goblins and follows them. The goblin did not try to kill Bill and it spoke the common Bravoian language, so Bill hopes he can convince the goblin to use its magic to heal his companions. 
Bill follows the tracks to the base of the Dwarf Mountain and sees a cave on a cliff 15 feet up. Bill climbs up the cliff and a goblin comes out and tells him to go away. Bill asks for help but the goblin is angry that he stabbed him. Bill explains that he didn’t know he was a friendly goblin and apologies. The goblin accepts his apology and heals the party. 
The party wakes up and introduce themselves to the goblin who goes by the name Maada. Hank makes Maada a quesadilla that is so good it makes him cry. Maada explains he gets his healing powers from the god Dub and he agrees to travel with the party and heal them if Hank continues to feed him quesadillas. 
The party spend 2 days with Maada in his cave to receive healing. During their stay, the party performs a song for Maada, which is well received.  Maada also tells the party that a jungle wyrm killed his clan. 
After healing most of the way, the party set out for Ayu once again. After a few days of traveling along the northern coast, they reach a river. At the river, they encounter 14 giant mosquitos called . The party hides from the stirges, leaving their conjured donkey out in the open. The mosquitoes attack the donkey, killing it and then move on, never noticing the party.  
==Experience==
No experience given.
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