Tides of Death: Episode 01

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==Recap==
===7th April, 1513===
Saol wakes up on the beach, surviving a shipwreck. There are 4 guardsmen surrounding the wizard, Nilrem, taking his spellbook. The guards surround them all. Archie and John are awakened. Guard asks Nilrem where his registration is. Nilrem wants his spellbook back, the guard doesn't budge. John gets his hat back from the sea. They pretend not to know Nilrem, but he doesn't play along.
The guards bring them to the encampment and tell the cleric that an unmarked, unregistered wizard with a spellbook has washed up ashore. They've made a decent impression overall, so guards leave them to deal with later. John overhears guards talking, the wizard is in trouble. Saol wants to make a distraction so they can all run.
Saol pretends to be sick and tells the guards, John takes a few knives. He runs up to the guards and backstabs both of the guards, killing one. Nilrem bolts for his spellbook while other deal with the guard. The guard manages to shout for help before Archie kills him. Nilrem grabs a parchment, his spellbook, and a wand. They rob the guards run away from the camp.
They stop in the jungle to recuperate. Nilrem reads the Mysterious note. It speaks of hidden wizard treasure, there is a map on the back. They all introduce each other. Saol calls for , no answer. They check the map and agree to go up the coastline and run away from the guards.
Nilrem tries to use the wand, unsuccessfully. When they make progress from the guards, in the evening, they see the lights indicating a village. Down the coast, growls a jaguar. It notices them. Archie tries to scare it away and the jaguar runs. John tries to light a fire unsuccessfully. They spend the night in the jungle. 
During Nilrem's watch, Archie wakes up from fangs in his shoulder. He's being dragged away from the camp.
Combat start: Party vs Jaguar
Nilrem tries to scare Jaguar away. Archie punches the jaguar. John tries to sneak and crits the jaguar with a kitchen knife. Saol scares the jaguar away. 
Combat end.
===8th April, 1513===
They head up the coast and arrive at a small fishing community. They hide the weapons. One elderly woman greets them and offers them food. She cooks their potatoes for them and they make pleasant conversation. They search the wreckage that washed up on shore and finds nothing of import. The dead bodies never wash up, John proclaims it is strange, the villages act weird.
The old lady mentions Thalen, the cleric that came by earlier. Thalen is a cleric of The White Prince, asking about the long-lost laboratory of Archmage Ferris.  She tells them the story of Leomund, one of the founding fathers of civilisation. Dardens was initially populated by Ferris and his apprentice Leomund. They later brought in more people. Leomund crated the Chroma family, the noble family of the island. Gran gives them more food for the road.
John notices guards in the distance, tells them they have made an enemy of local clergy, the Gran tells them she won't tell the guards anything.
They go to the mountain on the map and search for the hidden laboratory. Saol does Omen reading:
Will we find our fortune underneath this mountain? Omen reading is positive.
Nilrem looks for the sigil mentioned in the letter. John and Saol go back to the village. Nilrem and Archy find nothing. John and Saol exchange stories. As they approach the village, the kid sees them. They try to convince the kid to get them a fire starting kit, but mention they are hunted by the clerics. They convince the kid to stay there. Saol casts on John.
Soldiers are spending the night in the village. He tries to get to Gran's house but decides not to risk it and returns. They tell the kid they're going on a treasure hunt and the kid joins them. The party meets up. The kid says there are sometimes lights in the sea, but his parents won't tell him. Kid wants to go back but John keeps him there.
===9th April, 1513===
Nilrem finds the command key on the wand, it is the wand of . They find a rune on the side of the cliff, at the exact same time, a group of soldier's come out of the jungle.
Combat start: The Party vs White Prince's soldiers
 Nilrem tells them to hold the kid hostage, he knows where the scrolls are. John takes the kid, Archie and Nilrem dig. Saol pretends they are clerics of . Guards are confused
Nilrem holds a wand, menacingly, towards the guards. John hold the knife to the kid's throat. One guard throws the spear and hits Saol. Saol deals with the spear and patches himself up. Archie wounds himself.
John shoves the kid at the guard and throws the spear, but misses. Saol casts and holds both guards and the kid too. Archie goes back to digging. They hear other soldiers.
John fills pockets with stones and finds a spear. Saol threatens the guards.
Archie unearths an ancient box, he and Nilrem take it out. The guards find them and jump out of the jungle.
==Experience==
No experience this week.
Category:Tides of Death Episodes