Tides of Death: Episode 25

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==Recap==
===15th - 28th February, 1514===
The Crimson Fists are on Jamuba, safe from the intrusion of The White Prince, they decide to rest there for a week. Saol notices a purple mark on Archie's back, between the shoulder blades. 
John Winters looks for their replacements as leaders of Jamuba, Nilrem is locked in the tower studying the spellbook, and Saol and Archie dive to find the treasure from Father Hubert's ship. 
Archie is much more confident now that he talked with Rho-ei, and promises John he will never get scared again. Saol and John meet a pair of white-haired women that were in the tavern on their first night on Jamuba. and offer to travel anywhere with them if they will be opposing The White Prince. John tries to talk them out of it, but they don't relent. Saol supports them joining the crew after they declare they hold no love for Astair. 
Shoshana and Mary Beth agree to bring to take his share of taxes from John. The next day, they do so. Robert refuses to kiss the ring at first, but John and Archie 'persuade' him to. 
Saol and Archie go diving for treasure, Archie decides to try to dive without . He finds the golden breastplate and some chests. Archie cannot breathe underwater, Saol casts the spells and they take the loot from the ship, 3 chests, each with 15k silver and armor and weapons.
Nilrem learns , , and , fails to learn .
Shoshana says that , the messenger, has the most authority in town after Robert. John invites him into the tower and gives him 500 silver to spread the 'good story' of what happened. 
John says they need to get rid of the on armor and weapons before bringing them. Saol casts on the Beacon spell, but he fails. Archie also feels unnatural heat radiating from the sword. He takes off the pendant and tries again but it's still burning hot. 
They decide to gift the sword to Rho-ei. Rho-ei drags it into the sea and says 
Meanwhile, Nilrem leaves Betty at the top of the tower. He asks Ponos a question, no answer. Nilrem tortures Betty to death, and her dead body speaks. 
===1st March, 1514===
The party head towards their base at Flotsam Island. When Archie starts drumming, , Mary Beth, and Shoshana get scared of the spectral rowers. 
===6th March - 13th March, 1514===
They arrive at the base, encountering nothing on the way.
 is in the main room and he summons the whole team to haul the cargo. Afterwards, he talks with the crew.
Afterwards, he talks with the crew and suggests they fetch a small boat for him on which he can train the crew in the base. 
John, Nilrem and Whily visit Flotsam island. Archie tests the crew while they are gone, sets up training night for those that manage to hit, everyone but Mary Beth, so Saol brings her to Omen Reading. She manages to read that it will rain. 
They drop everyone else off on Angel Island. 
Nilrem informs John what he learned about The Drowned. John is highly uncomfortable talking about it but agrees to look for information on dragons. Whily goes down to the dock to listen to voices in the wind. 
In Port Ferris, the atmosphere is different, everyone is in a hurry. On the message board, there is a message from The White Prince, about pirates on the outer ring and strange things sinking ships in the inner ring. According to the message, The White Prince survived an assassination attempt in the Blessed Baths (Baths of Eternal Life), where Astair struck down his enemies. 
Saol and Archie 'test the crew', how to land on an island without papers. Mary Beth suggests they land on the far end of the island and sail with a fishing boat. suggests going up the river. suggests they pay the way in. James suggests pretending they lost their paper. In the end, they decide to leave the ship on a random beach, unguarded. Despite the threats, they bring Little Bobby along, and he's tasked with watching over the drums. They find the same message board on this island. 
Nilrem looks for an orphanage, hoping to find an apprentice there. He meets a kid in front of the orphanage, and quizzes the kid, he's not smart enough. Him and 3 others were tested by the Inquisitor recently, and the kid agrees to bring them to Nilrem after class. Nilrem gives each a gold piece and offers them money to follow him to the beach, and casts on them, then pushes them into the sea.
The crew on Angel Island drink through the night. Wealthy older woman offers them to bet on dog races, saying their dog, Tigger, will be blessed by the Cleric of Martha. They give 15 gold each. Tigger doesn't win, the woman with Saol, Archie and Bobby in tow go to 'talk to the cleric', disappearing among the buildings in the process. They decide not the chase her because she doesn't care. 
Back at Port Ferris, John tries to find a woman named Molly, he finds her an hour later. John kills her right as she walks out of the outhouse, kicks her back in, and jams the door. Winters proceeds to , she's in a tavern, they agree to meet in her place. In her house, she gives him 500 gold from Captain Ajora.
Nilrem visits a school, asks one of the kids to point him to the children that were questioned by the Inquisitor, the kid asks the teacher. Nilrem pretends to be sent by The White Prince to test the children again. She doesn't believe him, and they talk in private, where he notifies her that the children from the orphanage have been slaughtered, he's here to investigate. She calls back 2 children, Denise and Shine, both of insufficient intelligence. Denise's parents are here, he kills shine in the forest.
Party of Port Ferris reconvene, they leave Whily on the island, Winters and Nilrem go back to the base. Nilrem tells John what he did. John argues with him and they don't resolve the issue. 
Drunk Archie tells Saol about his meeting with Rho-ei. Saol is pretty glad upon finding out. Once the money is blown, they return to the ship to see it chained to a tree, with a guard posted. James asks the guard for his post and slams the guard. Archie kicks the guard to death. 
Nilrem and John continue to argue, reaching no permanent resolution. John is a bit worried about being alone with Nirem, he reassures the captain they are friends.
==Experience==
Saol gets 6% for Pirate Facts
Category:Tides of Death Episodes