Tales of the Wind

an adventure starring Ivy Green, Colette De Winter, and Qigiq Steel.
== Setting ==
* Cloud Forest Island
* Colovana
== Blurb (Short Episode Description) ==
Floating jungle islands are rare so when they show up somebody has to explore them. And who better than Qigiq, Ivy Green, and Colette three of the Firebreathing Kittens? Come listen as they find wind monsters, become influencers amongst lizard people, and find something quite unexpected at the center of this mysterious island! Tales of the Wind is an actual play podcast of When Sky and Sea Were Not Named.
== Non Player Characters ==
* Dr. Harrison Jones
* Bippity The Kulu, Boppity The Kulu, and Boo The Kulu - A trio of Kulu that became enamored with Ivy Green and insisted that they go live with their idol. Ivy graciously agreed knowing that there was no way her girlfriend Colette would object and so didn't bother asking her.
* Sovi the Isopu
* Istaphil Iwarden
* Arlel Qifaren
== Plot Summary ==
Ivy, Colette, and Qigiq were sought out by Dr. Harrison Jones, an archaeologist for the Niqamui Natural History Museum to go on a quest. A floating island, shrouded in mist, was passing by Niqamui for the first time in over 1,000 years and he was hoping they could investigate the island and bring him back any artifacts or biological samples they could collect. The island was called “Cloud Forest Island.”
Using an automated air balloon, the adventurers flew up to the floating island and scouted out a landing site. They landed safely in a clearing, surrounded by mist and the sounds of a vast forest filled with bird song and unknown animals.
Colette went off to investigate around them, turning invisible. She came face to face with a creature she had never seen before, quite literally since it was made out of wind. Deciding it wasn’t safe to face it alone, she returned to the ship.
The team decided to hike up to the top of the highest peak to get a better lay of the land and began following a faint path through the forest.
They came across a river, too wide to safely cross, so they followed it upriver to a narrower point. This narrower point sported an old makeshift bridge guarded by three odd creatures. Qigiq identified these three fish people as Kulu, a violent species. Ivy stepped out and charmed them into being her friends (going a little overboard and accidentally creating fanfish). They start to attack Qigiq and Colette when they emerge from the mist, but Qigiq convinces them in their native tongue that they’re a part of Ivy’s entourage.
The Kulu lead the group to a path towards the mountain. After more of a walk, the Kulu stop and sense danger. Ivy tries to convince them to go back to safety, but they refuse to leave her. The group faces down two Elu, octopus-like creatures covered in mismatched armor, but with no heads. Qigiq deftly dispatches one of the Elu in a dazzling arrow attack. Colette battles with the other Elu, neither quite coming out on top, but still impressive. Eventually, Qigiq steps in and finishes the job.
Ivy collected pretty flowers while Qigiq and Colette picked up actually valuable pieces of armor to bring back to Dr. Jones. Suddenly, one of the Kulu’s tongues starts talking to them. It turns out to be a parasite called an Isopu that have a symbiotic relationship with the Kulu. This one’s name is Sovi. Sovi warns the Kittens that they won’t be able to avoid any more fights. The people who live on the mountain are deadly and come down to kill the creatures in the forests regularly.
Fearing for their safety, Ivy convinces the Kulu, along with Sovi, to return to the airship to wait for the Kittens.
They decided to continue to investigate the mountain, convinced that it would hold more valuable artifacts. After rest and a struggle up the mountain, they reach an ancient walled city built into the side of the face of the mountain.
Guards are alerted to their presence and are immediately on alert. They appeared to be ancestors of elves and spoke a form of Elvish. Qigiq, the only speaker of Elvish, decided to communicate and translate somewhat faithfully. He assures the guards that they are just explorers looking around the island and mean no harm.
The guards exchange names with the group. They are led by Istaphil Iwarden, who explains they are in the city of Colovana. It is tradition to trade compliments upon meeting. Istaphil leads the Kittens to meet the scribes, a group of elders who record the city's history and the Cloud Forest island.
The voice of the scribes is named Arlel. He asks to record their history and language. When Colette agrees in common, the scribes cast a spell and can magically speak common. The Kittens introduce themselves. The city of Colovana is a refuge for the elves from the elvish wars on the surface from long ago. They fled but found themselves trapped by the creature of the forest, never leaving except to defend themselves.
Ivy asks if they’ll ever want to come back to the surface since the elves are no longer at war. Arlel says they might someday and that they would seek out the Kittens if they did.
When asked for artifacts, the scribes agreed to trade for items from the surface. Colette trades her cloak for a tapestry.
Istaphil escorts them back to their airship, assuring Ivy that he would not attack the Kulu.
Ivy decides to adopt the Kulu and Colette names them Bippity, Boppity, and Boo. Sovi is forced to tag along. The Kittens return to the Niqamui Natural History Museum and give Dr. Jones all of the artifacts. He thanks them for an amazing find and the Kittens are rewarded for their efforts, which is good since Ivy and Colette now have three extra mouths to feed.
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