Tides of Death: Episode 39

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==Recap==
===Mid January, 1515===
After taking the Duke of Virex and his family hostage, steal a boat and kidnap the craftsman. The party decides to bring them to a small atoll where they can perform sacrifices of the ruling family. During the trip, John is still angry with Nilrem over what occurred in the tavern. When they get there, Saol and Archie first take the eldest son into the woods. The mother and father plead with John Winters not to harm the children. Nilrem casts and reads the minds of the family. Saol tortures the son, brings them to , and then grabs another child, the eldest daughter. Saol interrogates the child, trying to convert her, but fails and tortures her as well. 
Nilrem brags to the Duke about the killing of the monks at the monastery. The Duke tells them that by doing that, The Crimson Fists have released a great wyrm under the sea, named Telemaki. Duke says Telemaki was sealed away by The White Prince. The Duke barters for his youngest son's life by telling the party secrets. The Duke says he's met The White Prince, he says the Prince doesn't have a wife or child because he serves Astair. He then talks about how the griffon ship patrols the outer rim. Nilrem asks him how the The Deadlands came to be, the Duke explains that the White Prince begged Astair to destroy the island. After days of prayer, Astair laid the island low and crushed the rebels there. Duke thinks that The Crimson Fists server Malkis. Nilrem takes John's scarf off, revealing the scar to the family.
Saol drags the mother over to the unconscious bodies of her children and then brings her back. He also takes the youngest child but doesn't hurt him. Nilrem asks the Duke where Fountain of Youth is, he responds that it's most likely in the White Prince's keep on the island of Tumas. The Prince lives on top of a fortified mountain on the island. That mountain is where the clerics and wizards meet once a year to receive their orders. Saol brings back the youngest child and takes one of the daughters into the woods. 
Duke is convinced that Astair hasn't saved them because he has sinned by teaching his oldest daughter to fail the test of the Inquisitor. They ask about Jamuba, The White Prince said he'd deal with the new situation in the next year. John takes the Duke to the ocean and tells him to crawl into the water. John says, "Perhaps you can show him a piece of your power, Rho-ei." However, nothing happens and the two head back.
Saol attempts to manipulate the Duke's children to turn to their side. He returns all of the children to the boat to have them watch Archie drag the Duke to the water, then Saol uses his Turn Undead ability. Tentacles take the man under and he is never seen again. One by one the family members are thrown into the water and tested. The only one to pass is Larry, the middle son. Before his final moments, the eldest son tries to trick them, but to no avail. Mary tries to convince them she hates Astair, but she is brought down by Rho-ei. The party decides that Sora should go with Larry back to his home and she will be in charge of him, and Larry will rule as a puppet.
===End of January, 1515===
The party leaves the island and wants to start looking for ships to steal. They come across a small island with a town called Tairbah with a merchant ship that is anchored near it. The ship notices the ghostly rowers on the party's ship and sounds the alarm. Soldiers start rowing towards the merchant ship in skiffs. Nilrem uses the on himself and Archie and teleports to the crows nest of the merchant ship. Nilrem Archie and he goes down to the deck. Nilrem quickly kills the captain and Archie kills two sailors with , Archie kills two. The rest of the crew runs down into the ship or jumps off. Saol uses on the skiffs and Nilrem uses , killing all the soldiers. 
Nilrem convinces the sailors who ran down into the ship to come out and finds out they were transporting tar. Saol calls down lightning bolts onto the town until they bring out the cargo the ship was transporting. Nilrem puts their own ship into a bottle and they take the merchant ship to Sulfer Island and drop it off there. Nilrem offers to pay the sailors to stay on the island, they take 1 years wages and have a choice to leave or stay after the year is up.
===February, 1515===
The party returns to their base, but they can't dock inside because their other boat is already there. They decide to take their big ship and go out of the base to resupply while Nilrem creates another ship for Ship in a Bottle spell. The party thinks about how they could take on the ship of The White Prince. Saol asks Rho-ei about the dragon that they have released. Rho-ei shows Saol where he should investigate to get answers. The party, minus Nilrem, finds an island to stop at and restock. 
Before the party leaves to return to the base they hear about a ship from Arcadia that is going around the Dardens. This ship, called the Mother of Pearl, is filled with multiple clerics from all different types of gods and they are looking for Nilrem and they are able to provide a detailed description of him. John gathers Saol and Archie and tells them about the clerics. None of them can imagine that Nilrem would tell anyone about Rho-ei, least of all to a cleric. They decide to confront Nilrem about this when they get back to the base. 
After getting back to the base, the party takes Nilrem into a room and tells him what they heard. They ask Nilrem who could have such a good description of him and the only person that comes to his mind is his uncle, . However, he states that his uncle isn't a godly man and Nilrem suggests they have this conversation in the lead-lined room. Saol agrees that it would be a good idea if Rho-ei didn't hear this conversation and they enter the lead room. John expects a trap at first, but accepts.
Nilrem tells the party that he spoke to a cleric of Quantarius while he and John were in Arcadia. Saol puts his holy amulet outside of the room. Nilrem retells how he asked the cleric about Telemaki and Rho-ei, and told the cleric to look into it. Nilrem thinks they can use the anti-magic shield to easily stop the clerics. John says they should tell Rho-ei what has happened to get his help in fighting the clerics. Saol is unsure if Rho-ei would kill him if he found out, but Saol does tell Nilrem that he will kill him if he's ordered to. 
The major problem the party sees is that the gods know about Rho-ei and killing all the clerics wouldn't solve that. Nilrem recommends that he goes and meets the clerics to get answers. The rest of the party isn't keen on Nilrem conversing with these clerics. They recall seeing an Arcadian ship in Fort Ferris
(Shoutout to Nick for playing this session while it was over 100 degrees where he lived and without ac)
==Experience==
None for this week
Category:Tides of Death Episodes