Rise of Drekis: Chapter 2 Episode 01

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==Synopsis==
Elaine and her new party are given a mission to find out what happened to the Drekisian outpost on the island of Ethos. The party arrive on Ethos and make landfall several miles from the outpost. There they run into Lord Campbell, who explains how the Voraci army took over the outpost and are currently occupying it. Lord Campbell asks the party to save him and his people from their oppressors. The party agrees.
==Recap==
===Briefing===
The island of Ethos is a relatively new land mass created by the god to the northeast of Arcadia. A little over 10 years ago, a Drekisian merchant ship that was blown off course discovered the island and reported its existence to Queen Vuularia Wikk. The queen then sent an expeditionary force to the island to set up an Outpost. This outpost was called Santa Barbra. However, not so long after the founding of this outpost, the continent of Arcadia was plunged into a 5-year-long war. During the war, the kingdom lost contact with Santa Barbra and because there were much more pressing matters at hand, this issue was ignored. Now that the war is over and Drekis has won, it is time to find out what happened to the outpost and reclaim it for the Drekisian empire if needed.
====Objectives====
# Regain contact with the outpost.
#Secure the region from any threats.
#Gather intelligence on what has been happening in the area, including capturing valuable prisoners.
====Personnel====
*Elaine Pentalin: Level 4 fighter in charge of the mission.
*Vincent Mapper: Level 4 wizard, cartographer, and healer.
*Crumpet: Level 5 rogue halfling.
* Willa: A level 3 fighter who performed bravely on the last mission in the Talens.
*Vordren: A level 2 fighter who acts as Vincent’s bodyguard.
*1 spear of bowmen: 7 level 0 bowmen.
*1 spear of spearmen: 8 level 0 spearmen.
===The Party Meet===
In the town of Bon’ Theris, Elaine and the patron of the mission, Lord Richard Marshal, discuss the upcoming job. Richard explains that Drekis lost contact with the outpost 1 to 2 years after the war started. He describes monsters and elementals being an issue on the island. He also reminds Elaine that the ship that will transport her to Ethos will stay there and will be under her command. Richard insists that Elaine shouldn’t let anything happen to it. Finally, Richard calls in Elaine’s new party members/subordinates.
Elaine, Crumpet, and Vincent all introduce themselves and have awkward small chat. They go over a few more details about the mission and are about to set out to leave, when Elaine asks Richard who the foreigner woman acting as Imricks' apprentice was. Richard tells her that she was the gold dragon Shine in human form.  
A couple of days before leaving on their mission, Vincent demonstrates his powers to the party. He does this by casting and on Elaine. Elaine is impressed by Vincent's abilities but reminds him that she is a half-elf and that any relationship he seeks to form with her should be purely professional. Vincent denies that he had any such intention. Crumpet is confused and asks if half-elves can’t have intercourse. Elaine tells her to ask someone else and walks off.
=== Journey to Ethos: June 27th, 1517===
The party, along with 2 spears of soldiers, sail to Ethos where they see a Voraci flag flying above the treetops. Vincent advises Elaine that they should land several miles from Santa Barbara and let him cast on Crumpet so she can scout the town to determine if they will be hostile or not. Elaine agrees and the party takes a skiff and rows to shore, 3 miles west of Santa Barbara. 
As they are rowing to shore, Crumpet notices some water dripping down the bluff where it shouldn’t and immediately understands it to be someone creating a small dam in the creek to fill up their water skin. She warns the party and when they arrive on the beach, Vincent casts on her. The plan is for Crumpet to spy on whoever made that damn and then scout out Santa Barbara. 
Crumpet makes her way inland into the woods and finds a small horse stable but ignores it and continues towards the stream. Eventually, she comes across an orc with a horse who appears to be packing up his camp. Crumpet, seeing this, returns to the party reporting what she saw. The party decide to leave the orc, and Crumpet sets out towards Santa Barbara. On her way, she notices the orc is also heading towards the town. 
After an hour of walking, Crumpet reaches the town. From the bluff she is on, Crumpet can see that the town is under the control of orcs. Patrols of the orcs walk the streets wearing armor and holding weapons, clearly in charge. Seeing this, Crumpet decides to go back to the party to report what she has seen.
=== Yacht Party===
While Crumpet is gone, the party stands watch near the coast waiting for her to return when they notice a small yacht in the ocean close by with a single half-elf on board. Elaine and Vincent wave to the half-elf on the boat and he waves back, bringing his boat closer to them. Eventually, he comes to shore and introduces himself as the newly appointed lord of this estate. Elaine introduces herself as an envoy from Drekis and asks why he hasn’t been communicating with the kingdom. Vincent asks if they could discuss this in the shade and the half-elf invites them onboard to his yacht to continue the conversation. As Elaine, Vincent, and Vordren climb onto the yacht, Crumpet arrives, still invisible. She follows after but the water is too deep for her to reach the boat.
Once inside the yacht, the lord pours everyone a drink and asks them to save him and his people from the army of Voraci. He introduces himself as the new lord Campbell and explains how the previous Campbell family who were in charge were killed by the Dreksian soldiers that were stationed there. When they first established the outpost, the Campbell family were in charge. There were several Drekisian soldiers along with a wizard stationed at the outpost to protect it from possible dangers. However, these soldiers and their wizard went mad with rage after visiting one of the islands to the south where a magical trident was held. The Campbell family was crucified by them and they took charge of the town. This did not last long, because the army of Voraci showed up and killed the new mad leaders. The Voraci army is now in control and has established a fort on the other side of the mountains in the jungle. The new lord Campbell explains that he was a normal commoner who was chosen to be the new lord of Santa Barbara and was given the Campbell name and lands, which included the yacht. Lord Campbell explains that there are around 30 orcs on the island that serve the Voraci army, all of which live in a fort next to the town and a base on the other side of the mountains. During the conversion, Elaine hears Crumpet calling for them. Elaine helps her inside the boat. 
The conversation continues. Lord Campbell tells the party that his real name, before he was appointed as lord, is Bruce. Elaine is very distrustful of Bruce and finds his lavish lifestyle distasteful considering the suffering his people are going through. She asks Bruce what he actually wants and he responds that he doesn't personally want anything, just to have him and his people freed from the tyranny of the Voraci army. The party continues to gather information from Bruce on the orcs' movements, possible places to dock their ship, and when the Voraci army ship comes. Bruce also agrees to bring them a map of the town along with a list of people in the town who could either help or hinder them. Bruce offers his estate to the party and their soldiers to stay in as they plan their attack. The party agrees to this plan.
==Experience==
No Experience given this episode.
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