Tides of Death: Episode 23

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==Recap==
===12th January, 1514===
The Crimson Fists decide to raid the guard tower of Jamuba late in the night. 
They climb up to the tower, John Winters calls for help saying that someone has been murdered. The guards ask which ship is there, John says it's the merchant's one, the guard doesn't answer. Nilrem open the door. The guards inside attempt to hold the door but Archie pushes through. 
Combat start: The Crimson Fists vs. Guards 
Archie cracks the guard in the face once, almost killing him. Nilrem casts inside, immediately killing 4 and wounding the rest. John stumbles and falls prone inside. The White Knight calls for the guard to get them outside and misses Archie, the guard also tries to push him out but doesn't manage to. Saol casts .
Nilrem shoots on The White Knight. Saol and Archie push the door but don't manage to get through. The guard stabs Winters on the ground, he gets to his feet, gets hit, and misses. John almost manages to kill a guard.
Archie kicks the door through, stunning one guard. Nilrem kills The White Knight with . Saol misses the stunned guard. Winters threatens the guards and they surrender. Archie, Saol and Nilrem chase the guard that went upstairs.
Guard is on the third floor, Archie blocks his spear and kills him immediately. Meanwhile, John loots the guards on the first floor, takes the Holy Symbol of the cleric and keys. 
The two guards form a shield wall, shaking in fear. Nilrem casts and Saol casts on Archie, the guards bolt.
They corner the guards at the top and wait for John. John threatens them to put their weapons down. Saol casts on Archie. Archie climbs up to the rooftop, line of bowmen fires their shots, all miss. 1 guard hits with a ready attack. 
Archie kills the wounded guard and hits one more. He's hit by 1 arrow, 2 arrows reflect. Archie goes down after guards try to push him down. 
Archie falls down the stairs. Saol prepares to cast his spell. Captain and Saol leave the tower and look for a spot to cast the spell. The knight threatens Nilrem, he him and he retreats.
Combat end. 
John and Saol are outside the town with a spot with a clear view of the tower and Saol starts casting . Nilrem and Archie hear the lighting, 1 soldier tries to go down, he asks which god they serve, Nilrem says it's Ponos and kills him. After casting second lightning, the party reconvenes. 
They check the roof, show the prisoners. Nilrem creates a symbol of Ponos with the blood. Saol brings Rho-ei's attention to the murdered. 
John loots the place. They find 50k silver worth of coins, clean up the tower and discuss how to get the town on their side. Nilrem arranges the bodies into a symbol of Ponos, Winters thinks that's a terrible idea. One of the corpses grabs Nilrems ankle, he asks if he's doing him proud and the corpse gurgles. 
===13th January, 1514===
John and Archie pull the chest with coins and head to the town square. They sit there, Archie walks around town. 
Before others come inside, Timmy's mother blames Archie for Timmy's death, Archie dismisses her. The Captain calls her back, offers Stacy his compassion and 100 gold of blood money. One by one, the people come in and ask what happened in the tower and present their voes.
 tries to dissuade people from coming in, John sends Archie to prevent them from making problems. Archie talks to them and the group disbands. 
While they wait for Father Hurbert, Nilrem tortures the remaining guards. One guard dies, the other offers to tell him everything. Father Hubert is a peaceful man, he has a guard with him at all times. Nilrem goes through the cleric's notes, he gives John the papers that indicate stealing the gold to deal with the goblin problem. 
John calls up the guard but he's in terrible shape. John heals him with a healing salve and arms him to be John's personal guard, he doesn't run away. The party discusses the plan for the arrival. Saol goes to the beach and asks Rho-ei if staying here is the right move, a sandstone forms, Saol isn't sure how to interpret that. 
Party gets Experience. 
Nilrem goes door to door, checking if any of the kids are intelligent, but finds nobody exceptional and shatters one kid's confidence. He threatens the guards family with torture if he works against their plans.
===14th February, 1514===
The symbol of Rho-ei appears in the sand again. Mid-afternoon, they see a two-masted runner ship approaching. The cleric doesn't notice the strange weather. Saol fires off a on the side of the ship, the ship is tilted to the side. 
Another is being cast. They cannot locate the other cleric. He fires off another lighting on the center mast. Five people manage to climb onto the shore, but after they are charged they run. The clerics and knights are nowhere to be seen. Saol sinks the ship. The soldiers on the shore surrender and confirm that Farther Hubert was indeed on the ship.'''
==Experience==
3250 exp each. 
* Saol levels up to lvl 6
** Gains 4HP
* John Winters levels up in fighter LVL 5
** Gains standard HP
Category:Tides of Death Episodes