Tides of Death: Episode 34

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==Recap==
===7th December, 1514===
The Crimson Fists decide to take on a ship of The White Prince, they sail against the current. The rest of the crew goes on The Forbidden Fruit to do legitimate business. is redirected to deal with instead of . is instructed to prevent from escaping. 
===11th December, 1514===
They catch sight of a stranded longboat, with 2 people on it. They approach the longboat, a person waves at them. Saol casts in precaution. The people on the boat are nonother than and a tied-up Monk, another cat beside them. 
John Winters blames Starbuck for taking credit for their actions, he says he wasn't spreading rumors around, it just got attributed to him. The monk is a prisoner, they let Starbuck onto the ship. Archie declines to let the cat on a ship, unless it's in a bag.
Starbuck stranded a bigger ship and escaped with a monk, he has important information about a ceremony on Sulfen Island(?). Monks, clerics, and priests go to Sulfen island in winter to reconnect with Astair. They decide to attack the island and split the loot evenly per person, gets the cut. 
They abuse the monk. Nilrem demands Starbuck's ring, after a spell, Starbuck agrees and gets half of Nilrem's cut. 
===13th December, 1514===
They come across an island near Port Prince. In the center of the island are great mountains surrounded by a lake. The mountains house the monastery. They pull up outside of town. Nilrem casts , Starbuck is really frustrated with the monkey. Nilrem pretends they are worshipping Seymoure. 
The monk figures out they are The Crimson Fists. They head into the jungle on Sulfen Island. They hear tiny trolls charge them.
Combat start: The Crimson Fists + Starbuck vs Tiny Trolls
Archie blocks the attack and gets hit the second time. Winters stands in front of Starbuck and the Monk. Starbuck is hit 3 times, and barely stays alive. Nilrem casts on Archie. Archie misses 2 times. Starbucks slashes the troll. Saol casts on the trolls. Troll damages Saol. Winters hits the troll, the troll retaliates with 2 hits. Seymoure throws a rock and hits. 
Nilrem casts . Starbuck is down, the troll drags the body. The troll misses Winters, the other one attacks Archie. Seymoure grabs another rock. Saol strikes the troll, and Archie does too, hits one. 
Winters grabs the monk and uses him as a shield and goes after Starbuck and notices a massive troll on the other side. Mini troll misses Saol. The monk runs away, gets stuck and is knocked down. Nilrem fires of a , damaging 3 trolls and killing Starbuck. Archie snaps the troll in half.
Archie kills another troll, Nilrem fires of a , Saol hits the troll. Seymour hits with a rock. The giant troll eats Starbuck. Winters readies his darts with poison from Sulfer island and hits the big troll with a blowgun. Captain returns and tells them to run. 
Nilrem readies a . Archie drops the last tiny troll. Saol stabilises the monk. Seymour grabs a rock. 
The large trolls goes after Winters with three attacks. The claw and bite connect, killing John Winters. Nilrem releases the lighning bolt.
Archie runs into the troll, hitting it twice. Saol also attacks the troll, hitting due to anger. Seymoure misses. Nilrem the troll, it's almost dead. Archie is attacked once, the tiny troll defends the big one and hits Archie. 
Archie calls upon Rho-ei, killing the large troll, and, surprisingly, killing the tiny one also. Nilrem yells at them to pile the trolls and take John to the water. 
Combat end. John Winters is dead.
Nilrem spends a few hours making sure the fire stays lit and the trolls die. Archie and Saol bring John to the sea, and beg for help. 
A large wave piles up in the sea, taking all 3 of them into the darkness of the ocean. Violet eyes of Rho-ei show up. Rho-ei says they have to pay the price for a change of this magnitude. 
They swim their way up to the shore. Captain John is nearby, his head on his shoulders. No heartbeat, no breath, but his eyes open. John panics, fears Rho-ei took his soul. The two of them notice they can't feel anything. John cuts his hand, it cuts but doesn't bleed, the hand doesn't hurt at all. 
Saol retrieves Nilrem, he doesn't understand. Saol also feels nothing. John cuts the same mark on all of them, they don't bleed or feel anything. They get -1 to dex, +1 to strength, -1 to AC, and +1 to hit. They reconvene with Nilrem, notices stitches on his neck. Seymour hisses at John when called. They decide to go to the Monastery. 
===14th December, 1514===
Nilrem rests, others not so much. Saol can memorise more spells (1 slot per level). They loot Starbuck. Saol creates another Holy Symbol for John. Saol casts and they head towards the monastery. 
They damage the monk some more, and make up a cover story. John puts his head into the water and passes out from the pain. Nilrem wraps bandages around the Neck. 
When they walk into the town, John demands a ship, or head will roll, civilians run into town. 2 of The White Prince's guards come towards, Nilrem kills one with , damages the others. Archie and Saol run after the other. 3 more guards come forwars.
Combat start: Archie & Saol vs The Guard
Archie rushes into the guards, Saol casts . Archie gets hit, kills the guard.
 flies, guards yell for The Crimson Fists to stand down, gets pummeled to death by Archie. The bells ring.
Nilrem , the bells are no longer ringing.
Combat end
Nilrem tells the people to go back in, they will not kill anyone but The White Prince's men who attack. They get a boat to the monastery. Nilrem gives the man a bag of 30 gold, and he rows them across the lake. Four guards follow, Nilrem it. John tries to eat and drink, but the water pours out of his neck, and he cannot get drunk. 
==Experience==
Party gets 0 negative experience for Pirate Facts
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