Tides of Death: Episode 24

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==Recap==
===14th February, 1514===
Having sunk the ship, the bodies of Father Hubert and his bodyguard are nowhere to be found. The bodies don't appear for hours and the party discusses what to do. Saol casts Omen reading, asking where Father Hubert is, Rho-ei responds "Father Hubert, southeast, must not survive."
John Winters kills the guard-prisoner that won't denounce Astair. Saol drags prisoners, one by one, to the water, asking them to denounce their gods, 1 dies, 1 is accepted. The third proclaims 'Down with The White Prince', they don't believe him, so he kills the cabin boy on John's orders. 
John Winters offers 30 gold to a tracker to find Father Hubert. One farmer informs them one of the guards approached them from the jungle. Nilrem pays him. The Crimson fists and the tracker follow him to the meeting spot, 2 newfound members in tow. While they travel, Nilrem tells stories of the Crimson Fists to the newcomers.
Shane, the tracker, leads them to what she claims to be a good place for an ambush. After a brief discussion, Winters sneaks up the hill. He sees a soldier holding a heavy rock. He sneaks up behind the guard, attempts to assassinate but misses. The guard surrenders, but John manages to kick him off the cliff after some difficulty. The rest of the party climbs the hill. Off the shore, they see a small fishing boat, sailing off of the smaller island. 
Saol leaps off of the mountain and casts , then swims towards the boat, but they are too far out for his Turn Undead spell. Winters scales down, the rest find a way around. Saol notices they have no armor, but look unscathed otherwise. 
Shane leads them back to town, Archie spots a goblin, and yells out. Saol greets the goblin, they talk a bit, and the goblins leave. John pays Shane, Nilrem releases the ship. John promises to pay and help and , the guard-prisoners, if they fight on their side, and threatens with a terrible death if they betray them. The whole party climbs the ship and goes after the cleric.
It's night, on the smaller island John knocks on the doors of the first house, hands the woman a few gold, and asks her where the men of The White Prince went, the lady points him to the biggest house in the village. They scout out the placement and plan an ambush. Nilrem casts on Archie.
Combat start: The Crimson Fists vs Father Hubert and his men
They sneak up near the house, Nilrem and John go together. Saol and Archie charge to guards on the front, kill one, as Nilrem hears that, he goes to cast his trick. Betsy and James also charge. 
Saol casts on Archie, with a shimmering effect. John scales the tree and looks inside the room on the upper floor. The guard in the front calls for Betsy to get the wizard, Betsy faces Nilrem too, Nilrem threatens her. The Wizard from the room release an towards Archie, the lightning bounces off of . Archie drops the guard next to Nilrem. The guard misses Archie. Guard runs past James, who takes an attack of opportunity. The Cleric casts on Saol. Betty drops her spear and runs away. James attacks the guard. Winters poisons the darts.
The family from the house runs out. 
Archie kills 2 guards, each with one blow. Nilrem fires a at Betty and runs after her. John climbs the roof and sneaks up to the window, throws a dart at the wizard, which hits, and the wizard is poisoned.
The wizard casts on Archie and he flees.
Nilrem heals Betsy and runs to the top floor. Winters sneaks up to the other window and backstabs the wizard, killing him, then lands on the ground. 
Cleric drops the spell in the front of the building. Nilrem fires a inside the room. The knight jumps out of the window and hits Winters. Winters attacks the bodyguard twice. The bodyguard misses. 
Nilrem casts on the knight, John finishes him off. The knights sword stops glowing. Cleric locks the room.
Nilrem the door open. Winters kills the Cleric.
Combat end. Father Hubert is dead.
Nilrem drags Betty with them. They drag the bodies to the beach. Saol redecorates the room with the corpses. Archie feels terrible about what transpired. Nilrem visits the house the family ran into, the old man inside asks him some questions and the man, then checks how smart the children are. Saol takes the sword of the cleric, it burns him, the similar feeling he felt in the tomb on Mon Shaare.
===15th February, 1513===
Nilrem casts . The arming sword radiates magic. He finds a magical note, when he opens it he's gibberish. They find 150 gold. Saol casts on the page, but it's destroyed. 
They sail back to Jamuba. James is a changed man. 
Archie sits down on a beach, rubs the pendant of the god, and says
He notices some creature in the water looking at him, floating in the waves. Archie walks towards it, asking "Is that you?". The creature doesn't move. After a few steps, the fish moves a bit backward. There is another creature just like it. Archie follows them into the depths. The first creature swims up to his face, and the fish goes into his mouth. Archie tries to breathe, and he can, and doesn't resist.
The fish swims into his gullet, he feels slight swaying and a voice that sounds just like Saol 
The fish push him up to the shore. He swims back, the fish still in his stomach. 
Nilrem goes back to the house of the kids he tested, kills the grandmother and both mothers. He tells the kids this is a gift from Ponos.
==Experience==
*Archie gets 3% for Pirate Facts
*Saol gets 3% for Pirate Facts
Party gets Experience
*6700exp each
*Archie levels up to LVL 6
**Gains 5HP
*Winters levels up to LVL 6 Rogue
**Gains 2HP
Category:Tides of Death Episodes