I Piton The Fool

**I Piton The Fool** was the seventh chapter of Storm King's Thunder.

## Synopsis

The following morning, the party split up, each to attend their own business. Jonathan went shopping, looking primarily for new accessories for his cape; Fandrin sought to identify a mysterious and beautiful rock he had bought in Fireshear; and Nestor looked for Sir Lanavar Strayl, the actual reason the party was in Neverwinter to begin with. While looking for someone to identify the stone, Fandrin bumped into Haedin. Haedin was waiting outside the Hanging Lantern, and explained to Fandrin that she had actually been there pretty much since the party had left Bryn Shander. The pair then went to Edmund's Tinctures, where the alchemist Edmund identified the mystery rock as an Ioun stone.

Nestor journeyed to the Temple of Bahamut after receiving directions from a priest on the street. There, he found Sir Lanavar, who agreed to meet him later in the Hanging Lantern. Nestor arrived at the Hanging Lantern just as Fandrin and Haedin were returning. Inside, they found a burly human man performing a fiddle jig to a large crowd of sailors, who were all singing and dancing, except one. As the trio sat down for a drink and a meal, the non-dancing sailor joined them, revealing himself to be a kalashtar of self-perceived cosmic importance. He explained that he could not give them his quori name, so Nestor asked the fiddler- the kalashtar's captain, Osk- what his name was. While Osk revealed that the sailors called the kalashtar "Pretty Boy", he took Nestor's question as a challenge, and attempted to fight the centaur. Nestor evaded Osk's attacks, and Haedin sent her robo-dog Alan to help guard Nestor. Osk, punched the dog, so in retaliation Haedin electrocuted him. This caused the many sailors in the tavern to draw arms, but Gunthorf, the innkeeper, was able to deescalate the situation.

After this, Fandrin went to sit with the sailors, from whom he learned that Inirvira Coldwater had not been seen for a few days- likely lost somewhere to the south of the city. Fandrin then got Osk to agree to take him to the last place her ship was seen, but was unsure that Osk would take the rest of the party. Because of this, he went down to the docks, purchased some pitons from Saba and Igugg, and attached them to the bottom of Osk's ship, as part of an elaborate plan to sneak the party to the shipwreck.

Back in the tavern, Sir Lanavar arrived. Nestor told him of Baric Nylef's pursuit of the Weavil, and Lanavar told the party of Inirvira Coldwater's disappearance. Nestor and Sir Lanavar then had a private conversation, where Nestor expressed doubts about his ability to save those in need after then Bernard incident, though Lanavar reassured him that he was good enough. The party then reconciled with Osk, who agreed to take them to the Coldwater's last known location- just before Fandrin returned from his solo boat adventure. Before they retired for the night, Nestor sent Bernard another telepathic message- only to receive an incoherent babbling in response.

## NPCs

* Sir Lanavar Strayl
* Edmund
* Osk
* Beaks
* Gunthorf
* Berthold
* Saba
* Igugg
* Lord Neverremember (mentioned only)
* Worvil "the Weavil" Forkbeard (mentioned only)
* Sir Wikan (mentioned only)
* Harshnag (mentioned only)

## Locations

* Neverwinter
	+ Witha's Wrinkle
	+ Temple of Bahamut
	+ The Hanging Lantern