Dockside Diplomacy

"Dockside Diplomacy" is the fifteenth episode of Verse 1 of the Ballad of the Nightmare Krew.

## Cast

### Cast

William Champion
Dan Krackhardt
Kyle Knight
Hannah Minshew
Woody Minshew
Drew Nauden

## Locations and Characters

### Locations

Kamden Mesa
Kamden Wharf
Aboard the Sweet Marie

### Notable NPCs

Olga
Keena

## Official Description

*"Supplies are gathered, Fresh new outfits are purchased! The team takes their first steps on a new journey. They're gonna need a ride."*

## Plot

Ember, Ryujin, and Leonidas continue shopping on Widgetist's Way. They purchase some useful items from Mode et Fonction and Hexes et Jinxes, as well as some less-than-useful items from The Laughing Leprechaun.

After Leonidas attempts to prank Ember with his new fake knife, the group then goes to The Bricks to meet up with Lilith and Kallias. Olga shows the Krew The Bazaar, where Ryujin purchases weapons and ammunition and Kallias gets a tattoo.

Olga offers the Krew a twofold job: to intercept a shipment of necromantic lightning glass headed for The Spire Academy, and to 'liberate' a mechanic from the ship's crew. In addition to Olga's goals, the Krew plans to commandeer the ship to sail to the Leviathan's Spine, one of the locations of temporite.

The Krew returns to the storehouse for the night, where Hugh tells them he secured passage on a caravan heading north, where he plans to seek help from his mentor Haytham Kole about what they learned at the Well.

Ember distributes the goods from their shopping trip amongst the Krew, and Leonidas pulls another prank with his fake knife. After everyone goes to bed, Lilith goes outside to play her violin with one of her new bows.

The next morning, the Krew wakes to a bottle of wine and farewell note from Hugh. They leave the storehouse and send a note to Olga accepting the job.

At Kamden Wharf, they pose as an acting troupe to secure passage on the *Sweet Marie*. They locate the mechanic and negotiate his employment with The Silent Consortium in exchange for bringing them some of the mystical glass.

That evening, the Krew boards the ship, and Keena takes them to their cabin, which they are not permitted to leave during the night and has a guard stationed outside.

Early the next morning, the ship departs from Kamden Wharf, and The Nightmare Krew plots their attack.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Ember of a Forgotten Fire
* Kallias Myr
* Leonidas Goldspear II
* Lilith La Fleur
* Ryujin Valtameri

### NPCs

* proprietor of Mode et Fonction
* proprietor of The Laughing Leprechaun
* Olga
* Oula, proprietor of Hexes et Jinxes
* Ardell, red-haired elf barkeep and goods seller
* Oakley, half moon-elf gunsmith
* Murray the Bear, half-orc tattoo artist
* Greg, reverse mugging victim
* Keena, tiefling crewmember of the *Sweet Marie*
* unnamed captain of the *Sweet Marie*
* unnamed mechanic

### Organizations

* League of Widgetists
* The Silent Consortium
* The Quads

## Locations

* Kamden Mesa
	+ Widgetist's Way
		- Mode et Fonction
		- The Laughing Leprechaun
		- Hexes et Jinxes
	+ The Bricks
		- The Bazaar
* Kamden Wharf
	+ Former Longhorn Gang boathouse
* Aboard the *Sweet Marie*

## Angel Card

The angel card for the episode was Education, drawn by Will.

## RP Warm-Up

The roleplay warm-up questions for the episode were: "What band would be your character's favorite in real life?" and "What is your character's number one shower thought?"