Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

**Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder** is an arc of the Sailor Doom campaign. It begins with the arrival of Sage and takes place in Waterport.

## A Night at the Casino

### Have you met our Lord and Savior Turk?

The gang decides to put their mission to save Waterport on hold to enjoy Turk the Orc's poetry nice at his casino, Pair-A-Dice. Long story short: Turk is an actual angel, Danai manages to avoid the stage by faking some... stomach problems, and I think someone called Jin won the poetry contest. During the performance, Jacques took some notes for a bouncer named Baggy. Shawn asks Turk to watch out for certain bard, a friend that he lost touch with, as the Pair-A-Dice is a hotspot for singers and artists.

### Sage appears (I tried to come up with a herb pun but failed)

As they leave the casino, Sailor Doom hear a scream in the distance. The voice belongs to Sage who is running away from Xanathar's people after stealing from them. Sailor Doom helps her out. The stolen good turns out to be Xanathar's beloved goldfish. Sage wants to use it as some sort of protection because she doesn't want to become a demon vessel. She trades some information for gold (Xanathar's hideout is at The Night Market) and poison but refuses to give up the pet. In the end, Jacques decides to attack and our heroes gain control of the fish.

The team lets Sage leave and returns to The Lucky 8, where a message from Lady Blackwater awaits them. Lady Blackwater (and Sebastian, under a spell) have left the town and are seeking refuge at Castle Hornblower.

## Goldfish Time

### Look at all those Chickens

After a loooooooooong planning session, Sailor Doom makes its way to the docks to check up on Nimh. They meet the a bunch of fluffy chickens - in fact, they are the chickens that they bought earlier. The Order of the Chickens turn out to be sentient enough to be secret agents. They are on an important mission and do not have the time to help Sailor Doom with the demon plague. Danai gets talked down to by a chicken.

### Rick Astley saves the day

Nimh is fine so the gang leaves for the Central Ward to visit a bank or a temple or something but they are stopped by a few of Xanathar's people. Our heroes decide to make a run for it and end up finding shelter at a temple of Rick Astley. The local priest, a sad, miserable man named Rodrick becomes less sad and miserable after sharing some songs with the heroes. He can't help them with the demon issue but informs them that the city of Ván houses a few powerful clerics. Waterport's temple of Njord might also be able to help.

### Demons are njord a problem anymore

After some convincing, the high priestess of Njord is willing to her our heroes out. Her name is Kazaki, she was used to be known as The Weaver. After realising how dangerous the situation is, Kazaki agrees to follow Sailor Doom into battle against the Blackwater Brothers. Which is great because she's like that buff monk lady and I'm a bit in love with her.

Valentina is planning on trying to get Xanathar's help as well by convincing him that Sage, who stole his goldfish, was working with the Blackwaters (the evil ones at least). Jacques convinces her to let her take rest first so Val can make use of the teleportation bracelets if need be.