Pete Moss More Like Pete Sloshed

*Hired by*: M'Kaba

*Mission Request*: Get his friend's daughter, Lambency, out of the Deepwater Acolytes & discredit the cult

*Rewards/Loot*: Information

*Discovered Places*: The Rookery (M'Kaba's residence)

*Caravan Allies*: Gromlo (antiquarian), Caliban (cook), "Bob" (alarm gnome)

*Monsters Encountered*: the perils of binge drinking

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## Summary

The party finished buying magic items at Glymouth's Haul, then made their way to M'Kaba's residence (The Rookery) at the top of the Skimmer's Rest hill. They were allowed to enter The Rookery but the party quickly realized they didn't have much of a plan for actually talking to M'Kaba; they were just very interested in this mysterious magic man. He is a large hunched mute man. He communicated by tapping on symbols on his magic staff that was then translated by one of his attendants. Cedric started asking M'Kaba about the druidic tattoos and runes inscribed on his sword and armor - appears to be from a druid cult the Circle of the Wracked Oak. Eira had questions regarding the missing Diasporan civilization. Aster asked about any whereabouts of the Jasper or Vermillion Order. They also asked him about Azurax the Arcane, Cobalt Lord of the Raging Skies. Azurax is a very powerful ancient blue dragon. Normally blue dragons are evil, vain, and dangerous but Azurax is intelligent enough not to just kill on sight. He has a cult of human followers on his island and they call him The Great Teacher.

In exchange for this information, the party agreed to help M'Kaba rescue a friend's half-orc daughter, Lambency, from the Deepwater Acolytes cult and discreetly discredit the cult that has been causing the city problems. The Deepwater Acolytes are lead by a gray-skinned triton woman named Thorpe who captains The Dark Dream. They worship a *large* entity beneath Clergy's Call called the Deepwatcher; it creates vibrations in the sand that the leaders of the cult then interprets as the will of their god. In Skimmer's Rest, they tend to reside at The Dusty Spitoon and an old warehouse in the city. They wear distinct long tan dusters cut from the bottom into ribboned shreds.

The party planned to inebriate a member of the cult, cause a distraction, then drag the drunk person outside so Raxis could disguise himself as the unconscious person. He would then start a bar fight to disrupt the peace, breaching the unspoken agreement of peace when ships are docked. Cedric, Arco, and Eira made their way into The Dusty Spitoon in the evening while Raxis and Aster waited in the alley. Eira recognized the familiar face of Pete Moss and cozied up to him (see C2Ep6). He was wearing the duster of the cult. Cedric followed her lead and bought the unsuspecting man *many* strong drinks. Pete divulged that he joined to cult to feel more important, but people didn't take him seriously. Arco spent the time preaching about Onema while keeping an eye on the trio, but upon the agreed upon signal, he got the bar's attention to sing a hymn of his people while Cedric pulled the drunk Pete out the back. Raxis took the duster and magically disguised himself as Pete while Aster stuffed Pete into an old shellfish bag and dragged him back to their ship. Raxis shot the bartender with his crossbow in the name of the Deepwater Acolytes, then booked it out of the bar. Arco and Eira read the deceased bartender his rights as anger erupted in the bar. Eventually they re-grouped on the ship, and tied up Pete Moss before sleeping.

In the morning, the party interrogated Pete Moss, using his hangover and loss of memory to convince him of all of the things *he* did last night and that they were there to save him. After everyone left the room, Raxis revealed his ability to perfectly mimic Pete's (new zealand) accent and recognition dawned on Pete Moss's face as Raxis shut and locked the door...