Battle of the Black Fort

*Battle of the Black Fort* is the title of the twelfth episode of The Numen Swell and the twelfth session of the entire game.

This session was played on March 25th, 2018

## Battle of the Black Fort

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Matt Finger, Richie Maynard, Kyle Muller

## Synopsis

Sonney awakens in the midst of a battle with Kurudi standing over him. He slaps the shaman and runs towards the battle. Elsewhere in the brig of the Daronna Rose, Loyal tosses the head of the carved daronna at the cell where Bennsyn is being held. He has been Mutinied. Loyal mentions they’ll be “there” soon and when the former captain asks where he is ignored and the new captain leaves. Bennsyn calls for Meshi who is terrified. He tells him they threw his barrel overboard but he remains a friend to Bennsyn and promises to help him get his ship back. Mikey is hard at work on his test. He is very overwhelmed. Kifo is embracing his new role as leader of a civilization as the battle rages on. Sonney gets in a cannon on land and gets shot towards the Wailing Warden to help Kifo out. He also immediately tells Kifo that Black Scalp attacked him which is put on the back burner for now since, war. Meshi begins bringing Bennsyn pieces of a gun to build so it’s not too suspicious. Except it’s even more suspicious that a gun it missing pieces. Mikey is not making progress. Ardyn checks in on the job and drops a few hints without blatantly telling the boy he’s going to fail.

The carnage of the battle is crazy. There are massive casualties on both sides but it appears the Darfellan are dropping more ships. It doesn’t matter however because the Navy is in range to board the flotilla. Kifo and Sonney hold their own but the navy breaks through and begins attacking the island directly. The two decide to head to the shore to help Black Scalp and the land party. Mikey wakes up to Tecnic and the crew of the Armadillo coming to check on the young shipwright. They decide to help him out because Tecnic wants him to succeed. Bennsyn discovers the cell is not locked and feels bad about it. He yells for Meshi to berate him for not telling him. He decides to pretend he doesn’t know so he can jump at someone later.

Mikey and the Armadillo are crushing this ship. However, someone fucked up and a portion of the skeleton collapses on Seph. A few others take him to a doctor and they lose about twelve hours of work. Kifo and Sonney meet up with Black Scalp and continue to defend. Sonney isn’t a fan of Kifo working well with the “enemy” but wants to live so he tolerates the alliance. Bennsyn gives Meshi an old trinket and is taken from the cell off the ship towards the Navy. The officer has the rest of the crew arrested as well which is a no go for Loyal so they attack.

The Daronna rose crew lose miserably and have casualties including Jaku, Vayne, Kramer, Seymour, and the best boy. Meshi. This infuriates Bennsyn and he attacks Loyal but they are stopped and arrested. Defeated and sad. Sonney attacks Black Scalp mid battle but is caught and knocked away. This causes Kifo to knock Black Scalp down and grab Sonney so they can run inland. The navy arrest Black scalp as they run to Kurudi’s tent to hide. Kifo opens the enclosed space and Mint jumps out, wearing the lion’s fur. He surrenders to the navy, flashing his badge and tells them Sonney is friendly. Kifo lets him go with them and attempts to escape through the mountain. He almost escapes but Kurudi rats him out and they navy finds him under the ships. He is arrested and placed in a cell across from Bennsyn as we see all other pirates excluding Mikey get arrested around the Swell.

## Cast

### Main

* Benjamin Tecnic
* Bennsyn
* Kifo Pomboo
* Sonney Griffin-Thorne

### Supporting

* Gregory
* Guru Dumu
* Loyal Tragold
* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Kurudi Amenkufa
* Mikey
* Vic Hawklight
* Meshi
* Quincy Mint/Wafan Yakazi
* Ross Grimm
* Ardyn

### Guest

* Vayne
* Rao
* Seph
* Jaku
* Kramer
* Seymour

## Trivia

* Season 1 finale of The Numen Swell.
* Meshi's death was completely an accident which sent a bunch of new events in season 2 into motion.