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Grint Hornelton

An auditor for shipton, known to travel around the world to ensure shipton representatives are performing their assigned duties. Also known to inspect regions to make sure they comply with shipton quality and safety standards. These investigators have spent a great deal of time in Bol after the Incident, and through a long arbitration process have licensed the continent for shipton business once more. One last duty is to enforce the security of all shipton matters especially those involving controversy and potential disgrace.

Grint traveled on the Southern Wind 2 with Dave, Fallacious, Rory, James, and Juice to visit Bol. He indicated that Shipton doesn't want anyone mentioning the incident wherein Janxo lost the plans for an astral spell, resulting in a schism between Shipton and Bol. He primarily went to audit the offices of Pote, to make sure nothing illegal had occurred. The party followed him on his way there because they also had a question to ask Pote, and on the way Juice had his bolts stolen from him.

When the party realized what happened, Grint witnessed James stuffing his spheres of life trapping and money into his underwear, and pondered aloud why the party didn't stop him. He was all the more convinced of the party's strangeness when they handed their most prized valuables to Fallacious, who's age and experience made him the most able to keep a lookout for thieves. He expressed concern and doubt in the party's abilities, though he'd never seen them in action.

Grint would later approach the party in the Shipton cafeteria (now composed of James, Juice, Dave, and Jeff) and show them a wanted poster recently put up all over Bol, depicting a hollow-eyed James alongside accomplices Lobster Jones and Meowth. He told them that this was circulating in a guard newsletter, and that this person was wanted for stealing a butterfly in Sporehaven along with butterfly food, as well as causing general mayhem. James denied knowing who the individual in the poster was, and Grint, while seemingly unconvinced, let the group know that he wasn't really interested who the individual was or what he had done, he was just there to warn them that he was being actively looked for in Bol, and that Grint's main concerns were Shipton's interests.

Jeff heartily agreed, and so Grint wearily left, warning them not to do anything Shipton didn't pay them to do. This prompted James to disguise himself as "Hilda", a farmer's daughter, and Lobster Jones as a swaddled baby. It's good that Grint left before this happened, given his already low impression of this batch of Shipton workers.
Luuk Wauters

Luuk Wauters is a half-orc and the Shipton rep in Haversport. Polite and informative, Luuk lives in a cute thatched cottage with a garden.

He was able to give Bo some good advice in regards to a current shipment, and engaged in some hypotheticals (of which he said all Shipton Reps are comfortable with).
Chest Burster

A strange magical creature with claws and a tail, perhaps from a different plane resembling the cold darkness of space where no one can hear you scream, this monster burrows itself somehow inside of its victims, which it uses as an incubator until it bursts outwards from their chests.

Juice, Jeff, James, and Dave encountered this creature after rescuing an armor-clad man named Joris from his ship. While James suspected Joris had been compromised by something sinister and tried to push him overboard, Rory intervened, and instead tried to find out what could be wrong with him via paladin means of Lay on Hands or Detect Good and Evil. None worked, however Juice's Detect Magic revealed a solid mass in Joris's chest, which then burst out of him.

The party shot spells at it until it was blasted overboard, but Juice could still see the magically glowing creature following the ship underwater.

When it emerged again, the group fired at once at it only to realize that it had used its now very long tail as a decoy, and its newly metamorphosed body was behind them, geared to attack.

It took several chunks out of Dave's chest, permanently removing one of his prized abs and severely impeding his physical prowess. Eventually the party was able to kill it, and it sunk beneath the cold waters, never to be seen again. However, in the abandoned ship, a brood of eggs lays in wait for the next unsuspecting party to explore, and unleash its familiar horrors...

## Powers and abilities

This creature can implant itself deep within a victim's chest, with the victim being oblivious to it, where it rests as it gathers strength. Finally it bursts from the chest of the victim, and very quickly it adapts to its environment.

Equipped with claws and a sharp tail, it can quickly grow into a creature with more sleek and deadly instruments of death, including a long spike-like tail that can pierce an enemy from behind as well as a secondary mouth, which extends from the first to bite.

Its blood is highly acidic, and can burn through solid surfaces.

While it's unknown what sort of creature it is or where it came from, it is magical in nature and can be tracked via the Detect Magic Spell.
Lucy (Fort Plonk)

Lucy is the first person to go missing from Fort Plonk. She told her parents that she was going to pick apples in the forest, but never returned. Her parents reported her missing. Shortly after, a young man named Kia also went missing in the forest, prompting the captain of the guard, Daria Deweese, to take two guards into the woods as a search party. Unfortunately, they all went missing not long after.

The party later found out "picking apples" is the local teenage euphemism for making out in the woods.

After rescuing Brisbane and Margie, the party was able to track down Lucy and Daria in the lair of two Snake Bootys. They had been tied down to stone slabs in the lair, awaiting the same terrible fate as Frangipane. However they were rescued by the party and returned to Fort Plonk, and Lucy revealed that she had gone into the woods to meet her boyfriend, Oleg, who stood her up. Margie and Dave avenged her by showing up to his job and breaking his skateboard.
Impossibly Black Stuff

Impossibly Black Stuff stuff is sold by the Everhearth Fuzz Hut, and seems to be a locally exclusive flavor.

Like the name implies, it is an impossibly black ball of fuzz. It costs 7 silver and is advertised as "No Black Lung for you.".

Dave consumed one in the mines of Everheart, and gained the ability to know where the exit of the cave was at the loss of having to move in the direction of the exit by at least 15 feet before attacking, otherwise he would attack at disadvantage.

Other colors include red, grey, green, purple, white, tan, tangerine, light blue, orange, crimson, red with a faint glow, slightly transparent grey, green with a black slit, silvery, yellow, and dark grey.
Chicken (chicken)

Chicken is an unusually large chicken and the companion of Plenet Bluegrass.

It's unclear how fond Chicken is of Plenet, as he often complains of his diet, his lifestyle, and Plenet's treatment of him (though only Plenet seems to hear this). He is often scared of the challenges of the missions he accompanies Plenet on, feeling overwhelmed and nervous. However he also saved Plenet's life, smothering her wounds with a collection of oatmeal packets.

Chicken also seems to have formed an uneasy friendship with Meowth, whom he allowed to sleep on his back during the trip on their first mission together.
Foolix Jones

Foolix Jones is captain of the ship The Meow. His only crew is the gelatinous being known as Eloozibooth, and a goose named Tiny that is responsible for all accounting.

Foolix is well meaning, but largely incompetent when it comes to pretty much everything, save for looking beautiful. Easily one of the most beautiful Tabaxi anyone has ever seen, his fur is strikingly fluffy -- crew members like to joke that it's worth more than the total sum of Foolix's ship.

Foolix is a new to captianing, and for his first venture made the foolish gamble of procuring a blank Shipton contract in the hopes of selling a large amount of foam dinosaurs to the Trok Independece Party. (He mistakenly thought the Trok Independence Party was going to be an actual party, and would be in need of foam dinosaurs, so he would make back his full investment of 250 gold.)

However, Flavio Poole, the leader of the party, had no need for the cargo and could not afford to pay for it, given how unpopular his political party is. While unsure of what was going on (as the party had no idea the contract was blank and that Foolix had initiated the entire affair), Margie, Juice, and Dara were attacked and rendered unconscious by a gang of mercenaries who wanted to make sure the dinosaurs could not be delivered. The contract was taken from them, and it was only after the entire party joined up again that they realized Foolix's mistake.

Luckily the party was able to sell the dinosaurs to the bursur of the nearby Wizard's College, Dingle Dingus, for 250 gold. The party gave 200 gold to Foolix and split the 50 between themselves, letting Foolix to collect the rest to recoup his loss and any interest. Some of the party were more charitable, but most felt Foolix needed to learn from his mistake and that they needed to be compensated for the waste of everyone's time.

Since returning to Shipton, Foolix has not captained a single mission. Instead, he has seemingly been distracted by trash cans full of fire singing his whiskers, and with a purple tiefling named Mavakos. The two were spotted making out in a bush by Juice Lemonpeele, who decided to leave the couple alone as it wasn't his business.

Bo later found out that Foolix had resorted to seducing his loan shark Mavakos in order to deal with his massive debt of 200 gold. Depressed at his prospects, Foolix accepted the invitation by Bo to join them on their mission to earn some gold. His contributions so far have been to fluff himself up cutely, misunderstand rock paper scissors, and to destroy cat cradles.

With the success of the first Shipton mission he went on as a contractor, Foolix's probation has been lifted and he has been allowed to captain again. Foolix has also confirmed that his loan shark Mavakos is also his boyfriend, and seems to have some affection for him rather than being forced to be with him for the sake of debt. While Mavakos isn't willing to cancel the debt for Foolix, at least interest isn't accumulating, which is something.
Tentacle creature

This mysterious unnamed and unidentified tentacle creature lives in the open ocean. It positions itself underneath ships and attacks with strong tentacles.

The party encountered it with "Dave" on the 420Blazeit, which the creature promptly sank. Gwanlen was unfortunately unable to teleport away with "Dave" and the other crewmates, as she was asleep and they didn't have time to save her.

The creature was encountered again en route to Mysterio on Boaty McBoatface. This time when it surrounded the ship, Gwanlen (or part of the creature transformed to look like Gwanlen) accused Dave T. Barbarian, the only surviving member of the 420Blazeit present, of abandoning her to her death. The party was able to destroy this Gwanlen copy, and the creature retreated.

## Powers and abilities

The creature appears out of nowhere, but the sky turns a disturbing green color. Then a great mass of kelp and seaweed surrounds the ship, slowing it down or stopping it entirely.

The form of the creature is unknown, but it has many tentacles at least 20 feet in length, strong enough to destroy a ship.

It also possesses telepathic abilities, able to speak directly into the minds of its victims.

It may posses the ability to mimic and absorb its victims to become part of it, as evidenced by Gwanlen's appearance. However when injured, the copy or absorbed victim bleeds dirty seawater. It's possible the creature can simply transform part of itself to look like someone its new victims recognize in order to throw them off. It is unclear if the absorbed victim is present in anyway or if this is just a copy.

This "copy" has some ability to charm others into taking its side, and to poison enemies by spewing dirty seawater.
Green Stuff

Green Stuff is a magical fuzzy object sold by Crusty Judd in his general store. It is advertised as: "Green Stuff: For when you need a little, Edge!", and the effect is oddly useful: it makes the user so good they have an advantage at everything they do, but with the slight drawback of being just a little bit off. Like, 4 points off, if you wanted to score it numerically.

Fallacious used his Green Stuff to great effect when engaged with scarecrows in the fluffy wheat field. Seeing as this was his first complicated mission where things didn't go smoothy right away, he was surprisingly ready to eat a strange object right away if it helped.

It's meant to be consumed orally, and its flavor is the same as the other stuffs -- hint of fuzz but otherwise tasteless. Like the other stuffs, the effects last until the person who has eaten it takes a short rest.

Other colors include red, blue, grey, purple, white, tan, tangerine, light blue, orange, crimson, and dark grey..
Fey Crystals

Fey Crystals are crystals that contain magical powers, and are used by the Fey as magical tools and as a form of money. They come in 6 different colors.

Red crystals contain antagonistic or aggressive magical energy, and can presumably be used for attacks and traps.

Yellow crystals contain defensive energy, and seem to have a protective nature.
Crusty Judd

The Founder and owner of Crusty Judds Fuzz Hut, a local store in Bol. While he seems to be an eccentric old man, he wants nothing more than to deliver tasty magical treats to Bol. He says his parents chose his name and it isn't a nickname -- in fact, his store is pristine.

It is unknown if Crusty Judd is the creator of his primary product, the "Stuffs", or if he is simply a merchant supplying them to the local populace. Indeed, Bol is an unusual place to open up a store that offers magical items, as the people of Bol frown upon magic in general. Though while it is said that they have no aversion to doing business that pertains to magical goods, it's unclear if Judd thinks the local populace will partake in the buying and use of the Stuffs, or if he simply wants to distribute them far and wide beyond Bol and is using this location as a distribution center.

The party from Shipton seemed to be his first customers, and likely the reviews would be mixed -- good thing there's no fantasy Yelp.
Pool of forbidden knowledge

A magical place where one can trade memories for knowledge. The only downside is not getting to choose exactly what gets forgotten. Referenced by many in the feywilds, it has only been visited so far by Jessie and Meowth.

While Jessie is indeed missing, Meowth has yet to say too much about its details.

Known information gathered:

Meowth learned to speak at the cost of having a nose.
Blue Stuff

Blue Stuff is a magical fuzzy object sold by Crusty Judd in his general store. It is advertised as: "Gotta go fast", and the effect lives up to the name.

The person who consumes Blue stuff has their ordinary walking speed doubled, but they are also twitching with energy and must move 30 feet at the beginning of their turn in combat. Both Dave and Bo consumed Blue stuff in order to secure the pillow captured by Cleocatra in the field of fluffy wheat, and while Bo was able to avoid attacks of opportunity by moving back and forth very quickly, Dave wasn't so mindful and took a few hits.

While useful, anyone using Blue Stuff should be very aware of their opponent's reach in battle and make use of the disengage technique when needed.

Its flavor is the same as the other stuffs -- hint of fuzz but otherwise tasteless. Like the other stuffs, the effects last until the person who has eaten it takes a short rest.

Other colors include red, grey, green, purple, white, tan, tangerine, light blue, orange, crimson, and dark grey.
Zombies (sailors)

These zombies man the ship the 420Blazeit, under the supervision of "Dave", who raised them from the dead. "Easily distracted", as put by "Dave", the zombies first try to move on the party when they first board the ship but are put right back to work with a word from "Dave".

"Dave" says he tries to raise zombies for no more than six months as after that they become less useful around the ship.

Sadly for these zombies (or happily? who can say) their reanimation period was cut short by a mysterious tentacled monster attack, and they went down with the ship on route back to Shipton.
Chazz Armstrong

Chazz Armstrong is the captain of the Flagrant Harmonica III. He has long flowing hair, and has the air of being a "Chad", or being related to a Chad. Descended from a long line of carpenters, he sees to the repair of his ship personally, and was able to make a dolly from scratch on the journey to Beedle for the Shipton crew to use for the delivery.

For some reason, his friendly and unassuming nature coupled with his natural charisma seems to get under Lime's skin, and she took issue with the fact the cart wasn't all-terrain and therefore not perfected for their use.
Hilda

"Hilda" is the disguise used by James to sneak into Bol undetected after a guard newsletter issued his hollow-eyed likeness as a person of interest in a stolen butterfly and vial of butterfly food case in Sporehaven. Hilda dresses in a bonnet and petticoats, and carries a swaddled baby that is actually Lobster Jones in disguise. "She" speaks with a high pitched German-ish accent that is strangely similar to Dr. Gretchen.

The disguise was enough to fool Qorn, but not enough to fool Janxo, though they both seemed as equally bemused by the new choice in wardorbe.

When in Sporehaven, Hilda attracted the attention of Dorthea, who assumed like her that Hilda was a woman of advanced years. (It must have to do with her eyesight.) Even when Dorthea realized that Hilda was younger than she thought, she still expressed alarm at the idea of Hilda visiting the mines of Everhearth with a young baby. However, Dorthea soon learned that when she leaned in to tickle the baby it could defend itself just fine, as her fingers were pinched quite suddenly and hard -- almost as if by tiny lobster claws.

Thanks to his disguise skills and uncanny ability to impersonate young women, James escaped all consequences -- again -- from his former actions.
Gurina

Gurina was the former queen of Bol. At some point in the past, she passed away (perhaps of a poisoning attempt) along with her king, Marjorie.

The couple found a neat and unusual way to keep power "in the family", so to speak, by declaring their pets as members of the royal family and leaving their rulership to them in a trust until they came of age. About 15 years prior (and an unknown amount of time after their deaths), their dog, Janxo, was removed from power and banished from the capital.

While the average citizen seems to be familiar with the old rulers, it's unclear how good they were in their former positions. Janxo pointed out that while no wars had broken out during their time, the fact that they would leave an entire country in the hands of a talking dog and a cat without their people's knowledge or understanding doesn't leave them with a great impression on outsiders to Bol -- but then again, lots of things in Bol seem bizarre and arbitrary to anyone who didn't grow up there.
"Jimbo"

"Jimbo" is the matching disguise of Lobster Jones to James's "Hilda". James swaddled Lobster Jones to look like a baby while he dressed as a farmer's daughter in order to avoid detection in Rearton and other cities in Bol from the guards, who had been ordered on a massive manhunt in order to track him down and make him pay for his butterfly-kidnapping schemes.

Jimbo has an unfortunate backstory: the only child of Hilda and an unnamed father (presumably Jimothy, for whom Jimbo is named), his father was lost at sea leaving Hilda a widow and Jimbo without a strong paternal influence. Hilda explained this tragic origin story when questioned by Dorothea, who asked about Jimbo's "better half" and supposedly meant his father, rather than his...baby girlfriend / partner. Will the odd colloquialisms of Bol never cease?
Heartthrob Stuff

The Heartthrob stuff is sold by the Jaynestown Fuzz Hut, and seems to be a locally exclusive flavor.

It is brown and tempting in appearance.

Bo took this, and immediately felt an unspoken but intense romantic tension with James, who had taken the Escort stuff. He also felt boosts to his slight of hand and insight, and felt he could do no wrong, but was too weirded out by the other effect to care.

Other stuff in this particular line consist of:

* The Doctor
* The Escort
* The Navigator
* The Good Shepard
* The Leader
* The Seer
* The Mercenary
* The Tinkerer
Anti-Theft Coin Purse

The Anti-Theft Coin Purse is a seemingly normal coin purse that prevents theft by pickpocketing by preventing any coins to be removed unless at least one coin is added first. It was found by Jeff on the body of Krelmer Gorn, who possibly invented the it.

Krelmer Gorn had been invited to the Deep Root Laboratories, supposedly an offshoot of the Artificer Center of Technology, but it's possible it was all a ploy to lure him into the Thimblewoods to be killed by an artificially-irritated Carrion Crawler and swarms of insects. It's not clear why Krelmer Gorn was targeted or what Deep Root Laboratories really is (if it even exists), but the purse is now in the hands of Bo, who plans on using it responsibly.
Mummy

Mummies are undead creatures wrapped in bandages and festering with disease. Resistant to regular attacks and weak to fire, mummies can be very dangerous if fought at a close range.

The party (Bo, Plenet, Dave T. Barbarian, Margie, Xander and Foolix) were already weakened by magic user and Glitched member Merton, who brought several of them to unconsciousness and exhausted the party's spells. Merton vanished and left a mummy behind to finish them off. Through a combination of far range fire-based arrow attacks and melee attacks, the mummy finally disintegrated and the party survived.

## Powers and abilities

Mummies are undead, presumably with a weakness to radiant damage, though that remains untested.

Mummies are resistant to physical attacks but weak to fire.

They have the power to stare into an opponent's eyes and frighten them, making all attacks towards them at disadvantage and their victim unable to move any closer towards them.

They also posses some sort of contamination, a "Mummy rot", that suggests dire consequences for anyone infected. If a mummy touches you, hope you have a good constitution.
Giant Ice Toad

The Giant Ice Toad is a huge icy blue toad that lives in the exit of the Everhearth mines.

The group encountered it while trying to escape the Weird, a strange creature from within the heart of the mines. James came across it first, and it attacked him as an intruder, nearly causing him to lose consciousness. He ate his transparent grey stuff and nearly got away, but tripped and made himself too appealing as a target, getting wrapped up in the toad's long sticky tongue.

Luckily for James, the toad caught sight of the Weird and immediately spat him out, seemingly recognizing this creature as its foe. It launched itself forward and crashed into it, destroying them both in a huge cloud of steam.

The resulting rocks produced by the deaths of the creatures were taken by Jeff, who gave them to the R guy at his request. Qorn, the child wizard, fashioned an icy hot spider for him out of the icy hot rocks.

## Powers and abilities

The toad has a long sticky tongue that can capture its victims very easily.

It has a great jumping distance.

Presumably it does (or did) cold damage.
Krelmer Gorn

Krelmer Gorn was an unfortunate soul that was lured to the Thimblewoods to enter into the Deep Root Laboratories. He was most likely an inventor or artificer of some kind, as something he created drew the attention of Renston Pike, the man who sent Krelmer Gorn this letter:

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Hello Dear Krelmer Gorn

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    We here at the Artificer Center for Technology have been very impressed with your latest samples sent to us.  We wish to meet with you to discuss how we can work together to expand both our lines of invention.  Please sail to Bol, and make your way to our Deep Root Labratories located in the Thimblewoods.  If you are worried about the local rogue population, rest assured we are planning to handle it.  On the docks seek out one of our guards with a Hammer Sigil and they will guard you to the wormway.

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    Sincerely, Renston Pike

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He was found dead by insect bites, indicating he had been killed by the Carrion crawler and various insect swarms the party had defeated just prior to discovering his corpse. Considering there were several small vibrating rods inserted in nearby spore heavy mushrooms as well as in the skull of the Carrion Crawler, it seems that Krelmer Gorn was specifically lured here to be killed, though why is unclear. His body was also the most decayed, indicating he had been the first victim, though it is unclear how long he had been dead.

A small coin purse was found on his corpse as well, and it turned out to be an anti-theft coin purse, likely of his own design.
Alethea Keighley

Alethia is a guard in Haversport. Formerly of the Girl Scouts, she joined up after being inspired by her troupe leader. Though initially cold and suspicious of the Shipton crew, she warmed to Margie when Margie revealed she too had been a girl scout. Margie shared a cat's cradle with her (that would later be destroyed by Foolix) and the two parted ways warmly.
Oszu

Oszu is an artificer clerk tasked with maintaining the butterfly feeders in Sporehaven, Bol. While seeing to one feeder on the roof of Dorthea, he was holding the ladder for his partner Thindin, who was knocked off balance by Cleocatra, who seems to be just everywhere all the time. Without realizing it, Thindin dropped a vial of blue butterfly food while he struggled to stay upright on the roof, and James, who was watching below, pocketed it.

Neither Oszu nor Thindin noticed James taking the vial, and likely he could have gotten away with it if Dorthea, who suspected James of stealing a butterfly, hadn't pointed him out to them. Jeff also didn't help, because he did the opposite of helping James by confirming that he'd seen James take the vial *and* the butterfly a week earlier.

The clerks had a work order with the very same hammer sigil that the group had seen on Captain Skraw. James took this to mean that these clerks (and by association, the Artificer Center of Technology) were behind the deaths of the three inventors they had found in the woods previously, while the rest of the group certainly weren't about to rule it out but also weren't 100% convinced. This would lead to a very long and tedious argument with what to do with the butterfly food that James had stolen, which was finally resolved when James agreed to return half of the vial.
Jerrtholemew

Jerrtholemew is a talking cat that wears a vest and bowler hat. She's a patron of the Stardust Saloon, and helped the party by guiding them to Dimblethwell (or a portal that can go there) in exchange for some Fey crystals from a magic clearing guarded by a goblin.

At one point she drank from the Pool of Forbidden knowledge, that either gives knowledge or takes it away. In her case, it removed the knowledge of where the pool of knowledge was.

Also Jerrtholomew is a bit of a jerk. Attempted to attack Sniffers, has very little remorse about it.

While Jessie might feel Jerrtholomew was a jerk for attacking Sniffers, she did express remorse for the attack and apologized for her instincts. When she realized that Sniffers belonged to Jessie she tried to explain that she hadn't realized that Sniffers was a pet, but Jessie, being sensitive, took it the wrong way. Cats are cats, even if they wear clothes and talk, after all.
Pepperqorn

Pepperqorn is the pet rat of Bo, rescued on a mission to Deepmire in Bol. While he once belonged to the Astarlin Wildlife Clinic and was used in an experiment that transformed him into a monstrous rat ogre, once defeated he reverted to normal rat form and has been living with Bo ever since.

He's very smart and can do tricks, and gets cheese snacks as a special treat. Bo named him Pepperqorn after Qorn, who he did not consult prior to naming.
Lieutenant Oscar Shaw

Lieutenant Oscar Shaw is a troll member of the guard of the town of Fort Plonk. Competent and genial, he is distressed by the disappearances in town, including his friend and superior Captain Daria Deweese.

He was able to pay for Askii Scavo's marionettes on behalf of the party in the hopes they could exchange them for the taken hostages in the Feywilds. It was an IOU situation, so in the end it's probably best the plan didn't work, as the party could not afford the 50 gold paid at the time.
Meowth

Cat sidekick of Jessie and James, this seemingly simple cat has a knack for appearing out of nowhere during their introductions. While it may seem like this cat is sentient, further investigations show a rather below average cat.

Described as a beautiful golden tan color, Meowth has a noticeable marking on his forehead in the shape of a coin.

While Jessie and James may work for Rocket, Meowth has declared no such allegiances but that is suspect as this cat is never far from his dastardly duo.

Recently, Meowth began to speak so that others could understand him. He also somehow lost his nose. It turns out this is because he traded his nose at the Pool of Forbidden Knowledge for the ability to speak.

Meowth seems to have been struggling with Jessie's absence, and is deeply depressed, seemingly dead inside, and hasn't been vocal on missions.
Fuzz Hut Clearance Store

The Fuzz Hutt Clearance Store is located in Deepmire, Bol. It is run out of a small boat that anchors directly next to the plank walkways of the village.

In another example of Crusty Judd's overnight success and rapidly expanding business (or potential over-eagerness to expand), there have now been so many generations of Fuzzes that some have gone on clearance. The fuzzes offered by the Clearance Hut all have a particular theme, and by the time the party had arrived each had been reduced to a stock of just one. They were grey, with golden sparkles.

1- When life gives you Thunder, have a Thunderball

2-Sorry sir, I'll Die Another Day

3-Its too loud, time to go to my Quantum of Solace

4-Im feeling lucky, off to the Casino Royale

5-Is it just me? I thought I saw a Spectre

6-Man is it bright, must be my Goldeneye

007-Look out below, im Skyfall-ing

Kyrek purchased a Thunderball, Bo a Die Another Day, Jeff a Quantum of Solace, James a Casino Royale, and Rory a Goldeneye. They were 7 copper each.

The attendant was helpful in letting Jeff know that the fuzz still works if he were to mash it in his mouth area even though he can't eat.
Koffing

Of dubious origins, Koffing is James's new familiar. Resembling a floating purple ball that spews gas, Koffing doesn't really speak apart from moaning his own name every once in a while.

He has yet to be noticed much or do anything of note, but given James's status as a "coal-eyed maniac" and "ball of nonsense," it's probably just a matter of time.
Fuzz Hut 3

Fuzz Hut #3 is located in the Thimblewoods, where not only very few people live but even fewer people travel within, making this another odd quirk of Crusty Judd's entrepreneurship. Run by Chard Misler, the menu of the Hut is:

Welcome to Crusty Judds 3rd fuzz hut! With added Flavors.  2 silver for 1, or 1 gold for all 6!  Come try them today!!!!

Blue Stuff:    Gotta Go Fast

Gray Stuff:     Its Delicious

Dark Grey:    We got a tough guy over here.

Light Blue:    Rest and Recharge

White Stuff:    When you need a breath of fresh air

Tangerine Stuff:    Scurvy got ya down?

The price for Stuff has been adjusted due to various comments from the customer base, and new flavors have been added as well.
Grimbleby's Sketchy Experimental Potion of Healing

Grimbleby's Sketchy Experimental Potion of Healing looks just like a regular potion of healing, save for there is a bit of grit in it and it is a different shade of red than the standard potion of healing.

When taking this potion, there are about perhaps ten different things than can happen to you. The worst among them is not being healed at all, and turning into a sparrow for one minute.

No one else but Jeff has taken it so far, so the rest of the effects are yet to be seen.
Redar Churt

Redar Churt is a clerk of the Wormway in Rearton. He set the party up for their first ride by explaining how it worked, and even offered them a joint discount of 1 gold per the whole party because of Qorn's cuteness.

He let the party know that there hadn't been a mass exodis through the wormway recently, in fact business had been slower than usual, indicating that the recently missing people hadn't left via the wormway.
Whittled Point

As the northern tip of Bol, Whittled point is made of rocky coastlines shaped by centuries of harsh ocean storms. With the city of Rearton being in the only beachable portion of the region, Whittled point is mainly unaccessable from its remaining shore.

Further inland, outside of the city reveals that the region is largely agrarian, with huge farms and fields stretching off into the distance. Not much in terms of arborial life is found in whittled point, however further to the east the landscape shifts into the hilly Thimblewoods.
Jaynestown Fuzz Hut

Located in Jaynestown, the Fuzz Hut there serves distinctive varieties not found anywhere else. It is also the only location to not include a menu.

Each fuzz is two silver, and the fuzzes on offer are:

* The Escort
* The Doctor
* The Good Shepard
* The Navigator
* The Heartthrob
* The Leader
* The Seer
* The Mercenary
* The Tinkerer
Fun Gus

Fun Gus is the leader of a race of mushroom people that live in the Underdark. They hired Shipton to deliver a cargo of tulip bulbs, which are required to nurture their young from spores to young mushroom people.

The trip was dangerous, leading the party to walk thrice widdershins around a large obelisk outside of Fort Plonk. Little did the party realize this would lead them through at least three different planes, and were attacked on nearly each plane by a group of wraiths and pixies. Fun Gus apologized for the danger, saying that unfortunately it was the only way to enter their home.

The mushroom people speak via telepathic spores, and their babies are super cute and surprisingly sturdy. The party was able to toss them around and play with them and even stepped on them, and they enjoyed it. Fun Gus allowed the party to rest as long as they needed, and sent them on their way.
Lobster Jones

Lobster Jones is a lobster that was seen in the company of James and Meowth in the Shipton Cafeteria.

James takes him with on missions by tucking him into his jacket. It's not clear how the aquatic creature survives that long in a warm, sweaty place like a jacket, but considering how little he moves or makes any noise it would be hard to gauge if he is any discomfort.

Hailing from deep in the fey wild, Lobster jones believed himself to have the mightiest claw. After suffering devastating embarrassment at the hands of Jessie, Lobster jones can be identified by his telltale cry of "into the nutrient heap for me"
Orzu the Wizard

Not much is known about the mysterious Orzu, save for she (or he) once hired Shipton to deliver plans for an astral spell. The spell was concealed in a magical sphere commonly used on Bol by artificers, which was unfortunate as the captain set on this mission was one Janxo Fetch.

Unable to resist her nature, Janxo played with the sphere like a toy ball and lost it in an unexpected storm. As a result there was a rift that occurred between Bol and Shipton, though who blacklisted who first is unknown. Pote let the Shipton party know (though he asked them not to let Shipton know) that the spell was intended to be delivered to the farming area of Bol.

Years later Janxo is still captaining, but we don't know what became of Orzu and her plans, or if she is still nursing a grudge.
Janeal

Janeal is a Tabaxi surf instructor who lives in Gerald's Foot. Happy to ride the waves while the city is in lockdown, Janeal seems like an easy-going dude.

Unfortunately, Janeal was attacked by Merfolk warrior while surfing and had a spear impaled in his leg. Bummer. Luckily Margie was there to give him some basic Girl Scout first aid. Likely he will make a full recovery, so surfers gonna surf.
Officer Lorno

Officer Lorno is a Gnomish guard in Rearton. He was guarding the rubble that was Professor Trilmer's home after it had collapsed on itself, seemingly killing Trilmer. He and his parter Trinxa were reluctant to answer the party's questions until James posed as Trilmer's nephew, coming for a visit. Lorno then went to get his captain, Captain Skraw, to question James.

While the party would later find out that Skraw is connected to the deaths of three individuals in the Thimblewoods as well as the recent Rogue disappearances (and possibly Trilmer's death, as well), it unknown if the Rearton gaurds are also involved in the conspiracy or if Skraw acted on his own.
Church of Bahamut

Proclaimed by Xander Coddington III, the church of Bahamut believes in justice and devoutly defends the righteous. Known by most dragonborn, Bahamut is one of the two twin dragons (Bahamut representing good, Tiamat representing Evil).

Xander has been raised in the teaching of Bahamut all his adolescence and is now out seeking to raise money to build a temple to Bahamut after being kicked out of Priest School.
Hooters

Hooters is a brothel run by Arakocra in Glistening Peak. In addition to gross humanoid rights violations, they serve wings and cauliflower spears with an assortment of hot sauces. They also have a juice that is orange.

Apparently kept afloat by one lowlife's patronage, one can only hope they'll be out of business for good and the exploited workers will be free very soon.
Jan Neal

Captain of The Creative Join, Jan Neal is a rather proud captain of shipton Co.

One such mission, he took Shipton crews to Trok'a only to strand them on a beach with only vague directions of their destination. His crew also seemed rather unwavering watching a passenger attempt to assist with the sailing. While the crew was lackluster, not much else is known of Jan Neal and his crew, so further reviews necessary.
Arlis of the Whispering Mind

"Arlis of the whispering mind" was the cryptic phrase uttered by the R guy of Rearton to James in exchange for some fluffy wheat.

Is Arlis a person, a place, an object? Animal, vegetable, mineral? No one knows (yet), though from James' excited reaction it could have something to do with Jessie's venture into the Feywilds.
Frury

Frury is a city on the southwestern edge of Engria and is part of the Rel Empire. It is the center of Homuislit worship in the empire, and the shipton representative is Lakeisha Patton.

## Missions

* Bo, Dave T. Barbarian, Leopold Thing, Linda, James and Jessie were tasked to deliver wheat to Hama Verona, a leader in the Temple Homuislit. They were warned of an attack by an offshoot cult of the temple by a hooded figure, and were later attacked by the cult in an ambush. Jessie killed one by tricking him and shoving him off a roof, and the rest of the party dispatched with everyone else. Their main goal was to damage the wheat as they believed people should only gain nutrients from the sun, and set fire to it several times. Linda was able to put out the fire once, but damaged the wheat by accidentally pouring water on it. Later the group was attacked by a group of Drow who were uninterested in the wheat but wanted to get revenge on captain Demir Cavan, who had escaped Drow enslavement previously. The Drow were killed and their leader's magical objects became Jessie's objects. Hama Verona did not accept the wheat as is and the party had to haggle on the price, taking 1/3rd less payment than originally promised.
Brisbane Budthrow

## About

Brisbane is a 53 year old Rock Gnome Ranger. She is the heir to her prosperous family's fortune along with the family business. Instead of taking up the family business she decided to strike it out on her own with Shipton. She is never seen without her longbow, Henrietta. In fact, she is more often seen using her longbow, more than anything else. She uses Henrietta to fish, aid her in walking, among many other activities.

## Notable Moments

On her very first Shipton mission Brisbane became cross with Henrietta due to her performance being lackluster during a battle with a dragon, known as the Bane of Beedle.

Brisbane has a severe wool allergy, and as such has had to go through challenging lengths to ensure a comfortable place to sleep. One time when a captain was not informed of said allergy, she relied on the party to contribute rope to make a hammock, arranged by her friend Margie.

Her beloved bow Henrietta was taken from her in the Feywilds, and is presumably still in Lady Violet Glitterswirl's castle.

Brisbane is currently banned for life from Beedle for assisting in the break in / attempted murder of Cinay Izha at "Dave"'s request.

She is also currently glitched (?).

## Death

While on mission in Sunport to deliver sandpaper to a Gnomish endeavor to recolonize an underground city, Brisbane and Sorine met their deaths by swarms of deadly spider people.

Initially drawn out by Sorine's insistence on burning spiderwebs, the spider people emerged from the depths of an underground cave and quickly swarmed Sorine, who was unable to get away. Though the party had begun to flee, they turned back to see if they could rescue Sorine, including Brisbane. Unfortunately as Sorine was being entirely wrapped up in silk and rendered helpless, Brisbane was also swarmed and attacked on mass by smaller spider creatures who rendered her instantly unconscious. The party had no choice but to flee from their massive numbers.

Sorine and Brisbane were presumably taken away and later later devoured. The party decided to abandon the mission and return to Shipton, vowing to check in with the Shipton rep on each island from now on (and to do their best to avoid commissions from rich people, though that may be out of their control).
Rel

Rel is an empire in the south of Engria. Recently Trok has attempted to secede from Rel with limited success.

## History

Rel was founded by the first inhabitants of Engria. Over the years they have several times attempted to expand their empire to the whole of Engria, but have been defeated by the size of the continent and the inhospitality of Engria's central desert.

Homuislit worship is a central tennant of Rel government, which has caused friction with Trok, which has more relaxed religious views.

Originally a hereditary monarchy Rel violently transitioned to rule by a council of three around 500 years ago.
Fallacious O'Sullivan

A scruffy gardener type, Fallacious O'Sullivan is a human monk in his 50's hat has been a Shipton guard for 20 years.

He enjoys knitting directly from the sheep while on missions. Measured and cautious, Fallacious was surprised to hear that the Shipton crew he'd be joining up with had had so many eventful missions. He says the majority of his missions have been simple, consisting of nothing more than taking cargo from point A to point B.

Still, he was able to keep up with the relatively unorthodox style of missions the Shipton crew of Bo, Dave, Rory, and James in figuring out the whole Janxo Fetch snafu, and was firmly against retrieving the pillow Janxo arranged to be stolen until the crew would be fairly compensated for their time. He seemed flexible enough to even eat an untested green ball of fuzz, and used the magical effects of the fuzz to great effect on the battlefield, easily dispatching a few security scarecrows.

## Notable mentions

Fallicious has a keen eye, and was able to easily spot Dave T. Barbarian in the open ocean when he was swept out to sea from the Southern Wind 2.

Fallacious seems to have an uncanny sense as to when a problem facing the group can be solved by simply being patient or finding a more straightforward solution. He seemed to sense that the rogue student Umber (or Pumber) disguised as Rory was all some sort of weird distraction, and stayed behind and was met by the real Rory, proving his instincts right.

He also had the idea to use Juice's transmutation skill to avoid a long trip through the Rogue University of Skulkery's initial floor, which probably would have worked out find in the end given how the institution seems indifferent to the student body's survival -- likely they would have shrugged off the new hole in the floor and integrated it as some sort of pitfall trap.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is a Warforged artificer that has recently joined Shipton. He resembles a robot, made of metal with metal armor welded to his body. His dome head is hairless, and unlike many humanoid creatures he doesn't need to eat, sleep, or breathe. (Though he does need to rest and can enjest food if he wants, it will just sit in a compartment in his torso and rot.) When asked, he does say that he thinks he can love.

Logical but with a knack for missing human social cues, Jeff likes to say things like "This was a perfectly satisfactory human interaction" after leaving a conversation. He also intentionally but not maliciously revealed that James had stolen an azure-winged butterfly from Sporehaven as well as a jar of its food.

He would continue to reveal James's thievery, but when the group asked him to instead ask members privately why they may be doing something strange or illegal instead of just telling the authorities, he promised to do so.

Jeff has been seen struggling with elements of humanoid behavior, unsure of what is considered normal or not. Seemingly sensitive to standing out too much, Jeff has experimented with eating human food with mixed results. He was also very touched by a drawing Qorn made for him, making sure to store it away under his armor.

## Notable moments

While in Sporehaven, Jeff relished the chance to show off his artificer skills by customizing a mask to fit Qorn's face perfectly, as well as to clean some javelins. While very interested in cleaning a lot of them, he only had time to clean one to perfection, which the store owner, Tome, placed on the wall in his honor.

Jeff seems to be the resident James-wrangler, able to keep himself from being distracted by James's tendencies to mask the truth when it suits him. He's shown the most success at reasoning with James, mostly due to his own persistence in not being worn down by circular logic, as evidenced when he was able to talk James into a compromise of returning half of the butterfly food he stole from Sporehaven.

Jeff has also shown himself to be very generous of spirit and of funds, sharing loot he's found with teammates and paying for items they need. He shared the anti-theft coin purse with Bo, who was disappointed to have not found anything on the mission, as well as a spell scroll to Juice, who copied it in his spellbook. He purchased a set of armor and a shield for Margie as well, claiming that money means nothing to him.

He has also enchanted his shield to be magical, as well as created a bag of holding.
Ashkii Scavo

Ashkii Scavo is a high elf and local town historian in Fort Plonk. He owns and curates a museum of local history, and offers tours for free.

The party approached him to make use of several lifelike marionettes that had come into his possession, in order to trade them for the trapped servants of Lady Glitterswirl. Uninterested in acts of charity or goodwill, the party had to convince him to trade 5 marionettes for 10 gold each (the price he paid for them) as well as a promise that they would return and give a lengthy first person account of everything they encountered while rescuing their friends and Fort Plonk citizens from the Feywilds.

He was gracious enough to accept an IOU from the guards of Fort Plonk on behalf of the party, but petty enough that he did complain when one of the marionettes was returned to him with a bit of dirt on it, despite the fact that Jo had died on the rescue attempt. He asked a lot of thorough, insensitive questions about the adventure, raving about how excellent the quality of the account was, completely indifferent to the party's sobbing and sadness over losing one of their own.