The Warden's Wails

*The Warden's Wails* is the title of the fourth episode of the first season of The Numen Swell and the fourth session of the entire game.

This Session was played on October 19th, 2017

## The Warden's Wails

### Writer

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

## Plot

Bennsyn causes more strife and The Armadillo heads to Benki.

## Synopsis

The Armadillo arrives at Toke as Sonney and the crew are singing are new shanty he wrote. They dock and are all immediately aware that the Wailing Warden is docked there. The ship owned by the third highest ranked Pirate lord in the Swell, “Black Scalp”. The new Captain Bennsyn is not phased and has the crew gather the supplies they need as he seeks out a potential doctor and shipwright. Sonney goes to buy cannons with Kifo and two of his gunners, Garland and Mateus. Balthazar and Loyal go to find some sort of armor but the merchant pisses off Balz to the point that he shoots him and kills him. He raids the back and finds a very nice coat that makes him dexterous af. Sonney and the gun crew arrive at the munitions depot and spot Black Scalp. They try to avoid him and Kifo leases two cannons but he is still stopped by the wailing warden crew and requested to speak with the captain. Bennsyn speaks with Madame Temer at Classy Lassies about his new title and the roles he needs filled on his ship. She gives him the name of a shipwright in town. Kifo agrees to speak with Black Scalp.

Balz returns to the ship and discovers the new cannons and the fact that Kifo is talking to Black Scalp. Bennsyn insults then attempts to seduce Temer and fails both so he leaves. Kifo defends himself and his mismatched crew but Black Scalp informs him he will be taking him to meet his captain and the albino reluctantly agrees. Kifo returns to the armadillo with Black Scalp and everyone else witnesses this from different perspectives and all figure out a way to avoid the situation but to no one’s surprise, it is unavoidable. Bennsyn returns and speaks with the pirate lord. The darfellan agrees to help him on his quest to revive the true captain as long as he releases the two darfellan on the crew to him. Bennsyn refuses fully and intentionally picks a fight with the third major threat they’ve come across. Gregory tries to sway Bennsyn to just agree but he is not having it. Sonney shoots a cannon from an adjacent ship at Black Scalp as he leaves but misses as the Armadillo sets sail. The crew escape the situation and agree to head straight to Benki rather than stop at Etoile.

The Armadillo ports at Fotia unaware it is Kifo’s hometown. He disguises himself and the enter port. The major crew enters the local tavern and Kifo realizes the bartender is his son, Mwana. Bennsyn asks the boy if he knows of the shaman Kurudi Amenkufa. He gets what little information he needs and decides to stick around a bit longer so Kifo can speak with his son. Balthazar heads to the voodoo guy to get some answers but doesn’t get any. Kifo and Mwana “speak” and come to terms with the fact that neither of them were ready for this reunion and part ways.

Kifo, in a rage, runs into the desert towards his unbecoming. The others unwillingly chase after him. On the journey, in the middle of the night three Seafallen of Cadenes/Minyororo/Amaketanga/Whoever stalk the group. They ignore the blows set upon them by Balthazar but the lead one reaches him and places it’s hand on his chest before vanishing. They are all a bit disturbed by this event but continue their trip for Kifo. They arrive at the dead tree and Kifo tries to cut it down again but fails and they decide to head back to the ship and sail around towards the Valecny Ruins. During the night, Balthazar gets a remarkable pain in his chest as it glows red and black veins protrude from it.

## Cast

### Main

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

### Supporting

* Gregory
* Guru Dumu
* Jicho the Owl
* Loyal Tragold
* Madame Temer
* Garland
* Mateus
* Mwana Pomboo

### Guest

* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Tumbili

## Trivia

* Benjamin Tecnic once again appears as a corpse this session.
* First session not to feature Darwin Vulcan.
* This session delves a bit into Kifo's past and the consequences for his actions all those summits ago.