Stardew's Woe

Stardew's Woe Emblem

**Stardew's Woe Chant**

*This is the woe that I carry.
*Stardew hope grows bright once more.*
Family is our saving canary.*

**Evermore! Evermore!'**

The Stardew's Woe, also called "The Woe," was a spelljammer that crash landed onto Venigus after passing through its crystal sphere.

### Crew

The crew of the Stardew's Woe have all perished upon the Battle over Venigus and crashed into the ocean near the southeast coastline of Thunidal. Xynđev is the lone survivor of this battle and would carry their beliefs onward when he formed the Unfavored Odds alongside those companions made on Venigus. The crewmates of this mighty spelljammer are as follows.

#### **Crewmate #4**

* Crew Rank: #4
* Occupation: Unknown
* Woe: Abandonment
* The Storyteller would try to avoid recalling the events surrounding this former crewmate. They knew their mind was muddled with the whispers of the Collective. After their abandonment of the crew, no one was designated as "#4" again.

#### **Djoser**

* Crew Rank: #2
* Occupation: First Mate, Cook
* Woe: Discredited for his studies; Noblewoman stole his research (former lover)
* He was the righthand of the Captain and the lead alchemist behind their Mutant Comets Project. He also took care of his best friend, the Admiral, a flying monkey which was reincarnated as Xynđev's familiar.

#### **Joudi de Yeadall**

* Crew Rank: #8
* Occupation: Assistant Shipwright
* Woe: Deserted his soldiers during a devastating assault upon his posted town
* A massive fellow that flips from a mellowed to tempered depending on the day. Overlooking such troubles, he loves his astranged musket and works with Djoser and Oloric to maintain a supply of fragmentation grenades. He enforces the Captain's order in times where it is needed most. This is an hippo-tine guy you would rather on your side.

#### **Littlefoot by the Current "LC"**

* Crew Rank: #10
* Occupation: Helm Engineer, Sailmaster
* Woe: Exiled from his kin for his otherworldly perspective of being more in the realms beyond
* He was the main engineer onboard and had to wear a specialized breathing apparatus due to his fish-like nature. He mostly communicated in an strange alien language which the Captain and Nyx seemed to understand. He relied on his knowledge of Astral sign language for most people.

#### **Lue'Rak**

* Crew Rank: #6
* Occupation: Lead Shipwright, Enforcer
* Woe: Lacked the understanding to build defenses to protect his original clan.
* A half-breed from Maerken that wasn't mistreated by his clan like most half-breeds. He is a great problem-solver when under pressure and helpful for recalling knowledge about various architecture in a quick bind.

#### **Nyx**

* Crew Rank: #9
* Occupation: Astronomer, Entropomancer
* Woe: Discovered the truth beyond the Astra, addiction to hallucinogenics
* She was known to manipulate the shadows within the Void, but her form was permanently changed as a price. At times, she would assist in navigation through areas of Deep Space, and she seemed to have a sort of fellowship with Rhuzth.

#### **Oloric Goldwind**

* Crew Rank: #3
* Occupation: Envoy, Smuggler
* Woe: Alcoholic; his original family become "dust on the winds"
* A dwarf from Wüstak, a mostly arid and mountainous material plane, that has a voice that soothes all who listens. The Captain and him go back with stories about their early adventures are "going rogue." Typically, if someone on the Woe needed anything, they'd go to him.

#### **Rhuzth**

* Crew Rank: #7
* Occupation: Medic
* Woe: A person who regretted not be courageous when he needed to be most
* Once human, later imbued with the essence of a dead god, he was the oddball among oddballs. With the change in form, he honed these divine powers to aid in recovery and recuperation of his fellow crewmates. He would often be found working alongside Djoser in producing alchemical healing poultices or potions of healing. Easy-going but suffers from fears of failure in his purpose for life.

#### **The Captain**

* Crew Rank: #1
* Occupation: Captain
* Woe: Unknown
* Always in a worn militant uniform garbed in the spelljammer's regalia, she proved handy in her cunning yet brutish nature. Her pistol would deter most would-be raiders and her trusted tungsten hooked blade would beckon for close-quarter attacks. All of this and an imposing stature to match, her respect amongst the crew is everlasting and her missions take the crew on ventures to save those in peril.

#### **The Storyteller**

* Crew Rank: #5
* Occupation: Spelljammer Pilot
* Woes: Bears the stories of all who she meets without a falter in her memory
* An elven figure shrouded in mystery. Her ties to the Plane of the Incorporeal had once been a blessing, but she keeps to herself troubled by her near-perfect memory. Although, if one were to share a story of grandure, she may share one in turn to ease her mind. Without her, the Woe wouldn't be able to avoid the cosmic storms throughout the Astral Sea nor call upon them to their aid.

#### **Xynđev**

* Crew Rank: #11
* Occupation: Assistant Navigator
* Woe: Enslavement and mistreatment by a band of Firenewt pirates
* An Insectare elf rescued by the crew during a resource raid on Gorringe. He is the lone survivor of the crew, became a founder member of the Unfavored Odds on Venigus, and later ascended to an entity of knowledge that transverse the Astral Sea to this day. The Storyteller provided his name upon passing initiation.

### Battle over Venigus

The final mission of the Stardew's Woe involved Xynđev picking up coordinates for Venigus. The crew planned to gather new resources after a recent combative retrieval mission of an unknown magical item. He guided the crew to the crystal sphere of Venigus as part of his first act being the assistant navigator. Before they could tear open a gateway into the material plane, a Gith Federation spelljammer appear to fire upon their vessel.

The crew hastily retaliated and were able to gather speed to broad the enemy's ship. The Captain, Joudi de Yeadall, and Lue'Rak went to broad while Oloric Goldwind, Nyx, and Xynđev held the main deck. Djoser and LC manned the cannons in the gun deck, and the Storyteller remained at the Helm to uphold the Stardew's Woe shielding alongside being able to escape once the Captain returns. However, the shear number of Gith compared to the crew remaining on the ship was difficult to handle. Nyx fell followed by Oloric to allow Xynđev to get to the bridge to defend the Storyteller. The Gith spelljammer exploded and heavily damaged the Stardew's Woe. Xynđev was knocked to the ground as the storyteller took bits of shrapnel and bleeding out.

In a last ditch effort, the Storyteller opened a gate through Venigus' crystal sphere to allow the spelljammer to avoid certain death by contacting that sphere. The Storyteller went unconscious as Xynđev was able to stand to see the waters and a continental landmass below. Suddenly, Xynđev is lying on a beachside on the southern beaches of this continent and watching the Stardew's Woe crash into the ocean.