The Great Sea Road Campaign/Session 2

The convoy reaches the town of Fisherhome, a small coastal town along the Great Sea Road. The town is made up of 100-something people (though it seems many are currently out at sea), humans mostly, along with a separate part of town which is home to 30-something goblins. The town's buildings are situated on the beach and/or built onto piers, and the town also features a large lighthouse.

Friar Dave and the members of the Cult of the Deep immediately head for the tavern, a large building in the center of town which doubles as a hostel and as the main hall. Ashleigh Hab, JP Hadid, and Simon Graves head to the tavern with them, Grokkus Babooff rides out to the town's goblin neighborhood, and Sam Clementine and his handful of Cult of the Tides followers stay with the convoy's camp at the outskirts of town, along with Tarragon Hab and her goat Juniper.

The goblin village, called Huieven'mimbirs by the locals, is built out onto a craggy bluff, with most of the shabby residences burrowed into the rock. The locals are surprised and fascinated by Grokkus's arrival on horseback, along with his fancy cloak and visible weapons. He dismounts his horse in the center of the village and is greeted by an old soothsayer, who he attempts to discuss politics with, much to the old woman's confusion. She eventually suggests that Grokkus talk to the village's "mayor", who he tries for a few minutes to talk to about politics and the coming anarchist communist revolution. Upon learning that the mayor gained his position by winning an eating contest ten years ago, Grokkus decides that this village is simply too backwards and provincial and has no revolutionary potential, and heads back to the convoy.

At the tavern, JP orders a mug of the establishment's cheapest tarrg, and asks the bartender if any other 'foreigners' have been by lately. It turns out that straight unadulterated tarrg is apparently only slightly more liquid than puddling ("like refridgerated turkey gravy, with the dark amber hue of fish-oil pills"), and before any sort of discussion can happen JP tries and fails to have some of his drink and coughs it up all over the man next to him. A.Hab jumps in to diffuse the situation though, and offers to buy the angry tarrg-covered man (Harry) a drink. After drinking some of JP's tarrg though, A.Hab also coughs/vomits it all over Harry (Tom insists that the tarrg is mostly normal and familiar within the context of the setting and the issue is just that Nathaniel and Lux are rolling terrible fortitude/will saves). This man is now **Upset**. Simon is nearby also and decides to pointedly laugh at Harry and antagonize him and his friends. Time for a bar fight.

JP tries to jump over the bar table, fails, falls on the floor, and inhales a bunch of spilled tarrg. A.Hab tackles Harry to the ground and tries to headbutt him, but fails (lots of crit fails in the tavern today) and nearly knocks herself unconscious. Harry tries to stand up, steps in a puddle of tarrg vomit, slips and actually knocks himself out. At this point the entire crowd in the tavern is just laughing. A.Hab pukes on the guy again for good measure. Harry's friends decide the fight's over now and drag the unconscious Harry outside, leaving an oozy trail of tarrg vomit in his wake.

A.Hab buys everyone in the tavern a drink, and is something of a hero for the day since it turns out Harry wasn't incredibly popular. One of the townsfolk offers her a bath and a meal at their home.

A.Hab now finally gets to do the thing she came to the tavern to do, asking around if anyone has seen or heard anything of the invisible red-eyed whale that she believes killed her parents. A group of old whalers are at first baffled by her story, but it turns out basically every whaler on Koral just has some personal "I saw a sea monster once" story apparently. They suggest that the whale was likely one of Koral's "Creatures of the Deep", the same sort of creatures that are often worshipped by many of the local sea cults.

JP also asks around the tavern whether anyone has seen other foreigners lately, or maybe people who are looking for artifacts of some sort, and explains that he is himself an artifact hunter.

Simon decides to sneak around and loot a town warehouse, where he steals some food, a trowel, and a fancy-looking fish-bone knife.

Night falls and the party returns to the convoy, except for A.Hab who is dining with a family in Fisherhome.