The Great Sea Road Campaign/Session 3

At the town of Fisherhome, while the rest of the convoy returns to camp and settles in for the night, Ashleigh Hab takes up one of the locals (a young woman named Shannon) on her offer of a bath and a meal with her family. After washing off all the tarrg and vomit that she had been coated in during the bar fight earlier, A.Hab, Shannon, her sister Rhea, and their parents sit down to a dinner of fish soup. A.Hab tells the family of her search for the invisible red-eyed whale that she believes killed her family, and shows off her heirloom adamantine harpoon. After dinner, A.Hab and the sisters step outside and A.Hab teaches them a bit about how to throw a harpoon. A.Hab opts to stay the night with the family rather than with the convoy camp.

At around sunset, a hooded figure (Karl) arrives in Fisherhome with a companion and a cart full of luggage. They check in at the town's central inn, then go out to buy cigarettes. Later at night, the two new arrivals go out for a stroll to see if there is anyone around town they recognize. They do in fact see a familiar face (along with a familiar family crest) when they encounter Daeron ("Grimface") sitting on the back steps of the inn smoking a pipe. The hooded figure and friend manage to hide in the shadows just in time to avoid being recognized.

Simon Graves, while out looking for somewhere to sleep away from the convoy's camp, also sees this interaction, and has a short conversation with Daeron. The hooded figure and friend manage to slip away without being noticed, but they encounter Simon again around the corner shortly afterwards. The hooded figure takes off her hood, revealing herself to be a woman in her sixties, and introduces herself as Maureen Klopovich. Her companion, a scantily-clad man in his twenties, is named Billblo Jobbins. Maureen pets Simon's pet snake, whose name is Culpa. Simon goes off and finds a sandy spot outside town, buries Culpa and himself with sand, and goes to sleep.

Back at the convoy's camp, Sam Clementine's recent Cult of the Tides converts are eager to try drinking salted tarrg. They head to the coast and Sam mixes up some salted tarrg while speaking a bit about the rituals and religious tenets of the cult. The converts are not impressed with the taste of the salted tarrg, and all but two of them are completely disillusioned with the Cult of the Tides and head back to camp to rejoin with the Cult of the Deep.

The next morning, JP Hadid, Grokkus Babooff, and Simon head to the tavern, while Sam heads to the docks to see if anyone there needs the services of a clerk/priest. One of the whaling ships that has arrived at the town is unloading a large carcass, and Sam introduces himself to the captain, who asks for him to bless the ship and also handle some legal documents. His assistant Gale Sternheart, at the request of the crew, also carves some Cult of the Tides sigils into the mast.

At the tavern, JP attempts to gather information about the northern parts of the great sea road, and talks with a dwarven traveler. Billblo enters the tavern and unintentionally insults a baron who had arrived earlier from the docks (on a ship called the *Royal Royal*). Billblo explains to the baron that he is an artist, which leads to him getting forcibly conscripted into painting the *Royal Royal'*s cabin. On the boat, Billblo secretly begins writing messages asking for help and stuffing them into bottles to throw into the sea. He gets noticed doing this by one of the crew, but lies and says that the bottle is filled with pee. One of Billblo's messages detailing his kidnapping successfully makes it back to Maureen at the inn.