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The Strangers With Weapons go to Kir Sabal where they meet Ashaara, the faith leader of Chult's aarakocra, and her ward, Princess Maxima Al-Gharib, the sole surviving member of Chult's ancient royal family. In Nangalore, Chult's past isn't as dead as expected.

## Major Plot Points

* Salida guided the party down the river by canoe.
* Once SWW docked and headed into the jungle to get to Kir Sabal, the monastery of the bird people called Aarakocra, they fought off undead soldiers.
* The party went through a very perilous climb to reach Kir Sabal, which sits atop a mountain.
* At Kir Sabaal, Stryx, the innkeeper, and Talyn, a priest at the Four Winds Temple, greeted the party.
* The group was introduced to Ashaara, aka Teacher, who leads Kir Sabal.
* Maxima, the last remaining heir of the Chultan rulers, reached out telepathically to Peggy and joined the discussion despite Ashaara's protests.
* Maxima and Ashaara told you that Omu was the capital of Chult and all other city states sworn fealty to it. Ashaara has been watching over Maxima since she was a little girl when her parents died trying to get her safely to Kir Sabaal
* Maxima wants to restore Omu and reign over Chult as a fair and just queen. She wants to start by overtaking Port Nyanzaru, which she sees as a city ruled by a corrupt elite. Maxima demonstrated talent as a warlock.
* SWW swore to be her honor guard and to help restore her kingdom. Vlad was named her First Knight.
* Maxima tasked SWW with going to Nangalore, the Versaille of Chult, to retrieve a black orchid so Ashaara can do the Dance of the Four Winds to give SWW the gift of flight for three days when they choose to activate the gift.
* On the way to Nangalore, SWW saw the Nsi Wastes, an area that's still blighted from Ras Nsi's magic. Salida cried at the sight of the wastes thinking all of Chult could've been like this. She explained that Ras Nsi once summoned a great army of undead soldiers and tried to conquer the city of Mezro. He was defeated. When the Spell Plague came, he lost control of his army and that's why the undead roam the jungle.
* Voloth successfully cultivated poison from the blighted plants.
* SWW arrived at Nangalore, where the ancient Queen Zalkore was exiled, and found statues of humanoids in various states of fright and in battle positions.
* They found Zalkore very much alive and was surrounded by Eblis, crane like creatures. She was confused and went through a wide varied of emotions very quickly.
* After a brief fight, you yielded and she introduced you to the ghost of her personal guard/lover, Thiru-Taya. He still watches over her even in death.
* She thought he led the drive to exile her, but he actually defended her throne and was killed for it.
* Vulveeta deduced that Zalkore was a gorgon, a fact she tried to hide in robes. Then Thiru-Taya informed you that Zalkore wanted to live forever and was turned into a gorgon by the Yuan-ti. This resulted in her being exiled by her people about 200 years ago. The city fell soon after.
* With Thiru-Taya's help, SWW got a black orchid from Zalkore for the flight ritual. She also revealed the general location of Chult's lost capital, Omu.
* The group leveled up to Level 3

## Random Encounters

While Canoeing

* Blood sucking stirges attacked.
* The party defended themselves against a swarm of giant wasps.
* Vulveeta found a box that had a medkit and 4 health potions in it.

On Foot

* You spotted a triceratops.
* Vulveeta found a chest containing 10 days worth of rations.
* Bigsby went insane for a day because of exposure to Mad Monkey Mist.