The Unfading

*The Unfading* is the title of the sixth episode of the first season of The Numen Swell and the sixth session of the entire game.

This session was played on November 26th, 2017

## The Unfading

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Kyle Muller

## Plot

The crew is divided over the return of Captain Tecnic.

## Synopsis

Immediately after the events prior, Tecnic stops and, with his new decayed state, takes his hat back from Bennsyn and leaves the room. Kurudi stabs Kifo with a needle as Bennsyn chases after “his hat”. The rest shortly follow. Sonney attempts to hug Tecnic but the corpse begins to growl so he stops. Tecnic berates the crew for the shit they caused while he was “away” and exiles Bennsyn for orchestrating the whole affair. Balthazar and Mateus are in the Chain Room and Balz is losing his patience so Cadenes, rather than hearing and looking at the man, has him clean up bodies as they drop from the sky because he can and it is hell so… Meanwhile the land party returns to the ship. The remainder of the crew are generally terrified of the zombie that just arrived having never met him prior. Loyal and a majority of the crew decide to follow Bennsyn into exile because they do not trust Tecnic. Cod, one of the gunners, attempts to leave with them but Kifo is not okay with it so he brings his anchor down on him, killing the man so a handful of the riggers stay but the Armadillo still takes a hefty hit to her numbers. Tecnic promises he will let them return once the issues they have are solved and the ship departs, leaving Bennsyn and his men stranded on Benki. Balthazar has been cleaning bodies for days and Cadenes offers him marriage to return but he declines. Cod arrives and Balthazar learns about the exile.

Kifo speaks with Dumu about there downsizing but the chef does not care. Tecnic makes Kifo Quartermaster as the ship arrives at Toke port and Kifo spots The Burgundy, Ship of the Pirate lord “Mad Monty”.  Tecnic plans to head to the Classy Lassies but Gregory suggests he disguise himself and Sonney accompanies him in case anyone gets too rowdy around the undead captain. The get to the brothel and Madame Temer is what some would call startled by Tecnic’s return. He requests she set up a meeting with Mad Monty for him so he can solve the problems he has and she agrees. Cadenes offers Balthazar a job. Kifo returns to the tailor Balthazar had killed and finds it abandoned as Sonney catches up to him to give him the heads up on the meeting. They enter the hut and spot a young boy messing with something. He tries to run but they catch him and he introduces himself as Mikey. Sonney convinces the boy this is his shop and he’s Crufire Fletcher of the Burgundy as Tecnic arrives and terrifies the lad into joining the crew as a shipwright since he’s so versed in ship and pirate lore. Kifo gives him a crossbow and they all head towards the meeting.

They get there and Montgomery is very excited to see Tecnic. They discuss everything that’s going on as Mad Monty draws Kifo. The pirate lord offers them his support and a second ship. Balthazar blatantly declines Cadenes’ offer but the chain devil still makes him do it anyway, unwillingly. The crew returns to the ship and Mikey immediately gets to work repairing the damage from their previous battles. Sonney stops the boy and brings him on a bounty. They hunt for Father Davros, a cult leader. They go to the church and Sonney has Mikey climb to the rafters to get a birds-eye-view. The kid spots the priest blessing a follower before slitting their throat and heading into the back room where Sonney is prepared to strike. He grabs a statue of Amaketanga and prepares to strike but Davros is resilient until Mikey climbs down and beats the man with a boat ore until he’s unconscious. They drag him to the brothel and get their payment. Meanwhile on a ship at an unknown location, Black Scalp enters a cabin and lets the person know their deal is on and that “The Unfading” has returned. The man smirks and it is revealed to be Vulcan.

## Cast

### Main

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

### Supporting

* Gregory
* Guru Dumu
* Jicho the Owl
* Loyal Tragold
* Madame Temer
* Garland
* Mateus
* Ikko "Black Scalp" Wotan
* Kurudi Amenkufa
* Cadenes
* Mikey
* Alexander "Mad Monty" Motgomery

### Guest

* Cod
* Palazzo
* Father Davros

## Trivia

* Matt Finger did not attend this session. Unfortunately where the story left off, Bennsyn was still present so in order to move the campaign forward without using the character, he was exiled from the ship, temporarily.
* Final Appearance of Balthazar.
* Due to a number of factors, this session was only three hours instead of the standard four, making it the shortest episode in not only this series, but all of Athantopia.