Session 11

**Real World Date: 4/18/2021**

**In Game Dates(x): 17th of Lencten, 5151 M.E. - 19th of Lencten, 5151 M.E.**

**Party Level: 3**

## NPCs Met This Adventure

* Captain Ferris Mayweather - former Captain of the **Green Parade**, he was captured, tortured, and killed by the Jade Pirate
* Razortail - Tiefling first mate of the **Green Parade**, and possibly the new captain
* Lorna - woman of the night, frequents the **Lonely Jester**, helped Pelwyn lure Captain Mayweather away
* Pelwyn - woman of the night, frequents the **Lonely Jester**, was hired to lure Captain Mayweather away

## Summary

### Being Served

As the party discusses their next move, a large group of the Azul City Guard storm in. A different captain (the night shift) presents a warrant to search premises. He says to take anything that has any info about the **Sovereign Brotherhood**, Yelbronna Stavenger, or Wolvar Frostbeard and to leave anything else. The guards ask about the books. He says to leave the books, but to make sure to shake each one out just case something is hidden inside one of them.

The captain gets in Bashan's face. He tells him that Vharkus is a good man, and Vharkus doesn't like Bashan. If Vharkus doesn't like Bashan, that means Bashan is not a good person and he promises to keep an eye on him when Vharkus isn't on shift. He also mentions he will double the suggested patrol following the "decapitating monk" as he thinks that fucked up. After the guards leave, Baka and Bashan stay up all night installing a door for the building so people can't just walk in anymore. The rest of the party heads to sleep at the **Golden Forge Inn**.

### Following Leads

The next morning the party gather again to discuss their leads. They know that Captain Ferris Mayweather was last seen the night before the lockdown ended at a pub called the **Lonely Jester** down near the docks. They also know that his ship, the **Green Parade** has remained in dock, presumably waiting for their Captain to turn up. They decide to head to the bar first. They discuss with the bartender what they are looking for, but since it's the middle of the day, none of the people that were there that night are there, so they agree to return later. They head to the **Green Parade** at the docks, which is literally a couple blocks over.

They speak with the first mate, a green Tiefling named Razortail, who describes that the whole crew had gone out to the same bar the night that the Captain disappeared. Razortail claims he was sober, trying to make sure the crew behaved as people were starting to get rowdy with the lockdown. He remembers the Captain going upstairs with the some women, but that was the last time he saw him. Bashan convinces the crew to head out to the bar that night to see if some of the crew might recognize or point out the women that left with the Captain. Bashan tells the party afterwards he also plans on searching the ship while the crew is getting drunk.

### Hooking and Impersonating an Officer

The party heads to the bar that night with Razortail as the crew get drunk. He eventually points out one of the women who is currently trying hook up with one of the crew. They unsuccessfully attempt to peal her off the man and they go upstairs. The party then realizes they need to wait for her to come down in the morning and follow her to interrogate her. Since they can't do anything until the morning on that front, they sneak off and attempt to get on the ship.

They head to the **Green Parade** and Poem reveals he has a City Guard badge and successfully pretends to be an officer. He convinces the crew they are looking into their Captain going missing and need to search the ship. They head into the Captain's quarters and find that someone has already gone through it, tossing it thoroughly. Not only that, but the lock to the door leading into the quarters was picked, so it wasn't anyone who had a key (like Razortail). Poem takes the mattress of the Captain's room as "evidence" and carries it back to the HQ.

### Tailing and Interrogating a Suspect

The party agree that Cue should stay near the bar, as once he gets his 4 hours of sleep, he is in a trance and can follow the woman if she leaves the bar. He does so, and see her leave, tracking her back to an apartment building in the **Docks District**. He returns to the party and tells them where she lives so the entire party heads there. They knock on the door and she seems hesitant to talk. After the convince her they don't care about what she is up to, they are just looking for the Captain, she lets them in the door.

They see the reason she is concerned, as she has her daughter here in this small apartment. She is named Lorna. She was recruited by a woman named Pelwyn who said all they had to do was seduce the Captain and lure him into a specific bedroom upstairs at the **Lonely Jester**. Once they did that, they would leave him there. She never met the person who hired them, only Pelwyn did. She says that her and Pelwyn alternate working at the **Lonely Jester** and tonight should be Pelwyn's turn, so she should be there tonight if they want to ask her about it.

### Flashback to Youth

As they travel back to the HQ to relax for the day until Pelwyn might be at the bar, the pass some children playing in the street. Poem flashes back to a time when he first entered a small town and he saw children playing some game with a ball. The ball rolled over to him and the kids asked for their ball back but Poem fails to launch in the direction they want. One of the kids asks why he wears a mask, presuming it's because Poem is very ugly. He says it's okay if he is ugly, as Devon's dad is super ugly but his mom is really pretty.

Devon, presumably, overhears his name and asks what they are talking about. The kid explains about how Devon's dad is ugly, and Devon agrees. As if on cue, Devon's parents appear to pick him up. As they stated, Devon's dad is ugly, but his mom is beautiful. Poem attempts to charm his way into their good graces, but neither parent seems to buy what he is selling. Disappointed as DEvon leaves with his parents, Poem walks further into town seeing a large Tortle being pushed out of a place of business, the owner exclaiming "...if you try and preach about your God one more time, I swear I will hurt you...". Poem smiles as we return to present day, Poem remembering the first time he saw Baka.

### Plots Thickening

The party head back to the HQ and regroup. They obviously need to wait until that night to find Pelwyn as that is there only current lead right now. While they are there, Wellby Blackwater shows up. Bashan takes him back to his office. Wellby tells him that he hasn't found Wolvar Frostbeard, but he's not the only one looking for him. There are three groups

* The City Guard, obviously
* Some people searching for him on behalf of the **Sovereign Brotherhood**
* A Mysterious, unknown third group

Wellby states he is going to keep asking around about Wolvar, but also this third group that is looking for him. He will let him know once he has more. Wellby leaves.

The party wait until night and head back to the **Lonely Jester**. They quickly ID Pelwyn and approach her, asking her about what happened. Pelwyn states she specifically didn't ask for and was not given any about her employer, who kept their face covered and magically altered their voice. She was just told to gether several women and lure the Captain upstairs. Once they did so they were instructed to leave the room and leave the Captain alone in the room. She doesn't know more beyond that.

### Jade Pirate Don't Fuck Around

There is suddenly a loud commotion outside. The party head out to see a couple blocks down a crowd gathering around the **Green Parade**. The party rush towards ship to find that hanging from the mast is the dead body of Ferris Mayweather. The crew of the ship are trying to get him down, but a chase suddenly is happening along the docks. The City Guard are chasing down who they suspect is the Jade Pirate. Cue is the fastest and he is able to catch up with the City Guard just in time to see the **Jade Pirate** manipulate some water on the docks, then disappear suddenly. The City Guard presume they went invisible and begin waving their hands along the docks, hoping to catch them.

The party head back to the **Green Parade** and speak to Razortail, who looks really upset. The Captain looks like he had been tortured for days and the crew cover him as soon as they get him down. Razortail confesses that they took jobs where they transpoted slaves, and from the word from all the people who were victims of the **Jade Pirate** were also involved in that business secretly, but no one has been able to make that connection because all the victims keep that part of their business secret. Razortail says he will most likely take over the ship, but once he does, he plans on staying away from that business from now on.

### Family Reunions

The party head to sleep at the **Golden Forge Inn**. Quintus is awokened by a figure standing over him. It's the **Jade Pirate**!! Before he can react, they pull off their mask to reveal....it's Sabina Atreus Caerellius, his sister! She explains that their Mom and Dad are in some legal trouble back home. It's related to Quintus' legal trouble, but Sabine isn't sure exactly how. Mom and Dad helped her escape before she would get arrested, too, but before she left, Dad told her to find Ubok as he would know what to do. She has been searching for Ubok and his ship ever since she got here.

She didn't know Quintus was here until she saw him running with the guards on the docks. She is glad he is okay, but she needs to find out who took Ubok and where they took him. She knows his party is doing business with Quelenna Riverwall and she could use their help looking into her house for some evidence of where they sent Ubok and his surviving crew. She says she obviously wants to keep the **Jade Pirate** thing secret, but tomorrow morning she can approach his group with a job and just say she is his sister. Quintus agrees. Sabina changes into a bird, revealing her druidic powers, and flies out of the room.

Quintus is....stunned, and doesn't get a restful night of sleep.