And Then There Were Four

**And Then There Were Four** is the first episode of Campaign 2, The Farsight Prophecy.

## Intro

*While stranded at sea, six strangers share a prophetic dream that condemns two of them death. As they question other passengers they learn some strangers are not strangers at all.*

## Synopsis

Six strangers find themselves fighting against a creature made of black ichor. A man in yellow and silver armor, a young halfling, and her owlbear companion lay dead as a harengon wizard, an elven swordfighter, a cloaked kenku, and a large tabaxi warrior fight against the creature made of ichor. The elven man becomes consumed by the creature as it begins to grow larger and consume everyone around it.

A man with an authoritative voice knocks on the passengers doors of a sailing ship. The figures include:

* Asher, a harengon wizard
* Dryddian, a half-elf paladin
* Flik, a kenku rogue/bard
* Tolo, a tabaxi barbarian
* Ulavina, a halfling ranger, along with her red owlbear companion, Olred
* Vinh von Longstrider, a human fighter

Tolo confronts Ulavina and Olred, stating he had a dream where both of them were killed. Asher, Flik, Dryddian, and Tolo all confirm that they shared the same dream, where Vinh and Ulavina both died. Meanwhile, Vinh and Ulavina do not have any memory of this dream.

The group are all on a trek of a ship named the Cherrywind, controlled by the captain Yasmin Farraday, on a trip from Waterdeep to Baldur's Gate, having been in the middle of travel for over a week due to the lack of wind. The first mate, Marcus Temm, relays the information to the passengers and recommends parsing out rations over the upcoming days, though he does provide alcoholic drink for the passengers. Other passengers include a tabaxi merchant staring at Flik intently, a young human woman, a larger man standing over her, a red tiefling with a goatee, a sickly looking dragonborn twisting a red cord around his wrists, a portly firbolg drinking a bottle of liquor, and a woman vomiting over the side of the ship. There is also a one-eyed dwarven man who is the bosun of the ship, whom Dryddian notices is looking worried. The bosun tells Dryddian that the captain is held up in her quarters and isn't speaking with anyone at the moment. He also tells Dryddian that a man named Jorgan could hook him up with some cider.

The tabaxi merchant, named Razaban, walks over to Flik, saying he knows him and offering him a job for some quick coin. He mentions his transport of perfumes to Baldur's Gate must have spoiled due to the delay in travel. He asks Flik to break into a chest of illicit perfumes for 5 silver, which Flik agrees to. The chest is in the lower decks and is about 5 feet in size. Razaban hands notes over to Flik as he exits to the top of the stairs. Flik attempts to read it, but his vision grows blurry and he drops unconscious. He wakes up hearing a voice in his head, telling him not to read until their proposition is done. Flik asks the voice in his head to read the note, which the voice recounts, all of which were failed attempts, though he gets a few numbers correct in his attempts. Flik tries to guess the numbers under duress, and ultimately deduces the number as 394. He cannot see what is inside, though the voice expresses intrigue with the contents within. Flik, distressed, returns back upstairs.

Asher, Tolo, Dryddian, Vinh, and Ulavina all talk about how they might've shared the same dream. Dryddian expresses interest in the dragonborn with the red cord, a follower of Illmater. Dryddian talks with the woman throwing up over the ship, an earth genasi woman. Dryddian uses Lay on Hands to reduce her nausea. The group goes to talk with the dragonborn priest, staring at the young girl meditating on the boat and the man standing over her. Tolo asks if the dragonborn knows of the shared dream, which the dragonborn asks about the dream, as he has experienced many visions through his deity. As Tolo recounts the dream, the dragonborn says the dream was a vision of suffering. Ulavina seems nervous about dying in the dream, though Tolo reassures her that he and Dryddian will keep her safe. Ulavina asks Tolo to bring Olred back to her parents if she would ever succumb, to which Tolo agrees before going to ask the bosun if he has heard about the dream.

The bosun has not heard about the dream.

Vinh sees Flik re-enter the top deck of the ship, noticing he is still shuffling around, hopping on one foot to regain balance. Asher goes to talk with the tiefling (named Ambrose), a sellsword, currently drinking some wine. Asher asks Ambrose if he experienced any interesting dreams where she might've been in them, to which he bluntly says no. Asher awkwardly shuffles back. Vinh approaches the large man guarding the woman. He notices Vinh with a weapon at his side, and stands defensively, though the girl puts a hand on him to reassure him. She says her name is Cen, smiling at Asher before her and the larger man go back down to their quarters.

As the party beds down for the night, they hear a commotion in the hallway in the middle of the night. Dryddian, having gotten a long rest for the night, goes to see what the commotion is about, to which Marcus Temm tells him to return to his cabin, as there may have been a murder on board.

**Cast**

* Brian David Judkins as the Dungeon Master
* Landree Fleming as Asher
* Andrew Krug as Dryddian Rootwalker
* Ned Donovan as Flik
* Sarah Babe as Ulavina Thrift
* Khary Payton as Tolo
* David Lee Huynh as Vinh Erikson