Story 6/21/2020

The session started off with the group sorting out what to do about their new pirate fleet. Eventually, they settled on appointing Captain Neyola as an effective union boss to keep the pirates in line. All of the major pirate captains agreed to the organization, and were happy to get rid of their urn pieces, while gaining a bit of a safety net to recruit new pirates, equip their ships, and fight together against local authorities like Lumence and Bisanthe. They would all fly the group's flag, and forward a small percentage of their loot to Neyola, who would in turn give some to the group.

The group then turned their attention to their Ravbit's. Each Ravbit message seemed to be authentic, at least as far as they could tell. Erevan basically disregarded his, casually mentioning that Ribie Nolas was pissed, and he didn't care. Beorn read his to the group, which revealed that Visimeon was not only a subscriber to Conspiracy Quarterly, but also that she felt that people who couldn't adapt would be destined to die in the new future. Khaelis's was from his father, and spoke of a dire circumstance with the Dragonborn. Many were fleeing the tribes, and it seemed that Bahamut had made a deal with Nerull, something that Sivath had claimed long ago.

Lunashe's spoke of trouble with new refugees in Adastra, but they were managing to keep things together, although they missed Lunashe. Klon's was also troubling. His was from Thorrack, and Thorrack was talking about how much turmoil has been surfacing lately, and that the Queen seemed overwhelmed. He sensed dark days ahead.

The group decided to use Ecrozahr's book to try and find more information about the Kianarack (spell scroll),

and the Covotos (his pipe). They learned that after loosing the Robes in Lumence, and loosing the Urn while sailing to Bisanthe, he decided to head to Katotanga to get help from a friend, also named Kianarack. Katotanga was beyond the edge of what was considered civilization, and was a town of voodoo, elemental magic and primal spirits. It wasn't complete lawlessness, but it was a strange place, and you had to be on your guard at all times. The Jyun's from Miradore traded with Katotanga a lot for their potions.

Kianarack himself was Githyanki, a race of humans that used to be enslaved by Mind Flayers, and had successfully freed themselves. Ecrozahr spent a couple weeks with Kianarack working on the planar magic, when one day his Spell Scroll went missing.

The group set sail for Katotanga, and bought dock space for 200g. They searched around for a bit, and eventually traced their steps from Ecrozahr's memories to find Kianarack's place. It was in much worse condition than the memory, as was the man himself.

They tried to get some information out of him, but he seemed to be completely out of his wits. He mentioned that the planar magic was an abomination, an that the only magic that mattered was that of life and death. Life was an expansion of power/essence, and death was a contraction. He claimed the only way to gain power was to capture the contraction of death, and that death not captured was power lost. This is in stark contrast to the Raven Queen's teachings, and upset Klon.

He also claimed that most of his belongings were stolen by Dragonborn thugs, who would take it to the nearby mountains to offer as tribute to the Dragons that live there. He continually touts the power of voodoo, and the magic of death.

Eventually, Beorn tries to show him Sivath's old robes, which sends him into a rage and he attacks. He has 5 copies of himself that join the battle, which each have a Necrotic Aura that damages those near them. They attempt to use voodoo apparitions to damage the soul of the group, and end up focusing down Khaelis a bit until he is saved by Klon's heals.

The group wins the battle, but leaves 1 copy very near death, but capable of talking. Around the room, they find 2000g, and Potion of Twisted Fate, along with instructions on how to make more of it.

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