The Miss Demeanor Ep. 1

### YouTube VOD

***Miss Demeanor* Episode 1** was streamed on BrettUltimus' Twitch channel on August 1, 2020, and premiered on the World of Io's YouTube channel on August 4, 2020. The newly-formed crew of the Miss Demeanor tracks down the wreck of a treasure ship. Aboard, they get into an altercation with a crew of Kobold salvagers and their Bugbear captain.

## Summary

*Written by u/Sir\_P1zza, edited by u/JustA5crub*

As the sun shines over the small port island of Kresheart, the small crew of the Miss Demeanor sails off to pick up a mysterious trail of gold dust in the sea. Captaining the ship is Cornelius Armstrong. At the age of 69, he has already retired from pirating, but the hunger of adventure can still be found in him. This is an opportunity he could not pass on. On the way, he picks up Lunafiera Kel’Mitore, a young high elf sorcerer who was living in a tree house behind captain Armstrong’s home and is a former student of the Academy. Armstrong also recruits Layton Beardthorne, the captain of Lady Luck, a wrecked ship Layton desperately wants to repair. After the crew started sailing, lightning struck the deck of the ship. From it emerges Alice, a 13 year old half-elf boy who failed casting a spell and is accidentally teleported here from the same Academy Luna went to.

As the ship follows the trail of gold, they arrive at a ship that is wrecked on jagged rocks that is surrounded by a goldish aura. A small and empty rowboat drifts at the side of the ship. The crew decides to take their own rowboat and investigate the ship. The ship itself is half sunken into the water, and the crates on the deck confirms that this is a merchant ship. While Alice, Luna and captain Armstrong discuss how to proceed below deck, Layton climbs on top of the bowsprit and elbow drops onto the wet and bloated deck, crashing through it and landing into the hold. The rest of the crew follows Layton inside where they can hear muffled discussions. Both Alice and Luna recognize this to be a dialect of Goblin and warn the crew to set up an ambush. Captain Armstrong and Layton take out two of the investigators who appear to be kobolds. They rush down to the deck below but are immediately hit by two kobolds thrown by a bloated bugbear. In retaliation Layton throws the kobolds back at him and after a short combat the party kills the bugbear.

Deeper inside the ship the crew discovers the merchant ship captain Ikfred. The party learns that the ship was attacked by Captain Ironside who flies a flag of a pair of wrenches and an iron helm. Ironside is surrounded by rumors of being part giant and part construct. Some say that he has a cannon for an arm or that Ironside is a ship on its own. The crew of kobolds and the bugbear are only scavengers and arrive after everything has already happened. Although the mist of gold dust is lost to the seas, one gold piece remains. It is twice as large as a normal gold piece, and Alice recognizes it to be a coin from Krakesque. The city of Krakesque is rumored to be a city of gold which was sunk by a giant kraken. It is said that all the gold originating from the city will eventually return to Krakesque, and it is believed that with this information anyone could find their way to Krakesque. Ikfred tries to offer this coin to Captain Armstrong who at first refuses due to his belief that it’s cursed. However after studying the coin, Alice does not believe the coin to be cursed, and Armstrong reluctantly takes it.

After clearing the ship of all the loot, the crew decides to take Ikfred back to Kresheart, but before that  Layton piles up the bodies of the four kobolds and the bugbear with the help of Luna. Layton starts chanting the name of the 100 crewmembers of the Lady Luck and his eyes slowly turn green. He starts to repeat “The burden is mine, the burden is mine, the burden is mine” until the five bodies turn into green dust and drift into his sword. Layton explains that this sword sends the souls of the dead to the other side, and if he sends 100 souls there’s a possibility that he can bring back his dead crew and truly become a captain once again. Layton already had 20 souls and now has 25 souls stored into his sword. Luna believes she recognizes this story as there are multiple weapons in folktales that bring the dead to the other side. Sometimes it’s a scythe, a sword or even an axe. She decides that she’s willing to help him with this quest, although reluctantly. Layton and Luna return to the Miss Demeanor, and everyone sail back to Kresheart.

## Cast

### Player Characters

* Alice
* Cornelius Armstrong
* Khairen
* Layton BeardThrone IV
* Lunafiera Kel'Mitore

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Date is shown on YouTube VOD