Murder on Deck Two

**Murder on Deck Two** is the second episode of Campaign 2, The Farsight Prophecy.

## Intro

*When one of the crew is found murdered, suspicions fly on a manifest full of motives. First Mate Marcus Temme turns to one of the players to help strong-arm a ship packed with suspects.*

## Synopsis

Dryddian offers to assist Marcus Temme as the rest of the party goes in the hall to see what the commotion is about. Ulavina notices a body on the stairwell going down to the third deck. The dragonborn is staring at this body of one of the shipmates, to which Asher approaches closer, saying she could help in deducing the situation, though instead, she goes up to cast Detect Thoughts of the dragonborn, named Pijaraak. Pijaraak has a look of pain on his face before looking back at Asher and the crew, though he does note that he is having trouble concentrating with Asher reading his mind. Asher then moves her spell to one of the first mate, named Harri, experiencing loss and confusion of the situation around him.

Tolo asks Dryddian what happened, to which Dryddian replies that there is a death on the ship, possibly a murder. Tolo says they need to get off the ship. Dryddian calls Marcus Temme over to him and Tolo, to which Tolo asks what happened. Marcus goes to knock on Vinh and Flik's door, to which Vinh replies, telling them to wait in their room as he heads inside. Tolo, Ulavina, and Asher begin to eavesdrop on the conversation between Vinh and Marcus, to which only Ulavina is able to hear. Marcus admits to being familiar with the Longstriders, relaying the information to Vinh. He says the murder was quite gruesome and may have been caused by someone with incredible strength. Vinh requests to see the body, to which Marcus agrees. Meanwhile, Ulavina suggests everyone staying within one room to keep an eye on one another, though Tolo suggests waiting until Vinh comes out. After a couple of minutes, Vinh comes back out of the room, fully armored, as he tells everyone to stay in their rooms and heads over to the stairwell.

Marcus leads Vinh to the body of the top man. There are no discernable marks on the body, though he does notice the eyes are completely dissolved. Marcus says one of the other top men found the body. He says that Harri has been with the ship crew since the beginning. Marcus also knows about a situation between the ship's travel from Lusken to Waterdeep, where Gabrosh the firbolg's brother was flung overboard.

Vinh and Marcus knock on Gabrash's door. After a few seconds, the sickly earth genasi opens the door, as Gabrash can be seen laying on the floor curled up. The earth genasi mentions two of the top men having brought him into the room when she was sleeping. Vinh shakes him awake, to which Gabrash groggily asks what's going on. Vinh asks if he remembers being brought to his room, to which Gabrash says he doesn't. Vinh takes the beaded necklace on Gabrash's person, to which Gabrash gets up in a drunken rage and attacks Vinh. Vinh is able to restrain him as Marcus and the crew takes him to the brig. Marcus suspends the search for the night and orders the rest of the passengers to their rooms to sleep for the night.

Asher spends time studying from her spellbook as Ulavina noisily combs Olred just before bed.

Tolo asks Dryddian if he has dreams, to which Dryddian replies no, feeling uncomfortable with the idea of dreaming.

Marcus Temme and the crew storm their way to Ulavina and Asher's room, demanding Ulavina's paperwork. Ulavina hands over her paperwork, to which Marcus asks "who is Thim Thistledrop?" Ulavina is unable to respond, to which Marcus asks Ulavina to come with him.

## Characters

### Players

* Asher
* Dryddian Rootwalker
* Flik
* Tolo
* Ulavina Thrift & Olred
* Vinh Erikson von Longstrider

### NPCS

* Harri
* Gabrosh
* Marcus Temme
* Earth Genasi
* Pijarik