Story of the West Marchers

## Early Story

They followed the trail of the late Scoop McClean through the Skewed Dragoon Inn, and ended up in the Narrows where they fought some Loveridge thugs. After ambushing Warad's cleaners, they spoke directly to the scary Warad himself, and cut a bargain. Warad helped them steal Amelio Cassalanter's Spear on 2nd Flamerule. They sailed away, but not before broadsiding the Dinas Drych (Keep of Mirrors)!

On the 4th Flamerule, they found Catriona MacGillivray and Archibald stowed away, but they agreed to work as engineers on the *Spear*. Later that day, they found the shipwreck of a Larawak outrigger, shooting Lieutenant Regnard into the sea but saving the other survivor, Arnaud DuPont Leroux, who joined the crew.

On the 6th Flamerule, they made landfall on Tokfir, and found the wreck of the Ereibo and Tartarei, talked to the Aspen tribe, and then met some Mercatorium Loggers on the west coast. They cut a deal and returned to the boat on the night of the 6th with a CABLAM unit and 30 Vortic human and dwarven soldiers, including the easily-frightened rifleman Bernárd Atir and the accident-prone Gierie Giroud. They set off on the morning of the 7th toward Luskan.

They met Captain Selim on their voyage and bought some of his goods. They then also talked to Commodore Lilac Rogers of the Vortais-Lakayan Navy, and joined the Vortic Mercatorium in attacking The Lusken Peninsula. They landed at Pellegrina's Landing, but while fighting for the treasury, betrayals occurred. Marco left the group after Arnaud almost killed him for betraying the Mercatorium, and Hummanus tried to bombard and kill Arnaud, but the crew mutinied and drowned him. Arnaud became Master and Commander and they sailed off, on 22nd Flamerule...

Arnaud spent a year and a half sailing the world and growing close to his crew. They gained more numbers in Netheril, where he and some of the mercenaries followed the trail of El'Lasharin to the village of Hawkmoth, South Netheril. The crew fought a small sect of black-robed cultists in the otherwise deserted old town, suffering few losses. After they searched the place, Arnaud retrieved his family sword. They worked out that the cultists were trying to summon something, possibly another sword, but with a misspelling in the spell's inscription, they accidentally targeted Arnaud's blade instead. They continued to sail the world, facing pirates, being pirates, and more. Their ram was damaged in a run-in with some buccaneers,

## The Next Chapter

In the first month of 1521, with a damaged ram, they ended up in Hjarofjall, where Arnaud took on two new crew, Soot and Mori. They fixed the ship, took on Goro, and set off to the village of Vörgåsen, on Setfjall, to save the villagers from some unknown threat. They set off overland from Kalyr fought some hunter-cultists in the snow on their journey, counter-ambushing them. Whilst camped, Forte found them and joined them. They investigated disappearances in Vörgåsen, where the villagers had lost their memories, and traced the source to a tentacle-creature worshipped by a smaller group from the cult called The Song. They killed this creature, but it killed Bernard. They quickly returned to Kalyr to rally forces and march on its much larger progenitor in the marshes, alongside Clan MacDeídhre and the Værdnr.

After being given guidance by Jens, they assaulted the cult in the marshes. It was a messy ordeal - Arnaud had his back broken by The Song's high seer Rashbir, but both Rashbir and the leader, Maud, were killed. However, the Tree of Death was awakened, and in a long and bloody battle, many sailors and soldiers died, but the tree was finally killed. Soot's leg was wounded badly, but they returned in mostly one piece. With a reward on board, they also reluctantly allowed Luca Calinezzi to come aboard, and set their sights on Waterdeep.

However, on the voyage, after meeting Captain Selim, Soot had snapped with Luca present. He snuck into Catriona and Luca's bedroom, revealed himself, and shot Luca in the head with his own gun. He tried to hide, but Mori spotted him and Forte shot him. Arnaud put Soot on trial, and the crew agreed he would be thrown off at the next stop. In Colchayulo, he 'left' and Goro came aboard to replace him. However, the Calinezzis had called a vendetta against the crew. As such, they fled, sailing north to Thay. They made friends in Thay, and Forte revealed her secret to Arnaud too. They set off, scammed the Verdis out of their Coaxite, and shifted to Copernicus.