Calamity Earns His Name

**Calamity Earns His Name** was the sixth chapter of Storm King's Thunder.

## Synopsis

The party looted the frost giants, and found all sorts of useful items, which Calamity insisted on getting appraised at that time of night by Bernard. Bernard refused to see Calamity, so Calamity waited outside the Icy Sickle all night, hoping to throw a beehive at him as he appeared in the morning. When the sun rose, Fandrin sold some of the gems he looted from the giants, and the party got the rest of their loot identified, as Calamity was forced to wait at the threshold of the shop. The party then spent the day training with the gryphons again. That evening Jonathan and Nestor groomed their gryphons, and Fandrin read a book on how to take care of a gryphon egg he bought from Dasharra. Calamity journeyed once more to the Icy Sickle. His goose had laid a golden egg, which he thought Bernard might be willing to identify. Bernard again refused to let Calamity in the shop. Calamity cracked open the egg, unleashing a flock of tiny geese.

Calamity rejoined the group as they were heading to the Icy Sickle to pick up the items they had dropped off earlier. While Fandrin was unable to explain what the goose phenomenon was, Bernard was able to explain what their loot was. He however once more refused Calamity entry, enraging the warforged. Calamity then attempted to sail to get help from the frost giants to kill Bernard, but his giant sandal proved unseaworthy. He then went to petition Darva to kill or arrest Bernard as a reward for the party saving the town, but she refused, paying him off instead. He then attempted the same petition with Tharkus Gromm of the Hammavers, who was outraged, to the point of violently threatening Calamity to leave. As Calamity left the Hammaver headquarters, he uncorked the efreeti bottle.

The efreeti who emerged complained for a bit, and then headed with Calamity to get revenge on Bernard. As the rest of the party encountered the pair, Calamity ordered the efreeti to banish Bernard to the Ninth Circle of Hell. Nestor, Fandrin, and Jonathan attempted to save Bernard, who managed to resist being sent to Hell. Calamity then ordered the efreeti to simply leave Bernard on top of a very tall mountain, however as the town guard became involved and victory seemed less assured, Calamity ordered the efreeti to take him away. Calamity promised that he would probably see the party again. The efreeti flew him towards Luskan for about half an hour before dropping him to the ground, 100 feet in the air.

The party relayed what had happened to Bethel. They then promised to protect Bernard, going so far as to agree to take him to Neverwinter with them. Bernard packed up the Icy Sickle and stayed the night with them in the inn. The party concluded their gryphon training the next day, with Dasharra showing them how Bernard could ride Nestor while he flew his gryphons.

The following day, the party set out on their journey to Neverwinter. It was an arduous journey, but, despite a brief encounter with a roc, they arrived in Neverwinter safely. Just as the sun set however, Bernard vanished. Nestor attempted to find Bernard with a spell of sending, but heard only a blood-curdling scream in reply. As the trio wrestled with how Calamity presumably succeeded in his goal, they spent the night drinking heavily in Witha's Wrinkle.

## NPCs

* Calamity's Efreeti
* Calamity's Goose
* Darva
* Tharkus Gromm
* Dasharra Keldabar
* Dasharra's gryphons:
	+ Ed
	+ Edd
	+ Eddy
	+ Dexter
	+ Mojo Jojo
* Bernard
* Bethel
* Witha

## Locations

* Fireshear
	+ The Icy Sickle
* Neverwinter
* Nessus