Session 13: 08/14/2025
Who attended:
- Steve (Burton)
- Saera (Nyx)
- Darin (Tink)
What happened:
The party went to confront Ilren. Tink gifts Ilren a toy to try make Ilren reveal his true self. When it blows up, it just make Ilren upset. Then Tink mentions Cirit to him. Ilren get enraged and reveals his true self as a Death Slaad and a fight breaks out. Ilren casts cloudkill on the party. The party continues to attack Ilren. Tink encourages Daveras to help attack. Eventually, Ilren is killed by Zelanis. Tink heals her.
Daveras thanks the party for saving him. He reveals that he is not originally part of this crew. His own spell jammer ship was attacked by pirates. He escaped on a lifeboat with his best friend, a blink dog named Ikasa, as well as a treant named Redbud, who had grown into the lifeboat’s hull. The lifeboat crashed into a different segment of the wreck, and Daveras outran the raiders to get to the camp on the stern segment. He believes no one else survived.
The party then goes to talk to Figaro, the first mate. Zelanis unlocks the door and Tink dispels magic on the cube of force protecting the room. Once inside the room, Figaro is scared and attacks. Cirit casts greater restoration to repair Figaro's mind. Figaro comes to and becomes enraged towards Ilren. When Tink tells him that Ilren is dead, Figaro finally calms down.
Figaro is able to tell the party about the rod that was used to power the ship, it is near the bridge, and that it is protected by two powerful ward runes. He tells the party where the two ward runes are, one in this room and one in the study on another piece of the ship wreck. Tink casts dispel magic on the one in the room with them and deactivates it.
The party heads to the next piece of the ship wreck. On the way they are attacked by a star angler, which they quickly dispatch.
The group lands on the deck of the starboard segment and find a stout tree with it's roots buried into the deck of the ship. The party, knowing this is Redbud, ask him about a missing dog. Redbud tries to discourage the players from going below. When the players mention Daveras, Redbud apologizes for the deception and explains he is trying to protect his friend, Ikasa, from the parasite below the deck. The party offers to get rid of the parasites and Redbud pulls his roots back allowing them to access the deck below.
Once below the group find a nest of six Grells. The party is fights the hostile creatures. A lot of damage happens and Tink group heals the party. Eventually, the grells are defeated. Nyx then notices the blink dog sitting in the room. Ikasa happily bounds over to the group and uses his magical collar to speak Common.
Ikasa mentions missing his friend, Daveras, and that he kept a secret from his friend. Ikasa knows about another survivor of the pirate attack that stranded him and Daveras. Ikasa is afraid Daveras will become despondent thinking about his friend trying to survive in the Astral Sea alone.
The party then looks around and finds the other ward rune protecting the rod. Tink casts dispel magic to deactivate it. The group then decides this is a good place to take a long rest. Redbud closes his roots to keep everyone protected inside the wrecked ship. Ikasa curls up next to Nyx to sleep.
