Episode 5

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Plot Summary
Four days after the disaster, the city of Raufel is quiet as the citizens count and collect their dead. 100s of lives were lost. A pyre is constructed in the market, atop which sits the body of young Camden Lark. A strange beast circles the bodies protecting them. The ships that were in the harbor lay cracked open on land. Governor Urit Syle and Captain Leia Tana lead a memorial for those lost. Arden Barlow also attends. The governor still appears sickly.

The morning of the memorial, Tenoch and Starheart wake to find Bubo and Kord missing, but they discover three small black spheres. At the memorial they meet Nitsuj Allsop and his heartbeat Halestorrm. He had tried to warn Raufel about its impending doom, but arrived too late. On the way into town, he passed Bubo with a tied up Kord on his back, who told him to find a minotaur and a gnome and tell them that he would be right back.

Arden Barlow approaches the party and implores them to help with the governor’s illness. He asks them to visit a local apothecary, Jerrot Valmir. The group heads north to find him since his shop was destroyed. Entering the first inn they see, they discover a puppy-monkey baby (character drop) dancing for the crowd. Starheart joins in, but the baby hates it. Nitsuj surveys the crowd for Jerrot while Tenoch asks the bartender, who informs them that Jarrot is in the inn next door.

Encountering Jerrot, Starheart gives him a sob story about the governor and he agrees to help them. On the way to the governor’s mansion, Jerrot tells them that some of his needed supplies went down on a ship in the bay called the Eel’s Jelly. He offers them three water-breathing potions in exchange for them retrieving it. Barlow meets them at the governor’s mansion and leads them to Syle, who is near death’s door. Jerrot examines the governor and lists off the ingredients he will need to save Syle: rash pepper, sea bladders, and mushrooms found near the crypts.

Barlow leaves to get the pepper from the market. The party decides to gather the mushrooms first before heading to the ocean for the red box and the sea bladders. As they debate which crypt to enter, a guard approaches who knows Nitsuj from his time at the Two Trees wizards’ school, from whence he was expelled (character drop). He blames Nitsuj. A scuffle ensues, but the party intimidates him to back down. Tenoch uses a bomb to open one of the crypts and they enter. Vines begin attacking Nitsuj. A phizzig (character drop) appears to attack the vines. The party gathers mushrooms as they defeat the vines.

On their way to the water, the party drops the mushrooms off with Jerrot. At the docks, they ask a passing whitesail to direct them towards the Eel’s Jelly. It is one of three ships which are overturned in the harbor. They drink their water breathing potions and head to the middle ship, which turns out to be the correct ship. They explore both halves of the ship: the back is mostly buried in the mud and the front is filled with debris. Starheart opens a crate and Nitsuj finds a wizard’s pouch with a blank notebook and a black liquid. Tenoch is attacked by a chuul, but, after a long battle, the party is able to destroy it.

Finishing their inspection of the ship, the party finds the red crate. They return to the governor’s mansion and deliver the materials to Jerrot. Using them, he is able to cure the governor’s illness. Barlow pays them for their service and Jerrot leaves with his red crate. Nitsuj agrees to stay in Raufel to help the city.

Fun Moments
A character is dropped with a camouflage hood and looking like a buff Adam Sandler, which is basically Justin.

Nitsuj and Starheart have their first kiss. Well, not an actually kiss, he puts his mouth over hers. But I think it counts!

Deva rolls a natural 20 to look for the chuul’s dangly bits.