Wild:17 Returning Scepter to the Arctic Island

Starring: Nathaniel, Brilla, Bo, Fuelwen, Rake
Guest Starring: Ethyl, Deenar, Fan Empire cast, more?
Challenge: Do Deng, Koven Grawl (sp?), King Volnol (sp?), Lady Greta (sp?), Rascal Halfinson (sp?)
Location: Garl, Tepu, Fan Empire, Gicele
Date Played: 20 August 2009

Wrap up of the Ambushing Do Deng stuff, followed by a guest session by Remy.

Defeating Do Deng

Nathaniel: We attacked Do Deng in concert. Brilla and our Vanasa Duskblade companions jumped aboard the ship quickly, shooting a eldritch blast at Do Deng, weakening him. As Rake cut the anchor to put the ship out to sea Ethyl struck Do Deng with a Dimension Anchor, robbing him of his escape mechanism. My hag's eye was easily shrugged off while Bo, in constrictor snake form, grappled Do Deng into submission. Do Deng was defeated and Big Cow now inhabits his body.

Rake: Friends screamed cut anchor and climb aboard. Do Deng is now Big Cow and tried to ake Bo less at ease. Bo still not trust big cow.

New crew; Discovering the home of the scepter

Nathaniel: Bo's family no longer being threatened, we began to gather a new crew for the ship. It turns out that most seafaring men in the Fan empire belong to someone, so our new crew is made up of former prisoners and deserters. I spent time with the crew to hear their stories.

I was soon approached by one of the more likable of the crew, who began to ask me about the scepter I carry. I produced it at once and was rewarded with a more full recounting of it's history. The scepter that I hold belongs to the Kingdom of Gicele, an arctic island that is home to warring beast people and giant insects. Apparently this crew member was a deserter of a recent attack on the island that was successfully repelled. He was helpful with locating the island as soon as he had assurances that he was not going to be forced to face that enemy again. He had lost friends in that campaign.

Kingdom of Gicele

Nathaniel: On the west side of the island was Portland, one of the only ports on the island. The settlement, including the docks, were abandoned. As we explored we discovered that all of the buildings, as well as the docks, were crafted from large blocks of stone. Reflecting on the tales that I've heard, tunneling creatures on islands such as this seemed a likely reason to build with stone.

Turning a corner was our first local, a half urskin and half penguin, clad in half-plate armor. He was checking shutters when we noticed each other.

Rake We run across islander who is checking village we trespass through. Turns out he is being controlled by the ice bug invaders. We fight them. I smash some of them. Islander breaks free and bugs quickly dispatched except for one that runs away.

Woman visits in the night

Rake: So we march through center of floating icicle and heat white freezing curtain and forest. Then we pass through to make camp. A woman of snow came up and talked to our gude. Gave snide remarks and wandered off. Weird island, needs to be warmed up a little.

Carving out a home

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