Rams leave Marlinko and travel back down the river
to the Persimmon Sea and begin to travel west.
Tim and Fecus introduce Lachada to Sillai and they
get along well immediately. Lachada dives into writing
the Golden Barge’s first written technical manual. In Elven.
Tim requests the Ghul who is acting ship’s cook to
not serve beets.
The first morning at sea, two boats are spotted to the
SW of the Golden Barge by Sasha, Yuri, Yaroj, and Alezbta.
Tim and Fecus station everybody (with the exception
of Sillai and Lachada) at a cannon and proceed to
intercept the galley that is pursuing a small fishing boat.
As the Golden Barge slowly begins to close the distance,
Tim sends Geoff riding his giant robin out to scout what
exactly is going on between the two craft.
Geoff reports back that the galley and fishing boat are
both known to Rams. The galley is the Whiskey Tea
from S.U.D. and the fishing boat is Onegin’s Mare from
Ctyri Ctvrt.
Tim and Fecus send Geoff back to tell Whiskey Tea to
stand down. They yell back at him to fuck off and fire a
ballista bolt at him, barely missing his mount the giant
Robin. Geoff retaliates by firing a magic missile at the
Whiskey Tea. This dismasts the galley and sets its sails
on fire (-1 SHP).
Geoff moves on to Onegin’s Mare and encourages
Onegin and the children to make their way to the
Golden Barge for sanctuary. Onegin is too disoriented
to agree and one of the children steps in to communicate
and makes Onegin steer towards the Barge.
Fecus sees the attack on Geoff and begins the cannon
barrage that almost sinks the Whiskey Tea. 5 cannons
miss, but Yuri and Yaroj punch through and through
right at the waterline (-10 SHP).
Onegin’s Mare is pulled onto the deck of the Golden Barge.
Onegin collapses and he and the children are tended to by
G.B.s crew.
After some verbal back and forth, Whiskey Tea’s captain
and first mate surrender. They move to the G.B. and
Alezbta, Pavol, Ornie, Boy, and 1 Ghul board the
Whiskey Tea to aid in repairing the vessel.
The Golden Barge is towed back to Ctyri Ctvrt.
Tim and Fecus meet with Danika to get an update of
the goings on in the hamlet since their departure several
days before. The dead have been buried and the relevant
peasants have begun their agriculture and market activities.
The three children from Onegin’s Mare return to their
adoptive mothers Ludka and Farka. Tim and Fecus give
Danika 100gp to fund various projects in the hamlet.
Tim and Fecus begin negotiations to employ the Whiskey Tea
and its crew as a fleet companion.
The Whiskey Tea will take 4 days to repair, giving the
Rams and crew of W.T. some downtime if they aren’t
needed for repair work.
Tim wishes to continue magical research on Smerc’s Stone
and the magic item recovered from Onegin’s Mare (Onegin’s Torc).
360xp was awarded for subduing the Whiskey Tea’s crew
120xp each for Tim and Fecus
60xp each for selected hirelings