Session Summaries; Vol. 26: Porttown @ 14 Dec 2008 02:00 pm by Kevyspice
While sailing toward Avalon, the Primrose and the Sea Wind entered a large bank of fog in the cooler northern waters. When they emerged a few hours later, the lookouts on the two ships noted no fewer than nine ships arrayed to the north. It looked like two large Castillan ships were pursuing three smaller Montaigne vessels on an easterly course, while two large Montaigne ships sailed west to intercept. A pair of Crimson Fleet ships entered the fray from the north, and the Four Gulls captains decided to skirt clockwise around the furball.
The Crimson Fleet captains temporarily allied themselves with the outnumbered Castillans, and their combined force immobilized two of the three smaller Montaigne ships in short order. Even so, the Montaigne captains fought back, sending ballista bolts into the Crimson Fleet ships and eventually sinking both of them.
As the larger Montaigne ships approached, the Castillans warned them to back off, signaling that the Montaigne in their ships’ boats were prisoners of war and would be taken aboard the Castillan vessels as such. The massive Montaigne ships pulled alongside the Castillan ships and opened fire, while the Four Gulls crews quietly began assisting the Crimson Fleet survivors floating north of the main fight.
Even more quietly, Richard retired to his cabin. He used his magical bowl to summon a massive water elemental, which he tasked to suspend one of the sinking Crimson Fleet ships right around the layer of the ocean where the sunlight faded enough to obscure the vessel from any potential viewers floating on the surface.
While the Four Gulls/Crimson Fleet rescue operation was still underway, the opposing Castillan and Montaigne naval forces traded fire until Spike signaled an offer for the Four Gulls personnel to act as disinterested third-party hosts and negotiators to bring the situation to as equitable an end as possible. After quick discussions with their respective senior officers, all of the assembled captains agreed and checked their hostilities.