Session Summaries; Vol. 21: Fairhaven @ 29 Jul 2007 02:27 pm by Kevyspice
Rewards Earned
- Experience Points: A few
- Treasure: Three crates of stolen merchant wares; 4,000 gp each from the Cloud Ant consortium
While the wizard and the priest rested, the sentries heard what sounded like several large creatures trying to be quiet in the trees beyond the clearing. Apparently, a hill giant hunting party had seen the ship flying in and made the unwise decision to investigate. They compounded this choice with belligerence and poor impulse control, tossing barrages of boulders and siccing some rather large wolves on the party. The Four Gulls representatives dispatched the giants with little trouble, though Isaac got banged up again when he brought attention to himself by manning the ballista.
The group managed to track down the giants’ nearby lair, where they discovered the surprisingly intact results of a previous raid on a travelling merchant, including a large set of miscellaneous knives, numerous pieces of jewelry, a nice game board and pieces, and a detailed journal.
With the threat neutralized, the party patched up the ship with a combination of sailing skills and magic, and headed back northwest toward Fairhaven. They arrived without incident and docked on a strange net hammock designed to support the ship above the water on one of the steep cliff faces on a tall island in the bay.
The consortium of investors paid the party 4000 gold pieces each for recovering the ship, the captain, Declan, and the magical wheel all relatively intact.
While they were loading their new bounty onto their ships, the group heard a remarkable tale of a shooting star that had ended up being a fire giant riding into Fairhaven on a fiery chariot. The tall, ashen-skinned fellow was currently meeting with the town’s councilmen and various guild representatives, and Ivan was supposed to talk to him at some point in the near future. Suddenly not sure about the wisdom of coming back to the responsibilities of a High Priest, Ivan told the party that he’d let them know what was going on as soon as he could.