Moving On

General Summary

Moved by the death of Amyntas, the party rests on Vaenor . Early the next morning, they use the teleportation circle to get to Avestaer .
They arrive in the Darach mansion which lies centrally in the city park. It's calm and it seems empty until they run into a housekeeper that's startled by the showing up. After calming down she takes them to the dining hall and cooks up some breakfast after which they had towards the harbor.
Flind and Ratchet head towards the Maskaran (we'll play that out next week) and Purah visits the artisan plaza to look for help with her hand mortar design.
She is directed towards a Dwarven blacksmith named Garmond who runs a smithy called The Curious Forge. Garmond is a skilled craftsman and a Forge cleric. He is not much of a tinkerer though, he calls in a friend... it is Sleek. Purah, oblivious as she is, once again doesn't catch up with his flirtatious attitude. He does prove useful. He comes up with the plan to use Ether crystal dust instead of smokepowder to propel the bigger shells. He has made a design based on the thunder cannon that shoots bigger ammunition. Purah tries it and it works! garmond is able to replicate the barrel in an hour thanks to his Artisan's Blessing. Purah heads back to the ship and later that day use a combination of crafting and magic to attach her new barrel to her Thunder Cannon.
Sandor is looking for some cargo heading towards one of the island surrounding Vaenor. Rickard looks around and when he concludes it's safe, he says he has some 'discrete cargo' that has to be taken to Mawise. Sandor agrees and heads back to the ship.
A cloaked figure appears in his quarters, which doesn't please Sandor. They make their way downstairs to do business. He hands Sandor a pouch with dried opium poppies and the 15 GP upfront payment.
It's a 3.5-day journey back to Lebab and on one day there is no wind, so it becomes 4.5 days.
Kallian is surprised to see them and asks if there is any trouble. The catch him up to speed and while he has never met Amyntas he figures he must have been talking about an Ether Crystal. He links their necklaces to Vaenor, which only causes one necklace to ping to an island, it's Mawise. They talk for a bit more and the party finds out Kallian has wings on his head. Kallian, on the other hand, is surprised they don't. They describe the way the different races look and it brings back images to Kallian. He remembers the different races, but says that he has never met any of them.
After some conversation, they head back out and set sail for Mawise, which is another 2.5-day journey.
Nearing the Mawise shores they notice old ruins on the east side of the southern-most part of Mawise and what looks like a wooden pier further west. They head for the pier and see some simple huts and Tabaxi walking around, or sitting on the ground smoking ParaNip, djembe circle style. They are approached by a Tabaxi named Skipping Rock. He gets nervous when Sandor hints at the opium poppies, but when he makes it clear he is in on the deal he calms down and the deal is completed. Rock tells them that they don't really have a leader, but Night is their spiritual leader in a way. He directs them to her for further questions on the ins and outs of the island.
Sandor calls for Nugget and makes it clears that it is okay for the crew to enjoy the island and its ParaNip, but maintenance of the ship has to continue and they should stay of the opium poppies.