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Ghosts of Saltmarsh

A Dungeons & Dragons 5e game In the world of Alonia
Saintsday 13th Lowsun Year 619 | Full
Join our heroes as they adventure through Saltmarsh.

This story is told by

Maps

Maps

  • Saltmarsh
Supporting Cast
  • Adara
    Elven mage and mentor of William. Currently missing.
  • Adrian Copella
    Victim of the Skinner. Formerly worked as a dock hand.
  • Lieutenant Aegis Thumbridge
    Cheerful and friendly office in the Freetown watch. Naive and incompetent.
  • Agnes
    Town gossip and fish merchant. Friends with Dorris.
  • Balin
    Dwarven brewer who frequents the Green Market. He sells a variety of alcohols. On good terms with the party after they saved him and his stock from Imps.
  • Benjamin Barthurus Baldurus III
    Gnome Patron who hired the party to clear the Baldurus Estate.
  • Breaga Riverpunch
    Local thug who causes trouble with her two sons around Saltmarsh. Breaga was chased off by the party
  • Brother Brice Sanders
    Handsome Priest of Katora, based in Freetown.
  • Captain Brynn Seablossom
    A no-nonsense female, human sailor, with straight brown hair and wears a red bandanna. Brynn is currently landlocked due to an attack from seagulls destroying her ship.
  • Calxiyron
    Efreeti, encountered by the party while sailing on the Red Princess
  • Dorris
    Gossip.
  • Eliander Fireborn
    Saltmarsh Town Councillor and Captain of the Guard
  • Felmar
    A broad-shouldered Saltmarsh guard, with an angry temperament and distinctive mutton chops.
  • Fipp Arroway
    An eleven-year-old boy and misunderstood troublemaker, Fipp has grown up in an orphanage in the poor district. He’s often found wandering the streets at night getting up to mischief.
  • Gabriel
    Tiefling, uncle of Shiloh. Alcoholic, with sun-beaten red skin.
  • Councillor Gellan Primewater
    Rich foppish noble, member of Saltmarsh Town Council
  • Gordol Thorne
    Captain of Saltmarsh guard, middle-aged with a large black beard.
  • Ham Barleywain
    An anxious ten-year-old boy. He lives in the harbour district with his mother, who makes fish pies for the dock workers. He’s often found fishing on the jetty, and washes pots at the Snapping Line Inn.
  • Heliodoros Athanasiou
    Theseus's rival from the Coral City.
  • Heliodoros Athanaseiou
    Triton, rival of Theseus.
  • Kao'run
    Member of the notorious organised crime ring known as the Swamp Devils.
  • Archmage Keledek
    Keledek’s dusky skin, bald head, and bright red silk turban — not to mention his height of nearly 7 feet — make him an unmistakable figure in town.
  • Kraggen
    Peryton; a creature with the head of a stag and the body of a large bird of prey.
  • Councillor Manistrad Copperlocks
    The leader of the newly established mining operation in Saltmarsh is an iron-willed dwarven woman. She runs the mining outfit from a small office near the edge of town. Manistrad is a competent leader, as well as a savvy miner with a knack for pulling off impossible jobs.
  • Marni Wolfsmith
    An athletic eleven-year-old girl. Her parents are trappers and so she loves being outdoors. She lives with them and several siblings on the outskirts of town.
  • Maybell Cartwrright
    Dockmaster of Saltmarsh
  • Ned Shakeshaft
    Vagrant, prisoner found in the Baldurus Estate.
  • Salty Maude
    Disgusting looking old woman with warts on her nose. Dresses like a buccaneer and wears a tricorn hat with a damaged feather.
  • Stirge
    Mortician and gravedigger in Freetown. An unusual character who suffers from a hunchback, a limp and a strange penchant of speaking to the dead.
  • Surah Copella
    Victim of the Skinner.
  • Telmay Pelt
    An independent ten-year-old girl. Her parents are flagmakers and they live near the harbor district. Telamy’s mother and father are often out of town plying their trade, which means Telmay is used to looking after herself.
  • Tiffany Wright
    Survivor of the Skinner. She was attacked in the pit area of Freetown
  • Wathra Oatwind
    Elderly female halfling commoner, who runs the local orphanage. She walks with a cane and used a monocle for reading.
  • Wildak Mythkin
    A jovial scholar who has a wealth of knowledge for all sorts of objects and curios. He’s on a tour of the coast with his ‘Relic’s Roadshow’ and is currently in Saltmarsh. The party saved Wildak from a run in with the Riverpunches
  • Winston
    Middle-aged halfling wheeler and dealer. Is rumoured to be involved some less than legal operations.
  • Xe
    Human, Priest of Halandrass. Tall and thin with wiry black hair. A strange character who finds the misfortune of others amusing.
  • Yenry Downcreek
    A fidgety ten-year-old boy. As the nephew of a boat maker, he’s practical and good with his hands. He lives with his uncle in the harbour district.
Timelines

Scheduled Sessions

Mon 2nd November 2020 19:00

GoS Session 28: The Dunwater Mill Summit

After exploring the wreck of the Sea Ghost, there will be diplomacy at the Dunwater Mill. But how will it end?


Mon 26th October 2020 19:00

GoS Session 27: Missing Parts

Thu 1st October 2020 19:00

GoS Session 26: The Royal Assembly

Mon 31st August 2020 19:00

GoS 24

What has actually happened at the Sawmill? Who killed the workers and patrols? Lizardfolk or someone else?


Mon 10th August 2020 19:00

GoS Session 23: The Massacre at the Mill

Mon 27th July 2020 19:00

GoS Session 22:

Mon 13th July 2020 19:00

GoS Session 21:

Mon 6th July 2020 19:00

GoS Session 20:

Mon 29th June 2020 19:00

GoS Session 19: Deep Water

Having agreed to help Calxiyron, the party prepare to visit the Marid's Prison. But what waits for them under the waves?


Mon 22nd June 2020 19:00

GoS Session 18: The Red Princess

Fri 19th June 2020 19:00

GoS Session 17: Voices from beyond the Veil

Mon 8th June 2020 10:00

GoS Session 16: Crawlers in the Dark

With their attempt to lure the Skinner out of hiding having failed, the heroes encounter a man fleeing from some ghouls; can they step in and save him before it's too late?


Mon 25th May 2020 19:00

GoS Session 15: The Skinner

Mon 18th May 2020 19:00

GoS Session 14: The Skinner

Something is off in Freetown; a killer stalks in the dark, killing and taking the skin of their victim.


Mon 11th May 2020 19:30

GoS Session 13: Promises

Mon 4th May 2020 18:30

GoS Session 12: The Sea Ghost

Mon 6th April 2020 13:00

GOS Session 10: The Merchant

Mon 23rd March 2020 18:30

GoS Session 9: The Sea Ghost

Mon 9th March 2020 18:00

Session 8

Mon 24th February 2020 18:00

Session 7

Mon 10th February 2020 18:00

Session 6

Mon 27th January 2020 19:00

Session 5

Sun 16th June 2019 19:00

SoA Session 1: The Great Hunt

Sessions Archive

20th Apr 2020

Gos Session 11: Watchers in the Dark


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13th Jan 2020

GoS Session 4

16th Dec 2019

GoS Session 3

2nd Dec 2019

GoS Session 2

With the prisoner, Ned recovered, time to explore the Baldurus Estate further.



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4th Nov 2019

GoS Session 1: The Baldurus Estate

Meeting the town council and exploring the Baldurus Estate



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The Protagonists

Theseus Okeanos

Shiloh

Hekate of the Steppes

Master William Woodsbury