The Twisted Forms of Xoriat - WIP

This time at sea was considerably easier given our mode of transport, our captain is an interesting fellow, He joined us for dinner the first night, I was happy to share my life story with him but his interest was more within tales from The War, that Terfel was happy to share, who is the only other person to have any to tell. I find a bit of a boor, to be honest, War is work, such as it is, I lack the strong national ties of others I suppose, and talk of suppering feels wrong to me. Though we can all sympathise when Captain Vennet mentions Siege of Narath, long after I... left the army, everyone knows the story, however, how an army of Audarian Soldiers sacked an entire village of Karnnathi civilians under the orders of General Haldren ir'Brassek. Killing in a combat scenario is one thing but the taking of innocents that don't fight back feels wrong, I think I would of followerd Meritamen in going AWOL if I had been able, such a waste of life.
 
Anyway, Captain Vennet drops us off at Zarashak after using his seaboard Deplomacy with some people they called Sahuagin, apprently these are their waters so a toll must be paided, and who am I to judge, I liked their sharks though, wish I could have asked them some questions. Zarashak is a typical swamp town and we and the Mist Walkers set out to find any clues as to where we might find these potentail Gatekeepers