Imperial Ships

Several days of sailing we manage to limp into a mid sized harbor for final repairs. Anya and Beaumont manage to get a fair price for our cargo. The crew is paid and the Gale will be in good shape. I need to make use of the surrounding area to gather components. Upon my return I manage to find a talkative guard captain and we share some of my whiskey and he share news of ant least one of the Imperial warships the Zharingen had been in port two weeks past. they were looking for something. Her Captain had no respect for the ways of the locals and spent allot of time harrying the less savory of the city.
The next day I made a sweet confection with which to ply the street children for information. No one ever seems to see the children. they children also have no like for the captain of the war ship and point me in the direction of the local guild for lost items. I took Roe for backup in case things went I was only allowed to see a middle management guy but was able to buy some useful information. If I was a bit less homely this shit would not be as expensive. I was able to find out that the imperial captain was looking for They are looking for a woman with some elven ancestry, she has knowledge or is in possession of some sort of artifact that the imperials are after, silver hair, and a corsair captain, no name was used. this sounds very much like our former captain that died in the storm just a week past. I need to return to tell the crew what I have found out.
When I return to the ship I find that Beaumont has convinced Mateao and Kia to let him put on the seashell necklace, with the partial essence of a powerful entity. My instant thought is I dont want to fight Beaumont as he is if I dont have to, I certainly do not want to fight him possessed by some unknown spirit know to eat souls. I try to assert myself as the wiser in the room and order him to but it back. Of course they had not actually gotten it out yet. It takes time to safely investigate the properties of an item. It is a very bad idea to just put it on and see what it does. I once saw a Brother in our order turned inside out because in his haste to complete a spell he mispronounced part of the incantation.