Souls for Smugglers Shiv Part 1 & 2 (Serpents Skull)

General Summary

• The entirety of the Jenivere's passengers were ship-wrecked, with their last memory being passing out after dinner.
• Later they deduce that they feinted from poisoning.
• 8 people managed to wash up on the same shoreline: PC Deklan gets attacked by a lobster scorpion hybrid known as a eurepterid, he is then saved by PC Thane. The rest of the crew consists of PC Enoroth, Nex, Ashryn and NPC Sasha, .
• After a long argument they decide to make camp knowing there was no easy way back.
• They decide to make shelter to obtain protection from the elements.
• The group of 10 split into 2 (PCs and NPCs) with one group staying at camp (NPCs) and the other group (PCs) going to explore. 
• The PCs find their ship wrecked, half on shore and half on land at a distance and decide to go explore. They find [loot] and gets attacked by a larger eurepterid than before.
• After its defeat they make their way back to camp, they each collect a quest from one NPC after forming closer bonds, and go further south in order to find clues and such.

1. Sasha's Dimorphodon pet
2. Ishirous treasure map
3. documents of his innocence

• PC Deklan tames a dimorphodon for Sasha's quest, making a quick detour to camp, giving dimorphodon to Sasha and goes on finding another ship wreck.
• Afterwards, they venture on, to find Ishirou's treasure.
• PCs find 2 pairs of footprints which lead to a camp that was made recently, which they find captain Kovack and Ieanas belongings in.
• The next day the PCs wake up to the sound of thunder and lightning.
• After a unanimous decision due to the possibility of losing the track, they all decide to abandon Ishirou's treasure to pursue captain Kovack and Iena
• While following the trail they come across a thorny path
• Deklan decides to follow his gut and go through the thorny path, everyone follows behind
• they get pricked all over, becoming dizzy, most likely due to poison, but when reaching a point through the path they come across a grouping of berry bushes
• They decide to eat it as a mid-trip snack
• After eating the berries they felt relieved of the poison, and they continue out of the path unscathed
• On there path they come across snare traps and other animals, namely a pair of shocker lizards
• But eventually the path comes to an end. And Kovack and Iena are no where to be seen
• they decide to make camp and think it over
• During this camp they bond well, talking about themselves and there family
• the next morning they are greeted by a woman who claims to be a dryad who protects this part of the forest.
• she explains to them that there has been a plague on an island just northwest of them, and asks for help regarding the matter, in exchange for kovack and Ienas location through natures eyes
• The PCs accept and spend the next few days traveling, and along their travels they found a what looked to be an artificially created bed of pearls
• while examining the pearl bed Thane finds an abnormally large red pearl that he decides to keep for future examination, or bargaining material
• moving on to the plagued island Deklan and Ashryn get into an argument while Enoroth gets ignored, so he decides to move on without them.
• Thane uses a spell to detect malice and after he gets a response he interrupts the argument and explains that there is an abnormally evil presence to the east.
• The argument stops, Deklan and Ashryn make their way to the evil presence while Thane goes to inform Enoroth.
• Deklan and Ashryn find a spiraling tower that they climb with the vines on its side, The other 2 join shortly after
• once they get to the top they find that there is some sort of alter, with bones and other materials that are commonly gifted to dark gods
•  Deklan spots a cave at the base of the hill that the tower is connected to. He makes his way to the cave
• the others follow and inside they find a skeleton with a mushroom head that screams as though he was in pain.
• Ashryn tries to talk to it, but it says "DIE" in demonic and starts attacking
• once combat is over they can see the mushrooms around the island mysteriously disappear
• once they get to the main island they meet the dryad. who wishes them congratulations and apologizes for her previous behavior.
• she then explains to them that she has been monitoring Kovack and Iena since they left BUT a few hours ago they disappeared from her sight.
• she then offers to lead them to their last known location before disapearing
• the party accepts and follows

Missions/Quests Completed

1. Sashas Dimorphodon
2. Dryads Plague

Character(s) interacted with

1. Other members of the Jenivere
2. Dryad

Report Date

19 Mar 2022

Related Characters

• Thane