Session 1: An Unlikely Band of Outlaws

General Summary

Malcolm, Octavia, Meara, Zuko and Emmet awakened in their individual rooms with the same sudden and horrible realization: They had no personal memories.
Searching their rooms, they discovered their personal clothing, armor and other possessions. Malcolm discovered among his possessions an ornate doorknob attached to a slab of wood, and a note in code. Examining himself in the mirror, Malcolm also discovered that reflection seemed both familiar to him, and somehow altered.
As they left their respective rooms they discovered name plaques on their doors. They found themselves in the center passage way of an airship. Emmet was the last to emerge from his room and seemed immediately frightened by the rest of the group. Malcolm, Octavia , and Emmet proceeded to the bridge of the airship, while Meara and Zuko went downstairs to the cargo hold. In the cargo hold they discovered a large arcane stone, innate, in a destroyed crate that seemed to have been burned from the inside. Also out of place was a makeshift bed hidden from view, and a small box containing a dark stone tablet that appeared to be broken on two sides.
On the bridge, they discovered another man unconscious on the floor. When awoken, he gave the same story about lost memories, but didn't have the benefit of a personal quarters and a name plaque. They also discovered an arcane auto-pilot device that had been unsupervised for too long as the ship had traveled past its intended end point. They also discovered the name of the ship was "The Vestige" and was maintaining a fake manifest, as well as a captain's log with many of the pages destroyed. A little more investigation revealed a false bottom in a desk drawer where false registrations for the ship and the true manifest. Looking through the manifest, Malcolm discovered that the ship was only carrying 5 crew. He informs Octavia that there is one person among them that doesn't belong. The unknown man indicates a familiarity with the ship's controls.
Zuko and Meara join the rest of the crew on the bridge and tell of what they've found. Malcolm sees the stone tablet and recognizes it as what the letter he found likely pertains to. HE shows the crew the letter and indicates that he believes they were on their way to Palhas City to deliver the tablet. Zuko takes the unknown man to the quarters to see if he recognizes one as his own. Malcolm expresses his distrust of Emmet
The ship is attacked by 4 Rocs, seemingly irritated by the air envelope of the ship. The crew fights the Rocs with minimal effect, taking down only one before the air envelope is ripped open, and the ship begins to fall. The unknown man keeps the ship upright as it crashes, and the crew takes only a few bumps and bruises. They proceeded down to the cargo hold, collecting extra supplies and the strange crystal. Malcolm creates a bag for the crystal and they proceed to a nearby town still lit by lanterns in the early dawn hour. They slipped into the un-walled town via a road that appeared to be primarily for locals just as members of the Cerulean Guard ran out of a separate entrance towards the downed airship.
As they walked through town they realized most of the building's have no signs indicating their purpose until coming upon The Bronze Flask. The crew entered the odd looking inn and tavern and awakened its proprietor Ralf Rieger. Ralf seems surprised to see a group of outsiders in town this time of the year, and even more surprised when they reveal that they are lost. He tells the crew that they are in White Bluff and offers to get them drinks and breakfast, warning that the mead is currently being imported and more expensive as the local meadery is currently shut down. The unknown man seems to finally allow the gravity of the situation to overwhelm him and begins drinking heavily.
The rest of the crew take breakfast and discuss their plans to reach Palhas City, when Meara's silver medallion begins to vibrate. They hear screams outside and rush to the windows to see a group of blue undead creatures attacking townspeople and dragging them into the well. Malcolm , Meara Zuko and Emmet rushed outside to help.
To be continued... @horr

Character(s) interacted with

Ralf Rieger

Campaign

Winds of Earrenia

Protagonists

Meara

Zuko

Octavia

Malcolm

Report Date

15 Mar 2019

Primary Location

Palhas Province

Secondary Location

White Bluff