4. Rough Waters

Smithy's dad encounter: could go either way. Geran will be there and ask if he's a good smithy or a bad smithy. His father will also be there, but will be hestitant to get close. The group will bamf onto Volii's island. The island seems to be a paradise; however, it is a massive illusion set forth to lure those in to be swayed for sacrifice. The local shops have medicinal properties, the tide master who is a magic user, and the coral artisan...but nothing fancy. There will also be a large place in the middle of the village where bonfires are held...if they inspect it enough they will figure out that it is the remains of boats from passengers coming here that are being sacrificed. The pathway to the temple will be blocked off for repairs and maintenance and is closed to the general public.
While there, Ilmos will present himself to the sea elf, even though a dwarf in appearance he is the true god of nature. He will tell Volii that he has attempted to reach out before, the the reach of the dark one has cut him off, but he has not proven himself yet. He will also tell Volii that he will be tested soon and will chastize the priestess for bellowing out the truth of the world to them. nebnuss will also be there and there will be a bridge to a pathway to a small cave just off shore where drowned bodies of all the visitors will be there. This is a non gold town and valuables are made through trade of goods.
The old temple is where the fighting will take place and the drowned people will be there along with the captain and his ghostly hammered head sharks.
Nebnuss will have spoken to arty and he's explained that they had a misunderstanding, but he hopes that he can convince them to apologize. within the caverns they will find the ghost creatures guarding the sea elves and must fight.

They will also meet the coral artisan who has items for them. Coral Cloak Coral Armguards Pearl of the Ocean's depths coral crown kelpweave armor
Henry will be able to get 3 spells: Shape water, wall of water, and water breathing from the tide master once they rescue him.
That night Volii's sister will inform him that she has spoken to Arty who was pretending to be an acolyte of Deep Sashelas who tasked her with gathering souls for the ascension. He promised the cursed isle will no longer be cursed and even the return of her father. She blames Volii for their father's death, for her mother's depression, and just holds intense resentment towards Volli for leaving after he came back and made such a difference to the island. Their mother was healing and happy again the moment that he stepped back on the island and then he left again. She truly believes that she is doing good work and that the sacrifices of those that come to the island is necessary to gain favor...in which she has gained a substantial amount of power. She will elude to this in conversation with Volii. Most of the inhabitants will also be wearing sea shell necklaces that put them in a charm like state against Tara to keep her in the dark about things.
Chloe will bamf to the island to get Nebnuss and her family, but she will call out Ignor for a conversation with Angelina his mother who will tell her that she's proud of him and she owes him an explanation. She'll explain that they chased the hat to the new continent and then lost him. They settled down in Hallifell with other retired adventurers from the Scions of the Turquoise Cob, she found a husband (Keter Rakdim) got pregnant. She had dreams of starting a family and wanted to just forget the divine spark inside of her. She'd wandered the lands since the beginning of creation and just wanted to enjoy life. With her newly found friends she rejected the divine spark in her as long as possible. Unfortunately a few months away before Ignor's birth, word got out of the hat and Chloe sought her out to plan for the future and she fled, leaving her husband for one more mission with a promise and that he would be important to fate and a few days after she had him and recovered she left. His father is still in the retired adventurers town in Grenias. She will say that everyone is converging here. Ilmos is watching Volii and Felotl is playing dice games with Smithy to see where it goes. She will apologize for dying against the hat, but she saw the very visage of undeath through Talona that the hat summoned. She also knows that in order to conjure such a manifestation of intense hatred through undeath requires a sacrifice and to be marked or soul scarred, who they found out later was the hat's own son. She will explain that he found out the truth of the world and for a time believed that the destruction of the world tree was the only road to salvation...but that plan was stopped at the cost of their own lives. The form of Vecna she feels is a last resort and out of despiration. The granting of power and favors is very much unlike him.
"First of all...I'm proud of you son and I feel like if I don't explain to you now I might not get another chance to. I fell to this plane from the heavens during the battle with undeath. Ilmos I think still takes responsibility and I've heard that he's become stoic and cold which he didn't use to be. I think when I fell, that vibrancy that made nature beautiful lost a little of its sheen. He's here though. He's got his eye on your friend, but I doubt he'd communicate it very well and I don't know what form he'd even take. Hydall...my counter part...fell into his studies and is nothing more than a hermit. You two would probably get along swimmingly. I know you have two dark acolytes of Krorone with you...which is good since Felotl is here. He's been placing bets and gambling with your dwarf friend for a little while even though the odds aren't really in his favor. The god of light is a degenerate gambler...(she chuckles) how's that for irony.
Regardless of that, I fell and was bound to this plane...unable to return high above where I once was. At first I cried and screamed, getting all new sensations that I'd never felt before. I didn't move for eons, unable to die by any means. Not starvation, not dehydration, not even attempts at my own death would remove me from this world. I fell into a deep depression...lost...and a great tree grew around me. More time passed and still no change...I had nothing to live for...until the most curious creature found me in a research expedition. A bug bear. (she smiles). He pulled me out and gave me a meal and shelter and had a hundred questions. I didn't know what to think of this creature...but he still persisted and eventually...he became my friend. He showed me the world that had grown around me and I made more friends that I adventured with and for just a little while, forgot about the divine spark in me. We chased the a bandit called the hat all across the continent who seemed to have gotten himself involved in something extremely deep who seemed to be answering to a higher calling trying to destroy the world tree. We ended up chasing him back to the continent where you're from and he disappeared into the underbelly of the city. We searched for him, but couldnt find him and ended up in the city of Hallifell run by the former members of the Scions of the Turquoise Cod. Meeting them was a joy too and then I met your father. A young man named Keter Rakdim who had come there seeking guidance on being an adveturer. All the thoughts of the war, my fall, my responsibilities just melted away thinking of what it would be like having a family in this town.
But...(she looks over at Chloe)...fate always has other plans. I only had a couple of months left before you were born and I received a message that the hat had resurfaced and he had found a way to corrupt the world tree and corrupt it once and for all. In this message, there were discussions that I needed to travel to Porthca and meet with a certain someone. (again to Chloe). I left your father with a promise to return with you once everyone was safe. Soon after you were born and I left you in her care. We entered Brifux under the guise of delivering aid with all of my friends for one final showdown with the hat. By the time we tracked the hat down, he had already built a portal under a small town to the center of the world tree where I had originally fallen. We took down his companions until him and a young boy were the only ones remaining...then the unthinkable happened. Using some kind of colored sand on a war pick, he bored a hole into the very fabric of reality and what came out....(she turns away). It was an evil goddess...Talona I think was her name...but behind her...I knew...I could feel it in my very core. The god of Undeath had survived. But, such a gambit comes with a price. For assistance, even to attempt to destroy me Undeath required something to prove loyalty to wield power through him. (she turns away). He gave up the boy...his own son to weild that power...and next thing I know...I'm here. (she motions downwards and looks at nebnuss who looks back at her). I couldn't image doing that to you Ignor...no matter what the cost to myself...but that man was able to do it to weild undeath's power...that pick became a conduit and that man was soul scarred. Branded by the false goddess Talona's brand as a direct path to Undeath.
I apologize for being so long winded, but I felt like you should know why we're in the position that we're in. This Vecna seems like an act of desperation. Undeath doesn't garner favors so freely and doesn't just offer power without a severe price. I know you and your friends can stop him and he knows it too. He's desperate to swap places with me. I know it's selfish of me, but I do have one request for you son. You told Chloe that your friend had brandished that war pick and fought with some dark corruption. Brandishing even a low level of undeath's power would have come at a cost. I don't know how you feel about the group you're in, but be understanding, compassionate, and strong. Your friend needs you, but I don't know what he would've had to give up. Maybe if you can reach him, Felotl can help."
Now henry can talk.
The next day, they can explore the island should they want too, but they will find his sister going towards the temple.
Once all this is over, they can take a raft to the cursed island; however, the levithan will attack them. From there, Volli will have an opportunity to pull the trident sticking out of its head. Defeating the creature, then land on the island.
The two encounters that are a definite are the T Rex and the Raptor fight. Checks can be made to avoid the triceratops nest as well as the anklyosaurus. Eventually after hard fights and they make their way to the temple. There sitting outside the temple eating an apple will be the hat in a tree holding a decapitated dinosaur head that he's talking to named Rapty the raptor. He'll tell the party that he was going to go in there and get the sword, but after watching Arty go in and lay waste to it a couple of days ago he decided that it was better for his health to stay here and wait on them...he knew Lucid would find him eventually since they have that special bond. He will also mention that a lovely blue lass made her way inside earlier today and will ask if she's blue, is it still pink down below? At this point the party can fight him, conversate with him, or whatever. If they choose to conversate, the hat will tell them that he had been offered to become a general, but turned it down. He will also mention that arty had been very persuasive in his notions and made a deal with him. 
The temple will be in shambles. Perhaps some dexterity saves should be made, some strength checks or spells to push it out of the way...but eventually, they'll find Voli's sister there performing her ritual to sink the island. As she finishes up and the party approaches her, the island will begin to sink.
Ultimately, they'll eventually bamf back to Chloe's to find her piled up on her hoard, breathing, but in a coma. A clock drawn in her blood against one of the walls is prominent. Nebnuss and her mother are missing (but with Ethan) and Jeeves lies dead over in the corner. There are countless dead bodies inside of the lair...all brandishing the sigil of trossal. Outside, the city of Porthca is in ruins and again, the remains of villagers and trossal soliders scatter the area while people are slowly starting to pick themselves up.
Eventually, the group will have to find themselves somewhere else. Arty will make himself known and give them the hilt of the sword of kas. He'll tell them that he got his wife back and that he took the hilt from Gror's secret vault while he and the hag were preoccupied with the battle. Once they have it, the next long rest they take, they'll have to fight the hag who will let them know that war is coming...and while the continents are at war, they can finalize the ritual for the return of the great god Vecna.