Side Adventure #1: All Aboard! The Hozen Voyage into Madness!
Departing the newly built dock in Feralas, set sail with Captain Ruk'ook and his Hozen crew! There's no greater expanse of wilderness to explore than the sea, and there's many dangers to discover deep in the unknown...
Get to know your new teammates, with some seaside bonding games! And then get thrown into action... as surely madness awaits.
Structure
Exposition
Once upon a time, Unit T-9, a robotic prophet from another dimension, crash landed into our universe Timeline-250821, warning Nakah the Gnome, Epicurus the... Man? and Tuk Tuk the Hozen about the impending doom of the entire universe! Nakah Prime, an evil version of Nakah from another dimension, was the cause, and apparently only another Nakah could stop him. However, he needed a team... a Knaz Exploration Team.
After a successful recruitment campaign in Ravenport, Nakah, Epicurus and Tuk Tuk have new explorers as well as naval allies, Captain Ruk'ook and his crew. Hozen Port is built so that the Captain can escort KET members overseas, and the explorers set sail towards new horizons upon their first adventure!
The new team begin to bond together onboard during their journey at sea, getting to know each other over games. Nakah feels confident, this whole building a team thing was easy!
Conflict
However, disaster strikes! Horrible weather threatens the ship, and soon the new set of comrades discover that some strange and quite giant aquatic creature was attacking the ship with its tentacles! Led by Captain Ruk'ook's crew, the Knaz Exploration Team had their first fight by each other's side, and fired upon the beast with cannons!
The ship is wrecked upon some strange island that appeared out of nowhere, as if awaiting unwary travellers. Pretty yet devoid of life, immediately this place gives the team a bad vibe!
With the ship needing over a week to repair, the newly assembled Knaz Exploration Team had no choice but to set up camp upon this uncharted land. Not only were they travelling with complete strangers, but now they had to live with them too. And survive! The team split into different groups: Nakah, Ruk'ook, and the survivors from his crew worked on repairing the ship. Magratha the Orc, Targe the Tauren and Tuk Tuk found a spot to assemble their tents and carry over supplies from the ship. Meanwhile Epicurus and Valoli the Harpy scouted ahead to survey what lied ahead. Nazhe the Blood Elf was injured during the sea battle, and rested.
Rising Action
As the camp was set up, Epicurus and Valoli return with some frightening news! There was life on this island, but it is just as gigantic and aggressive as the monster at sea! The cause for these unnatural disturbances appeared to be some toxic mist, which even sent our two friends briefly towards insanity when inhaled!
While the Hozen continue repairing the ship, Nakah, Epicurus, Valoli, Targe, Magratha and Tuk Tuk return to the site of these disturbances.
They discovered a network of caves, containing the dangerous fumes. Targe, the future head demolitions expert of the team, showed his first spark of brilliance when rigging the network with explosives that he carried around with him, causing the caves to collapse upon themselves and contain the fumes, and preventing further animals from becoming infected with the madness.
However, some of the maddened animals were still roaming free! And the group encountered a giant frenzied spider. Showing loyalty to their (frightened) leaders, new recruits Magratha and Targe showed bravery and valiantly fought the monster, defeating it!
Climax
Epicurus then notes a strange trail filled with a thick mist, appearing to show signs of higher life. The group follow this path and end up coming across a mysterious open cave, with a unsettling figure waiting high above, shrouded in the mists.
Here waited the culprit of all the strange happenings upon this accursed island! The mad cultist Adronian was who summoned the sea monster dubbed 'the Kraken' to direct and crash Ruk'ook's ship upon the island, so that he could find the explorers and consume their very life essence to empower his Void magic enough to summon an ancient dragon!
He uses his powers to unleash nightmares upon the KET adventurers, driving them into their own maddened frenzy and upon each other.
However, this new team of misfits were able to overpower these dark visions with their adventurer spirits! And after breaking free from their curse, attacked the cultist until he fled them and the isle all together with a portal.
Resolution
Nakah, Epicurus, Targe, Magratha, Valoli and Tuk Tuk return to the camp, bonded for life. The adventure was something that none of them expected, but now gave Nakah and Epicurus full faith and excitement towards their mission!
It truly was time for adventure!
The Knaz Exploration Team remained stationed upon the island they now called the 'Cursed Isle' for a few weeks while their ship was repaired.
Many of Ruk'ook's crew have since remained there and established a small island base for the Knaz Exploration Team.
Relations
Protagonists
- Nakah Knaz
- Epicurus
- Magratha
- Tuk Tuk
- Targe
- Valoli
- Ruk'ook
- Nazhe Lightdecay
Allies
- Captain Ruk'ook's Crew
Adversaries
- Adronian
Backdrops
Locations
Cursed Isle
Threats
- Void-Maddened Giant Spiders
- Sea Monsters
Encounters
- Sea Monster (Boss Fight)
Defeated by Tuk Tuk, Magratha, Ruk'ook and his Crew - Giant Frenzied Spider (Boss Fight)
Defeated by Targe and Magratha - Adronian (Boss Fight)
Defeated by Targe and Magratha
Plot type
Guild Event
Parent Plot
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