Kedri, Sushi and Calimari Surprise

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Summary

Adventure: Kedri, Sushi and Calimari Surprise
GM: William
Season: Summer 796 WK

Party
Time on adventure
01/04/95 to 26/05/95 AP
Employer
Alex Dennethbure - brewer
Mission
Find the inhabitants of the village of Jermarc
Plane
Alusia
Places Visited
Jermarc - village of merpeople
Shamalk's cave
A nearby island
The Great Bowls - fresh water areas at the bottom of the sea
A sunken Calimari voidcruiser
Sunken Calimari site
Aquatic elf village
Merfolk town of Balmain
Major NPCs encountered
Shamalk - mermaid priestess of Itimanuka
Shamalk's nautilus familiar
Calaine - islander that spoke Common
Cardrey - island warrior
Madari - island shaman
Lady Athena - elven Seeker, interested in Calimar
Caliphele - Lady Athena's assistant
Queen Corrinthana - elven queen in village
Tenal - Alex's mermaid wife
Tekae - shaman on another nearby island
Maria - ex Calimar slave
Edmund - mayor of Balmain
Original Scribe Notes
Media:Snsu9601.zip

Adventure Summary

31/03/95 We met our employer, Alex Dennethbure, who wanted a party to find the inhabitants of his village of Jermarc. This village is underwater, two weeks away by boat to the west. Most of the inhabitants are merfolk with a few humans. 01/04/95 Got through the Destinian blockade and headed out to sea. 09/04/95 Reached the island near where Jermarc is located 11/04/95 Finally found Jermarc. It’s coral dome had holes in it. Inside were lots of wreckage, scattered weapons, piles of dust, more holes but no bodies. Discovered the attackers were elves and had come from up-current. Used a Waters of Vision to check out the nearby town. That looked ok. Used an air bubble at the top of the brewery to summon a spirit. Told that the attack was ‘to aid cause of the Elder Lords’ and the bodies were taken away ‘to serve the Elder Lords’. A group of goblins attacked. Three escaped, one was captured. They were scouting and scavenging. Captive released with instructions to tell the tribe not to return. Headed off toward’s Shamalk’s cave. She’s an middle-aged mermaid and priestess of Itimanuka. 14/04/95 Found the cave, guarded by Shamalk’s giant nautilus familiar. Shamalk told us that the villagers had chosen not to heed their warnings and had been taken by the ‘ones with the chariot’. She also mentioned dark forces in the sea.The slaves had been taken to the Great Bowls, five days upcurrent. 15/04/95 Continued up-current. Felt an earthquake midday and discovered a plume of smoke and a red glow to the south west. Attacked by sharks that evening. Gretchen and Tussock were killed and Darksinger had vanished. Started to take the bodies back to Shamalk for resurrection. 18/04/95 Tussock and Gretchen resurrected. Spent time recovering. 22/04/95 Waters of Vision showed Darksinger paddling a canoe between islands. Went to check out the nearby islands. Reached the island. No sign of Darksinger but, when we showed an image of him, the natives referred to him as Remari. Remari is a legendary giant who dresses in black with no hair. During dinner, Darksinger arrived, followed by a group of warriors. After dinner, saw the shaman, Madari, who told us there was evil below the ocean. 'Back in the time when gods walked the earth, there came a some strange people who built an alien structure on the surface of the water then declared war. What they did so angered the gods that they caused the island, with the structure on it, to sink. But it is said that when flame appears in the south that they will rise again'. It was generally agreed that the volcano to the south was the sign. 25/04/95 Left on our raft and reached the area where the shaman had indicated where the structure was. This was also the approximate location of the Great Bowls. Descended to the bottom and found the wreck of a Calimari Voidcruiser in one of the bowls. Took treasure, including the ship’s helm and what appeared to be a female ‘zombie’ under some sort of hibernation spell. Contact was made with the spirit of the Calimari skeleton who told us that the helm was working but he didn’t know what had caused it to momentarily fail and cause the crash. 26/04/95 Found a sunken galley and attacked by undead. After defeating them some elves turned up. Starflower introduced herself and us as her retinue. They wanted us to go with them to their settlement further down the basin and meet the Lady Seeker, the daughter of their Queen, who was searching for something in the basin. It was her whim that the elves had settled here. Starflower declined. 27/04/95 Reached the bottom of the basin and found a stone building. There we found a couple of elves, one being the Lady Seeker, Lady Athena, who was seeking knowledge, especially of the Calimar. We gave her the Calimari skulls and as much information as we had. In exchange she told us that the missing villagers are at the Place at the Edge of Fear where the elven queen is. 28/04/95 Reached the elven village. Saw the merfolk working in the fields with elven overseers. Starflower spoke to Queen Corranthana. They had taken the merfolk from Jermarc as they hadn’t brought their previous set of slaves with them. The Queen would release the villagers if we could find alternative slaves. Starflower managed to arrange for a mermaid, Alex’s wife - named Tenal, to be ‘loaned’ to her. All the villagers were accounted for except for the headman. Later a Speak with Dead ritual was conducted. Discovered there was another Calimar site and that there was a portal under the building the Seeker was investigating that the Calimar had originally came through. It could still be active. 02/04/95 Decided to investigate the center of this basin. Discovered the water was hotter at the center and a sleeping big red scaley dragon - 25ft long with a 60ft wingspan. 05/05/95 Made our way back to the island group with Tenal. Managed to get the ‘zombie’ revived. She was named Maria and was the head servant on the ship. 06/05/95 Reached the area where Jermarc was and arrived at the town of Balmain where Alex was waiting. Reunited him and his wife. 07/05/95 Saw the mayor and tried to warn him of the coming apocalypse, believed to be connected to the Calimar and their portal. Headed back to the islands. The shaman there had also done divinations and concluded a battle was imminent. 08/05/95 (White Lotus Day - a High Holiday of Darkness) Visions showed the islands scythed off all life. Preparations were made for a mass evacuation. Headed for the Calimari site where the Seeker had been. Discovered that the golems were all in bits - torn apart. There was also the body of a male elf. Scrying the area where the elven village was showed that they had left in an orderly fashion. The interior of the building was in a shambles. When I tried to swim in I heard the message “This is a warning you fools for those who meddle in the affairs of the Calimar”. In a nearby hole we discovered more dead elves and something that looked like a brain on legs in the centre of the room between two pillars. As we came in the pillars glowed and the brain- thing vanished. As we tried to knock the pillars over some pikemen materialised between them and attacked. After a battle, those that were left surrendered and the pillars were knocked over. As they went over there was an explosion. The pikemen told us they served the Calimar and were there to guard the portal. We wanted to find out where the elves went but, as we reached the surface, we were greeted with a light show and four Voidcruisers appeared. The pikemen took off for parts unknown as we abandoned the raft and swam away towards Shamalk’s cave. Maria was still with us. On the way we were intercepted by a group of Calimar and held captive in one of the voidcruisers. The Calimar wanted to know why we had opened the portal. We told them the elves had done it. After a while we were released after handing over the helm as ransom. We were told never to return to this area again. Maria was to stay with us and live out her life in Carzala. Once released we headed straight for the Guild arriving back there after 18 days.

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