That evening – the group proceeds to quiz the remaining crew and passengers to find someone who is an able navigator. One person pipes up and they enrol him into the duty of guiding the ship to the regions capital.
Kernezer also finds the Dread Necromanc
er named Dreinell who is willing to help the groups cause. He was sat at the dinner table and seen all the commotions that happened in the previous day, and would rather work with them, than against.
The party performs a more thorough search of the ship, Ceinwen finds the an artefact she believes she has looking for all this time... An unusual ornate crystal orb. Rumoured to be quite valuable and of unusual craftsmanship, she slips it in her pack. The crew also find some useful resources resources, between the medical bay and the food and equipment storage. Joe makes sure to collect the captains tri-star hat, and decides he is now a captain.
Before too long, another ship is spotted on the horizon. This one looking more like a warship than a transport galley... the party decide its best to proceed on course, rather than arise suspicion from the clearly faster and more powerful military frigate. As the ships get closer, the figure at the helm signals for them to drop anchor, and they do so. Joe standing forth with the tri star hat on strikes a pose and pretends to be in charge as at the helm of the approaching ship the military captain becomes clear... tall, busty, blonde haired very attractive female... Jow immediately starts hitting on her, with a good amount of success, Her and Joe hit it off – and she is about to let them go as Karn starts signalling the captain, and she misconstrues it that the dwarf is perhaps a threat, (Possibly a hijacker trying to overthrow poor Joe?) and invited Joe on board to parley, and more...
Before Jow she manages to seduce the busty captain, the party on the shanty panty rifle up some commotion and indicate they want their captain back so they can get a move on as they are in a rush. The woman lets Joe leave the ship, and sails back off on her patrol.
Later that evening, as Storm clouds gather, the party are below deck enjoying some food and more drink. Some of the crew attend, clearly against some of their more base survival instincts... Karnezer and Joe go up top, and are ambushed by archers hiding in the shadows, and hiding on the mast. Ceinwent is in her bedchamber, and hears the commotion and the fight spreads though the ship, with party members split over numerous areas, it could have been much worse... but the majority were fighting top deck, and were easily taken down with the exception of one archer up in the crows nest - but with one very powerful swipe of his axe - Karnezer severs the mast and he falls to his death... This action also cripples the ship as all the rigging falls apart.
A thick fog rolls in as the party gathers on the deck - they see some eerie looking lights out in fog... it approaches at a fair rate... Ceinwen sends out a pair of summoned lights that reveal it is another ship, and its approaching at high speed on a collision course with the side of the Shanty Panty.
To the groups confusion - the ship passes straight through, and is clearly now a ghostly visage of a vessel... the Shanty Panty. A couple of the party members now remember that this area is known as "the sea of vengeful spirits"... it is said that anyone that is killed will return each and every
night as a sort of zombie of themselves and attempt to take revenge on their attackers...
A dozen figures jump off of this ethereal boat as it passes through, and stand ready at the far end of the deck, and another fight ensues... it is brief, and the party are unharmed - but they decide they should get out of that area ASAP - to this end, all remaining crew are sent below deck and forced to Row. Ceinwen also convinces Joe to go assist, although after a short while he loses interest and returns to the position any captain getting a portrait done would be. Foot up on the barrier at the front of the ship, tri corner hat on, spyglass out and pointing into the night.
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