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The other agents hired by Moriarty (not the party) managed to
subvert/bribe/threaten and otherwise gain dominant control over all the
other principalities except the Seadragons who held themselves up with
most of their ships in the cove of ReagalPort with a few patrols around
the Island. The Seadragons had sent emissaries requesting aid to
their allies in Q'barra as well as New Galifar and even made entreaties
to Riedra. The party did not attempt to intercept any of these
messages. Moriarty's "corporation" amassed its fleet off of Cape
far to decide what to do about the Seadragons. They discussed leaving
the Seadragons holed up in their city with a blockade, but the thought
of them receiving aid from New Galifar scared them into action. They
knew that, combined, they had enough power to take over the Seadragons
through naval action but ultimately decided against it due to them
wanting to take the Seadragons Forces intact. They decided to take
Moriarty's submarine for a suprise landing on Greentarn island, on the
opposite side of the island of Regalport and sneakily make their way to
the city. They brought two pirates as backup.
Their submarine had to surface three times (for air and a quick
recharge) and on the third time it was caught by a Seadragon Patrol.
Determining their small scout sub was no match for the 3 Seadragon scout
ships they turned and ran and barely managed to submerge before being
overtaken. They then made it to Greentarn island and decided to sneak
around through the foresty/jungle area on the North of the Island.
Zellos ended up angering a pack of 4 apes. The party decided to
rush up to a batch of trees and Pirate #1 (pistol) and Pirate #2
(Musket) managed to do a fair bit of damage to the first ape.
Zellos darted forwardly at a run, his hair blowing in the wind as he
bravely charged the apes readying his tuba for a might note.
Zellos ended up putting all his teamates and all but one ape asleep with
his tuba. The remaining ape rushed and mangled Zellos quite a bit.
Zellos ran back, taking another minor hit from the ape as he ran to wake
up The Agent. The ape charged Zellos and mangled him close to
unconsciousness. Zellos healed himself while The Agent sneak attacked
the ape. The ape mangled Zellos one more time, bringing him near
unconsciousness but still able to fight. The Agent sneak attacked
again, bringing the ape down. They the cou-de-grace'd the rest of
the sleeping apes.
The next day as they were walking one of the pirates randomly decided to
test fire his musket a few times (natural 1 on a move silently roll) and
alerted the attention of a patrol of Seadragon pirates. One of the
Seadragon's had a palantir and used it to alert the rest to their
presence. Their was an old abandoned shack nearby and everyone but
Zellos ran inside and covered their ears while Zellos darted forward yet
again. Despite their ear covering, everone except a single Seadragon and
Zellos was put to sleep. Zellos battled it out with the remaining
pirate, beating him with his dagger. Zellos and The Agent each took a
musket and the palantir and continued on.
The next day the same pirate decided to randomly test fire his musket
again next to a creek, surprising a crocodile that lurched out and
grabbed him, and in one shot rendering the pirate unconcious and barely
alive. The Agent, Zellos, and the remaining pirate were so
irritated about the pirate firing off his musket AGAIN that they just
continued to walk on and left the pirate to his fate as crocodile lunch.
They reached a hill overlooking Regalport and talked about what to do.
They decided to sneak back to the Seadragon guards and make disguises
out of their clothes. They didn't know it but managed to put the uniform
on perfectly. On the way back all they found of the 4th pirate was a
bloody mauled hand. They ran into another patrol of Seadragons later
however with their disguises they managed to convince the patrol that
not only were they another Seadragon patrol but that they had killed the
intruders but lost half their men doing so. When asked where all the
bodies were the party said some crocodiles ate them, and sent the
Seadragon patrol to go investigate the hand as proof.
They decided to walk into town like super cool badass pirates, The Agent
and the remaining Pirate succeeded, and looked totally badass while
Zelos failed (roll of 4) and looked totally lame carrying a tuba into
Regalport. The Agent and the Pirate gained no less than a dozen
pirate girls numbers each just walking through town while Zellos only
managed to get invited to pirate karaoke night by a balding pirate dude.
They made their way up to Regalport keep, noticing the walled area was
newer but the tower looked old enough to date back to the Dhakaani
empire. Zellos went to give his (falsified) report to the guard post
detailing their defeat of the intruders.
The Agent accidentally walked into a small brothel, with the door
locking immediately behind him. It was a small one room brothel with 6
bunkbeds and a pirate with bad teeth sitting behind a desk. The
guy threatened The Agent to make his pick, cost was between 1 copper and
1 silver depending on "quality". The Agent managed to get out
without purchasing services by bribing the guy 1 gold. Zellos had to
wait in line for awhile. The remaining pirate heard a sound from the
well in the courtyard and went to look, and a fat guy was holding on to
the bucket half submerged in water. The guards told him it was
because he stole a piece of bread. Zellos was still stuck in line to
make his report. The Agent went into the tavern that was full of
Seadragons and a fairly attractive barmaid. The Agent started gathering
information about the prince and found most of the Seadragons didnt
understand why the prince wouldnt join the corporation as the pay was
good, but were not outright willing to turn on their prince. He also
learned of a second in command who might make a good puppet if the
prince were deposed. The direction of the conversation resulted in a
small brawl between a staunch loyalist and a less loyal guy in the
tavern.
Since The Agent was still such a badass pirate the barmaid offered him a
free drink and sat next to him, which he accepted only to avoid
suspicion. The remaining pirate ally left the well and tried to enter
the tower, only to be denied do to it being a restricted area. Zellos
entered a shop that sold muskets and pistols. The shop keeper asked him
to let him see his new musket, which Zellos totally ineptly handed over
to him. The shopkeeper immediately got suspicious that a pirate
could not handle a musket and questioned Zellos about his ugly tuba.
Zellos successfully bluffed the shopkeeper into believing that Zellos
was a new recruit and that he stole the tuba from the intruder he killed
as a trophy. The shop keeper took pity on Zellos and spent a
little time teaching him some basics about muskets. Zellos found the
tips useful though still wasn't very skilled with firearms.
The remaining pirate walked into a supply house manned by a single old,
short, grumpy Seadragon with a peg leg, hook and eyepatch named Pete the
Pirate. The remaining pirate started snooping around and Pete got
pissed and shot his pistol at the remaining pirate, missing
wildly. The remaining pirate whipped out his musket and killed
Pete on the spot. Everyone, including the guards, heard the shot and
crammed into the supply house. Zellos and The Agent left the pirate to
his fate and snuck into the now unguarded tower. The Seadragons were
pissed as they all apparently loved old grumpy Pete and drew their
weapons ready to slaughter the pirate. The remaining pirate
decided to bow down and grovel for his life and somehow succeeded.
The Seadragons decided to be merciful and only threw him down the well
instead.
Zellos and The Agent snuck around the base floor of the tower for a bit,
finding 2 rooms full of crates, a 3rd with a Seadragon talking into a
palantir (who did not notice them sneaking) and an empty room with a
very hard to see trapdoor disguised in the floor. They managed to open
the old lid, but made some noise doing so attracting the nearby
Seadragon. They got the lid closed just as the Seadragon entered the
room with his sword drawn. The guard apparently didn't know about the
trapdoor as he didn't follow after the party.
The party decided to explore the old passage going down because they
wanted to wait for dark before continuing up the tower. They found an
old undisturbed Goblin empire storehouse. They found some magical
armor that did not fit them, and a magical shortsword that The Agent
claimed. They also found an intact bottle of ancient goblin mead that
was still liquid. On the floor of the room was an even older sealed
hatch with ancient writing. Zellos used a spell to read it, which said
Doorway to Khyber. They decided to leave the hatch sealed. After
nightfall The Agent climbed up the tower to the top floor room and
Zellos searched the crates on the first floor. The crates were filled
with gold coins, cups and various booty. Zellos stuffed his backpack and
pockets, and even contemplated stuffing his tuba to carry more, but
decided against it. At the top The Agent found two makeshift wood rooms,
a couple desks, piles of gold, and a sleeping parrot in a cage. The
agent attempted to kill the parrot with a dart and hit it but didn't
kill it. The parrot flew around its cage and squawked noisely, waking up
the prince, who was in one makeshift wooden room, and the 2nd in command
(who's name was Jake), who was in the second makeshift room. Zellos also
heard the commotion from the bottom of the tower. The prince and Jake
managed to throw some pants on and charge out swords drawn just as
Zellos came bounding to the top floor with his tuba. Jake got the first
swing in but accidentally ended up stabbing the prince. Zellos quickly
told Jake that they were there to help him overthrow the prince and take
his rightly place. Jake didn't didn't believe it for a second, but the
prince, having just been stabbed by Jake, immediately turned on Jake and
killed him in one shot. The Agent flanked the prince and got off a hefty
sneak attack. Zellos charged right in and attacked the prince with his
dagger, getting a nice hit. The prince knocked Zellos unconscious and
bleeding out with one hit. As Zellos fell The Agent to get one last
sneak attack in and did enough damage to knock the prince unconscious
but not bleeding out.
Although not very good at it, The Agent managed enough first aid to
stabilize Zellos and keep him from bleeding out. The Agent disguised
himself as the Prince using his changeling ability. Zellos used alter
image to make himself look like Jake. They managed to dress up in their
new clean clothes from the rooms, kill the parrot, then stash the bodies
in the hidden goblin room before the guards came in to see what the
racket was about. They managed to bluff their way out, and the following
day the 'Prince' had a change of heart and joined the corporation.