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<p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 25: ''' A Crew in Search of a Ship (28 Mafeeti 787 to 8  
		Napay  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">In Port Talp,  
			recruitment day goes into full swing.  In attendance are a  
			faction of the crew of the Riptide that have decided after several  
			years to find a new ship.  Valdis, Gabriel, and Rin walk the  
			docks looking for a new ship.  On their way, they find Claude  
			who follows they.  After some searching, they settle on a ship  
			named the Pride of the Rose.  During their walk, the floating  
			Claude attracts the attention of a elven sailor also looking for a  
			new job.  Chase decides to join the same crew.  Also  
			joining them on the ship are Falcon, Gnearly, and Veronica.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">For  
						several days, they collect supplies and get used to the  
						new crew.  Captain Ispolis gets everything in  
						order.  Rin is made First Mate; Valdis Ship's  
						Master, Claude the Quartermaster, and Chase a  
						Midshipman.  The day they are scheduled to leave,  
						disaster almost aborts the mission of all of the  
						corsairs as a tsumani rolls towards the docks.  The  
						city's mages and clerics manage to defeat the wave  
						before any ship is destroyed.  The ships  
						immediately set sail.  Two days out, more danger  
						arrives as all of the ships are set upon by pirates.   
						In the case of the Prise, two average sized ships bare  
						down on it.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> <p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">'''Session 26: '''  
		The Pride of the Rose is Tested by Pirates (8 Napay 787 to 11 Napay  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As the pirates  
			approach, the captain and crew decide on a course of action.   
			After discussion, they decide that Rin will go out and try to  
			disable one ship while the Pride races past the other.  Rin  
			heads off with Tsunami and the rest of the crew prepares the ship.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As they  
						near, the crew and Rin see that the ships are both part  
						of the Viper Fleet, one of the Duo-tio-Shelleshe's  
						fleets.  Rin heads towards the Silver Viper.   
						Once there, she uses Clauade's paste to eat a hole in  
						the hull.  When the crew sees her, they attack, but  
						she flees.  The Silver Viper slows, turns, and  
						begins to fire at the Pride with little impact.   
						The Pride sails towards the Blue Viper, and Rin moves  
						that way as well.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Once at  
						the ship, Rin makes a hole to enter and climbs on to the  
						gun deck.  About the same time, yet not  
						coordinated, Chase casts an amplify on the Viper ship.   
						Long range cannon fire is exchanged as the ships near to  
						little effect.  When Rin gets aboard the gun deck,  
						she is greeted by a whip wielding pirate.  She  
						fires arrows at the cannon crew to slow them, but then  
						is whipped.  The amplified sound of the whip  
						deafens and stuns almost everyone below deck.   
						Above deck, the Pride begins to attack the Viper with  
						bolts and spells.  The initial assault goes to the  
						Pride as even the grenade that reaches them is nullified  
						by Claude's blessings.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">As the  
						ships begin to pass, and it looks like the Pride will  
						escape, things turn sour.  The Viper crew is  
						finally able to launch bolts, arrows, and spells.   
						Pride crew are hurt, the deck is lit on fire, officers  
						are poisoned.  Rin is forced off the ship by  
						attacks.  As the ships separate farther, the Viper  
						is finally able to unleash a volley of cannon fire.   
						The pride gets hit but survives.  Rin, back aboard  
						the Pride returns fire with arrows, forcing the Viper  
						crew at that distance to hide.  Before the Pride  
						can get away, another cannon volley slam the ships,  
						nearly destroying the aft castle.  Several crew are  
						wounded badly, and two including Gnearly are killed.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Working  
						fast and hard, the crew manage to patch up the holes  
						with the use of Claude's blessings.  Chase has Rin  
						deliver a magic token to one of the Viper ships which  
						anchors it down; and she delivers some of Claude's paste  
						to the other to destroy its rudder.  The Pride  
						narrowly escapes.  After three somber and sober  
						days, they run into a storm and spot some winged  
						creatures.</li></ul>'''<br /> 
		Session 27: '''  
		Did Claude Bring Them or Save the Ship From Them (11 Napay 787 to 21 Napay  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The winged creatures  
			circle for several minutes before descending.  Two long blue  
			scaled creatures that Claude and Rin identify as thunderheads.   
			The crew prepares, with the captain ordering most below deck.   
			Rin, Claude, Chase, Gabriel and his team, Ritvali, Cheenan, Thermon,  
			Parker, the doctor, and few others are on the deck.  Chase  
			scares one of the two off but the other hits the deck.   
			Claude's flag keep everyone from fleeing in fear and he steps in a  
			beheads the creature that had been wounded by the others' arrows and  
			bolts.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">Tsunami  
						warns Rin of danger below and moments later a true blue  
						dragon emerges and goes after Claude.  Prepared for  
						such an assault, Claude cannot be held and ignores its  
						breath.  The other thunderhead tries but fails to  
						damage the ship as the others shot at it.  The  
						dragon deafens Chase as the brave crew attack it.   
						Gabriel hits it in the face with a shot from the swivel  
						gun.  Claude chops away at it.  Unable to harm  
						Claude enough and taking attacks from all sides, it  
						flees below water, but Claude follows.  The dragon  
						takes a different turn, flying out of the water and  
						away.  The crew takes shots at it again through the  
						dark and rain.  Gabriel reaches and fires a cannon,  
						but misses.  Rin hits it from an extreme distance,  
						again forcing it beneath the waves but farther than  
						Claude can reach.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The crew  
						is in awe of Claude and for the next few days celebrate  
						him.  The ship sees many islands and after ten days  
						see one that the captain decides to investigate.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 28: '''Finding  
		a Pirate Isle (21 Napay 787 to 23  
		Progonust  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The ship begins a  
			search for islands that the captain thinks could have a hidden  
			Shelleshe base.  After several days, the find an island that  
			the captain wants to investigate.  Ispolis and several others  
			go ashore and investigate, sending messages back via animals.   
			The first night, the crew on the ship sees a Shelleshe ship of the  
			Watcher fleet sail away.  They do not pursue and do not think  
			they are seen.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The next  
						day, many of the crew are in the surf fishing and  
						relaxing when Claude senses danger.  They call the  
						crew back and begin to prepare and search.  For  
						over an hour, they find no signs but Claude is still  
						sensing danger.  Finally, Valdis suggests to search  
						the crew that had been off ship.  Claude prepares  
						spells and investigates.  He realizes one of them  
						is a polymorphed dragon and goes to prepare spells to  
						attack it.  Before he is finished, a boom stuns  
						many of the crew.  Several run to battle stations.   
						When Claude comes back to the deck, he spots the crewman  
						dragon climbing the mast.  </li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">He calls  
						out and they begin to attack the creature.  It  
						makes no attempt to fight but rather tears Claude's flag  
						off the mast and flies away; escaping despite everyone's  
						efforts to stop it.  They report what has happened  
						to the captain on the island.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">The away  
						party finds a Shelleshe base and a constructed canal  
						leading into the island.  They decide to sail away  
						and leave a small group on the island to alert them when  
						the Shelleshe Watcher ship returns.  Chase, Falcon,  
						Felji, and Lander are picked to remain.  They set  
						up a plan to delay the Shellesge when they return to  
						give the Pride time to make it back and trap the ship.</li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px">For a  
						month, the ship sails around and the four wait and plan  
						on the island.  Finally, the Watched fleet ship  
						returns and they report that to the ship.</li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 29: '''Capturing  
		a Watcher Ship ''' '''(23 Progonust  
		787 to 24 Progonust  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>Description in  
			prose by Chase:</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>The  
						scouting party was sly, noting everything by eye.</span><br /><span>Messages were sent away, the Pride to arrive in  
						less than a day.</span><br /><span>The pirate ship docked, our attention was locked.</span><br /><span>Crew and supplies brought to shore, our  
						anticipation growing more and more.</span><br /><span>Friendly boarding party arrives via stealth, not  
						giving the pirates time to hide their wealth.</span><br /><span>Giant croc goes crash, frightened Horarians go  
						splash, Valdis' axe goes smash.</span><br /><span>Fire breathing lizard, impaled innards.</span><br /><span>Pirates overwhelmed, cowards flee the helm.</span><br /><span>Captain captured, Chase's charms enrapture.</span><br /><span>Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, the pirate  
						crew surrenders to the Pride.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"> '''Session 30: '''Defeating  
		a Two Head Viper Attack (24 Progonust  
		787 to 1 Baston Sun  
		787)<ul><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>Having taken  
			the Viper fleet ship (the red viper to be precise), you set about a  
			plan to capture the ship.  Captain Ispolis , having come up along  
			side the ship, yells over that he wants to get out now.  "We already  
			have a great bounty, lets take the Kakushin and the prisoners and  
			sail to port."  He collects the crew and the prisoners you have and  
			sails away.  You are left on the viper ship with those who are  
			willing to volunteer (basically most of the PCs).  Midiyro stays  
			(katana wielding Horarian) as does Len the Doctor's Mate.  No one  
			else is willing to for one reason or another.</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>You  
						sail straight, working on a plan to fix the rudder as  
						the other Viper shadows you once they have picked up the  
						dingy with the escaping crew of this ship.  Exploring  
						this ship, you clean out the captain's quarters and find  
						little else.  The gun deck was gutted by the fire and  
						the lowest decks were cleaned out.  Again, it seems as  
						if the Ship's Mage, Quartermaster, and Steward were  
						tasked with escaping and taking everything of value when  
						something like this happens.  There is a half hour of  
						down time as the ships are more or less stopped picking  
						up people before the chase begins.  Those on the gun  
						deck have been cleaned of stuff.</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>The  
						Pride and the Orca sail at a distance and watch, the sun  
						is still an hour or more away.  The Silver Viper come  
						alongside your Viper, sailing parallel and waiting.  You  
						take stock and find the cannon to be mostly fouled, with  
						most repairable given the right crew and materials.   
						Ispolis took the lesser captured crew (only six), while  
						allowing you to keep the captain.  With the sun going to  
						rise in a half hour, the other Viper ship begins to fire  
						upon your viper and close.  As they begin to fire,  
						Tsunami comes under attack from swarms of vipers.  At a  
						distance, through a spyglass, you can see preparations  
						being made on the other viper.  There crew along with  
						the surviving crew of this ship are on deck, readying  
						for battle.  You see four ogre sized creatures on their  
						deck as well.</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span> 
						Sensing the pressure and realizing that it is unlikely  
						you can reach Port Talp with the ship intact, you make  
						the decision to scuttle the ship and get back to the  
						Pride.  You find a dingy and begin to load up on the  
						side away from the other viper ship.  You explode the  
						remaining powder on the bottom deck, blowing a hole.   
						You spend five minutes cutting everything and smashing  
						everything else.  You carry away everything you can and  
						get the dingy.  The other viper ship does not give  
						chase.  In the distance, as the sun begins to rise.  One  
						of the crew spots a flag run up the mast of the other  
						viper ship.  The flag is in red and purple and has to  
						characters on it:</span><br /><br /><span>復讐</span><br /><br /><span>Isyawi says, "That means vengeance.  They are  
						swearing an oath to take vengeance upon us."  This  
						unnerves many of the crew as the Shelleshe oath of  
						vengeance is always carried out; according the sailing  
						lore.  Most of those that are unnerved eventually calm  
						themselves, but some make it clear they will not get on  
						the ship again after you reach Port Talp.</span></li><li><p style="margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px"><span>You  
						reach the Orca and take control of the ship from Lewis.   
						Two days later, you reach Port Talp on the 3rd day of  
						the 12th month of 787.  The city looks fine.  There are  
						three other corsair ships in port.</span></li></ul>