26th of Rahat: After being asked to go in the cargo hold by the sea elves that guard the coral maze in Chaos Bay, Saladin asks Ali'a to turn invisable and make a map of the maze should they need to escape. Meanwhile, Farooq continues to study the book and is starting to feel an influence come over him. As they arrive in the harbor, they are asked to come back on deck to be greeted by a Noble Marid that serves as Harbormaster. Farooq rudly talks to the Marid, bringing a harsh treatment for the crew as the Harbormaster just places them in the first spot free and disappearing.
As Ramanhi negociates a settlement for the mess Farooq created, they investigate the city as best they could. They settle in a inn where they notice a dwarf equipped with a hammer bearing the symbol of the Brotherhood of the True Flame. Ashira seduces him and Farooq convinces him that Ramanhi is in town and that the brotherhood could raid his ship. After the dwarf left, they realize their folly and Saladin sends Ali'a to warn him of the attack. after a while, Ali'a doesn't come back and they hear there's a fire in the harbor. Saladin, Farooq and Ashira rush to the port only to arrive and witness the boat burning. No help from the Harbormaster came due to Farooq's rudeness. Our heroes go back to the inn and plan their search for Ramanhi.
27th of Rahat: Our heroes split up to lookfor Ramanhi. Farooq goes to the barber, Saladin to the port and Ashira visit the east side of the city, guided by her instincts and her sight. She discovers an old mansion that strikes her as the place. It is later learned from Farooq, after his discussion with the barber, that that mansion is rented to Rashad al-Masik, and there are rumors he is a member of the Brotherhood. After spotting the dwarf from last night at the mansion, our heroes break in. They fight with the three dwarves and another mage that were torturing Ramanhi. As they finish off the last dwarf on the streets of Hawa, they come back in to tend to Ramanhi only to find him being hanged by the neck by a fire lasso from the second floor and Rashad gloating he is going to destroy those who hunt one of his friends.
After a vicous fight, our heroes, now reunited with Ramanhi, kill Rashad and investigate the mansion. They found a secret passage leading to the sewers of the city. After collecting some of the treasure that was hidden in the basement, our heroes hear footsteps from the upstairs. A cautious Ramanhi goes up the steps only to notice a gnoll looking around then leaving. Our Heroes elect to escape by the sewers. After nearly drowning, Saladin, Farooq, Ashira and Ramanhi retreat to a bath house where they pay good dinars to rest and clean themselves. As they come back from the baths, they settle for the night.
28th of Rahat: In the morning, Saladin doesn't feel good and is seeing blurry, and Farooq hides that fact. They also discover a dagger with the coin of Jisan, marking them for Holy Slaying. Farooq sends Ashira and Ramanhi to fetch help for Saladin while he creates a commotion about a plague of Jisan, using his and his friend's sickness as bait. The bathhouse is quarantined so Ashira and Ramanhi have to negociate to enter with an herbalist who teaches the ritual of Cure Disease to Ashira. After Saladin recovers, they investigate the possible locations where the holy slayer could be. They also figured out that he must have Ali'a as an additional hostage, since they did not find Bulwar at the mansion. As they head back to the bath house, they are arrested and escorted to a jail.
29th of Rahat: in the early hours of the morning, the heroes are visited by Akura al-Hiyali, who informs them that they will not live to see the council because of the murder of his allies. Farooq frees himself from the cell, Ashira distracts the gnoll guards with her natural beauty while Farooq frees Ramanhi and Saladin teleports to get the groups gear. As they make quick work of the remaining guards, they realize they are not in a standard prison, but a personnal hideout of Akura. They discover a room with a teleportation circle. After finding the obsidian dagger needed to activate it, Saladin gets a dial address for the teleportation. Saladin inputs it, thinking it would take back to the airship. It teleports them right in the middle of the council chambers of the Corsairs.
A suprised Jayani, leader of the corsairs, greets the group and asks for explaination about their behavior, especially Farooq's behavior with the Harbormaster and the plague. After receiving the explanations and the fact they dealt with the Brotherhood in her city, Jayani tasks them to eleminate the last remnant of their presence in Hawa, after which she will send word to the Grand Caliph to offer assistance in face of the escalation of the Holy War between Jisan and Jauhar followers.
They track down the holy slayer to the abandonned forge where it was waiting for them. The floors where mined with lightning tiles and Saladin had to use his light spell to clear away the darkness to be able to fight. The heroes discover the slayer was not alone, having hooked up with the brother of the Jisanite they had captured in Qadib. After a tricky fight, they emerged victorious, reclaim Bukwar and Ali'a and earned a new ship, and a partial alliace from the Corsairs.
30th of Rahat: Manning their ship, they set out back to the island of Gardens but are attacked by one of Akura's faithfull captain, which they dispatch rather easily. They continue on their way to reclaim their airship...
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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