6th February 2023 - Session 58 - Hot on the trail of King Heckaton - Ciara

The party work hard to try and convince Saoirse that Imrith's behaviour has been suspicious and she should not be trusted but Saoirse stays loyal to Imirth.  She has been like a mother to her.  Uther is led by Saoirse. 

Bearnabus tries to dispel magic from Imrith.  There is clearly a great deal of magic surrounding her but the spell fails.  

Saoirse is very happy the adventurers have agreed to help find her father.  She provides them with 2 letters and the golden goose token.  One that states the mission they are on to investigate the disappearance of the King for the acting Queen.  The other absolving them of any retaliation by the cloud Countess.  

They are escorted back to the summoning circle where a cloud giant teleports them to Yartar.  The party sleep in the Poison Dagger to recover before the investigation.  The party get clothes suitable for sneaking on to the Grand Dame and Sharpie gets a new axe handle. 

The party infiltrate the Grand Dame using their sneaking cunning.  Bernabus and Dunbarr work the tables while Graupel and Dipple teleport directly up to the captain's office.  Kin liaises with his musician friends before joining Graupel and Dipple.  Graupel and Dipple tie up the captain in a chair.  All three of the party investigate the room and find some treasure.  They also block the tank containing his pet octopus.  

After getting rid of some prying guards, they interrogate the captain and find out that King Heckaton is being held on a boat travelling around the north of the Moonshae Isles.  The boat is called the Morkoth and looks like a squid.  There was a feeder boat from Neverwinter called the Havorn which brought crew and supplies out to Morkoth the last time it was close to land.  

With this the captain clutches his chest and everyone there sees the effect of the psychic damage being done to him as it kills him.  

Kin sends a message to Zephyros looking for a lift and Graupel prepares to commune with the Octopus.