The RPG SAGA continues with...
Force Green (a.k.a. Team Tortuga, a.k.a. The Fey Knights Generation 2): Pylia the half-elf bladesinger, Drizmar the drow assassin, Blue the satyr paladin, and Blood the gnome cleric.
*Former party members (Ori, Travak, Laz, Goldy, etc.) have been off on their own quests.
SAGA Log 1491: The Death Curse
Module: Tomb of Annihilation (Modified for High Level)
Pylia, Drizmar, Blue, Blood, their unicorn ally, and their duplicates were gearing up to go assault Veersalla at her homeworld of Merth when they were messaged by Alt-Oran to come to a family meeting. They arrived at Cobalt Castle and met with Alt-Oran, Daria, Glora, Borngray I, and Borngray II. They had the servants buying them more scrolls while Alt-Oran told them about his idea to borrow Gargle-Gargle so he could take Daria, Glora, Borngray I, and Borngray II into the Far Realms to rescue Azel and Ylara (whom he could locate via a magic stone provided by a primordial fairy).
Pylia refused to have the primordial fairy join their team and said she felt the mission was both a bad idea in general and bad timing. Eventually she relented that she had no problem with them trying to rescue her other set of grandparents. Blue and Blood also expressed concern that the team going into the Far Realms might be driven insane, but they agreed to let Alt-Oran borrow Gargle-Gargle and the command whistle.
While Alt-Oran took his team off to the Far Realms, Force Green hired a chef and bought two barrels worth of food to load onto
The Tortuga for their space journey. They travelled through the Phlogiston, to the coordinates for Merth - where they found a fleet of fifty Alpha-Omega ships with a shield-barrier around the planet, guarding it because Veersalla had told them that "The Death Curse" was spreading on the planet (which was referred to as Merth-Yoril - a combined sister world of both Oerth and Toril, similar to the concept of Abeir-Toril or Kalibruhn-Toril).
When the fleet admiral refused to allow the team to go in, Pylia consulted her notes from Acererak and realized "The Death Curse" was real but that Veersalla was using it to manipulate the Alpha-Omega Organization. She decided they should ram the barrier anyway and risk damaging the ship to get down to the planet to stop Veersalla (and get their revenge).
The heavily damaged
Tortuga crashed down into the water outside of Port Nayanzaru on the border of the jungle Chult, where they had to bribe the real dragon turtle Aremag with a headband of charisma. They also encountered a ship of frost giants, who were trying to salvage the ship for magic items. The team made a temporary alliance with the giants and had them tow the ship into port, where the frost giant captain began flirting with Blue. Pylia thought the artifact the giants were looking for was what as causing the death curse.
In the port city: they spent time at the tavern, spoke with the famous explorer Volo, chose not to participate in the dinosaur races, decided to allow Xanadala the half-elf sorcerer (who said she was looking for her father Artus) join them, and elected to hire two guides. They spent two days going into the jungle before deciding to turn around and return to port (killing zombies and skeletons along the way). They left Xandala at the port, along with the guides, before using a gate scroll to teleport around the coast and fire mountains.
After avoiding a red dragon and firenewts, the team spent about eleven days going deeper into the jungle. Other than a battle with zorbas, they mostly avoided trouble. Blue befriended a Chwinga spirit. About one day outside of Omu, they encountered Artus Cimber (and realized the giants were looking for the Ring of Winter, which was the artifact he carried). Artus befriended the team and told them about both factions nearby: the Yuan-Ti and the Red Wizards. He also revealed that Xandala was not his daughter.
(Above: Artus Cimber)
