Game 8: Not THIS Guy Again

 

Our Intrepid Adventurers discretely boarded a commercial riverboat headed to Dimzhera, The Swift Rahk. They successfully kept their heads down and their noses clean, until:

• The sudden discovery that a fellow passenger was in truth Akeno Kurshahn, currently a refugee from the Arkhounian Empire and an emotional wreck.
• Sudden nighttime attack by the Bellator, criminals for hire out of the nation of Kadir. A whole bunch of them, including an assassin aimed directly at Stone.
• Our heroes fought valiantly against quite a few enemies, but things looked dire for most of the battle. High Stakes! Danger! Sudden Reversals! All the things that make combat exciting!
• The boats on fire. THE BOATS ON FIRE!
• The Villain Of A Dozen Faces is still quite an asshole. He got hit hard and vanished...until Lady Downe spotted him wearing yet another face, preparing to strike.
• Lord DeLaFontaine fulfilled a promise made in the streets of Indrebor.

The fires were contained, but The Swift Rahk had to put in at the next available dock. Our crew, now accompanied by Akeno and her spirit companion Sneep, bought a wagon and some horses with gold recovered from That Bastard. Proceeded onward to Wellerbee and the Pagovian HQ, as quietly and discretely as possible.