In Spelljammer episode #6, the “Heroes of Athas” raided The Second Wind intent on defeating Captain Fel Arda. Morris, the deck wizard for The Lucille, cast Invisibility on the group before Teleporting them into the Mess Hall of the Second Wind. Here they worked in unison to focus their attacks on the Tiefling Captain.
Their tactics were sound, and Fel Arda was surprised an overwhelmed. She was forced to make goo her escape by using Plane Shift, abandoning the ship to save her life. With the captain gone, the Second Wind crew surrendered. They were loyal to the Captain but none of them really liked her or her practices.
“V” declared himself acting Captain of the Second Wind, and after both the survivors and Commodore Krux were tended to, ordered Ian the Helmsman to take the ship to New Toril for delivery of the survivors to New Phandalin.
Arriving at New Phandalin, they saw that the other companion ships were already in dock. There was Elaina Sartel’s Moondancer and The Incorrigible the Gith ship captained by Daar’Vik. They saw The Lucille arrive and begin docking as The Second Wind settled into place. They would later learn that Captain Gizmod had arrived and already departed.
The process of getting the survivors from the ship to the village was a lengthy one. Luckily, the Welcoming Committee had already been through the process several times. As the survivors were escorted to their new home, the town Mayor, Wester, introduced himself and explained how the survivors would be assigned temporary housing and employment until their individual homes could be build and leased to them.
Phandalin was very much a fledgling frontier village on a frontier planet. It consisted of 40-50 log cabins resting on stone foundations. The streets were little more than muddy paths, but plans to lay stone and brick were part of the development plan for the future. For now, focus was being placed on timbering, wood refinery, and the construction of homes. Land was being sold at 1 acre for 50 gold, and both “V” and Breeze purchased a few plots for the future.
“V” made fast friends with Qelline Alderleaf, a Halfling farmer whose son, Carp, rode on The Second Wind to the village. “V” used his ability to divine that Qelline’s wife was alive and nearby. After the happy reunion, “V” asked Qelline to be a contact within the village during future visits.
The party decided to spend the night in port, resting and maybe exploring the village. They made themselves comfortable, and before splitting up they discussed their plans for tomorrow: they would go with Captain Neegan to Revel’s End Prison to drop off Ambassador Jarnathan and then assist with the transportation of Prisoner 13 back to New Phandalin. Before returning to New Phandalin, Neegan agreed to seek out and salvage the Lucid Edict, the Mindflayer Nautaloid that had been damaged by the Astral Elves over Athas. The damaged parts from the ship had been seen falling into the mountains like meteorites from Bleak Hollow.
The group would be responsible for clearing the Lucid Edict of any dangers inside. After it was secured, Neegan would tow the vessel back to The Rock of Bral for repair. “I know a guy there,” explains Neegan. “He can be of great help in retrofitting the Illithid ship if you really do decide to claim it as your own. Otherwise, he’s the only guy I can think of that I’d trust with selling something like that and not double-crossing you. His name is Mirt. He used to be a Masked Lord in Waterdeep. Now he runs a Spelljammer Academy at the Rock of Bral.”
And so the party remained in New Phandalin for the night. In the morning, they will leave for Revel’s End Prison on Toril.
As of tomorrow, they have 6 days until they need to meet their companion Captains at the Rock of Bral to discuss plans on how to act against the Xaryxian Empire.
Children of the Ampersand 