Episode 10: What do you do with a drunken sailor?

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July 22, 2020

We began this episode with a discussion over breakfast about the nearby broken boat. After some persuading, Ridgely agreed to go to a nearby town to search for some help and supplies for fixing the boat. The closest town was Goldcrest, a small fishing town about 50 miles away on the northern coast of the Isle. Presumably in anticipation for boating, there was a lot of talk about pirating and the Pirates' Code.

On the way to the town, Ridgely told a story about a legendary pirate:

The Sparrow, no one could outrun the Kirogate navy except him. He was great eluding naval boats, but one day got cornered. He wanted to run, but his crew did not - the crew mutinied and took his ship. He got a new ship, terrorized the sea, and then he hit a bad storm and was marooned on an island for many months. A passing ship rescued him, but recognized him and arrested him. He was then hung for piracy. Called the sparrow because he flitted back and forth in the water like a sparrow.

Upon reaching the town, the group went straight to the docks where they found the dock master, Nadya. They attempted to persuade her that they were on the king's business, but were failing when Muud stepped in acting as the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He convinced her to give them supplies and time of some of the dock workers in exchange for a tax credit. The group retired to a pub where they drank, talked, and Muud made a pretty decent forgery of an official tax credit document. Ridgely and Luberos get blackout drunk, Rhistel gets normie drunk, and everyone else remained effectively sober. Upon retiring to bed, Luberos and Ridgely were being quite disruptive, and when Luberos pulled out his bagpipes to play in the inn Muud paralyzed the two of them and dragged them into bed. They promptly passed out. We ended the session with a heart-to-heart between Koko Dotharl and Dienaar Josephine, where she revealed a bit of her personal desires to please the Towenaar, but to also gain power to protect herself and those she loves.