Session+85

** Session 85 ** **2/6/2016** **The Legendary Crakken and The Battle Across 2 Pirate Ships!**

The group had set out with Throndir and his elven pirates, traveling south into the open ocean in search of Azarius's parents and the underwater city...

On the third day out into the open sea... dark clouds began to roll in. A massive ship with large spikes moved in front of it as though magically pushed by the storm. Rain pelted the elven pirate ship as their sails went slack! Erevin turned to Corsha who was observing the storm intently.

"There is powerful magic controlling the wind and the weather... I'm going to try and fight against it," the blue haired sorceress of the sea began weaving her own magic into the air, "Someone is fighting against me, manipulating the winds as I am."

Still a half mile out into the sea, the group could smell the foul waft of orc coming from the massive ship heading toward them. An orc skull was painted red on the side and flew on the flags, signifying Rotgrim, the Emperor of the South.

The weather magic seemed to be centered on Throndir's ships... and with the other ship still so far away... the caster had to be nearby. The group scoured the sky and the sea nearby, searching for any hint of a caster. The sea crashed waves back and forth and rain pelted hard from the dark clouds making it nearly impossible to see anything... but something moved in the sea. The group considered sending a party into the water as Rotgrim's ship drew ever nearer. The ship was vast and it's size seemed to grow as it got closer.

As Azarius looked over the water, casting out to find a source of magic... a large ball of fire came rushing toward Corsha from the orc ship! Wren gasped as she seen the wash of red and orange in the air and swiftly pulled her readied dispell from Cirdan to shatter the fireball spell before it reached the ship. Everyone on the front of the ship breathed a sigh of relief.

 Azarius, searching the ocean on the other side of the ship, looked up at the others, "I see something down th... HOLY CRAP!" Everyone turned toward the chaos sorcerer to see a very large squidlike beast with enormous tentacles rising up out of the water, reaching it's tentacles toward the ship and glaring with hatred! Mali shook her head, furrowing her eyebrows, "That's not normal! ...I... I think that's what was casting those weather spells!"

The orc ship continued advancing from the other side of the elven pirate ship as everyone turned to deal with the kraken. An exceptionally intelligent sea creature immune to cold, poison, and mind effecting spells. The legendary kraken was said to be able to cast spells to becalm ships in order to control them easier.

Erevin aimed his bow, sending three perfectly aimed strikes that sank deeply into it's fleshy hide, drawing the beast's immediate attention! The kraken lashed out with it's tentacles, grappling the elven prince, biting him with it's powerful beak, and tearing a deep gash in his side that continued to ooze blood to the deck around his feet! It struck out viciously at the others with it's many tentacles as it wound around the ship, lashing and grabbing onto Wren, Kale, Shri, Mali, Melleron, Thorn, and Posy!

Melleron bit into the tentacle around him, struggling to break free. Mali fought against the tentacle holding her, too distracted to cast her spell. Wren wove a witchy hex of retribution against the massive beast to deal part of the damage he lashed onto others back onto himself. Kale flexed his strong muscles, but he too was bound tightly in one of the tentacles!

Posy exploded out a fiery wave from the shirt she wore, burning the tentacle around her, and struggled to get free as she bit into it! Thorn struggled in it's strong grip as well, but managed to slice into the tentacle with his daggers! Erevin pulled a small thin blade from his sheath, slicing into the tentacle that bound him, unable to use his bow. Shri pulsed out a burst of cooling moonlight that healed her companions around her.

Taking on massive damage, the immense kraken pulled back from the ship... sinking into the water and pulling several of it's grappled victims with it! Posy, Melleron, Wren, Erevin, and Kale were pulled under the water, and at about 20 feet deep he released them, diving yet another 20 feet below them. Kale and Posy, heavily weighted by armor, began to sink...

Inali and Mali raced to the edge of the boat to see their companions underwater. The petite black fox's ears were pressed back as she looked on worriedly, waiting for her witch. Melleron swam quickly, his enormous paws slapping the surface among the turbulent waves as he gasped in air! Mali breathed with relief, and began a summoning spell.

Wren, able to breathe underwater, grabbed Kale and Posy's hands who were near her and wove a buoyancy spell that quickly floated them to the surface. Posy sent out her blade barrier of ghostly barbarians into the sea, catching the kraken in the whirling blades as squid blood pooled into the water around them!

Thorn rushed to the other side of the elven ship to see the massive orc pirate ship still approaching. It was 3 times the size of the elven ship with giant spikes protruding out of it. Erevin slipped on his helm of underwater breathing and swam beneath the elven ship toward the orcs.

The kraken squirted out a dark ink that clouded all of the water around the elven ship, and swam off with purposeful speed in the opposite direction, heading deeper into the sea. The blackened water splashed over the companions still in the water, poisoning Wren! Posy, Kale, and Melleron fought off the effects, but the witch looked weakened and nauseated. Above, two massive fireballs impacted the deck of the elven pirate ship, rolling over Mali and Inali! 5 huge water elementals answered Maliumpkin's summon, coming up in the water between their pirate ship and the incoming orc ship! Wren, Kale, Posy, and Melleron made it back onto the ship, and Shri healed everyone with a couple of large pulses of cooling moonlight. Inali retreated below deck to stay out of the way. Shri glanced into the water, shaking her head, "Erevin must still be in the water... though I have no idea what he's doing." Rotgrim, his first mate - Elfskinner , and his shaman - Ner-Zul could all be seen on the deck of the ship along with several green skinned orc pirates... all of which had tentacled masks over their faces. There were some humans on the deck as well... all of them wearing squid motif helmets that obscured their faces. Some of them wore irridescent robes while others were wearing pearl breastplates... Azarius could hear a feminine voice echo into his mind, "Welcome home, son..."

Wren wove her magic in an attempt to cast out a chain lightning, but a sorceress on the orc ship dispelled it with her own chain lightning. Erevin swam below up to the orc ship as Shri blessed her companions above with prayers to Eilistraee. Mali's water elementals surrounded the front of the orc ship. A strange squid-faced tentacle-fingered eidolan sprouted wings and flew over to slam into Corsha and Trieste, both women stumbling back from the blow! Uther picked up Posy at her request and threw her with a mighty heft toward the orc ship! In full rage, she latched onto the rails and hoisted herself up the rest of the way. Thorn slipped behind the eidolan, stabbing it in the back with his daggers! Trieste slashed into the eidolan in teamwork with the rogue halfling as Azarius summoned a large octopus from the depths of the ocean. Wren wove a flight spell over herself, lifting slightly off of the deck near Kale. One of the water elementals washed over the orc ships, smashing into an orc pirate while another slammed into Ner-Zul. Another charged up to Rotgrim while the other two smashed into 2 other orc pirates who looked like they were near death... 5 air elementals rushed onto the elven pirate ship, answering the call of the orc summoner. One of them slammed like a tornado into the young druidess who maintained her concentration as she continued to summon sea dinosaurs from another realm. Another air elemental punched Wren with giant airy fists. 2 orcs struck back at the water elementals, and the orc shaman banished a third as 2 more orcs struck into the last 2. The sorceress on the orc ship sent a green beam into Wren, anchoring her from teleporting or moving through dimensions. Posy chopped mightily into Rotgrim with her greataxe, turning only to gouge the orc pirate beside him as well! A large human in a set of full plate armor, pearlized like the breastplate that Azarius wore, arrived on the elven pirate ship and struck into Trieste! A large octopus answered Azarius's summons, lashing with four tentacles at the eidolan and with four at the large plated human, and biting with it's sharp poisonous beak into the human warrior. Azarius wove invisibility over himself and moved behind Melleron. Wren stepped back from the air elemental, weaving out a powerful horrid wilting over the front half of the orc ship, draining away the water from their enemies' bodies... 4 of the orcs shriveled up into ash and the others took on cracked lips and ashen skin. Erevin climbed over the rails of the orc ship to aim his bow at the sorceress, naming her. The bow whispered to him the name of Myrna Chaat... not the name of Azarius's mother, but someone from his family. He released the arrow to pierce into her, cracking through her stoneskin defense. The water elementals pounded into the orc pirates, one of them smashing hard into Rotgrim! One of the orcs fell and 4 elasmosauruses arrived on the orc ship, answering Mali's summoning. The sea dinosaurs bit into the orc pirates with their giant jagged teeth, tearing open gaping wounds! Mali wove a spell, trying to dispell the air elementals around her, but they stayed strong, holding their ground. Melleron struck with his claws into one of the floating air elementals, carving away wispy essences. One of the water elementals fell to an orc as the sorceress scampered farther in on the deck away from Erevin and wove a windy aura shield around herself. The ghandahaur warrior ignored Throndir who was battling against him, and struck into the summoned octopus alongside the eidolan as a chain lightning tore across the deck from the orc ship into Mali and Wren from another sorcerer! The air elemental battered the young witch, dropping her unconscious to the deck as another elemental slammed into the druid beside her! A third elemental whipped into Melleron as the pirate orcs dispatched 2 more of the water elementals. Another elemental slammed it's whirling fists into Thorn, battering him! Posy drove her greataxe into an orc pirate, taking him down! Uther teamed up with Throndir, and drove his blade into the ghandahaur warrior! The eidolan turned and lashed into Corsha with his tentacled fingers, dropping her unconscious to the ground. Azarius wove a fast shield around himself as the giant octopus lashed all of his tentacles around the lightning casting mage on the ship, dragging him to unconscious! Azarius then wove a disintegration spell to strike into the eidolan! Thorn stabbed one of his daggers into the eidolan. Kale moved between Wren's unconscious body and the air elemental, striking it back with his blade. Erevin sent a barrage of arrows at the sorceress, but they were swept away with her windy shield. Shri raced across the deck to heal the elven witch. Stirring, Wren looked up at her, "Thank you, Shri!" Mali's water elementals battered into the orc pirates alongside the sea dinosaurs tearing into them with vicious bites! Back on the elven ship, Melleron clawed and bit into the air elemental that barely kept whirling as Mali healed herself. A powerful sorcerer at the back of the orc ship dispelled the summoned elasmosauruses. Several orcs moved up to surround Erevin and Posy at the front of the orc ship. The ghandahaur warrior struck into Throndir and then gave a final fatal blow to the summoned octopus. One of the air elementals pummeled Thorn as the eidolan drove it's tentacled fingers into his chest! The last water elemental fell to Rotgrim's fatal strike. Ner-Zul laid a hand on Posy's flesh with a powerful detrimental magic... draining away a large part of her life! Myrna wove a haste spell over the orc pirates. Posy pushed forward into the thick wave of orcs and released the explosive wave of fire from her ring of immolation! The fire mostly seemed to wash off of Rotgrim, Elfskinner, and Ner-Zul, but several orc pirates fell dead to the deck! Thorn pulled his flanking buddy from his dagger and went at the eidolan with his two daggers finally dropping the 12' tall being to the deck!

Azarius teleported invisibly behind Erevin on the orc pirate ship, emitting a strange magic popping noise near him and magically whispered to him, "I'm standing right behind you... I'm preparing a haste spell for you... if you survive." Coming awake from Shri's heal, Wren scrambled back to her feet behind Kale and sent a bluish bolt of cold into the air elemental combining with the elven warrior's fatal strike to finally blow it apart!

Erevin nodded, acknowledging the mage behind him, and sent out more arrows into the orcs surrounding him and Posy. Shri sent out another wave of healing over Thorn, Wren, and Kale. Mali wove a spell around herself, healing up her wounds as Melleron continued to bite and tear his claws through one of the air elementals.

Myrna moved to the rear of the orc pirate ship, joining the powerful mage and his orc guard. Azarius heard the feminine whisper in his mind, "They are still too strong... Destroy them all!" He relayed the message to Erevin and Posy near him as the sorceress sent out a green beam into him, anchoring him from teleporting or moving through dimensions. The powerful mage wove a spell out into the sea, creating a massive tsunami wave heading directly for the elven pirate ship!

One of the air elementals pummeled into Mali while another slammed back into Melleron! The ghandahaur warrior leapt off of the elven pirate ship, sinking quickly into the water in his full plate pearled armor! The last of the water elementals fell to one of the orc pirates as Rotgrim cleaved his axe into Posy! An orc pirate ran past the invisible Azarius to slash into Erevin! Elfskinner bared his teeth at the elven prince, "I've been saving this knife for //you//..." The dagger pierced into Erevin, burning deep into his elven blood! The orc shaman moved up to Posy, his hand crackling black, and sent a painful shock into her.

The gnome barbarian took a moment to heal herself as Thorn moved across the other ship to rapidly stab his daggers into another air elemental beating on Throndir! With the eidolan down, Trieste looked around in a panic for Azarius. Thorn nodded toward the orc ship, wearing his see-invisibilty dirty brain hat, "He's over there." She nodded, relieved, and slashed into the elemental taking him down! Wren released a swift bolt of cold into the air elemental beating on the druidess and wove a powerful dispell against the tsunami wave, settling it back down into the water. Furious, the powerful mage on the orc ship turned his gaze to her.

Azarius wove a haste spell over Erevin, quickening the elven ranger. Erevin pulled the orc bane dagger from it's sheath, "A friend of yours sends her greeting..." He charged the first mate, slashing into his chest and burying the blade into his heart with a final fatal strike, dropping him to the ground! Melleron bit and slashed again into the air elemental, tearing the last of it's wisps apart! Mali released a bolt of lightning from the clouds above to strike into Ner-Zul, but the energy seemed to just wash off of him.

Angry that their tsunami wave was destroyed, the powerful sorcerer on the back of the orc ship and Myrna beside him both sent fireballs together to crash one after the other into the back side of the elven pirate ship, sending Wren and Mali crumpling to the ground in a charred heap as Thorn, Kale, and Melleron barely moved out of the way!

Rotgrim drove his axe into Posy as the shaman put his hands on the Emperor of the South to heal him slightly. Fully enraged, Posy whirled her own axe into the captain, thumping heavily into his armor. With the air elemental down, Thorn threw his dagger into the shaman on the orc ship, teleporting over to join Posy. Azarius sent a powerful bolt of lightning through his wand of empowerment into Myrna and the powerful sorcerer.

Kale whirled around and poured a healing potion down Wren's throat, cradling her her head as she opened her eyes coming back to consciousness. She smiled, "My hero..." Shri ran quickly to breathe life back into Mali, the halfling druidess took in breath as she remained unconscious in the priestess's arms. Erevin rapidly fired his bow, dropping 2 of the orc pirates!

The powerful sorcerer wove a delayed fireball spell that appeared as a burning ember bead, hanging in the air. He and Myrna then teleported away, vanishing. Orc pirates slashed into Erevin as Ner-Zul sent a powerful harm into Thorn, paling him as part of his life faded away!

Posy fiercely buried her axe into Rotgrim the Red... finally dropping his dead body to the ground! Thorn drove his daggers into the shaman with a fatal strike to finish him off!

The group finished off the last of the remaining orc pirates and air elementals as Azarius used his seamantle effect to smother the delayed fireball, spraying a gentle warm spray of water as it went off.

Everyone moved temporarily to the orc ship, still in good condition, and tied the damaged elven ship to it to tow it. Shri and Wren healed Corsha, who was still lying unconscious on the deck, bringing her awake.

30,000 gold of treasure Rotgrim, Elfskinner, and Ner-Zul have magical gear (still need info) Magical helm from sorcerer on the elven ship

As Azarius removed the helm from the sorcerer, he recognized his face from one of the paintings of his family on the walls of the Chaat estate, "I think this might be my great uncle..." Hearing the news, Erevin turned to him, "The sorceress's name was Myrna Chaat." "Myrna..." Azarius nodded, confused, "She was my great great grandmother. According to the family records, they died at sea... many years ago." He gazed at the sea, wondering how many more family members he might find in its depths.

Throndir and the remaining elven pirates sailed the ships near where the underwater city was supposed to be, anchoring the ship. After the dimensional anchor spell wore off Azarius wove a magical mansion for everyone... with servants and food and comfortable rooms to rest. Shri pulsed her remaining channels of positive energy, healing everyone. Erevin handed Elfskinner's scalp to Maelin Sunrose. She nodded her appreciation, accepting the gift and told him to keep the dagger.

Everyone slept for the night... what would be waiting for them in the underwater city below the next day?