C2 Session 22

General Summary

As Henry moves through the city, people are looking at him with admiration
  • He notices a flyer with Koin’s face, asking them to join the rebellion
  • The flyers list various propaganda about a new Thera and aezraghn supremacy
  • Henry feels drawn to the old yuan ti pit, and cannot fathom the destruction
  • He feels like he remembers more not less since reia, so it bothers him that he cannot remember what happened there
  • He notices that there are three large statues being constructed
  • One of a tabaxi, one of a dragolian, and of a man with a rapier and a shortsword
  • On the beach, Koin greets the tabaxi and the grung
  • One tabaxi introduces herself as Dara, and praises Koin, talking about her dreams and how grateful she is to be working with him
  • The grung translator, Steve, introduces himself
  • Koin makes whitefang the Bosun, essentially an advisor
  • Koin asks Whitefang about some islands he sailed past, he says there were a few, but he was drunk most of the time
  • Henry asks if Whitefang met his father in Dragol, and he realizes that Henry is his son
  • Says that Reimund is a terrifying man that could eat his gold and still be rich and looks at people like he knows he’s better than them
  • Whitefang suddenly remembers an outpost island called Zamboza, where he was supposed to stop after attacking Fio, but he doesn’t remember where it is
  • They set out to the northwest and begin sailing
  • Nothing happens on the first day, but they are all content and hopeful
  • Everyone’s going a bit crazy because they’re hungry and no other officer or cook positions have been assigned
  • They start settling things, and Henry notices a flock of birds, that begin closing in
  • Eight winged women land on the masts of their ships, they are harpies
  • One of them lands and is much more elegant than the others, she begins to sing
  • Henry throws a chromatic orb at the one singing
  • Xodon tries to reason with one of them
  • Koin orders the crew to man the ballistas
  • Adrezill chucks a firebolt at a Harpy
  • Another harpy begins singing, Henry saves him and Koin, but Xodon and Adrezill are charmed
  • A harpy attacks Henry, but misses
  • More harpies begin singing, charming Koin
  • More harpies attack Henry, slightly damaging him
  • The Harpy matriarch paralyzes Henry and Xodon
  • Her form takes shape of what they each desire the most
  • Henry holds Xdri’s skull in his hand, paralyzed with happiness
  • Koin shakes of the charm
  • Adrezill remains charmed, and begins walking to the edge of the ship and falls off into the water chasing after the Harpy
  • Koin is charmed again
  • Henry is almost knocked unconscious
  • Whitefang finally shows up to much surprise
  • The matriarch walks up to Henry and begins singing
  • He is charmed by her and she flies up and over the water, Henry following
  • He walks off the ship and falls 40 feet into the ocean and becoming uncharmed
  • Xodon does the same, falling into the water and becoming uncharmed
  • Koin and Whitefang are the only ones left on the ship, and Koin cuts the anchor rope, and the ship is stationary
  • The harpies are flying and entrancing more crew members off of the ship
  • The ship begins slowing as the anchor drops, but not before it hits Henry in the back of the head and knocks him out
  • Whitefang is charmed and walks off the ship, sinking because he has an anchor hand and can’t swim
  • Koin shoots a poison dart at a harpy, but fails to knock it out
  • The matriarch charms Koin, who walks off the boat but stands on the water, which highly confuses her
  • The harpies continue drowning more crew members
  • Xodon and Adrezill continue to be charmed
  • Xodon becomes uncharmed and looks around to see a lot of bodies floating in the water
  • Koin also becomes uncharmed
  • Adrezill also becomes uncharmed
  • The matriarch sees Koin running to his ship and attacks him
  • Xodon is 60 feet underwater, begins swimming to grab a few people before surfacing and does so easily
  • Koin goes in for a side slash on the matriarch, cutting one of her wings, swinging around and in one slash cuts her head off
  • Adrezill sees Henry and traps his lifeless body in a watery sphere and begins moving the sphere up to the surface
  • Xodon reaches the ship and sees the harpies who have landed and begun pillaging the ship
  • Koin reaches the ship and instantly decapitates two harpies
  • Adrezill swims down and brings Whitefang up to the surface
  • The harpies begin running away, Koin catches on and kills it, and Whitefang catches one and kills it
  • Xodon catches one and hits it, cursing it so it will die in a few seconds
  • He then shoots an arrow at another, killing it
  • Whitefang harpoons another one and kills it
  • There is only one left, about 120 feet away, sniping it straight out of the sky and killing it
  • The watery sphere crashes onto the deck and spews out Henry’s pale body
  • Koin looks at Henry and someone goes to retrieve the priestess
  • He puts his hand on his chest and can immediately tell he’s dead
  • Adrezill retrieves the priestess, who grabs her diamond and begins casting a spell to try and revive him
  • She focuses in the still wind, and the diamond begins glowing a platinum light
  • It lights on fire, and spreads on Henry’s body, and she begins to pray
  • The flames continue burning, and eventually spitter and die out, only leaving a few embers
  • She grabs Henry’s hand and prays
  • She reaches in her bag and takes out a platinum beaded necklace and placing it on his chest
  • With tears in her eyes, she looks at Koin and says that she could not do it, and he is dead
  • Koin walks up to Henry’s body, reciting an old saying: may your feet walk on warm sands
  • Xodon puts his head down, and begins sulking to the bottom deck
  • It is eerily quiet, and Koin looks around to see that everyone is alive except for Henry
  • Dara the priestess grabs some linen and wraps it around his body
  • Before Xodon finishes retreating to the bottom deck, he says that they will take his body to Dragol and show his father what has happened to him
  • Whitefang says that it was too soon for someone like Henry, and he has seen much death in his life, and that he may be gone but not forgotten
  • They mourn his death with drinks and food, trying to keep brave faces, but their morale has taken a large hit
  • They raise the anchor and continue to sail, and can’t shake the feeling that something is missing, the quips, the smartness, and the incredible magic he demonstrated
  • Dara is upset that she could not save him, and that they do not shed tears for him
  • Koin tries to console her, but she cries and runs to her quarters
  • Whitefang says a few words, and tells Xodon that they should not take the situation with too much aggression, lest they end up like Henry, because his father is a very powerful mage
  • They stare sadly at his possession laying on the nearby table
  • They leave Henry’s body with the talking doll and his trusty dagger
  • They walk up to the main deck to see hundreds of lanterns floating, as Whitefang told the crew to give him a proper sendoff
  • They gaze at the lit up sky before walking back down, leaving Koin and Xodon feeling like a part of them is missing
  • They go to sleep and wake up in the morning and begin by assigning roles
  • Koin opens up the letter from the black suns that he got in the city
  • He is immediately hit with a cloud of poison, but can read the letter now
  • It says that they are still here and watching, and that they have made themselves an enemy of the great serpent god, and they will be executed by their hand
  • The letter is signed with the seal of the black suns, and Koin folds it up
  • Xodon talks to Koin, and says that although Koin is putting on a strong face now, he either needs to keep that strong face forever or show more feeling now so it doesn’t affect him later on
  • Koin hugs Xodon, and consoles him, trying to empathize with him
  • Xodon says that he will make sure Xdri dies and that Henry’s goal will be accomplished
  • He is still upset that he is not strong enough to take on anybody in the Dragolian council, or even Whitefang
  • Xodon gets worked up, and says that he does not even want Dragol to exist as a continent anymore
  • He says one last thing to Koin, that he doesn’t care how much power he needs to get his hands on, he will destroy Dragol
  • Xodon exits the captain's quarters, and Koin lays back in his chair, contemplating the conversation
  • Report Date
    04 Aug 2025


    Cover image: by Joe Kitchen (Ai)

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