Session 5 - The Call of Chaos

The party followed the draw of the pearl towards the center of the island. Along the way the party stumbled across some tracks and what appeared to be the site of an attack on the workers. The party decided to search the area for clues rather than continuing towards the center of the island.   A journal that appeared to have been lost during the attack was discovered by the party. It revealed that the pearl had corrupted the minds of half the workers and the others had fled to a small hideout on the island, which had been discovered during their initial exploration of the island. The party made their way towards this hideout.   After meeting up with the surviving workers, the party learned that the workers who had gone mad had gone to a tomb near the center of the island. The party opted to complete their rescue of the sane workers first and collect their pay before returning to the island to explore the tomb.   The tomb turned out to be a lair that was at one point owned by the missing pirate lord The Once-Blessed. Visions and memories granted to Red by the pearl revealed that it was The Once-Blessed who originally owned the pearl. He had tossed five of them into the sea shortly before his death making mention that Bloodmar could do with a little chaos.   It turned out that each of these pearls lead to locations where The Once-Blessed has hid his treasures and belongings. Anyone who can claim all five pearls will earn his spot as a pirate lord alongside his marred island.   While exploring the tomb the party met and freed a girl known as Elise, Child of Chaos. Elise claimed that she can turn a small ship model they found in the tomb into an actual brigantine. Though to do so she needed a skull that was apparently left in Tatiana's possession along with water and soil from Corsair's Cove.   Alongside Elise the party recruited Arturus, a knight who claimed to have made a deal with chaos and now hopes to keep the consequences at bay by serving Elise. However not all party members were happy with this turn of events and Surge said he could not travel with these chaos touched crewmates.