Icewind Dale Session 9 Recap

From Zel:   Date: 17th of Midfrost, 906, SA   I am myself again. At least I think I am. It all seems like one big blur, but after months of just scraping by and barely surviving out in this god-awful land, I had the good fortune of running into you guys. For a while, I could not remember where I came from or who I even was for that matter. But now, I see clearly, and you guys deserve the truth about who I am. I am Zelzivar, and this is my story.   I come from a different world. A place called Eberron. And for as long as I can remember, I’ve had extraordinary abilities. Some of them I could control, but others seemed to control me. I needed a way to wrangle my powers, so I sought out the Raven Queen. I gained access to a portal to the Shadowfell and finally ran into the Shadar-Kia elves. They gave me the necessary training to begin my journey in becoming a wizard. But as soon as I was worth something to them, they traded me off as if I was their property. I was lucky though.   I was traded to the people you see on this ship but instead of being treated as a slave or as property, they treated me as their own. They were helping me understand my powers better and even teaching me to operate their Nautiloid. One day, I had some sort of magic surge and it destroyed the Psy-Crystal that runs the ship, and my memory along with it. We crashed here in Icewind Dale.   [I turn to the Mindflayer and address them] I’ve spent the past few weeks with these people in hopes that they would help me figure out who I am. Well, except for the one with the mech dog. He just got here, so I don’t really know anything about him. I can’t even really remember his name to be honest. But the others have put up with a lot from me and they still wanted to help me after I wasn’t entirely honest with them from the get-go. I’m forever in their debt.   We ended up having to purchase axe-beaks to get here quickly. While we were resting before our last push to get here, a family of Yetis found our camp and tried to take one of our axe-beaks to feed their baby. Thankfully, our friend Akar was able to communicate with them and agreed to help hunt something better to feed their child. I watched over the child along with the guy with the mech dog while the rest of the party hunted down a mammoth. After completing our rest, we finally set out, and made it to the ship. As we approached, we were attacked by some of the escaped zoo creatures. I tried to call out to Frank to help us, but I kept getting wrapped up in those tentacles. Sorry we killed them.   Anyways, thank you for helping me get my memory back. I hope everything else with the ship is alright. And I hope we can come to some sort of agreement where I can continue with my adventuring party. They have risked their lives to help me, and I really do feel as if I owe them something. Plus, there is something really bad going on in the place and I think we are on a path to bring peace to Icewind Dale.