(Where)
Dawnport's ocean (not specified).
(Who did you meet)
- The party (Beatrix, Bonk, Zelodek, River, Kisla, Kejora, Eden, Aiden, Marx, Carlsberg).
- The Huge Azure fish.
- A pirate party (3 BA and 7 BC).
(What happened)
Marx was looking for help to catch a big fish in the tavern. Subjects 1 gathered for the trip almost immediately. Subjects 1 paid 50gp for the boat fare on average (River had to pay double for failed negotiations, while Beatrix stowed away on the boat's many crates).
Subjects 1 found the Subject 2 after following a huge school of disturbed flying fishes, and they set to work subduing the fish with grappling hooks and ropes.
During the capturing process, ship (navigated by Subjects 3) who was also following the fish attacked Subjects 1.
Subjects 1 eventually managed to board Subjects 3's ship with financing help from Kisla (she said she will repair the ship, and so rammed Subject 1's rented ship to the pirate's ship). Subjects 1 then made short work of Subjects 3, capturing 1 BA and 3 BCs alive.
Subjects 1 then returned with the damaged pirate's ship to Dawnport. The capturedand Subject 2 and Subjects 3 are submitted to the Guild's Bestiary.
Kejora's ballad #10 - The Ballad of the Azure Catch
In Dawnport's tavern, lanterns burned,
And mugs were raised while patrons learned,
That Marx had found a monstrous prize,
A fish of azure, giant-sized.
"Come lend a hand!" the fellow cried,
"Upon the open sea shall we ride!"
And Beatrix, Bonk, Zelodek too,
With River, Eden, Aiden flew.
Kisla came, and Kejora fair,
While Carlsberg answered to the dare.
They paid their fare in gold and cheer,
While River paid a double share.
Beatrix yet grinned at fortune's call,
And paid no passage fee at all.
She hid among the crates below,
And slipped aboard before they'd go.
They sailed beyond the harbor foam,
Far from the gulls and hearths of home.
Sailing amidst fishes flown,
Disturbed by something vast below.
Then through the waves, there broke the sheen,
Of the largest fish they'd ever seen.
A Huge Azure, fierce and grand,
A living mountain of the strand.
They cast their hooks, they hauled their line,
They fought the beast through spray and brine.
The ropes grew taut, the timbers groaned,
As sea and sky alike were stoned.
But then another sail drew near,
A pirate crew with wicked cheer.
The pirates cheers grew loud and bold,
All hungry-eyed for prize and gold.
They fired upon the struggling crew,
While men and fish together flew.
Yet the Adventurers stood firm and fast,
And swore the rogues would not outlast.
Then Kisla laughed amid the gale,
And chose a most audacious trail.
"I'll mend the damage later on!"
She cried, and drove the vessel on.
With crashing prow and splintered frame,
She turned the battle to their game.
The rented ship, with mighty crack,
Slammed pirate hull from bow to back.
Across the rails the heroes poured,
Steel and courage well restored.
The pirate ranks were swiftly thrown,
Their boastful confidence overblown.
One Corsair lived to tell the tale,
And three Buccaneers joined him pale.
Bound and beaten, safe but caught,
They learned the price of battles sought.
The Azure Fish at last was won,
Its mighty struggle finally done.
So back to Dawnport's piers they came,
With trophies worthy of acclaim.
The pirate ship, though bruised and scarred,
Returned beneath a watchful guard.
The captives marched and heads held low,
As harbor crowds lined up to know.
The Guild received the wondrous beast,
And set the pirates not to feast,
But in the Bestiary's lore,
To be remembered evermore.
So raise a cup in Dawnport's hall,
And let this tale be sung by all:
Of Marx's call and Kisla's ram,
And friends who triumphed by the dammed sea's slam.
For fortune favors hearts that dare,
A sturdy rope, a crew that cares;
And though the waves may roar and hiss,
Their names shall ride the ocean's bliss.
RC3 |Ren 5🪓| Riv 🍺7| Ein 🏹5
