Summary

Launch Date: 02/11/02 Post-Fall

Return Date: 02/17/02 PF

Party traveled south along the coastline in search of the missing merchant vessel, The Copper Finch. Approximately 12 miles south by southwest, the party stumbled across a seemingly abandoned fishing village. Upon investigating, reanimated corpses of the former villagers attacked the party but were defeated with minimal injuries incurred. Further investigation indicates that the village was attack by a heavily armored servant of Narvox or possibly Marzak, who slaughtered the villagers and desecrated their shrine to Isael. No evidence of necromantic magics were found; the party then performed the appropriate funerary rites for the 14 villagers and re-consecrated the destroyed shrine.

After another day and a half of uneventful travel, the party discovered the wreck of The Copper Finch in a shallow tide pool almost 30 miles south, likely struck by a storm. Though thoroughly destroyed and picked clean of anything worth recovering, the wreckage showed no signs of hostile activity. The ship's manifest confirmed the expected crew and cargo had been on route to Ariminium before the wreck. Two sets of footprints trailed inland from the wreck, one assumed to be the surviving crew, the other appeared goblinoid and was lead by a larger creature, perhaps an orc. Following the tracks, the party discovered a cave leading into a stony ridge formed around the edge of an apparent impact crater. The tracks lead into the cave, identifiable by the bone chimes strung up around the mouth, and all available evidence suggests the crew and cargo of The Copper Finch are being held captive by a goblin tribe at least a dozen strong.

Running low on supplies, the party returned to Ariminium with what intel they could gather in hopes of launching a dedicated expedition into the cave to recover what remains of the Finch.

Discoveries

Desecrated Fishing Village (cleared) - approx 12mi SxSW along coast (4 hexes/1 day)

Wreck of The Copper Finch (cleared) - approx 30mi S along coast (10 hexes/2.5 days)

The Bonechime Cave - approx 39mi S (13 hexes/3.25 days)

Loot

Experience:** 200xp/player

Coin: 22gp

Permanent Items: Ring of Discretion, Simple Manacles

Consumables: Nectar of Purification, Flare Snare, Runestone (blank), Crying Angel Pendant