"Let's search the rest of these buildings." Darvan says.
"Let's check the house just east of the chapel to see if there any signs of people or violence."
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Darvan studies the ground to look for tracks. "There should be tracks in a settlement this size." "They've faded .... so that means it has been some time since these people have disappeared." "I think any more clues will have to come from searching the other buildings."
"It's like that halfling knew there was a body there....."
Darvan is keeping his distance from the haunt.
"If you want to toss 'em off the end of the pier, I can say a few words."
"It sounds like she's in there making friends with a ghost."
"It sounds bad in that church." Darvan says. "That's why my religion just worships by throwing sacrifices into the ocean."
"That's not a goblin....." Darvan exclaims as the strange halfling appears. "Where did he come from? Is he a colonist?"
Darvan hastily exits the church.
"This place is haunted!!!!!"
Darvan stands up and looks around, alarmed. "What's happening?" he asks.
"Ohh...this guy smells awful." Darvan exclaims as we uncover the body. He grabs the corpse by it's shoulder and pulls it out to get a closer look. "Let's see if we can figure out what happened to him."
Darvan checks the secret compartment on the altar after it is pointed out.
"It didn't seem like the goblins were to blame for all of this. They tend to mix in a fair bit of anarchy with their mischief." "It does look like there was some violence here in the church, but it was a while ago. Could have been a month or so back."
"It looks like there was a struggle here....." Darvan says as he kneels down and examines the items scattered across the floor. "See here." he points at the line of dried blood. "There is a trail of blood on the floor. It leads from the door, back towards the alter." He stands and advances to the altar to search.
Darvan stands back up and says: "I've stopped this goblin's bleeding, but he is on the brink of death." "I can revive him if we wish to question him in a more controlled manner."
Darvan kneels down and casts Stabilize on the goblin.
"I agree." Darvan replies back to Vigny. "There must be a deeper mystery and a more serious problem here than goblins or gremlins." "Is there any sign of any non-goblin related disturbance here? Have you had a chance to look?" He looks around for clues.
"More of them. Seem incline to run rather than fight." Darvan answers her. "Doesn't seem like they're to blame for the colonists being missing."
Darvan looks at Lalali Re and Vigny and asks: "What happened? Did it try to attack you?"
Darvan watches the other charge after the goblins towards the undergrowth. "Those goblins didn't do anything to me." he says. He trots back around to the front of the house to the location of the original confrontation.
"Bah...." Darvan exclaims with disgust. "We're not going to catch them with that head start." he finishes, coming to a stop.
Darvan will try to circle around the back of the building while the others are talking to the goblin. He is looking for any more that are escaping out the back.
"Is that a goblin?" Darvan asks Gnarok? He raises his trident and readies himself. "Do you understand it?"
"Well, try not to get that wet." Darvan tells Gnarok, nodding to his rifle.
"Looking for a place where the ocean's clean, Gnarok." Darvan replies. "What about yourself?"
"If you guys want to stay together, then let's get on with it." Darvan says. He slings his pack on his back, hefts his trident and treads up the path to the main concentration of buildings on his bare feet..
He scans the village and the treeline as he heads in.
let's just decide and do it
It's a poor version of Aquaman that doesn't speak Aquan.
"Yes, let's search in teams so that no one is wandering on their own." Darvan replies. "I'll head down the coast path to the huts and fields on the south side of the village. Who wants to come with me?"
"More of a nuisance than anything else, I think."
Darvan swims to the surface and climbs back up on the dock. "The canoe was sabotaged." he tells the others. "There was a gremlin hiding beneath it. It could have been that the little creature put the hole in the boat, but it wouldn't have used tools so I doubt it.." "I couldn't communicate with it, so I forced it away from the docks and out to sea."
Darvan doesn't have any way to talk to the gremlin underwater, so he decides to get rid of it. He motions out into the sea with his trident, enforcing his will to tell it to begone.
Darvan recognizes the Gremlin for what it is. He raises his left hand up to his temple and focuses his mind on the little fey. Using Darvan's Sealord power to command the gremlin to come back out.
Darvan pushes his trident under one side of the sunken canoe and flips it over to see if anything is underneath it.
"Good thinking Caiden, give me a hand and we'll pull our launch up onto the shore." Darvan replies to the archaeologist. After they secure the boat he tells everyone. "It looks like someone sank a canoe just off the dock. It could have been some mishcief caused by the sea gobbos." "Let me take a look." He drops his pack, loosens his shoulder and then dives into the sea. He surfaces, shakes his head to clear his nose, and then dives down to look at the canoe.
As long as we're near water, Darvan can keep everyone fed on fish.
Darvan trusts his companions to keep the tentacle monsters out of the boat. "Hold off those creatures and I'll get us to shore!" He keeps his hand on the tiller and his concentration on guiding us towards land.
"Everyone ... hold on." Darvan turns the tiller to maneuver the boat past the sandbar.
At the back of the boat, one hand on the tiller and the other holding a line to sail, Darvan calls out: "I don't see a thing! Someone describe it to me."
I only have about 20gp left over.
Sorry about the delay in showing up. Work got busy over the weekend.
"I can handle the boat." Darvan says as the others prepare to go ashore.
Darvan is going to play Aquaman.
Darvan grew up in Absalom as part of the Chelaxian exile community cut off from their homeland by the rise of the House of Thrune. One of his distant relations on his mother's side was Sheraya Solistar, the last heir to the Chelaxian Imperial House of Asgavan and a famous Pathfinder. He grew up listening to stories of her exploits and wanting to follow in her footsteps. After his teenage years were spent earning his keep on fishing boats, he was accepted into the Grand Lodge in Absalom as an initiate. Upon his graduation of studies, he was presented with a Wayfinder that formerly belonged to Sheraya. He was chosen to infiltrate the next ship to Talmandor's Bounty because of his promise and his connection to Sheraya Solistar. His place in the ship's crew was secured by his expertise in ship handling and his skills as a fisherman.
"Darvan Waverider, pleased to meet you."
Folks, I will be traveling to southeast asia over the next two weeks, returning home around the first of December. I anticipate limited connectivity and long days/nights exploring. Please bot Darvan as necessary. Happy holidays and safe travels to all!
"Well done. Glad you're still with us. There's plenty of misery going around on this ship without losing a shipmate."
"Pleased to meet you, blessed lady." "I am Darvan. I was a fisherman, but now I guess I am a rigger."
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