Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Cortez: The Hunt for the Necklace

We've begun a quest to save the world... and we possibly have at least one traitor on board. So the only thing to do is attack the Kieran Empire. The more I find out, the more I realize this Empire is possibly more vile than any other in this world. Including the Pirates that we poisoned... accidentally.

Our hunt took us into contact with the Inquisition. I, perhaps foolishly, allowed them on board our ship so we might hear word about the Fire Mage we're searching for. But they seemed to want to ask most of the questions. They also seemed to have noticed my lack of a shadow. And our magical sails. It is worth noting that we are being hunted by the Inquisition. But, really, it's not a huge surprise when you think about how any interaction with them may have gone.

We were fortunate enough to make a quick dock on the Grey Isles in a tiny fishing village called Isla Dios. Carlton found out that, indeed, the ship and our mage were in Paltos. We set sail at once and thanks to my skill, Krastus's zephyrs, and our magic sails we arrived there in two short days. It's really amazing the distance we've been able to cover.

We found the crew of the ship in a tavern and soon enough heard that the mage has been captured by the authorities. No one can say what for. A theory is that they might be selling him to the Inquisition. That's very bad for our quest as you can imagine. So there is nothing to it, jailbreak.

I had words to the crew as they basically were unwilling to help in any way. I called them cowards. It's what they are. I'd never leave a member of my crew behind. But before it turned into a massive bar brawl, which we really can't afford right now, I called out their biggest and fought him fist to fist. It was going back and forth for a while, and I got a pretty good punch in and took him down and out. We entertained the others enough that a bigger fight didn't break out and we were left alone to plan.

The plan is simple. Scale the cliffs to the prison. Scale the walls of the prison. Subdue the guards and enter the prison itself. Find the mage. Get out. I really do want the mage alive. But we'll have to see what state he is in. And we have to act quickly, as I have a feeling the Inquisition is arriving soon. Maybe by the dawn. Hopefully not, however.

Time to go.

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