Chapter Seven: Flight to Crescent City (game time)

Early morning, April 4, the Elensil comes upon the remains of a wrecked ship. Flotsam, debris and a pair of women float in the sea. The heroes pluck the damsels in distress out of the water and set to making introductions. A couple of hours of discussion reveals that these two ladies, Dinah Murphy of Jehannum and Lorelei Zandros of Caldraza, are also of the Starborn.

The party spends the rest of the day in leisurely discussion and reflection on recent events. Late in the afternoon the ship's lookout and Neil, who are both in the crow's nest, spot an amazing sight . . . a massive chunk of land with a town attached floats past the Elensil about half a mile north of the ship heading east. The group quickly surmises that this is the missing town of Astercote. They are unable to approach or interact with the town, but they can see people scurrying about the place.

Later in the evening Alev receives the following sending from Lady Arigane: "The Sanctuary holds. Crastic commands the city. There is a curfew from dawn til dusk. Keep to your path. We may meet again."

During the next day a pair of devils attack the Elensil! The two Eryines pelt the sails, and the Starborn, with flaming arrows for a minute or so. Most of the heroes' attacks are completely ineffective against the creatures. After ensuring that the Elensil was disabled, the devils vanished.

The next day is fairly uneventful until late in the afternoon. With no sails the Elensil crawls along under the power of oars. Neil spots another ship on the western horizon. This ship is overtaking the heroes. When it approaches to within about a half mile it maintains its distance . . . for a couple of hours. As the sun sets the other ship begins to close.

Having correctly guessed that there are Drow aboard the ship, the Starborn prepare for battle. As the enemy ship arrives the entire area is plunged into magical darkness. Then faerie fire illuminates the heroes and the crew of the Elensil. Drow begin to board the ship, cutting down the hapless crew.

A fierce battle ensues. Dinah provides a much needed punch to the battle by using her wand of enlarge person on herself, Casey and Rygorh. The Drow are quickly overtaken and the enemy ship the Gray Reaver liberated. The heroes find that the crew are human, elf and dwarf slaves taken from Saragost by the Drow. The Starborn free the slaves, but ask them to stay on to crew the ship into port at Crecent City. Neil suggested they rename the ship the Evening Star and Seebo claimed the captain's seat. Later Seebo named Captain Tabarak Loman as the Commodore of the Starborn's two ship fleet.

The next several days pass uneventfully and the Starborn arrive in Crescent City in the afternoon on April 10.

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