User blog:Dinkypin/Session Two

Upon defeating the alchemist/mage, the Sorensgard were celebrated by the Deep Gnomes with a hearty feast consisting of a variety of flavours of mush. Well-fed and well-rested, they finished repairing the small boat and set off towards the island. After approximately twenty minutes of rowing they were surrounded by four Water Elementals and a battle began. The Elementals dragged the party down and fearing they would be drowned, the party fought back fiercely. Eventually they were dragged to a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea and found themselves in the crew cabins, battered but alive. Hearing the lapping of water, the parrty discovered that the brig and captain's cabin were not submerged and the former held the cause of their imprisonment. A Kua-Toa Archpriest had claimed the ship's figurehead as an avatar of the Sea Mother, the goddes Blibdoolpoolp. The priest asked them to bow to the figure, insisting that the goddess would raise the ship up and give him dominion over the Sunless Sea. Instead, Aera chose to use Minor Illusion to make himself appear as a 'tentacle face ', the Kua-Toa's ancient enemy. The party managed to avoid a fight breaking out and eventually agreed to bow before the statue, at which point the priest became overjoyed at having willing sacrifices.

Thinking quickly, Aera claimed that they had been sent not as sacrifices, but as crew for the ship. Confused, the priest sent them to the brig while he tried to figure out what to do. As the party planned, they pverheard the priest yelling about tentacle faces and realised the game was up. A fight broke out bewtween the party, the priest and the four elementals and the priest began to flood the room. Luckily, he was killed before the ship was fully resubmerged and the party managed to dispatch the remaining foes and search the ship, finding some valuables and potions.

As they swam back to the boat, they realised they were being hunted by two giant sharks, drawn to the disturbance. One was weaker than the other due to an old wound, and Hadeyr quickly used his potion of animal friendship to turn them against each other, allowing the party to reach the boat safely. They rowed away from the fight and finally reached the island, finding a small hollow in some fallen masonry and settling down to rest.