The Isle of Volusia

ARC 2: THE ISLE OF VOLUSIA

Strange Tales and the Dreaded Shaktocrab
Player Cast: Calan, Dave, Gavin, Malrakus, Drusilla

NPCs: Poggodorphus Fisher, Isabelle Fisher, Lekaf Romeau, Captain Rogers

Day 4

The group travels to Port Town. On arrival, Dave meets with his friend Captain Rogers and requests passage to the Isle of Volusia. Rogers warns him that it is cursed by a witch and monsters roam the island. No one has come back from the island in years. He mentions Poggy Fisher who may be desperate enough to travel to the Isle because of his daughter Isabelle Fisher.

Day 5

The next day the group goes to Poggy’s house and meets Isabelle Fisher at the house, she guides them to Poggy who is getting his boat ready to fish. They talk with Poggy and convince him to go to the Isle of Volusia to try and cure his daughter who babbles incoherently whenever she is asked about her ailment.

On the way to the island, the group is attacked by a sharktocrab, a shark octopus crab monster, and the boat sinks. The group struggles to stay afloat a mile from shore but manages to wash ashore with Malrakus, Gavin, Isa, and Calan unconscious. Dave explores the path and finds an overgrown stone keep with a locked door. He returns to get Dru to pick the lock. On failing to do so, Dru knocks with the door knocker and the door is answered by the elderly Lekaf Romeau. Lekaf is concerned because the sun is setting and it is dangerous outside. He rushed Dru back to the beach and gathers the group, bringing them back to the keep. The group asks him to help cure the gold plague and Isa’s madness. Calan saves the day by having a golden fly in their pack. The group goes to sleep in the two patient rooms with Pog, Isa, Gavin, and Calan in room 1 and Malrakus, and Dru in the other. Dave is in the library all night he was offered a medical journal from the Yuan-Ti borders and a history of the capital. He chose to read the medical journal.

Glowroot and Practical Medicine
Player Cast: Calan, Dave, Gavin, Malrakus, Drusilla

NPCs: Poggodorphus Fisher, Isabelle Fisher, Lekaf Romeau

Day 6

The party has breakfast with Lekaf. He mentions his daughter who died of a strange disease. Dru meets Lekaf’s cat. They get a map to get glowroot and a key to open the front door. On the way to get glowroot they are attacked by a bee badger monster thing and Calan is stung. To remove the stinger Calan’s helmet is removed and it is discovered that Calan is a girl. They find clear glowroot and black glowroot, which Dru determines is less useful. They break a piece off the clear glowroot and it starts glowing when they harvest it wrong. Dru gets attacked by a monster plant when she goes further in to find more. They manage to get two feet of properly harvested glowroot.

The group goes to sleep and wakes to find a large bat flying around in the room with the balcony door open. They manage to shoo the bat out the door with the help of Lekaf. On looking around the group notices that the hyacinth is on the floor near Isa’s cot and Isa is nowhere to be found.

Kidnappings and the Bat Cave
Player Cast: Calan, Dave, Gavin, Malrakus, Drusilla

NPCs: Poggodorphus Fisher, Isabelle Fisher, Lekaf Romeau, Ray Santander

Day 7

The group talks with Lekaf and he mentions that the bats carry off people sometimes The party travels to the cave and finds Ray Santander, friend of Behort. He is horribly mutated and entirely insane. Ray rambles on about the past of the island and how he was the only survivor. He realizes the party are emissaries of the raven queen and have come to claim his soul. Gavin has a faith crisis and shouts a lot at people. They try to search the ruins but are chased off by a giant tortoise mutant who blasts fire at them. On returning to the keep they talk to Lekaf about Ray, the lack of Isa, and the monsters on the island. They then had dinner. Lekaf’s cat winds around Dru’s legs. They then head to bed. Calan has a heart to heart with Gavin before they fall asleep about hope and relying on the power of friendship.

The Monster Mash
Player Cast: Calan, Dave, Gavin, Malrakus, Drusilla

NPCs: Poggodorphus Fisher, Isabelle Fisher, Lekaf Romeau

Day 8

Dru wakes to Lekaf’s black cat staring at her. She tries to get it to come closer with weird noises, it gives her a contemptuous glance. Malrakus tries and gets a tail flick and the cat leaves. The party notices both Gavin and Lekaf missing. Dru runs out the front door to find Gavin. Malrakus eats bread and finds a note from Lekaf reading, “The island is dangerous. I managed to find a boat down by the docks for you to return to the mainland. I wish you a safe journey. ~ Doctor Romeau”. They search the keep, first unlocking the lab across the hall. Inside they find the cure for the gold curse and various anatomical models. Dave notices a portal form in the neighboring room and Poggy hears a voice chanting. Dave fails to kick down the door and Malrakus picks the lock. They enter and Dave notices a silver ivy mirror with a diamond embedded in the frame and a portal spell enchantment applied. Calan notices cat prints leading to the mirror and Lekaf’s clothes still in his drawers. Dave casts detect magic and notices a miasma of evil and transfiguration which gets stronger out the door. They follow the miasma down to the kitchen, into the cellar, and find a hidden door. They walk down the staircase and hear the ocean, growls, and pained whimpers. The cave opens up and splits into two paths, one that leads toward sunlight and the other toward flickering candles. The party follows the miasma of pain toward the candlelight and finds Isa transformed into a horrible monster. Behind her, Lekaf is working in front of a bench. The party approaches and confronts Lekaf, he says he was helping them. They notice Gavin on the table behind Lekaf. Dave grapples Isa and Dru and Malrakus charges Lekaf, cutting into his shoulder and side. Calan pulls the IV drips out of Gavin and casts divine healing magic on him. On Gavin’s chest is a partial rune array. The final rune array would probably say “strength, healing, peace” but with it incomplete, the outcome is nearly gibberish you recognize shapes that may resemble the runes "weak, health, regeneration, fear, war, muscle, open" but it is unknown if any of these are complete, active, or what they will do in their current unfinished state. Malrakus slices open Lekaf’s throat and Calan stabilizes him. Poggy gets chewed on by Isa and Dave saves him. Dru lets out Isa and she runs away. Poggy sad

Vengeance and Home No More
Player Cast: Calan, Dave, Gavin, Malrakus, Drusilla

NPCs: Poggodorphus Fisher, Isabelle Fisher, Lekaf Romeau

Day 9

The party ties Lekaf to a chair. Calan and Dave take Gavin to the boat. Dru and Malrakus threaten Lekaf and try to get information from him. He tells them that there may be unforeseen consequences of the unfinished procedure. He tells Dru and Malrakus about his notes on the procedure and his research. They take the notes and Dru breaks Lekaf’s neck and stabs him through the eye. She notices a figure in the corner mirror watching her smugly. She throws the inkwell and smashes the mirror. They proceed to the boat and the party leaves.

They arrive at port town, Dave donates the boat to his friend Captain Rogers. Gavin falls out of a tree while having a nightmare.

They arrive at Stewton. Dru and Gavin go to Drew’s house. The rest travel through town to Gavin’s house and notice that there are many guards around and people are moving quickly and keeping to themselves. A melancholy figure sits at the well. The guards confront the party and tell them to move along home for curfew. They go to Gavin’s house and cure his dad. They talk with his mother and get a message from her to him. On leaving, they are approached by Jaques from the Order of the Golden Cricket who offers that they may stay at the lake house with him. They refuse.

Dru tries to comfort Gavin.