Uncegilla Cove Burning

The fire is spreading quickly among the wooden building. The chaos of the Timmerman attack and the fire has spread to the people. Everyone is running and screaming. The aldiea is going to be destroyed quickly if something doesn't change. On top of all that, one of your own, Pha R'tet, has vanished into the sky above.

It takes a minute or two but Yaru finds his brother. A few of the people who hear Yaru calling out about a bucket line and begin running to collect buckets. It's a start, but more needs to be done.

As Galen searches the body of the Timerman he finds three small items. A coil of metal that is very heavy. A glass vial with two crystals of different colors. A plain gold ring. As he holds the ring up, it appears to be an exact match to the one he wears around his neck, the one that belonged to his mother. Galen looks up and sees his adoptive father, Irving Winter, standing still and looking at him. Irving's face is torn with grief and pain looking at his adopted son. He reaches out toward Galen...when the building behind him collapses...swallowing the sword master.

The bucket line seems to have halted the progress of the fire on one side. More needs to be done though. It can still spread in two other directions and damage the village.

Galen is singed some but manages to find his father in the rubble of the collapsed building. He strains to drag the older man to saftey and finds himself a little winded.

As Pha takes off and heads for open water, the flapping tarp looks as though it will unfurl and drag the small craft away on the wind, but somehow it holds. Once over water Pha lowers the craft and fills the makeshift contraption. They whine of the engine as he attempts to rise up again is terrifying...

...but he makes it. Somehow, beyond what anyone would have believed, now that the water is in the bag, the true genius of the design can be seen. That last loop around the machine gives Pha enough leverage that he is able to distribute the water in a directed fashion at the flames. The building collapses do to the structural damage and the added weight of the water. Smoke and ash blind and sting the eyes of the gathered crowd....

When their vision returns though they see that the fire has been put out, that the aldiea has been saved. Small embers till glow among the wreckage, but the threat has ended. The future is still very uncertain for Uncegilla Cove, but tonight it is safe.

Most of the villagers mill about cleaning up the mess of the Timmerman attack. The Seer sits with the injured and wounded, he offers comfort to the older people of the village who know him. A woman approaches the nanite encased body of Kveit and Lord Death. She spits on them and begins sobbing and wailing. She is not crying for Kveit, but for the other participants in the Rite, whom Kveit claimed to have slain. The Seer approaches her and calms her. He tells her it was a deception, that Kveit had tried to distract the Timmermen and that everyone who made it to the Spriam was alive and well. Three men agree to accompany the Seer to retrieve them, but by the time that group is ready to leave they have been joined by several others. The trek is long and they won't return until well after dark, but there is no danger, they take plenty of torches.

Irving Winters is taken back to his home to recover. The healer has done all that they can, but he is still unconscious. His chances of recovery seem good, but it is all up to him now.
The Timmermen bodies each have a few cyphers on them, these are gathered for identification in the town hall. Pha is asked to move the flying machines outside of town, where they are hidden from sight in a dry dock usually used for boat repairs. He takes the time to teach a few people (i.e. the PCs) how to operate them and distributes key mechanisms to everyone. The large transport ship will not fly again most likely. It does not require a control device, but otherwise the system seems similar enough to the small craft that you (PCs) are sure you could fly it if you could learn how to repair it. That knowledge is beyond anyone in the town, probably even The Seer. For the time being the wreckage is hidden from view with debris and detritus. It probably won't pass direct inspection but it might keep people from looking to closely as they fly overhead.

Although the festivities are over, the food that was intended for the feast is still ready. The mood lightens some as the immediate work is wrapped up and people sit down to eat. The heroes of the day are treated to the best portions.