Session 2: Soul of Winter

The three hands left manage to work together to trip Agna. Just as the orc falls, one of the hands is looses its grip and flies over close to Izuhn. The dwarf pulls the fish creature's spear and skews the free hand in no time.

The fish creature, seeing Agna fall, tries to gain the upper hand by taking out Izuhn with its claws. Realizing she won't be able to stand up as the hands are trying to restraining her, Agna starts to roll around the wooden floor, luckily managing to catch one in a bad position with enough pressure to crack its fingers.

With only one severed hand left, Agna easily stands up. The hand quickly realises it can't pin down the orc and drop to the floor, changing strategy from restrain to kill as it jumps straight at Agna's throat.

As Agna struggles to breath from the surprisingly strong grasp of the hand, the scratching sound of the fish creature's claws hitting Izuhn armour's metal strips echoes trhough the room. After a quick exchange of blows, the dwarf manages to pierce the creature, it's scales unable to provide enough protection from the sharp spear.

Fizel quickly moves inside the room and grabs the remaining hand from Agna's neck, crushing it under his foot. As the room falls quiet, you look around, checking for any other hidden threats.

While you're discussing possible connections between these fishpeople and the strange event early in your travel, you hear a loud scream and some quick sounds of battle. You rush outside (Fizel staying a little behind to check the room) to see one of the sailors stumbling out of the opposite door surrounded by wet algae. He falls motionless revealing another of those fishmen behind. Seeing you, the creature stops for a brief moment, just enough for a rapier to pierce where you'd assume it heart is.

"It looks like we have unexpected guests" The captain says as she notices you. Pulling her sword from the dead creature and immediately cleaning the blood like liquid from it. "The ship's not doing well. Will probably sink before we make to port. These timbers saw more than a simple storm. Some of the marks are from something else... something big." The surviving sailors quickly drag the wounded and lean them on the side of the ship, calling out the smaller rowboats for help.

Captain Harkin looks at Agna, unimpressed by the orc's willingness to just let the ship sink. She quickly grabs the opportunity presented by Izuhn's uncertainty.

"In these waters? Has to be a merchant ship", she is quick to tell the dwarf. "Very few come this far north if not to try their luck selling the scrimshaw crafts, copper and silver and... some of them fine Battlehammer's weapons". She stops to look at Izuhn for moment, probably considering if he might be related to the dwarven clan.

Slowly, a greedy smile starts to show on her face. "I heard them dwarves have found some interesting new materials to play with. If true, coin will be flowing north once this winder is done." All the while she is waving her men to start removing the grate blocking the way to the lower deck