Session 2: Soul of Winter

Izuhn quickly makes it up the ladder and helps Agna pull up the wounded sailor. The orc wastes no time and starts carving a magic circle, but the sea water start to fill the room as the ship quickly tilts port-side. Agna grabs the ladder to keep her balance, but the protection circle is unfinished at two undead creatures move closer to her.

"Here, hold my hand" Fizel shows up next to Izuhn, dripping from his beard. As the dwarf helps Agna get out the narrow corridor, even though not familiar with the orc's magic, Izuhn divines the missing part of ritual and infuses the circle with enough magic to activate it. The creatures shriek as the protective magic burns their rotten skin, forcing them away and deeper into the dark flooded corridors.

As the three of you manage to catch your breath, you look around the slippery main deck. A few of the scaly creatures are still running away from the bottom deck, sliding into freezing cold waters as the ship slowly starts to turn over. You notice captain Harkin helping the remaining sailor to climb away from the sinking side. "Starboard everyone. The rowboats should be almost here for us!" She shouts at everyone to move "up" the tilted deck.

The ship quickly sinks, the waves begin to break over it, sweeping one of the sailors into the cold sea. Agna manages to reach starboard (now the top!) but Izuhn was caught and slowly slipped down the deck, only managing to grab himself just as his feet touch the water. Agna immediately notices the two rowboats they came close enough for them to jump in, followed by a few others which are making their way from the Icebreaker.

"Man overboard!" Captain Harkin shouts as she checks everyone else. With a bold smile, she lets herself slides down into the water.

As Agna gives up on the captain dramatic display of whatever games these sea people play, she turns instead to the rowboats, calling them to go around the sinking ship and rescue those who feel into the frigid waters. They stop and try to make out the orc's words in the mist of the chaos, when suddenly the rowboat tilts a little bit... The crew looks around, trying to keep their balance when it tilts a bit more aggressively, with one of the sailors loosing his balance. In that moment, Krell Grohlg jumps out of the water ambushing one of the rowboat's crew.

Agna lands on the boat struggling for a few seconds to regain her balance. "Winter girl! You are going to the bottom of the sea with me!" Agna turns to see Krell Grohlg pushing one of the sailors our of the boat, ready to attack the orc.

In the mean time, Izuhn struggles to hold to the ship as the entire structur turns on it's own and starts to sink fast. "Jump! Jump! Get out of there before you are caught in the whirlpool!"

Izuhn manages to let go as the ship tilts, using the momentum to help jump as far away as he can. As he swims away, he notices the huge shadow of an underwater creature swimming towards the sinking ship. In no time, the octopus tentacles are back to embrace the Soul of Winter and drag it down to the bottom of the ocean.

After a few moments of complete calmness, the dwarf notices Agna fighting on the rowboat with Krell

As Agna lunges towards the creature, the waves created as the ship is dragged to its final resting place shake the rowboat and she looses her balance, giving Krell the opportunity to grab the oars and try to force the orc into the water