Shadows of the Last War Chapter One

[jennibert]

Sable had been already on her way to the ship and didn't hear Faolan's warning, but she did see the House Lyrander enforcers on their way to the ship. Well s**t. That's not good. She quickly makes her way to ship, leaping onto it at one end far from the gangplank and starts helping Aden make ready to fly.  

[Disciple of Sakura]

jennibert

Sable d'Cannith

iLL iNTENT

Aden Agrona and Faolan

RafeRafel

Aggre Dion

InsaneKatKing475

Veliosia Tarathel

Keith Valken Lionheart

Alhean

SilverAnubis

Andrew Alexander Meclamesh

Agre and Sable quickly made it to the airship, each of them seeing the rather suspicious looking group from House Lyrandar as they walked down the dock. They were getting much closer, and there were precious few minutes left before an altercation on the docks might be inevitable.

Cattagin looked at the remaining members of the crew. "Looks like you might need to be getting going, yes?"  

[InsaneKatKing]

Veliosia had been lost in the voices that he heard, not really paying attention, but the second Cattagin remarked about getting going, he realized that if the others had left so swiftly, something must have been up. "Not good," he says with a sigh, setting the payment for his drink on the table before following the others out the door, heading back towards the ship.  

[Disciple of Sakura]

Through the din of the docks, Faolan can hear bits of garbled conversation coming from the Lyrandar agents.
"I'm telling you, we're on a wild goose chase."

"And I'm telling you, we got an anonymous tip that the Skybold was docked here. We can't go letting stolen airships just wander around willy-nilly."

"With Thresh and Crush here, we shouldn't have to worry too much about resistance, anyway. They'll take out the guys responsible for the theft..."

Back at the Skybold, it appears that all the crew have arrived and the ship is ready for departure.

{Thought we had 6 players there, but, looking through the history, one of them never posted, and the other one only posted once, so we'll just assume they aren't there anyway. You're short a healer, so I'll try not to kill you all too quickly...}  

[InsaneKatKing]

Veliosia definitely wasn't going to enjoy this little escape. He smiled as he looked towards Aden, seeing him take the helm before turning his attention to the voices of the dead once more, enjoying the thought of them. "Ah, how wonderful the world is. Perhaps somemthing delightfully interesting will happen."  

[Disciple of Sakura]

As the Skybold left the dock, the Lyrandar agents swore. "I told you not to allow any ships to depart while we completed our sweep! Traveler curse you, you damn well better have a good explanation!"

"The... the... ship was cleared for departure by a writ from the Lord-Mayor, sir. It was marked as a dignitary vessel and not to be held up! I thought you knew!" The somewhat incensed man brandished a sheet of parchment.  

[InsaneKatKing]

Veliosia decided that he wanted a good view of what was bound to happen on the docks as their ship departed. He headed for the open areas, standing just out of sight in the entrance back to the bridge, watching as the men on the dock yell and fight with one another.  

[jennibert]

Sable laughed slightly at the men below. Though I am curious as to how we managed that sort of status... She grinned.

"Well, this seems a decent start at least," she said to Veliosia.  

[Disciple of Sakura]

jennibert

Sable d'Cannith

iLL iNTENT

Aden Agrona and Faolan

RafeRafel

Aggre Dion

InsaneKatKing475

Veliosia Tarathel

As the Skybold takes to the air, you see one of the dock workers moving over to assist the Lyrandar agents. From this distance, you can't be sure, but it looks like Cattagin in the dock worker's uniform. He appears to be bowing in apologetic supplication to the irate half-elf.

Having made your escape from the dock, you find yourselves in the free skies above Eberron, the wind whipping across the deck and the sound of the elemental engine keeping your ship aloft. Checking your maps, you set a course for your destination, which will take a few days travel. No Lyrandar ships appear to be following you, and in a short time, you find yourself over the nation of Droaam, land of monsters. In the distance, you can make out the mountains that comprise much of the country, flights of gargoyles darting amongst rocky peaks partly obscured by the clouds.  

[jennibert]

Sable sits on the highest point of the ship, a slim figure in black clinging to the mast. She surveys the land below, and then calls down to the deck below: "Hey, Aden, head a little bit more to the west. I think I've spotted the first point on Cattigan's map!"  

[Disciple of Sakura]

As the Skybold lowers itself, you feel a strong and cold wind sweep across the deck of the ship, carrying small particles of ice and snow from the mountains ahead. You can make out the rocky crags below, lined with monumental trees and running with crystalline streams. In the distance, you see some sort of natural outcropping that is likely the entrance to the cave network that Cattagin indicated. Not far from the entrance, a herd of elk graze.