Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Chapter 8 - Serpents of Scuttlecove

After defeating the koprus of Golismorga and the demons of the City of Broken Idols, the Heroes discover that a disturbing number of shadow pearls have already been shipped to Scuttlecove. Worse, upon returning to Farshore, they find Lavinia abducted, stolen away to the same city by her brother Vanthus, now an undead menace. The Heroes travel to Scuttlecove, and on the way are contacted by an old acquaintance - Harliss Javell, whom they last saw in the smuggler's caves of Kraken's Cove. She asks them to meet her at a place called Red Foam Whaling in Scuttlecove, whereupon she'll do what she can to aid them.


When the Heroes reach Red Foam Whaling, they are ambushed by yuan-ti (snake-people). The Heroes discover that Harliss has been captured by the Seventh Coil, and in order to find out what happened to Lavinia, they'll need to first rescue Harliss. Their search takes them through the streets of the depraved city, and forces them to make allies to survive. From their new allies, they learn that Harliss is being kept in a notorious local building called the Birdcage. After they rescue her, the Heroes learn that the headquarters of the Crimson Fleet is hidden, but that the secret to its location may be kept in a yuan-ti safehouse.

After discovering the location of the Fleet's base, the Heroes travel there and learn that Lavinia has been transported to a prison on Gaping Maw, Demogorgon's Abyssal realm. They also discover the true extent of the dozens of shadow pearls the pirates have already distributed to the cities of the world, and that Demogorgon intends to trigger a simultaneous detonation of the shadow pearls, plunging these cities into madness for unknown reasons. There's no time to travel to the dozens of cities and remove the shadow pearls - the only way to stop this demonic plan is to disrupt the ceremony itself on the Abyss.

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