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Headquarters is set up. Nalla accidentally insults Patsky by suggesting that a kobold would be good at making traps. He IS good at that, but resents the implication that it is good because he is a kobold.
Talanatha Three Coins is missing, and Claire is investigating.
During the downtime, after the Mire of Dead Men fiasco, Claire has letters sent through official channels to ask about franchises. On Wednesday, she receives a message from Head Office saying they will put us in contact with an information broker. A day later, there is an envelope sitting on her bed, sealed with red wax and a letter G. “What do you want to know? Leave message in stump to west of your manor. -G”
The Order of the Stout Half-pint
The next day, after putting in the information, Claire goes about her day in her tinkering room. Inside a drawer is a larger envelope with a wax-sealed G. Creepy. Inside it is a map with an island northwest of Neverwinter circled and labeled “Lighthouse” on the Silent Sound.
The party will find a path to Neverwinter via sea. Johnny takes the party to the coast. There, the party meets The Stale Whale. It's a poorly-carved blue whale head, with a poorly carved figurehead, and seems to barely be sea-worthy. The dwarf captain, Captain Stonefoot, welcomes the party aboard. He goes to cast off, and just breaks off the attachment point for the rope and coils up the rope and anchor, which he tosses into the ship. Claire casts Mending, and attempts to fix the ship in general. Stonefoot does not inspire competence, especially with the phrase “I just keep the coast on my right and we'll be fine” (not starboard, right).
Sailing up the coast, the party sees a ship on the horizon. Clearly making out the shape from afar, this indicates that the ship is quite large. It's bigger than a Man of War, with multiple blue-skinned humanoids with white beards and horned helmets. Clearly, frost giants, which are widely known as raiders. It's strange for them to be so far south. Stonebeard fans the reins of the boat (?) and walks away to where the sails are to unfurl them fully. Piffany falls over and gets her arm stuck in a hole. Claire also falls slightly, but not to a hilarious effect.
Several frost giants pick up blocks of pure ice and throw them at the boat, narrowly missing them. “No one can outsail the Stale Whale… AT HYPERSPEED” says Stonefoot, who goes to grab oars. Wraq drops his oar, Thorfin and Nalla row quite well, while Claire and Piffany do moderately okay. Against all odds, the Stale Whale outpaces the frost giants.