Sapphire:Sessions:20150801

Shawna, riding back toward the village of Eimoor after her errand, observes a ship run aground on the beach. Drawing nearer, she sees that the ship's name is Gold Compass, and Chalker and Ahn-Lee are on the main deck along with a dwarf whom she recognizes as Mononel Stonecrusher (she'd met him 150 years ago)... and a tiger. On the beach a little distance away she sees merfolk tending to a couple of prone figures, so she hurries over there. Both of the injured people are mages, one a merman named Erlis, the other a goblin called Barak Firehawk. As Shawna casts healing spells, another merman explains that the ship had been carrying four kidnapped mages, including their kinsman Erlis. Chalker and his associates had led them in taking over the ship and freeing the captives.

Yasser searches the cargo hold, finding a small paychest, a crate of swords, an assortment of armor, several sets of shackles, and exotic spices worth about 200g.

In the captain's cabin, Chalker and Ahn-Lee locate the ship's log, which indicates that the Gold Compass had been bound for Sapphire. The ship's manifest lists various cargo such as agricultural implements and spices. Figuring these documents are falsified (and wondering where the captain stashed his fortune), Chalker searches further and finds a secret drawer containing papers written in a language with its origins in the southern Coastal Kingdoms around Malprin. He also finds a chest containing 60g.