Recap for Valdis worth xp.
The officers decided to press charges against the Ice Gnome in order to have their detectives and spellcasters try to figure out what his deal was. They ultimately concluded that he was a little nuts, but not being dishonest, and that he has no traceable history. In other words, he poofed into existence when Claude made his wish. No big surprise there, but who knows what's yet to come regarding the aftermath. We decided to take him with us and keep him in the brig for the time being.
We then set sail for the eel folk. We traveled several days and outside the border patrol of Icefian protection into eel folk territory. At one point in our travels, Rin and Tsu noticed a group of dolphins fleeing from some sort of creepy aquatic predator. Rin dove in to find out what was going on and headed out away from the ship to confront the predators. Around that time, during a routine shift, the alarm suddenly sparked to life from the crow's nest as screams and commands came shouting down for a quick call to arms.
To everyone's horror, there appeared a huge octopus-like demon and several of its minions. The creature demanded we hand over Rin for "taking away its toy and ruining its amusement." We quickly figured out this was the demon that trapped the Whaletar's soul and was tormenting it. Soon after appearing on the ship, the minions attacked those with the most magic aura's, so Kasai was hit hard and nearly killed. The others on the ship tried to do their best, but didn't stand a chance in hand to hand combat.
The other officers and crew that were below deck were roused into action and soon got themselves prepared for battle. The first, of course, was Nathan who was aided by the Crown of Air. In his speed, he quickly flew out above the ship and was transformed into a freakishly enhanced polar bear ready to pounce.
The fight was going poorly for the low level crew on deck, but fortunately, the navigator was able to activate the protection bubble and keep himself safe.
The head demon was beginning to monologue and grabbed Kraig (one of the Able Seamen) to make an example of him. He tore him in two and tossed him overboard. Before he could utter another threat or attack anyone else, Rin popped up from the ocean and shot it several times. It gathered its strength and prepared to unleash hell on her when Nathan lunged forth from the air at lightning speed and charged the creature. Its arrogance soon shifted to terror as Nathan roared past its defenses and mauled him with everything he had. The impact was thunderous and all we saw was ripples of fat and loose skin shaking violently. Nathan clawed, bit, and tore at its flesh, carving holes in its innards and pulling its droopy head around its body and shoving it straight up its own ass. The final maneuver was a horrific rend that literally exploded the demon into hundreds of pieces. Nathan stood victorious, covered in acidic ooze and gore.
The minions realized their master was obliterated and fled the scene. Those who could pursue chased them down and continued the fight, rallied by the glorious defeat at Nathan's hands. Rin first went to the crow's nest, used the spyglass as a sniper scope, and shot a demon out of the sky. She then dove into the ocean and unleashed an Arrow Storm on several demons fleeing, causing mass damage and banishing a few in the process. We stopped after the battle.
