Students of Life & Death #20

The Students of Life and Death assessed their situation with Uqupa and decided to negotiate instead of fighting

• In exchange for their safety and the body of Gore, the group handed over the Wavebender's Leiomano, which they soon learned was the seventh of the ten Uqupa needed to deliver to his master, Namondwe in Stormberth, in order to create a tidal wave to wipe out Trine

• Uqupa also regurgitated a half-digested Roach and asked the group to get one of the last three Leiomano's from the Wild Bunch, or the other group would meet a much less peaceful end

Uqupa left, and the group restored Cypress Bay to normal before setting off towards Topside in order to bring the Barrow Hawk egg found in the jungle to Sinner's Peak in order to get it to hatch.

Ridley helped restore Roach, who awoke on the voyage to Topside

in Barnacle Bay, the Tatiana was seemingly attacked by a ballista out of nowhere, but the arrow had a note attached that simply said "HELP" on it.

The group realized the arrow likely came from Clifftop, where a master archer lived protecting Barnacle Bay

They docked in Topside and found the steel ropeway with carriages that would carry them over the jungles of Sinner's Isle to Clifftop, but before they could find a way to ride the gondolas, a tabaxi stormed onto one of the carriages, pushing the official out of the way

• The group followed the tabaxi onto the carriage, and the tabaxi claimed his brother was in trouble up on Clifftop, and that the group would have the unfortunate honor of soon meeting him.