The Belligerents #13

The Belligerents were welcomed to the Church of the Mire Made by Brine the Baleful, whose posture and demeanor had completely changed in the company of the acolytes around him

• Upon noticing Caster with the group, however, Brine quickly hunched and became submissive again

• Caster seemed to be solely focused on the fact that his life work, the use of the ichor to create new creatures, was being used without his knowledge in this church

Flapjack broke off from the group as they entered into the church to check the cargo being removed from the ship

• He soon discovered, after throwing a non-cooperative acolyte off a cliff, the cargo was filled with twelve unconscious kobolds from the Scaleback Mountains in Highcroft

Flapjack went to inform the group but inside the church, the Belligerents found the acolytes working to prepare a firbolg on an altar for some sort of ceremony

• Two of the acolytes appeared to be mire-made themselves with lobster claws reminiscent of the creatures the group had encountered aboard the ship to Serenity Shores many weeks ago

The Belligerents set into action, fighting against the acolytes

• Meanwhile, the firbolg awoke and broke free, turning into a wolf to join in the fight

After the acolytes were dispatched, the group made friends with firbolg, Phira, and ran outside to find Brine had turned on his own acolytes to ensure his place among the Belligerents was not called into question

• The group freed the kobolds and booked passage on the ship heading to Cypress with the crew from Grugar's Anchor -- Phira, the twelve kobolds, the Word, Brine, and Caster in tow, looking to find the Daughters of Eve