Operation Pincer

The Myste-Hass Calender

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Crassus Hlaalu, Dagur, Gunter, Kahlil, Cpt Percival Wainwright, Stavris, and Ehecatl Skljef; 30 Helvettians, lead by Antonius and the 4 remaining lizard folk, lead by the blackscale Ru'tock, took to sea in three salvaged rowboats and a ramshackle raft assembled by the lizardfolk, heading for the southern docks of Myste-Hass.

As they progress along the coastline, a siren cries for help, seeking to lead the amphibious assault force astray. After conversing, Cpt Percival Wainwright was charmed by the watery wench but the others managed to resist its charm. Unable to persuade Kahlil to row towards the siren, Cpt Percival Wainwright cast himself in to the sea, compelled to swim towards her, but sinking rapidly due to his heavy armour. The valiant Gunter jumped in to rescue Cpt Percival Wainwright and assisted him back in the boats; and after a brief scuffle, the siren swam away from its escaped prey.

Heading onward to the Southern Dock, the boats rowed through a field of debris. A lone "survivor" was found floating in the rubble. Crassus Hlaalu and Helvetians opted to eliminate the potential risk and shoot the body just to be safe in case it was either a spy or another aquatic creature seeking to lead them astray. Dagur heroically intervened, rescuing the survivor despite protestations from Crassus Hlaalu and Antonius. The survivor claims to be a dockhand named Kenrick, having taken the opportunity to take a small watercraft and flee with a few others and slip past the often drunken guards. The escape was spotted however and put to an end by a patrol galley with a naval ram. Kenrick informs the amphibious assault force of the state of the southern docks, warning them of a number of patrol vessels at large in the Southern Dock, naming a few of the larger vessels. The main ship of note is a larger war ship named Eruption. The Eruption is the vessel from where its captain, Arasmere, manages the southern docks with an iron fist. A number of corpses have been fixed on display to a number of locations on the Eruption's hull, most notably on its prow where they appear to have been crucified.

The amphibious assault force opt to stay on plan, to evade the Eruption and continue to the Western Dock. Gunter and Stavris waterwallk invisibly to the docks and begin planting Gunter's incendiary explosives on ships along the jetties. Stavris successfully planted his first incendiary and headed on to a second ship. Gunter however was discovered as he planted his first, detonating it prematurely to escape. Threatening to detonate all his remaining incendiaries, Gunter persuades his discoverer to swiftly leave in order to preserve their own life. Stavris's second boat is found to be a slave galley, unsure of what to do he heads to leave the galley for the next ship, before he can leave however, it is rocked by an explosion from Gunter's vessel as the remaining explosives detonate and he is thrown clear, smiling with glee at the beauty of the destruction he has orchestrated. Landing on the galley, Gunter frees the slaves from the now burning galley, while Stavris bombs one final ship before both make their escapes by blending in to the crowd in the confusion and heading towards the Western Dock. As they

Meanwhile, the force remaining on the boats split themselves more widely between the boats, increasing the amount of rowers in order to pick up the pace to make the Western Dock before dawn. Attempting to bear away wide of the Eruption, a lookout shouts in their direction having spotted movement in the darkness. When no answer is given, the lookout moves to float an orb of light over to the amphibious assault force's position. Kahlil swiftly silences the lookout and prevents discovery with a deft eldrich blast, dragging the lookout silently over the rail, the only noise being the inevitable splash in to the sea below. Despite the close call, the boats continue at a measured pace, hoping to remain undetected. A short while later, a small search boat is lowered from the Eruption, a lookout at its prow sweeping the water with a beam of light. Casting entangle, Crassus Hlaalu summons forth a torrent of seaweed from the depths, arching up over the small boat and dragging it down to the depths below. With the threat of pursuit removed, the rowing pace was quickened to a sprint to make better time.

With dawn drawing ever closer, the sun begins to crest the horizon, revealing five wyverns bearing down on the amphibious assault force as they spot them in the early morning light. Diving in the wyverns attack the boats and their crew, sending one of the boats and the raft in to the deep. Amongst a hail of arrows and spells, Dagur, bursting in to a rage, mounts a wyvern and hacks off one of its wings. Ehecatl Skljef summoned a celestial to aid in the combat. As Cpt Percival Wainwright leaps from the sinking boat to another, fending off the wyverns, he is impaled by one's stinger and is killed outright. Once all wyverns were dispatched, Ehecatl Skljef casts revivify on Cpt Percival Wainwright, restoring him to the living.

Casting a glance behind them towards the Southern Dock before pressing on, the Eruption appears to be raising anchor and preparing to pursue and a large looming figure can be seen rising above Myste-Hass.