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We're here!, Chapter 1, 1490 - Year of the Star Walker's Return,…

- - - - Chapter 5
        
        Ascarle
        
        the characters should realise the true threat—Zellix'Phor and the illithids who are controlling the Kraken Society, and ergo the pirates. The characters must pursue Slarkrethel into the deep and engage in an heroic final battle against the mind flayers and their terrifying master in the ruined city of Ascarle.
      - Pirate Kings & Kraken Priests
      - the adventurers confront Sea King Tentrix and his pirate lord associates in his lair in the Nelanther Isles. He is the link between the Black Armada and the Kraken Society, whose headquarters are on Purple Rocks. Upon arrival in Purple Rocks, the characters must infiltrate the settlements to discover a council of kraken priests who believe they are carrying out the wishes of Slarkrethel. On Purple Rocks the kraken society is far more sinister than on the Sword Coast, and the hideosities the characters witness threaten to send them insane.
- - - - The Devil's Fin attacks the Voyage
        
        Attempt to ram the ship
        
        Success. If the characters succeed on three checks before failing five the two ships narrowly miss each other, but six bandits and Captain Callous (appendix B) board using grappling hooks and misty step.
        
        Complete Success. If the characters succeed on three checks with no failures, The Voyage steers well clear of The Devil's Fin, preventing the pirates boarding.
        
        Failure. If the characters fail five checks before succeeding on three, the pirates ram The Voyage. Five thugs and Captain Callous (appendix B) clamber aboard and attack.
        
        Pirate Fight
        
        Character Advancement Once the characters have defeated or outsmarted the pirates, they should advance to 2nd level and continue on their journey to Gundarlun.
        
        Level 2
        
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- - - - At the head of these colonies are Elder Brains. These beings of supreme intelligence manage the illithid communities, accessing the information they hold and using it to further the will of the race.
        
        Zellix'Phor is an ancient elder brain, who remembers the destruction of the illithid empire.
        
        Driven by bloodlust, the illithid colony that follows Zellix'Phor searches across the Planes of Existence for githyanki crèches, hoping to decimate their population through infanticide.
        
        Over time, the colony of Zellix'Phor grew to a point where it could barely sustain itself.
        
        The gith had been tracking the nautiloid across the Planes, waiting for the right time to strike.
        
        The nautiloid crash-landed on the Northlander Isle of Gundarlun, killing nearly all aboard.
        
        Zellix'Phor felt fear for the first time.
        
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        Zellix'Phor and his closest attendants managed to survive, sheltered from the destruction in the elder brain chamber of the nautiloid. As far as the githyanki are concerned, the suicide mission was a success.
        
        The sahuagin from the waters around Gundarlun were the first creatures to investigate the wreck of the mind flayer nautiloid. In the wreck they discovered a shield of far sight created by Luzgrigaul, one of Zellix'Phor's attendants. The psionic connection the illithid have with the shield has allowed them to manipulate the mind of the sahuagin leader.
        
        They entered the vessel as assassins and decimated the illithid within. Without their thralls to take the brunt of the assault, the mind flayers were on the front line, and despite their formidable psionic capabilities, many were struck down by the silver swords of the Githyanki.
        
        All available nautiloid space was dedicated to the illithid, and their thralls were jettisoned to make room for the superior race. The need for brains to fuel the mind flayers meant that the nautiloid in which the colony lived was visiting the Material Plane ever more frequently.
        
        Their goals are known as The Grand Design, which focusses on rebuilding their lost empire, and subjugating their remaining enemies.