The Family begins their session by speaking with [[Jory Bhanti]] and having a light rest before heading down stream. After the team finished up a quick camp fire talk, the team boarded the small boat with Jory at the rudder… literally, and they left the broken dock behind as Jory drove the boat towards Jungen ![[Pasted image 20260904115459.png]] While pleasantly being guided through the swamp, the family questioned Jory about the layout of south west Miraneen. The old city they used to inhabit [[Rachwall]] lies to the north east, and it completely taken over by blight. Best they can tell, the blight is radiating and spreading mostly from the old temple of [[Eldath]]. The [[Matriarch Tree]] to the north west is constantly being surveyed and patrolled by [[Queen Coco Fixale]]’s puppets and guards, but Jory thinks there’s enough gap’s to slip through. There are stationary guards at odd intervals around the base of the tree. To the south west is the Temple of [[Opki]]. Jory states that [[Pradu Bhanti]] would have more information on that. After a good couple of hours, they encounter the first checkpoint run by [[The Bhanti Family]]. Several humanoids can be spotted: bearfolk, Kenku, Lionfolk to name a few. As they noticed Jory was the one pushing the boat they crept from their hiding spots and greeted him and the family. Around this time, Jory warned the group they were coming up on an area where the water flow is incredibly stagnant, and Jory would have to be the primary mover for this portion and asked the team to direct/protect him. It wasn’t too long into this portion the landscape began to stir. The treats were easier to spot, as they had faced them before. But instead of a melee version, the treats were seen using the blight as a ranged AoE attack to rain down on the group as the boat moved within range. Along the shores of the murky water, rocks the size of two cows tied together moved out from under the trees whose roots overflowed into the water. As the underwater rocks moved closer, it became clear the rocks were deformed fish with tentacles where the rear fins should be. A battle ensued unlike any other. Emmy rained down lightning on the massive abominations in the water to follow up Dugby’s random firebolt initiation. She planned to continue this assault from the heavens until the the fight revealed its first turn. Tentacles from the rear of the fish creatures emerged from the water and began pulling the family one by one into the water, including Shadow. Nearly everyone felt the disgusting water as they were pulled it, and the family worked well together to break each other loose from the tentacles. A whimper from a nearby rock drew [[Carlo Mascari]]’s attention, as his faithful wolf [[Shadow Mascari]] is seen briefly before being pulled to the depths and into the blight fish’s mouth. Without hesitation, Carlo leapt from the rock, and plunged into the depths. ![[Pasted image 20260904133723.png]] Jumping into the muck was the equivalent to having your senses violently ripped away from you. Carlo’s sense of sight and smell were immediately attacked by the water. The movement of the fish stirring up the bottom of the river, combined with the poor health and hygiene of the water robbed Carlo of his sight. His taste and smell were assaulted by the sudden influx of water into his nose and mouth as he screamed for his friend. Rot and decay on the tongue with a light hint of earth and mud were all he could taste. Without the last cry of his friend as he was pulled into the depths, Carlo would have been lost for direction… but he used the momentum of his dive to crash down and into the mouth of the oversized guppy. In a combined attack Jory and Emmy unleashed everything they had on the quickly descending fish, while Carlo pried at the toothy maw that attempted to swallow shadow whole. Jory even attempted to dive in and hit the fish with the elbow of a lifetime… but his only accomplishment was a rather impressive yet disgusting cannon ball. ![[Pasted image 20260904140814.png]] With their spells and bodies exhausted, the family looked on as the waters roiled. As more were about to jump in, Carlo emerged dragging an unresponsive and unmoving shadow behind him. Fear settle on the group, but only briefly as [[Tormin Mascari]] Used the last scraps of his magical healing finger powers to stablilize Shadow. Seeing that the family was healing each other and making preparations to move again to Jungen, Silver used this time to harvest the scraps, and managed to grab 10 monster parts. The team settle back into the boat, and again Jory pushed off. The team winds through the swamp, water clearing the further south they get. The family will start their next session entering Jungen. They receive 3600 xp for their fight on the boat. ![[Pasted image 20260904141839.png]]