s1 e9 - No one gives a hoot about the mayor anyway.. george sets up annoying distractions to harrass Graal from getting a long sleep and during that process, the town militia helps sweep the remaining wildlings from town... the initial blast of the soothing ritual quelled the spirit creatures in the immediate vicinity but out lyers and stragglers in town were still causing a disruption, but seemed to gravitate towards following the storm southward. reports of a growing wave of spawned wildlings under the storm were marching across the mountains southward towards blood crescent.. good luck to them! George's plan was a success! Graal appeared to have gotten miserable sleep and it shows when he and meri and two o the blowdart goblins report to the docks for the match- the mutated aberrant wyvern is no where to be seen, but instead Hedwig the SNow Owl is substituted in. What a grueling battle. through the process of suicide attacking Hedwig the team determines that Hedwig has it's own intelligence... but team Graal doesn't seem particularly upset about him dying. Not understanding the mechanics of how Hedwig could remain powered with spells and such they invite Graal to dinner. Next task: Taking Davey Jones to the mayor, explaining the full scenario of what's going on, the mayor takes davey's suggestion and has a n emergency meeting with the boating population to have lots drawn for who each day will have their boat harvested. There's a lot of disent against this idea, but the mayor insists it is the best solution for the time being, and provides a Davey-approved emblem to put on the boat each day that is to serve as the daily sacrefice... with air running out, the team puts davey into the river and tells him to swim down the river until it lets out into the ether and let his peeps know what they are going to do... though they don't really know how long it's gonna take for Davey to get that message across.. he's gone downstream. Good Luck, Davey Jones! The mayor grants the team lot # 16 yak ranch for their reward in helping the town previously. At Dinner, Graal gives a long confusing diatribe about the finer points of superior bird breeding that seems questionable at best. Graal offers 5 farms if Team Elf Falcon throws the upcoming match... they don't believe Graal has the authority to make that offer but try to lead him on to believe they are going to go with his scheme. Whether they convince him they are sincere or not is questionable. next day they hire some quality ranchers to maintain farm 16 for the team and makes arrangements with the Big Ag Combine to champiion them tomorrow... they'll get a farm out of the deal win or lose, but to win they'll milk some favor for additional farm land and/or builders to upgrade the properties to team specs as requested. around town there's a lot of grumbling about the new "share your food" plan with the immigrant merfolk and that there is a loss of confidence in the mayor's willingness to make a stand against horrible creatures coming in from the ether and the Demon Wastes... rumors of him being a shoe shiner (derogatory term for Carrion Tribesmen because of their geico-caveman like grooming habits) the team is considering sowing dissent against the mayor and forcing him into a contest of honor to force a reelection vote to replace the mayor. after further conversations, some crazy guy playing the zither says the merfolk are a warning of the devourer's awakening, and that he willl rise from the abyss to destroy everything. Taking that warning under advisement, the Big Ag Combine match is in the morning, the team hunkers down for a long sleep in the apartment