c02s04e11 - The 4th Prince of Llazaar Day 161 The team knows there's 5 admirals and 25 commandants that are the core of the Prince's administration; most of whom are in Regalport. 2 of the admirals are away but the team starts to gather intel about the commadants and other admirals that haven't been met with before. 7 days to get names loctions and routines to set up as peaceful a coup as possible. while asking for help from the union to decree a formal challenge against maracan. (day 168) Day 166 Report from Bartertown that demons attacked; 75 lives before the killsquad was shut down-- primarily targeting the marketplace vendors and consumer.. notably avoiding as much melee combat with security personnel as posslbe while cutting down civilians. The team runs through logistics on what it would take to safeguard the population from demonic intrusion is decidedly difficult, expensive, and slow to implement. They've got a definite demon grudge. Day 167 back in Far Reach of the Llazaar principalities; Leon's Brigade comes around with warrants for the capture of The Pickle Ship and 3 Claw Monster since the ships are Maracan 's property, and the crew is disputing contract, the ships are being decommissioned. THX and Dhraksis pull off some forged documents claiming ownership of the 2 vessels to dealy the Brigade for a few days while the team makes alternate arrangements for the crew and their own stay.. using the merc dragonfly ship until they can kill Maracan and take all his ships. Day 168 Gather Information is done and the team knows that there's 3 admirals stationed in Regalport along withb 15 of the 25 commadants. The team relays orders for 60 mixed troops come to Regalport eliminate the commadants while the team faces off with Maracan. The union gets response from maracan counsel that the team will have an Audience of Challenge available in 20 days (day 188) Meanwhile, the union has issued a full halt on all union contracts and demands investigation of maracan operations by Prince Council for the risky behavior of introducing a foreign cult as a branch of Maacan Operations. Day 169 Leons's Brigade returns with gunship enforcement to reclaim The Pickle Ship and 3 Claw Monster which the team is able to hand over cleansed of any useful clues about the team's presence and activities aboard the ships. Day 171 Reports that The Marlin and the RaziR have gone MIA, which the team assumes is Kazarak stepping up his hostilities and taking the ships hostage.. which for now reduces the available targets on the field that they can go reclaim later. Day 175 Union vs Maracan inquiries begin which the team is called on as witnesses.. One of the Priests of Draegoth is answering questions when THX gets the Union counsel to quetion about the nature of undeath and draegoth's plans for the procedure, THX pops a Divine Power to turn the priest who crit fails, catches fire from within and bolts screaming bloody vengeance as it flees the courthouse, proving how bad an idea it is to be undead. Leon's Brigade take inmmediate action to round up any Draegoth cultists in the building while accusing House Maracan of unlawful practices by bringing this dangerous cult to Llazaar. Day 180 Bartertown reports that the Breland supply ships never arrived in town.. Breland reporting that the ship has gone MIA.. Arbiter Vermillion STarr negotiating the incident between Breland and the Orien Trade guild on behalf of Bartertown to keep relations cool while adventuring teams are initiated from the Orien and Breland to investigate the disappearance. Vermillion offers transparency for their teams as necessary. Day 182 Bartertown killsquads assembled and loading into the Crabship to bring the squads into Regalport for the day 188 slaughter. Day 186 Maracan's contracts are all voided by Prince Council decree and auditing of Maracan operations begin, putting the whole administration on edge. Day 188 the team have their Audience of Challenge with Prince Maracan, 3 of his admirals; a council arbiter to witness... Dhraksis nat 20's a headshot and turns Maracan into pudding on the first heartbeat of the meeting-- a real One Punch Man plot twist. Reports come in that 7 of the commandants have fled the Principalities along wiht the Maracan royal family to unknown safehouses somewhere in Khorvaire... the remaining 8 commadants in Regalport along with the 3 admirals present vote No Contest to Dhraksis taking the seat, which the Prince Council Artitrator recognizes legit and documents are signed to secure the team's presence as the 4th Prince of Llazaar. The team takes a week to take inventory of acquired resources and personnel that can add to the team's growing power. Speak with Dead reveal that Prince Maracan had been under Draegoth charm, and by repositioning the 53 ships of his armada to Balic, he has essentially handed the Athasian Cult Nation a fully equipped fleet of ships to put military strength behind their claim of independence as a soverign nation in their own right. Vermillion Starr reports that the Breland and House Orien received confirmation that Draegoth heisted the supply ship as a show of strength, and returned the ship, crew, and bartertown supplies unharmed. Day 194 The team Pings Lantern Archons to confirm the missing ships, Marlin and RaziR, are near New Cyre Dhraksis performs token death ritual to release the 4th Prince title to Admiral Yamano who has demonstrated more competence and drive to rule the administration than her peers-- the team exchanges the useful resources (ships, supplies, financial) and leave the Principalities behind in what can very well be the largest Smash'n'Grab robbery ever. next on the list-- infiltrate the now Draegoth-controlled armada to gank as many ships as possible while shutting down as many of the remaining ships as possible... but first; swing through New Cyre to get back The Marlin, RaziR, and check in on Frank's wife and uncle. <end of episode> Day 194 now level 15 loot acquired Bartertown - 4 uncommon forges (25g / day ... 100g total - or - 50 troops or 5d20 seige each) Bartertown - 3 uncommon magic labs (35g / day) 7 carrier-class maracan ships 23 maracan tug ships 600 loyal pirates 1200 sea horses 3 favors worth of wealth and production materials 1 Magic bubble shield 7 cubes of illusion (Dhraksis gets a maul of excavation via deck of many things merged into his long arm) loot lost (temporarily mia) - The Marlin (temporarily mia) - the RaziR