Campaign: Skyjacks

The captain's council is thrown into confusion after Travis dramatically threatens Jolly Jack, a seemingly affable visitor to the city of N'Goni. Still, they seem determined to back his play. Thankfully Margaret is around to keep things from getting too bloody and nudge the council back on track.

Under the Spring storms of the hollow valley, a Lily is pulled from worship. A Skyjacks short story written and read by James D'Amato for the Worldbuilders End or Year drive.

After a few short weeks of travel, The Uhuru arrives at the city of N'Goni. OR at least where the city should be. However, they are having a little trouble finding where to land. Once they arrive they encounter a mysterious stranger while awaiting The Bandit Queen.

Gable, Travis, and Jonnit try to process what Dref told them as Margaret delicately tries to teach two immortals how to deal with emotions like a well-adjusted person. They discover Dref's shelf is full of secrets that were waiting to be discovered. Some buried for nearly a century.

The crew holds a seance to commune with the spirit of their departed friend. He is not the same man he was in death that he was in life, but there is still much they have to tell him. They intend to learn more about the captain, but they discover unexpected danger.

Margaret arrives to council our heroes on how to navigate the tricky social faux pas of using necromancy on a man's body to pretend he is alive while he happens to be haunting that body. We've all been there. Together they decide it might be wise to get some help and Travis thinks of the perfect person to do it.

The crew reacts to Gable's story in the Grandfire. Before they get too much time to process, Jane takes the stage and tells a story about Rusalka that a stranger told her in a bar. Then Travis is compelled to enter the fire and gets compelled to do something he only very recently has grown accustomed to: tell the truth. That obviously causes trouble and our heroes are forced to hide in Dref's office.

We gave Casey the week off because the last two days have been A LOT. In place of an episode, we're bringing Patreon content to the main feed. This is the worldbuilding session zero that created Nordia! We also thew in James' thoughts on the Nordia arc and answered listener questions.

Pulling away from Nordia victorious, the crew of The Uhuru is alerted by the ringing of the heart bell. The Captain is calling for a Grandfire – a tradition from his homeland that calls for the exchange of stories around a massive fire. Different members of the crew are called before the fire to tell stories prompted by stones drawn from the coals.

The crew of the Uhuru say their final farewells in Nordia. Gable has to work out the best course of action with Il Sangue Dio deciding whether another ship is worth the trouble of drawing the ire of The Church. Jonnit tries to talk Adrienne down from preaching the gospel of The Slain God's newest prophet. Travis doesn't really do anything but we've probably had enough out of him for one arc.