Recap Part 2
Sankhur healed Rowan's injuries, and the party interrogated her when she regained consciousness. Bart negotiated a deal with his old enemy that would clear him of all charges in the dockside murders, while also keeping Rowan's neck from the hangman's noose as leader of the Lotus Dragons. The plan was to pin everything on Vanthus, the proof being the maps and notes recovered from the Lotus' lair, Vanthus' confessions in his own hand to the murder of his parents and attempted murder of the party, and the corroboration of the testimony from Rowan, the daughter of one of Sasserine's Noble Houses. According to the agreement, the party would claim that the Lotus' hideout was the ruins beneath Parrot Island, the companions hoping to make use of the base within the city for themselves. Vanthus would be named as the leader of the Lotus Dragons, and Rowan's only involvement would be downplayed into Vanthus' mistress. In return, the party agreed to get Rowan out of Sasserine to nearby city of Calderone, in order for her to not only escape Sasserinian Justice, but also the (possibly murderous) wrath of her mother, Heldrath. In order to seal the deal, and to remind Rowan of the consequences of betraying them, Deacon employed Elemental Manipulation to burn the Lotus Dragon Tattoo from her arm.
Collecting Niemen and Churtle from the Taxidermists' shop, the companions returned to the Vanderboren Estate. They struck a deal with Niemen to continue to watch the entrance to the lair as their employee. As a bonus, he agreed to identify magic items that they acquired for no charge. The party returned the Vanderboren fortune to Lavinia, filling her in about the deeds of her blackhearted sibling. They convinced Lavinia to hire Captain Amelia and Tavey to Captain the Blue Nixie for her, and persuaded Captain Amelia to take on Churtle as ship's cook. Greenie and Sankhur brought a local Captain of the City Guard to take their statements and receive their evidence. He assured Bart that charges would be dropped against him.
Lavinia agreed to have the Jade Ravens escort Rowen to Calderone the following day. Before parting company, Rowen offered two additional pieces of information to the companions. She said that her second Lieutenant-- Kersh-- was out to steal the journal they were having transcribed at the WitchWarden Tower. She reminded them that Kersh likes to torture his victims, and pointed them to a Warehouse the Lotus used as a safehouse on the other side of the city, where they might find him. The second bit of information regarded Vanthus. Her former lover was headed to Kraken Cove on foot-- a journey that would take him a week, two days of which had already passed. Rowan assured them that if they travel by sea, they could arrive at Kraken Cove before Vanthus.
The companions quickly conferred, and decided that they had to track down the book first, making preparations to hunt down Kresh that very night. The following day, they would get Captain Amelia to sail them to Kraken Cove aboard the Blue Nixie.