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The group is above deck with Silgre Ghostfoot, and she speaks with the group. She accuses the group of theft and says that the treasure is missing. The group knows immediately it is Crypto The Bandit that took it. They go out to find him, and Luna finds him red-handed with the Pearl. Luna snatches the Pearl and stuffs it into her hair, and asks Crypto The Bandit where he found it. He says it was on the floor. He and Luna go back and forth, and finally, she runs off with it.
Luna goes to find Silgre Ghostfoot to give her the Pearl. They ask her how she found it and she finally admits Crypto The Bandit had it. Silgre Ghostfoot tells her first mate Gurig to grab him, and they discuss punishment. Mör Rudaerrun negotiated his freedom and resumed to interrogate him on how he got the Pearl. He fesses up that he got it off of Keyel.
Bartholomew runs up to Crypto The Bandit, and they say hi to one another, and Bartholomew punches him square in the jaw. Bartholomew threatens him and walks off.
The Coutle finally comes close to land.
Seven goes to have a pint since they can’t do much else on the ship. Mör Rudaerrun goes to Lint and gives him some seasonings and instructs them on how to use them. Seven, in a drunken state, goes to yell at Lint for stealing the clean bathroom and Mör Rudaerrun scoops her up and walks away thanking Lint and telling him to make sure he uses the spices while quieting Seven.
The Coutle reaches The Island, and the group needs to take rowboats from here to the island as the ship can’t reach the shores.
As the group gets closer, they notice flames and smoke emitting from the island and see two dragons fighting in the distance. A dragon of flame and a dragon of lightning are duking it out, and a figure can be seen on top of the Red Dragon. The lightning dragon is bitten and falls, presumingly defeated.
Quintuss Nei wants to investigate the town. The group runs into a bunch of Lizard Folk, who appear to be attacking the village. They come across one that seems to be the leader, and it screams in a language that only Crypto The Bandit understands. Crypto The Bandit says they want to kill us. They engage in battle, but the lizardfolk seem to be targeting The Coutle.
In the chaos, the group decides to follow Cecil towards the town and engage in battle with the lizard people. The lizard-folk people are trying to attack the townsfolk, who took refuge in the town’s main building. As the group approaches, some of the lizards take their attention off the people and to the group. Some of the lizard-folk break into the building as the others battle with the group. When Seven and Crypto The Bandit break-in, they see that 2 of the townsfolk died during the siege.
The town shamen speaks to the group and asks us why we have come. Mör Rudaerrun says that we were hired by The Curator to retrieve the Visage of Pelor. The woman then asks about the dragon. The group tells her we saw the dragon fall. As we say that, the woman says, “We are doomed.”
The Dragon Rider dismounts the dragon after the dragon lands in front of the group. The man threatens the group and demands to know why we are on the island. The group struggles to convince them that we are here by happenstance. Seven tries to tell the man that we are good people, as we saved his fellow villagers. The man blows up one of the heads of the villagers and asks again, making it very clear he does not care for the villagers. Quintuss Nei steps in and tries to be intimidating and tell the man that we are here for trade and to get the man to back down, but in the end, the man orders the Red Dragon to grab Quintuss Nei and take him up in the air and threaten to drop him if they do not tell him the truth. Crypto The Bandit tries to step forward to convince the man we are not here as a threat but fails to say anything. Mör Rudaerrun steps in and tells the man we are here to gather herbs of excellent healing ability. The man believes Mör Rudaerrun and reveals that his quest is identical to ours. He is also there to retrieve the Visage of Pelor to gain its power. He tells us that we will live if we help him in his quest. After the group agrees, he flies off, and we catch our breath and heal from the battle.