S06E02 – Aboard The Gerico

The heroes are flying across Zhymballa towards the Clockwork Head when a suicidal heartbroken noblewoman forces them to crash-land.
2014-02-09 – ⁠2024-03-10 finished

The group is leaving Alaris aboard the Gerico in the middle of a violent snowstorm. The group is headed towards Barkinon, a city located in a remote continent. Dave, captured by the shadar-kai gang that the group just escaped from, has been left behind.

As the ship sails through Zhymballa various passengers get on and off the Gerico: a peasant family sold into slavery and en-route to their new owner; Gravel, a revenant mercenary who is searching for whoever brought him back to life; Caylenna, one of Malon’s sisters, who caught her husband cheating on her and whose sons are involved in a plot to kill her; and Brook, an old shifter who lives on the thrill of increasingly challenging endurance trials.

During the journey the Gerico makes stops at Oakcrest, a mountain city that grew out of its enclosing mountain and now sprawls over its slopes, and Malel, a city-state ruled by a gnome plutocracy. There the group buys Rupert, a small construct they plan to use as a compass at the Desolation Desert.

On their way to Zoqoi, their last stop before arriving to Barkinon, Caylenna attempts to kill herself causing the Gerico to crash in barren lands south of Malel. They manage to repair the ship and, thanks to their ingenuity, fly away from a swarm of huge insects that had surrounded them.

This entry is part of the series D&D Campaign Log S6 (2014):

  1. S06 – Characters
  2. S06E01 – Alaris
  3. S06E02 – Aboard The Gerico (This entry)
  4. S06E03 – The Desolation Desert
  5. S06E04 – A Valley Of Deranged Warforged
  6. S06E05 – Breeding Grounds
  7. S06E06 – Impaled
  8. S06E07 – Curing The Soil Cursed
  9. S06E08 – The Angels Attack Rar’Am
  10. S06E09 – Sahyeh’s Good Night Kiss
  11. S06E10 – The Raunchy Buccaneers
  12. S06E11 – Reasoning With Slavers
  13. S06E12 – Filthy Guardians
  14. S06E13 – Olga’s Sex Dungeon
  15. S06E14 – Dave Is Free
  16. S06E15 – Typhoon
  17. S06E16 – Crockport
  18. S06E17 – Louis Lemerre And Braga Clift
  19. S06E18 – Rahmulaag
  20. S06E19 – A Macabre Zoo
  21. S06E20 – Resurrection
  22. S06E21 – The Ice Kingdoms
  23. S06E22 – The Glacier
  24. S06E23 – The Frozen Throne