03/25/2026
The Belligerents met with Venga and heard his joyous thanks for freeing him from the influence of the demonic egg he had swallowed. He claimed he was planning a route through the mountains already, but wanted to repay the favor, and so began tunneling southward to connect the ocean with the runoff rivers leading towards Jawhara.
Along the way, a woman kenku dropped from one of the oozes that the kobolds used to sleep in, but she seemed unable to remember how she'd gotten there or even her name.
Calling her Birdie, the kobolds begged the group to take her because she was apparently problematically addicted to the goop that came from Venga. The Belligerents agreed to bring the drug-addled Kenku along.
At long last, the group big goodbye to Farns and Venga as they emerged into daylight once more, having shortcutted by going through the Silsiluma Mountains.
Before leaving, however, Farns gave the group a
The Belligerents sailed Naukar's barge southward, all the while Vainya's need to feed increasing.
Along the bank of the