10/24/2025
Tough as Dirt, along with their ever growing crew of Yella, Babbit, Lillium, Speaker, Chef, Molly, Sarzava, Dezerex, and Blix, made their way across the Gossamer Sea towards Stormberth to retrieve the remaining Wavebender Oars from Uqupa and Namondwe.
As they neared the island, a terrible storm assaulted their ship, a direct attack from the powers of Stormberth.
The group was able to survive the storm, but the Gateway Clipper was lost, a final tidal wave crashing the ship on the shore and shattering its hull.
The two Shadar-Kai agreed to stay behind and salvage what they could while the rest of the crew ventured into the jungle towards Stormberth.
Along the way, Tough as Dirt was assaulted once more, this time by the full might of every citizen of Stormberth, driven into a religious fervor by Namondwe and perhaps a higher power.
The group had no choice but to defend themselves, killing hundreds of people in the process.
Arriving in Stormberth, Leah Moonglow, who the group once saved from Uqupa's wrath, found them in a blinding storm and steered them away from a cliff that could have claimed their lives in the dark.
She brought the group to Tuggie Swain's research station, where he drunkenly explained he believes the Siren's Suckhole is actually hiding the mother of all the leviathan type creatures known as the Children, based on his research about the sea levels of the Arrowhead Isles "breathing."
Tough as Dirt left the rest of the crew with Leah and Tuggie, and found Uqupa waiting for them outside.
It was a short interaction, as Gideon used the Divinaxiom to destroy Uqupa, absorbing his power into the device embedded in his chest.
The group then went to find Namondwe and the oars, finding her on a cliff overlooking the lake outside Stormberth.
Namondwe asked for the Divinaxiom, claiming she would use it to hunt the gods and then join the fight in the Final Sea against Vast, but the group deemed her too unreliable to wield it.
After a hard fought battle, Tough as Dirt killed Namondwe and found the seven Wavebender Oars in a cave beneath the cliff where she died.
Also within the cave, they found Mag, Creation god of the Wilds.
Mag made no move to stop them from taking the oars, and so they left them alone there in the cave.
Tough as Dirt, along with the rest of the crew of the Gateaway Clipper bid goodbye to Tuggie and Leah, and urged them to turn the town back into the research locale it once was.
With no ship, the group made their way to the Enochian Tower north of Stormberth to board a ship they'd left there, but it would only fit half the crew.
Ricco, Varsmak, Lucia, Ricco, Winslow, and Molly said goodbye to the remaining crew, who promised to take the oars back to the Western Highcroft Rebellion.
Meanwhile, Hannah the Half Halfling and Lewin von Treet emerged from the tower with a backpack full of dragon stones, and recrutied the remaining members of Tough as Dirt to help them figure out who was worthy to receive them.