Journal of Rollo Lavius 3

Entry #591 - A Brush with a Mermaid

(G591 19/04/2025 via Roll20 - JF(GM), KT, AP) YI42

[In a rare moment, everyone is currently on Yag Island. Fenrir and Reinward are back from their Ooze Adventure and I have just returned from the FAMP.]

DAY 686(18th Hammer)(January)

It's good to be home again. I enjoy spending time with Lavinia, my wife and my daughter, Evi. I like babies, I always have, and Evi is very cute and cuddly.

I hope I have chosen a good place to start a family. Will we settle down here on this tropical island? I'm not sure. I've always thought I would end up back at the Kryptgarden Estate at some point in my life - when my adventures were over. Are my adventures over? I don't think so - and they are not over for
Lavinia either I don't think. We employ a lizardfolk as a maid at the moment. She is good at what she does, but I think if we are ever leaving Evi by herself we'll need to get a more human looking one!

Today I noticed Brodok standing at the top of the cliffs, watching the sea. I don't mind him, but he scares the locals, including most of our colonists. He and the Minotaur have been eyeing each other up as well, I sense there will be trouble between those two. He has ten thousand gold as well, from his share of the Caverns loot. I guess we'll wait and see what he does.

I had a conversation with Reinward about the three vampires, inside coffins, inside one of his bags of holding. They are the ones captured from Bone Island, namely:

Lord Sharrow - 400 years old. Head of the Sharrow Dynasty.
Lady Brinker - his wife.
Reverend Yarhammer - their former priest.

He has lots of wild idea of what to do with them. To torment them. To get information about treasure from them. All it ever seems to be is talk though. If it was me I would want to get rid of them, even if it was to free up some space in my bags!

Well, if he had planned something with the vampires, it was forgotten about later in the day, as he and Fenrir got talking to Jonathan (my talking seagull scout and fishing expert) and he had a request of them.

He told them:
''
There is another island, its tiny and no one lives there but I heard there is treasure on it. I'll take you there for a barrel of fish guts and if you help my friend recover her comb.
''

He then took them down to the Barrow jetty, flew about until a mermaid came to the surface and then swam over to the men on the shore.

Her name was Neralyra and she said:

''
A sailor on the island has stolen my comb! I will be forever in your debt if you can retrieve it. His name is Jenkis Marpow.
''

The lads didn't see the harm in it, so they went off to Tamunzah to look for Marpow They tried Gyles's Inn first, but they found their man in Dak's pub - The Krusty Helmet. Marpow was a young, handsome and roguish pirate. He was drinking with some of his friends.

Fenrir was first to approach. 'Hello there, are you Jenkis?'
'Who the fuck... oh sorry ... what can I do to help my lord?'
Marpow took a moment to realise he was talking to probably the heaviest hitter on the island!
'Do you have a mermaid's comb?'
'I have no comb!' declared Marpow.
Fenrir sensed the lad was lying, so pulled up a chair and sat down.
Reinward started juggling daggers, carefully selected from his cutlery drawer.
'Ah now,' said Marpow, holding up his hands. 'I have great respect for you, but I'm part of Captain Harpooners crew and we sail with The Rundeen. And we don't take threats
lightly.'

Of course, neither of them had any idea who the Rundeen where, so they came over to talk to me (I happened to be having a couple of beers with Irritator and Jiggles at the time). I knew a little about them, but it Jiggles was my spy and had been collecting all this sort of information. She whispered to us: