The Fifth Session

In the wake of the battle with the sea serpent, Aoth was taken to the infirmary to see Mira, the ship's healer, who strongly resembled Jenna Fischer. Once he was patched up, Vissella visited him to thank him for his selflessness in protecting Darkwind and Applaudicus, before letting him rest and informing the rest of the Motley Crew that he was okay. Upon commending them on their admirable acts, Yief thought "admirable" meant "admiral" and began bossing the crew around, which Shag supported, though he was largely ignored.

As dusk turned to night, Nul went fishing and caught a moderately large bass, which he proudly showed off to the crew of the ship and then to Yief, who wanted to eat it. Appalled, Nul ran and hid the fish in a barrel of drinking water, not knowing the difference between it and the ocean water. Yief found and hunted the fish in the barrel with his spear, then brought it to Pa'koha, the chef, to roast while on the spear and make a Fish-Kebab. Nul caught him and wrestled the fish off the spear, but upon realizing it was dead, tossed it over his shoulder. Halrek intercepted it on its way to Yief, bringing it to Aoth in the infirmary, who ate it and instructed Halrek to tell Nul he had healed and released the fish. Nul responded by going fishing again in hopes of catching the same fish.

At the bar, Shag encountered Rainn, the resident weapons expert, who told of his expertise in bears, beets, and Battlestar Gallactica. When pressed about why a pirate would need to specialize in fighting bears, he simply stared off into the distance with a twitch in his eye while gulping his ale. He began telling the story of how a life of adventuring turned to a life of crime before he became a pirate, but was interrupted by Yief, still angry about losing the Fish-kebab. Pa'koha offered him another fish, but Yief was deadset on that specific bass. Rainn understood and raised his glass in solidarity before taking his leave, offering to train the party in whatever weapon skills they fancied so as to displace the roles of the crew that was lost in the Dragon Isle assault. All party members but Nul took this offer up, following him to the weapons room, where Dave was polishing shields. Nul, who had no luck catching the bass again, took a shield.

Yief began training to grapple, and other crew members came to watch, and began to place bets. Aoth also woke up and began to walk around to stretch his legs, finding the group. Slipping on a puddle without a "caution: wet floor" sign, Rainn lost his balance and was put on his back by Yief, losing Aoth 5 copper pieces and gaining Nul 15 gold, sowing the seeds of a gambling addiction for Nul. This victory dubbed the nickname, "Yief the Beef"

The next morning, they all resumed their training with Rainn, including Darkwind and Applaudicus. Afterwards, the boys asked them about where they all came from and how they all ended up together. Shag shared that he had always been a travelling performer, Aoth said his past didn't matter as long as he could help them make a brighter future, Yief said "everybody leave, my dad leave, the red bird leave, Yief leave, everyone leave." The boys asked Nul how he knew magic, and he shared that he didn't know how he knew anything, he just woke up in a building surrounded by dead bodies and ran, and when asked how long ago that was, he shared that he was approximately 5 weeks old, which took everyone by surprise. Halrek shared that the clan of wood elves he was a part of was nomadic, living on the border of Everleaf and the Badlands. When the invasion happened, they were all slaughtered, and Halrek was badly wounded on his face, with disfiguring burn scars on his right side and various long scars from a blade on his left. Showing more of his face than usual, Nul and Yief were offput by it, but the boys didn't seem bothered at all, connecting with the fact that he was a refugee like them. Vissella entered, commenting that all their stories fit the lives of pirates she'd invite to her crew. She then invited them to the deck, where they sang, drank, smoked, and ate, and Nul fueled his gambling addiction over dice.

After some time engaging in the festivities, they heard a horn through the mist, which Vissella realized was a war horn from another pirate clan's fleet. Aoth and Halrek teamed up to try and deceive the fleet into thinking they were outnumbered and outgunned, a moment of passionate ferocity from Aoth that caught Vissella's eye. While the message reached the lead ship, news had spread of the Dragon Isle assault, so the commander of the Golden Reavers knew there were only 10 ships currently in the Bloodsail fleet, and began an attack. With Yief, Halrek, and Toby on one of the main cannons under the command of second mate Hap Jimpert, both fleets opened fire on each other, and the Dragon's Wing landed a devastating blow on the Frostbite, the Golden Reavers' lead warship, causing it to begin sinking. A sorcerer froze a bridge of ice from the Frostbite to the Dragon's Wing, and the crew started running across it to board. Nul met them on the ice, stunning and indirectly killing some and melting some of the ice, before using a spell to retreat to the deck. Shag then put some to sleep, indirectly killing the ones who fell into the water. When they sent up grappling hooks to try and board, Aoth pulled a Babe Ruth and knocked one out of the park, while Halrek and Yief cut the SHIT out of some ropes. Ultimately, 7 made it up the side of the ship, but only one successfully made it on board without being killed. At this point, Vissella and her first mate, Eremir, jumped down to the ice to take care of the remaining crew members who hadn't boarded. The captain and first mate of the Frostbite then teleported onto the Dragon's wing, where Shag caused the captain to turn on the sorcerer first mate. Attempting to attack Shag to break the spell, the sorcerer was blocked by Aoth being a secret service agent AGAIN. This opened up an opportunity for Yief to cut him in half vertically, which was like the third person this fight. After Nul killed a flamboyant Transylvanian pirate who announced all his failures, like missing and subsequently losing Halrek despite him being terrible at sneaking and hiding, and missing Nul, he then landed the finishing blow on the enemy captain by smashing his face in with the barrel that Yief hunted the bass in. The captain's dying action was to light a suicide fuse, but Darkwind dispersed the flames with another accidental outburst of power in his reaction to the explosion. Vissella responded "Let's loot these fuckers!" as the rest of her fleet overtook the rest of the Golden Reavers.