A Tale of Two Clans

A storm shipwrecks the crew and passengers of the Bahadurahava on an island caught in a bloody war between two villages.

Summary
The ship captained by Dasya Modi sets sail for Sakumotsu early in the morning. However, storms assail the ship mid-voyage and it capsizes.

The crew and six passengers awake in the village of the Mu-Wonsungi Tribe on Kong Island, situated in the middle of the Hiyo-Khan Bay. Most of the crew are killed except for Modi and two others.

Upon exploring the village and meeting the people who saved their lives, the party learns that the Mu-Wonsungi have been cut off from the rest of The Tribal Republic by the Arkhiran Clan, a horde of lizardfolk cohabiting on the island with them. Their chief was killed a while ago, his wife and son kidnapped. The elderly interim leader, Kii Ran, rejects help from the party, stubbornly not wanting aid from the outside. However, his wife, Lee Rin, initially enlists their help around the village with repair jobs and defense structures against future raids by the lizardfolk. She then offers them the task of rescuing some of their warriors from a lizardfolk outpost.

The party frees Zhou Chun and his comrades and they return to the village. Though Kii Ran is furious that the mission was carried out behind his back, he is relieved to have the warriors returned. Chun then calls for a counter strike against the lizardfolk, to infiltrate their stronghold at the center of the island and to overthrow their recently appointed leader, Rulok. Several strike teams are assembled and deploy along different routes as Chun joins the party and leads them to the keep. Chun is suspicious that there is a spy within the tribe, an individual who has gone missing.

PCs
Aero Jin-Sae

Dust

Kirina Kizoku

Malai

Shimazaki Hideki

Temür Bolad

NPCs

Dasya Modi

Kii Ran

Lee Rin

Zhou Chun

Memories
Hideki scaring the landlubber Temür with stories of deep sea monsters and leviathans. Shortly after, the storm destroyed the ship and nearly killed everyone.

Continuity
In "The Way of the Weave", Temür would provide the season two party with a well designed boat to traverse a canyon river, warning against the megafauna dwelling there.

Soundtrack
(Unfortunately, most of the notes regarding the soundtrack have been lost.)

Mu-Wonsungi Tribe - "DK Isle" from Donkey Kong 64.

DM's Commentary
One the tricky parts of this game was, as a newly minted DM with a fresh off the press 5th Edition, learning how to balance a party of six players in and out of combat after just getting used to 4th Edition. Thankfully, no one died!