Chapter Summaries

Soren and Vivian defeated an Earthbound Spirit and captured its soul in a flask so they could question it about the Wizard Tower. The summoned spirit appeared confused and began pleading with a master who was no longer there.

• The Earthbound Spirit split into five illusions and summoned skeletons to attack Soren and Vivian.
• Vivian blasted the undead with a rapid barrage of Fireballs, leaving the Earthbound Spirit weakened.
• Vivian stopped Soren from killing the spirit and used Hold Undead to immobilize it.
• Soren found a flask the spirit had used while alive, and Vivian used Soul Shackles to draw its soul inside.
• Vivian summoned the spirit from the flask, and it cried out to its absent master before warning everyone to run.

Soren and Vivian used the Wraith’s lingering memories to find a safe route to the Wizard Tower. When they reached its side entrance, Tower Spirit 7 identified them as intruders and activated two Adamantite Golems.

• Vivian sealed the Wraith’s soul in an Iron Flask, but it could not remember its name or answer her questions about the Wizard Tower.
• Soren discovered the Wraith had been the tower’s cook and prompted it to reenact preparing food.
• The Wraith led Soren and Vivian through the fog along a route it had likely traveled often, bringing them within thirty meters of the Wizard Tower.
• Vivian warned Soren that something was behind the side door, which opened to reveal Tower Spirit 7 and two Adamantite Golems.
• Tower Spirit 7 detected no Soul Mark, declared Soren and Vivian unauthorized intruders, and ordered the golems to expel or kill them.

Soren and Vivian encountered two Adamantite Golems inside the Wizard Tower’s Mythal and fled rather than fight them. Soren used his perfect memory to guide them safely out, and they decided to leave the tower unexplored.

• Soren recognized the two Adamantite Golems as nearly impervious Legendary Constructs and ordered Vivian to recall the wraith as they retreated.
• Vivian cast Haste and Grease while Soren carried her away, but the Golems quickly recovered and pursued them.
• Soren used Transmute Rock to Mud to slow the Golems, then followed the route he had memorized through the mist to cross the Mythal without triggering its defenses.
• The Golems returned to the side door after Tower Spirit 7 gave no order to pursue, and Soren and Vivian escaped to the house where they had started.
• Soren told Vivian they were leaving because they were not ready to explore the Wizard Tower.

Soren and Vivian escaped the Shadow Plane after scouting the powerful Wizard Tower, which they judged far beyond their current ability to challenge. Soren decided to invite Goria to investigate it and prepare for a sea journey, leaving Vivian in charge while he was away.

• Soren and Vivian searched the Shadow Plane for an exit while avoiding its wandering spirits.
• A flock of Shadow Ravens circled the Wizard Tower but stayed clear of the airspace above its Mythal before flying away.
• Soren found a Shadow Rift, and he and Vivian returned to the Material Plane before dawn.
• Vivian recognized the Wizard Tower’s strength, and Soren concluded they needed Goria’s expertise before attempting to explore it.
• Soren told Vivian he would travel north by sea from Shipwreck Bay and asked her to keep things under control in his absence.
• Vivian eagerly agreed to remain behind and make sure everyone behaved.

Soren’s men returned with captured craftsmen, a Catgirl, and valuable cargo stolen from Pirate King Asroder, while Adele-Isabella remained missing. Soren rewarded the Half-Elf first mate with command of the merchant ships and prepared for Asroder’s likely retaliation.

• The Half-Elf first mate returned with captured Slaves, Eastern craftsmen, a Catgirl, and cargo seized from three merchant ships, but the Red-Haired Female Pirate was still absent.
• Soren learned that the stolen cargo belonged to Pirate King Asroder and that Amazon women had supplied the information about the craftsmen.
• Soren rewarded the Half-Elf first mate with the three ships and responsibility for the trade route between Port Tyler and the Overseas Islands.
• Soren warned that Asroder might retaliate, ordered his people to keep a lower profile, and said they would destroy Asroder when the time was right.
• Soren noted that Adele-Isabella had not reported back from Guano and considered traveling north to find Wizards who could turn Guano into fertilizer.
• Soren anticipated that Asroder might send an assassin and began making preparations.

Soren organized the camp’s construction, sanitation, roads, and labor, then prepared to return after setting the settlement on a path toward self-sufficiency. The camp’s pirates began to hope that his plans could eventually give them a more secure life.

• Soren drew plans for the camp, more than three hundred houses, and a road to the natural harbor, emphasizing drainage and sanitation.
• Soren gave the Half-Elf first mate and One-Eyed blueprints to oversee construction and sent Dark Blade Andri a letter and supplies for the Drow Priest.
• Soren appointed a Common-speaking Eastern slave as foreman and ordered him to organize brickmaking, promising some workers freedom after they produced one million bricks.
• Soren inspected the native slaves, whose resistance had been weakened by the Drow’s methods of control.
• Soren’s pirates discussed his plans to develop the Overseas Islands and hoped the settlement might eventually provide them with land and security.

Soren left camp to travel north and invite Goria, while Vivian stayed behind with her new catgirl companion, Lulu. On the third day at sea, Soren encountered Shark-men directing migrating fish and watched them with a thoughtful expression.

• Vivian grew attached to the catgirl, named her Lulu, and dressed her up, while the catgirl remained wary of Soren.
• Soren set out north with a Warship and secretly controlled the Ghost Ship, planning to stop at Port Tyler and Shipwreck Bay on the way to invite Goria.
• Soren's crew spotted a spring fish migration on the third day of the voyage.
• Soren saw hundreds of Shark-men using conch shells and calls to herd the fish, then watched thoughtfully as they avoided his Warship.

After a quiet voyage back to the South Coast, Soren visited Serpent Island and checked on its growing smuggling hub. He fed the mutated Giant Tiger Shark and headed to the warehouse to inspect its stored goods.

• Soren returned to the South Coast after a seven-day voyage and stopped at Serpent Island instead of Port Tyler.
• The mutated Giant Tiger Shark greeted Soren, and he had two sheep thrown overboard for it to eat.
• The Giant Tiger Shark accompanied Soren toward Serpent Island before swimming back to its territory in the deep waters.
• Soren arrived at the expanded smuggling base, where the one-eared pirate leader greeted him.
• Soren ordered the pirate leader to take him to the warehouse and found it filled with assorted merchandise.

Soren returned to the South Coast with valuable Eastern goods, prepared gifts for Goria and the Naga Priestess, and kept Port Tyler’s merchants from learning about his lucrative trade routes. The chapter ended when an unknown assailant stabbed him in the heart.

• Soren inspected the Eastern cargo on Serpent Island, found much of the Porcelain shattered, and selected gifts for Goria.
• Soren sailed to Port Tyler and sent a gift to the Temple of the Sea to maintain his relationship with the Naga Priestess.
• Port Tyler’s Chamber of Commerce leaders visited Soren, but he accepted their gifts without sharing information about smuggling or the Overseas Islands route.
• A strange figure appeared behind Soren and stabbed him in the heart with a dagger.

A Legendary Assassin stabbed Soren through the heart, leaving him gravely wounded despite his Stoneskin and Slayer Form. Soren used his abilities and a Healing Potion to escape toward the Temple of the Sea, where the Naga Priestess could heal him.

• A disguised Legendary Assassin surprised Soren and stabbed him through the heart.
• Soren survived the strike and countered with Icetail, forcing the Assassin to retreat briefly.
• Soren’s wounds triggered a Death Saving Throw, which he passed, but he entered a Heavy Injury Condition and began rapidly bleeding.
• Soren decided to flee to the Temple of the Sea for the Naga Priestess’s healing.
• Soren used Cause Fear, Summon Shadow, Hide from Gaze, and Shadow Shift to escape, then drank a Healing Potion and ran toward the Temple of the Sea.

Soren, gravely wounded and pursued by a Legendary Assassin, used the chaos of a crowded street to lure his enemy into an alley and counterattack with a poisoned needle. He killed the assassin but remained severely injured and barely able to stand.

• The Legendary Assassin used Shadow Jump to close in on Soren as Soren fled, bleeding heavily from a wound to his back.
• Soren charged through a crowded street and slashed a horse, creating a panic that briefly slowed his pursuer.
• Soren entered a narrow alley and turned to ambush the Legendary Assassin with a Steel Needle fired from his Blowgun +3.
• The needle’s effect made the Legendary Assassin grow rigid and lose his balance.
• Soren struck with Sword Momentum: Decapitation, killing the Legendary Assassin, then staggered from his injuries.

Soren survived a fatal heart wound by using Vampiric Touch to drain an Amazon woman's life force, then made it to the Temple of the Sea. He woke the next day in the Naga Priestess's care, owing her a favor, as she gave him a Gold Coin that reacted to him.

• Soren staggered away from the alley while bleeding heavily and entered a dying state.
• Soren encountered an Amazon woman and used Vampiric Touch to restore his life force, killing her.
• Soren hurried toward the Temple of the Sea, determined to survive for Vivian's sake.
• Soren woke the next day naked in a pool of seawater before the Naga Priestess.
• The Naga Priestess claimed a favor from Soren and gave him a Gold Coin that emitted a faint Spell Aura near him.

After recovering from a near-fatal fight with a Legendary Assassin, Soren recognized his need for a high-level priest and planned to strengthen himself in the Underdark. The Naga Priestess secretly kept the assassin’s commission, intending to use it to turn Soren against Pirate King Asroder.

• Soren thanked the Naga Priestess for saving him and realized he needed a priest companion after nearly dying to the Legendary Assassin.
• After Soren left, a sea creature urged the Naga Priestess to kill him and take control of his pirates, but she refused because she needed his help against Asroder.
• The Naga Priestess revealed that the assassin’s commission had enraged her and resolved to show it to Soren when the time came to kill Asroder.
• Soren reflected on his weakness against legendary enemies and decided to visit the Underdark to gain enough Slaughter Experience to reach legendary tier.
• Back aboard his Warship, Soren found that killing the Legendary Assassin had earned him over 27,000 Slaughter Experience and ordered the ship toward Shipwreck Bay.

With Elsa missing, Anna faced mounting pressure as hostile fleets approached Arendelle. Meanwhile, Soren uncovered the power of a Legendary Lucky Coin, arranged a slave purchase at Shipwreck Bay, and continued north, where Northland Pirates attacked his ship.

• Anna worried that Elsa had been gone for three days, then learned that pirates from Iceland and a fleet from the Southern Islands were approaching Arendelle.
• Soren spent 7,000 Slaughter Experience to identify the sealed Gold Coin as Lucky Coin No. 3, a Legendary Item that granted its holder a +1 luck bonus on every check.
• Soren considered whether the twelve Lucky Coins could stack their luck bonuses and kept the coin close, knowing the Goddesses of Fortune and Misfortune wanted them.
• Soren went to Shipwreck Bay to arrange the purchase of mainland slaves, while noting rising food prices and turmoil on the mainland.
• After bringing gifts for Goria and concealing his flag, Soren continued north and was attacked by Northland Pirates.

Soren lured a Northland pirate crew into a boarding fight, defeated them, and captured their warship. After interrogating the survivors, he learned that they had come northwest seeking an adult White Dragon, and he decided it might be worth pursuing.

• Soren ordered his crew to feign retreat and lure the Northland Pirates close enough to board.
• The Northland Pirates attacked Soren's ship, but his Elite Pirates ambushed them and routed their crew.
• Soren used Dark Blade to shoot down pirates who kept resisting, and his fleet seized the enemy warship.
• Soren ordered the captives interrogated and the deck cleaned before the fleet docked at a North Coast city.
• An interrogator told Soren the pirates had come northwest seeking a dragon, and Soren ordered his men to keep the discovery secret.

Soren learned that an injured Adult White Dragon had fled toward the sea after fighting Adventurers near Deepwater Harbor, and he concluded that its nest was probably on an island along the North Coast. He realized the Northland Pirates must know more about the dragon’s location and ordered their surviving men tortured for information before the dragon recovered.

• Soren considered the dangers and rewards of killing an Adult White Dragon and judged that its nest was likely on an island near the North Coast.
• Soren learned that the White Dragon had attacked people near Deepwater Harbor, fought off Adventurers, and flown out to sea while injured.
• Soren demanded that the Northland Pirates’ leader be brought to him, but his men reminded him that he had already shot their leaders dead.
• Soren ordered the surviving pirates tortured until they revealed what they knew about the White Dragon’s nest.

Soren split his forces, sending Old Sea Eagle to deliver gifts and a letter to Goria at the Wizard Tower while he searched Shark Reef for the wounded White Dragon. On the island, Soren and his elite pirates encountered swift Native Savages, and he discovered they yielded unusually high Slaughter Experience.

• Soren learned from a captured pirate that the White Dragon might be near Shark Reef and ordered Old Sea Eagle to deliver gifts and a letter to the master of the Wizard Tower.
• Soren sent Old Sea Eagle toward Glacier City with the gifts while he took the Dragon-headed Warship and more than twenty elite pirates toward Shark Reef.
• Soren reached Shark Reef the next morning and landed on an island whose snowy northern terrain and dormant-looking volcano made it a likely dragon lair.
• Soren noticed the island was unusually quiet, then Native Savages ambushed his party with arrows and crude weapons.
• Soren fought the Native Savages with his scimitars, killed several, and gained far more Slaughter Experience from them than he expected.

Soren's pirates fought off a band of venom-armed natives and found a dragon-shaped totem that suggested a Dragon lived on the island. He prepared his men to attack its wings with heavy javelins, then led them toward the snow-covered northern side.

• Soren's pirates killed many Native Savages, suffered several poisoned casualties, and drove the survivors into the woods.
• Soren found strange markings and a dragon-shaped wooden carving on the body of a native leader, and warned his men that a Dragon was likely nearby.
• Soren surveyed the island and ordered a subordinate to bring the equipment he had prepared.
• Soren distributed heavy javelins among his pirates and told them to target the Dragon's wings while he handled the rest.

Soren led his men to a snowbound mountain peak to hunt the White Dragon whose lair lay there. He resisted the Dragon’s fear and identified it as a late-stage Adult nearing maturity, then crept closer while his men waited to attack its wings.

• Soren led his men across the island’s icy northern slopes and suspected the White Dragon’s lair was on the mountain.
• Soren ordered his men to hide and prepare Heavy Javelins to pin the Dragon’s wings.
• Soren used Shadow Hide to climb the sheer ice-covered cliff and reached a broad platform near the lair.
• Soren resisted the White Dragon’s Dragon Fear and circled around to the lair entrance.
• Soren found the White Dragon and judged that it was a late-stage Adult close to becoming Mature.
• Soren cautiously crept closer to the Dragon as his men waited nearby.

Soren infiltrated an Adult White Dragon's nest, assessed its defenses and injuries, and chose to lure it out rather than fight in the cramped lair. He stole gold and Diamonds to provoke the dragon, which woke and confronted him as he fled.

• Soren examined the sleeping Adult White Dragon and noticed wounds on its wing and throat, as well as its powerful defenses.
• Soren spotted Diamonds among the White Dragon's treasure and considered a sneak attack versus luring it outside to his ambushing pirates.
• Soren rushed in, grabbed gold and Diamonds from beneath the dragon, and retreated from the nest.
• The Adult White Dragon woke, pursued Soren with an angry roar, and spoke to him in Common.