They begin to make plans to head back to Tangaroa for refitting when suddenly, the head and shoulders of a huge creature pops up from underneath the sea. This storm giant introduces itself as Koom.
Koom saw the attack of the tritons and wishes to assist. He calls an undersea boat to the surface, and offers to take whoever wants to come with him, to talk about the problems that have been brewing underneath the sea. Alzar and his company get in the boats while the ships return to Tangaroa as planned.
Koom and the boat head underwater and he walks along side as the party rides in the boat. They run into some dolphins, a few plankton beds, and a group of sharks who circle around, but don’t dare challenge Koom, and thus back off.
About ten hours later, they arrive at Koom’s underwater castle. It is a small but plush residence. There are 16 giant crabs on guard duty. The castle is full of water, but Koom tells them they can breathe freely the water in his castle only. They do so, except for Aleigha and Alzar who can breathe underwater already. One inside, Koom gives everybody a vial of water with a small platinum colored fish in it. By swallowing the fish, a person can breathe and move freely underwater or one day, no matter what armor they wear.
Koom gives Alzar a map of the underwater areas of the Sea of Dread. 5 vials of small platinum fish
Koom tells Alzar that the tritons have gotten violent in the last months as some power has started to influence them. He can’t say who or how, but there is a new and sinister power under the water here, and it is negatively influencing the normally neutral tritons. Koom wants Alzar and his group to head to the triton city of Suthus, and investigate.
(For this module, imagine that the Castle and Suthus and the other places they’ll go, are reverse and near the Isle of Dread rather than near the coast).
Alzar sees Colhador on the map and asks about it, and the Storm Giant tells him to skip past it, there is great evil there, and has been for a while. In a normal conversation, Alzar compliments Koom on the undersea boat, and he thanks him. Koom makes them, he is an artificer, not in a traditional wizard sense, but in a more natural sense. He has several others. Would Alzar want to purchase one? Yes, very much so. 10,000 gp, and that’s not negotiable. Alzar is instructed on how to use one, and purchases it.
-10,000gp
Undersea Boat – It appears to be a standard riverboat, and without a crew needed. It will obey any command Alzar gives it, forward, backward, left, right, forward left, forward right, turn right, turn left, stop turning, stop (Magically anchors itself immediately) and dive, level off, and surface. It is fitted with grips. Any people on it when it is underwater can water breathe. It has an AC of 4 and 40 hull points.
They stay the night and leave in the morning, and leave on their new craft. A search of the boat shows that Koom knew they were likely to purchase it and there are 5 water breathing potions in here. Clever big guy.