The party heard about jasper being kicked out of gondolia but remained hidden till the third day anyways just to be safe. the ports opened on the third day and the party left hiding to continue their journey. unknown to them jasper had snuck back into the city and had noticed the party since it was quite large at the moment. he wasn't sure that the party contained his prey so jasper waited until the party had started sailing into the channel before he ordered a certain monster to attack their ship just to be safe.
The party had thought they had made a clean get away when the sea in front of the ship began to rise revealing a massive squid like monster at least forty feet in length. the following events were just like in the game were doge rotondo had several ships fire canons near the monster. this scared it away before the doge pulled a ship next to the parties and apologized for his ill treatment of them. the man had the young boy who they had helped earlier in the week who the doge explained was his son and that his son had told him of their actions.
From the shore jasper said his cliché bad guy speech just like he did in the game. but unlike in the game alastair grabbed a harpoon from the deck and with a mighty heave launched it like a missile at jasper. everyone watched as the harpoon flew over a hundred yards before getting impaled in the wall behind where jasper was standing since jasper had jumped away before it hit him. jasper's heart was beating rapidly from the fear of how close he was to being impaled. "tch , i missed" alastair complained before reaching down to grab another harpoon.
Jasper immediately fled when he saw this since he had no intention of dying here. alastair could only put down the harpoon and apologize to the doge and his son for that terrible show. "no senoir we are merely awed by your prowess , truly a shame you didn't participate in the festival." doge said with a saddened look. "this strength is only for my enemies not to show off vainly." alastair honestly. "i am honored to have met such a man , please know that you shall always be welcome in gondolia." the doge said before wishing the party well and waved them good bye as they enter the inner sea.
The inner sea was an ocean surrounded by land that only had a single known way to enter the open ocean. this single way was entirely under the control on a highly respected man known as don rodrigo who resided in puerto valor a sort of laid back sea side city. the city had a massive metal gate that prevented unauthorized people from leaving the inner sea and entering the open ocean. fortunately the place the party were headed was located in the inner sea towards the north specifically.
The trip was so boring the alastair had even jumped over board to swim next to the ship just to get a nice work out. the man driving the ship almost panicked when alastair dived over the side but was stopped by sylvando. alastair moved through the water at high speed easily keeping up with the ship and even out pacing it at some points. the monsters in the water were the ones who suffered the most from alastairs swim since they thought he was using magic to swim so fast , they learned the hard way otherwise.
Alastair leaped out of the water before pulling himself up the side of the ship by one of the decorative stallions on the front. drying off alastair noticed veronica examining his back that had his face like muscles permanently visible. "trying to figure out what purpose that shape serves?" alastair asked her calmly. "besides being creepy i honestly don't see the point in the structure." she said honestly. "from what i can tell this set of muscles are perfectly suited to exert more strength than normal shape would allow." he explained calmly.
"That might be true but i have never heard of such a shape so it might be a beneficial mutation and likely something you would pass on to your offspring as well." she says seriously. "the start of a warrior bloodline sounds pretty good in my opinion." erik chimes in from the crate he was sitting on. the trip took two days to reach the zwardrust region were the party had to take a small dingy to the pier onshore since the ship was far too large to dock. The zwardrust region was covered in vast fields of grain that had been tended to by the few people who lived here.
A few dozen miles away sat the small farming town of zwei where the people taking care of the land lived. oddly the monsters of the land roamed freely through the fields and the few farm hands the party saw in the fields simple ignored them while they worked. the party followed the road between the fields for a few hours before they found an inn situated near the ruins of the city of zwardrust that stood as a reminder of the incident when alastair was born.