ESCORDVI LOGS

This catchall log is for the Hunting Competition special quest listed on the November 2025 MANTA Board. Players are free to use the log for non-quest purposes, but only threads related to the Hunting Competition are worth 12 points. If you have any questions, comment here. If you wish to share cool creatures or finds, comment here. For additional plotting, refer to the CR Workship.


The following information and characteristics can be generally applied to all species types within the environments, but players are free to come up with more or different qualities to suit their needs or they think is cool. Players are also free to come up with new islands and make other discoveries such as artifacts, relics, or even ruins that could be used in future plots or tie in to current storylines. Although not specifically listed, elemental golems and sprites of each region do exist and can offer elemental minerals, cores, and other resources.

Not specific to the hunting competition, but current MANTA Board entries can be included in the log. Some good candidates are Bread Curse Continues with the mushrooms, Acorns for the Web-Wardens where the Acorn Spiders could be found in many wooded areas, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, A Sheep in Sheep's Clothing, Shrimply the Best, Suspect Fowl Play.

Non-hunters can assist hunters or tag along or be in the area to gather and harvest other resources found in the area.









Later in the month, while the hunting competition is well underway and large stocks of meat, materials, and other goods are starting to come in, a small disturbance starts to take place near the ports of Eltrut before it starts spreading further into town. Small baby pearl crabs that barely fit in the palm of one's hand are found skittering about in all sorts of places. From businesses to residences to even farms, these little critters are wandering about causing all sorts of mischief and destruction. They are also quite hardy, rolling up into their shells like a ball and rolling out of harm's way and able to withstand even the strongest stomp or throw.

No one knows where they came from, but the truth is they are from the large pearl that the seamstress Dame Cordellia Stitchbane had been looking for. Turns out that "pearl" was an egg! Many are trying to collect the baby pearl crabs either to rescue, keep, or to kill and sell. Regardless of the motives, there are over a hundred of these crabs and they need to be dealt with.

At the end of the month, all three major leviathans will move in close to the island Nogard has settled on and a massive feast will be held. Hunters and other participants can donate what they've gathered throughout the month, and cooks can show off their skills and share unique meals. Just be careful of the bread as there could be "infected" bread that will inflict the "bread curse" on those who consume it. Fortunately, there are remedies available, but it will surely cause some panic regardless. Otherwise, it's a big potluck party with a lot of alcohol that will be filled with boasts, tales of heroic feats, and songs and words of honor for those who lost their lives trying to hunt the big game.

This mini log is for the Special Quest listed on the April 2025 MANTA Board. All threads are worth 12 points.

Somewhere far out in the ocean, many days away from where the leviathans currently drift and settle, rests an "island" that can only be described as a beautiful abomination. Completely manmade, at first it looks to be an island of crystal and mist, its colors shimmering in the moonlight to give it a mystical aura. But every so often, when the mist moves and the light happens to pass through the crystal, large shadows with large fins and tails can be seen trapped within. Moving in closer will reveal even more than just crystal—large curved bones protrude here and there, but they are still placed carefully, supporting the crystals that make the island. In the front the bones arch around to look like the skeletal form of a massive whale, the tail deep into the water and a magnificent palace made of crystal and bone on its back. More bones curve around the tail with floating crystal lights illuminating the path down towards the island, the waters stained red.

Several luxury yachts are docked along the pearl studded pier, the sound of music, laughter, and other party making sounds drifting through the wind and echoing throughout the island. Inside the mansion, a number of rich, elite members of society are reveling in the ambergris wine and staring up at the numerous crystal statues of people and animals lining the walls and even hanging from the ceiling. Their eyes sparkle through the clouded haze created by the sweet fragrance that permeates throughout the building.

A stark contrast to the groans and cries that drift from deep, deep down beneath the island, where the crystal and rock form numerous dungeons and caverns housing those who were taken in for one reason or another. Whether they were arrested or kidnapped, they had been rendered unconscious and found themselves in these dungeons for the past few days, even weeks and months. Their tattoos wiped clean and stripped of their powers, the trapped are contained in all different ways: locked in barred cells, sometimes chained to the wall; locked in small isolation rooms, crystal from the walls slowly creeping closer towards them as if to swallow them; hanging in cages over tanks of water where others struggle in their water confinement. Humans, animalfolk, animals, riftfarers, and locals alike—all scattered throughout a giant dungeon and all in some process of being crystalized to become the next grand centerpiece to be put on display. It all seems hopeless…

…Until an ominous song echoes throughout the island, a sound so deep and raw that it rattles both the giant bones and those of the living. A song of no words yet sings of death and doom as the waters around the island begin to recede, making the structure suddenly sink down and slam into the ground. The seafloor, now exposed, reveals piles of bones and barely decomposed bodies of untold numbers of whales of all ages and sizes along with other remains of the victims that were once held on the island over the past few months. As the waters continue to recede and reveal the ghastly graveyard, the waters begin to rise and rise and rise to form a giant ocean wall, a massive shadow slowly passing before disappearing.

And riding at the top of those waves is a fleet of ships, Corsair and Paladin flags whipping in the wind. It is a partnership formed by the renowned Stormbringer and Royal Fortune captains, Fiona "Redbeard" O'Malley and Miranda "Wavebreaker" Thorn, both of whom are ignoring orders from the higher ups to work together, with Miranda leading the fleet through the violent tides, living up to her reputation as the "Wavebreaker". Lines are dropped, row boats surf down the wall to land on the wet sand, and people rush out towards the doomed island.



The raid is thorough and brutal, more and more of the island rumbling as it is gradually destroyed from within and without, ships firing cannons to chip away at the structure. However, they cannot stay forever. Once more the seafloor and the waters start to tremble as a high pitched shrill call pulses through. It's enough to knock anyone off their feet, even stun them for several seconds before there is a whisper of hundreds of voices. Voices so low and eerie, filled with a hatred that claws directly into the minds of all who are there:

"Drown."

That is the final warning before a large red eye glows from behind the waves, so large and bright it could swallow the island itself. Then the once high walls of water start to tip forward, a slow drip before it all starts to cascade downward and rush in to flood and destroy the island completely, crystal and bone shattering into oblivion.

As everything is flooded over, whales and dolphins will rush in to rescue those they can while orcas will move in to hunt down any criminals who managed to escape the first time, biting into their limbs and throwing them high into the air like toys before breaking them with their weight. The fleet of ships that had remained behind will sail in close to pick up those still stuck in the water.

It will be a long voyage home, and those who are injured or have the crystalized effects will receive immediate treatment with Eltrut able to provide more full treatment.

If you have any questions, comment here.