The Fiendish Flagship: A 9th Level Adventure for 5th Edition

In the port city of Fadesh, on the western shores of the Empty lands, there exists a criminal organization known as The Unseen Hand. Led by the charismatic rakshasa, Shitash, the hand deals in all manner of illicit goods, assassinations, blackmail, and the like. The Sorcerer-King Ebo-ket, ruler of Fadesh, and secretly a powerful mummy lord in disguise, has sought to eliminate Shitash to cut the head off of his organization and regain full control of his city. Unfortunately, Shitash is a total recluse, never leaving his pleasure yacht *The Illuminated Paradise* which is constantly at sea and out of Ebo-ket's reach. As long as it remains on the ocean, Ebo-ket can only squash the hand's servants on land.

Recently, however, a spy has come forth and divulged that *The Illuminated Paradise* is scheduled to dock on the morrow. It will only remain there for a couple hours before it once again retreats out to sea. No one knows why it's risking landfall so close to Ebo-ket's gaze, but it's an opportunity that cannot be allowed to slip away. To this end, Ebo-ket has had a vessel designed to contain Shitash's soul, so as to keep him from reforming in the lower planes once killed. Now, he seeks a band of adventurers to carry it onto the rakshasa's ship, slay him, and return with his captured soul, ridding the city of The Unseen Hand once and for all.