The Sterile Bay
7
2026-07-30
reviewed
The last of the journey’s four self-contained adventures. The party comes off the caravan road into Suez, charters the country ship Shah Alam out from under the Ottoman commissariat, and runs for Bengal — with a watering stop at Socotra, where the bay is beautiful and there are no birds.
Opens from: Chapter 04 Session 06 Wrap Up
Key prep: Session 07 Plan, The Island Stop, Chapter 4 Overview
Locations: Suez, Suez Waterfront, East India Company Office Suez, The Watering Hole, Shah Alam, Socotra, Socotra Limestone Caves
Ship’s company: Manoug Aratoon, Serang Ismail, Sona Mia, Jumman, Faraj
Suez cast: Sam, George, Alan, Pew
Travelling with the party: Thomas Wyndham (NPC), Elizabeth Ashby (NPC)
Event: Socotra Cave Rescue
Documents
- Plan: Session 07 Plan (session-prep, 2026-07-28)
- Play Notes: session 07 Play Notes — gmassistant.app export, “The One with the Giant Spiders”
- Wrap-Up: Chapter 04 Session 07 Wrap Up
- Initiative sheet: Session 07 Initiative Sheet
- Art prompts: Session 07 Image Prompts — the bay, the spring, the cocoon, the spiders