First Battle of the Seaeater

The First Battle of the Seaeater was a name given to the first direct conflict between the heroes Undine, Zinrora Tyrros, and Saint, against the ancient titan Seaeater. They were also accompanied by Jacques Johann Johnson of Silvera.

The battle ended with the sinking of the heroes' ship Mimic's Heart, and the Seaeater banished for seven years to a demiplane created by Melora.

Location of the Battle

The exact coordinates of the sea battle between the kraken and the heroes was unknown, but it was assumed to be somewhere near the crossing of the Meridian ley line and the Leomund ley line in the Stardragon Sea.

Events Leading Up to the Battle

When Seaeater, a kraken from the dawn of time, was awakened in the Stardragon Sea in 2348 LA, it spelled doom for the people of the region, and perhaps the world. Having already destroyed the city of Aquidium, Seaeater was a clear and present danger to the region. A group of sailors aboard the ship Mimic's Heart had made a name for themselves in the archipelago, and hatched a desperate plan to defeat the kraken before it could make its war on the world.

In late 2348, Undine, Zinrora, Saint, and Jacques led a group of mariners on a suicide mission. Knowing that they could not defeat the kraken in open combat, the plan was to use an ancient Thaedran artifact, the Bloodcharm, to banish Seaeater from the Material Plane. In the waning autumn of that year, the Mimic's Heart sailed into a fierce arcane storm, searching for the dreaded titan.

Engaging Seaeater

At the center of the storm, supposedly manifested by Seaeater's will, the battered caravel encountered the kraken. Seaeater, who was focused on gathering his strength, still managed to easily cripple the ship and demoralize or incapacitate most of the crew. Not yet an arch-druid, Undine countered Seaeater's magical weather as best she could. Meanwhile, Jacques was forced to spend most of his time keeping the ship running through station operation. Zinrora used her healing arts and Bardic songs to keep the crew alive and able-bodied.

The battle went poorly until a desperate shot from the bow-mounted arcane culverin, Ill Will (weapon), severed the end of one of Seaeater's tentacles. It was not a mortal wound, but the blast staggered the kraken long enough for Saint to make a desperate attempt at using the dangerous Bloodcharm.

The Seaeater was unable to overcome Saint's use of the artifact, and the magic of the Bloodcharm banished the kraken out of the Material Plane. Just as the Mimic's Heart began to sink, the storm abated, Seaeater was gone, and the heroes emerged victorious.

Aftermath

Unbeknownst to the crew of the Mimic's Heart, the kraken was only temporarily defeated. Seaeater would return in their lifetimes to wreak more devastation; seven years later in 2355 LA, the kraken reentered the Material Plane after killing the goddess Melora.

These events led directly to the Meloran Crisis and, eventually, the Epoch of Undine.