The claw haggles over treasure for a bit. Eventually, a plan is formed. There is enough treasure to begin the Drakscendence of one of the claw if the treasure is mostly kept together. They all decide to do so, thus Nyxek qualifies to turn into a true dragon, and as new treasure is obtained, it will be put into a hoard for the next claw member to begin their dracomorhpises. Tad took some arrows and Vutha took a cloak of protection to utilize immediately useful magic items. Draxelas also reveals that a dragonborn needs the blessing of the Emperor or someone similarly important to take the next step. Nyxek determined that the Rod of Red Heaven Ruleship would help him get this blessing. So, Nyxek resurrected Chumly the giant child who agrees to come back to life for his parents, and as thanks for being released from the soul sucking lich. Upon awaking, he mentions that he was just increasing his ship collection. He is informed this is piracy, but he demures. I series of cajoles and threats from Nyxek and Vutha finally get him to agree to cease piracy and go back to his parents. So, they sail to the port of Argarrack Bay where the giants were waiting. The claw unfortunately found it besieged by a magical angry storm turning the city into a disaster area. The weather was so bad, the claw was forced to land in a strange boat house. Upon exiting, they were approached by a water elemental warrior who mentioned that he would take the storm giant child to his parents. Nyxek refused to surrender his ward to anyone except Chumly's parents. The myrmidon attacked with a water elemental and some water weirds. It was a clever ambush, the claw proved resilient, Chumly vassilated between hiding and "helping", but the water creatures were pushed back, and the myrmidon fell to Vutha's jaws who noted the turtle shell armor of his devoured foe caught in his teeth. The claw moved west to find the Master and Mistress of Storms. They were in the bay, bringing the storm. So, Nyxek tried to calm their emotions with magic to little effect, but seeing their child worked. Nyxek tried to parlay, but the giants only acknowledged Vutha who remained enlarged by the power of his runes and he tried his best to converse in the language of his Carvers. They found that Mistress of Storms is the Storm Princess of Legend, hatced of Harmonic Horizons egg, the hostage who leveraged the peaceful end to the War of the Burning Sky, raised by the emperor himself who has spent over a 100,000 years alternating between a timeless sleep and some passing seasons of wakefulness. She possessed the Rod of Red Heaven Rulership and gave it to Vutha as a boon for returning her child. He reported the child had been waylayed due to his piracy, but that has been forgiven so long as it did not return. He also acknowledged Chumly's valor in battle even if he lacked proper discipline. She mentioned that she recognized the runes upon Vutha's scales as the handiwork of Khabroth the Rune Carver, her old mentor. Vutha couldn't believe that was the truth and asked for further details, but she mentioned only hearing a rumor of him being turned to stone. Vutha then ran out of time and shrank, the conversation lulled until Vutha ate an enlarging mushroom and continued with apologies. He asked about the elemental warriors who tried to waylay them, and handed over a piece of turtle armor still wedged in his teeth. The Storm Princess noted that it stank of Gamorranth. Finally, Vutha asked if she could bless Nyxek to begin his Apodracaena. The Storm Princess showed she still carried fragments of her birth shell and could use them to bless Nyxek, but a price of three favors would need to be paid. She would accept the return of her son as the first favor, and as a second she knew of a beast she would like slain whose whereabouts would be sent to the claw after she returned to her home. Then, she, her family and her court of elementals left.