Racing Midnight was the eighth adventure released for the Cabal of Shadows Faction Adventure to be run as part of the Xen'drik Expeditions campaign.
Synopsis
Adventure Start: Following the attack on Stormreach by an alliance of pirates ( EXP-05 Shargon's Rage ), a recent ally of the Cabal , Looish the Soft ( CSH-06 What Rough Beast ), has informed the leadership that he knows of a local girl often visited by one of the pirate captains. Unable to locate the missing young oracle Charlan ( CSH-07 Whispers Behind the Door ), the Cabal decides to focus its efforts on infiltrating the pirates and after a briefing, dispatch the PCs.
Part One: The party investigates Alinalla and her home and formulates a plan to use her to get close to Captain Egen . While Looish makes some suggestions on different ways the PCs might use his information to infiltrate the pirate crews, it is up to the party to formulate a plan appropriate for them. Whether through magic, force or guile, they execute their plan and gain the trust of the visiting rake, Captain Egen.
Part Two: Egen takes the PCs to his ship, the Falcon and makes them a part of his crew and ferries them to the isle of Maggago , a hidden atoll that is one of the many bases of the pirate alliance.
Part Three: The PCs turned "pirates" are brought into Maggago where they meet some of those behind the recent pirate actions including Pluresa the siren that cusrsed Looish and a mysterious dragonmarked man.
Part Four: The party's investigations draw the attention of Oslan Terth , an agent of the Blackwheel Company and a part of the Arclight Battalion . The Company has also infiltrated the pirates and the Arclight Battalion seeks a clandestine alliance with the Cabal. Unbeknownst to the rest of the Company, Arclight has Charlan and will consider handing her over to cement the alliance.
Part Five: Blackwheel attacks the atoll and the PCs must either fight the Company or the pirates to escape.
Ending the Adventure: The PCs return to Stormreach with information gathered on the pirates and a possible new alliance with the Blackwheel Company.