(Fate Core) The Island Session One - Landfall

Session One: Landfall

The players 

Slate - a Golem who killed his master (and King)

Nadawi - an Elf who attempted (but failed) to assassinate her Queen in long-waited revenge for the death of her family

Arvelir Killenddare - a Half-Elf, banished to the Island for attempting to steal the Star of Brannor from his Queen and return it to its rightful owner

Sao the Kaeldraean - a Dark Elf who was captured after assassinating the entire royal family.

The group is in the hold of the ship with other prisoners and witnesses several of them brought up on deck and killed by something (well, they witness the aftermath). After being deposited on the Island with nothing but the clothes on their backs, Sao scares one of the other prisoners into investigating what appears to be a walled town that lies inland a bit. The man does so and soon after the group is met by someone from Harbor, who guides them back.

They meet Harbormaster Terasius Ilik who says that all are welcome in Harbor for a short time to become accustomed to the Island, as long as they contribute. He provides them with transitional food and board under the promise that they will do a task for him. He sends them to investigate word from a scout that a group of Rippers has been seen heading in the general direction of the town.

After finding that Rippers are a faction on the Island made up of people driven mad and turned cannibal, the group cautiously heads out. After facing down a boar nearly the size of a man, they come upon the abandoned camp the scout from Harbor found. They followed the tracks west through the forest and found another encampment with seven of the Rippers in it.

After handily defeating the Rippers, Sao opts to keep one alive to learn some of the ways of the Rippers and questions him, finding that a group of 50-60 are gathering to attack Harbor. They knock the Ripper unconscious and race back to Harbor, informing Terasius that there is an attack party due in a few days. Terasius says he needs to get word to a nearby Repentant encampment and a Pawns encampment to try and get aid. The group opts to be emissaries to the Repentant group and Terasius begins forming another small group to approach the Pawns and request assistance in defending Harbor.