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Here's the current situation:
Statues with openings: 9.
Trials remaining at the obelisk: 3.
Stones: 4.
I have a few suspicions:
1 - We need two more people to complete the trials so we have enough stones (or one trial gives 5 stones / the last, most depraved statue doesn't need any stones).
2 - We might not have given Father Cynius the chair, but instead, placed a hand on it. That way, he could still be alive.

In any case, it seems like all these trials either turn heroes into corpses or Aereids. That's not cool.
What did I miss?

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And another thought. It seems that some kind of demonic entity possessed Cynius, which would have attacked us if Lock hadn't blessed him.

I was asking about the guys on the ship...

Those who spoke on adjacent tiles with the captain and his friends. Nearby are all those who played cards. You can engage in small talk with the rest. The ship is controlled from the captain's cabin or the engine room. Cannons can only be fired if someone is operating them. Accuracy when firing cannons = perception + gunslinger (10) + sailor (20) - distance. Two rolls are made: the first to hit the ship, and the second specifically at the indicated point. In naval battles, the shots of all ships are calculated first (if the range is sufficient), then movement.

So, can we determine the location of Begonia, Lobelia, Gilon, and the sailors?

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How many squares away from us (and from each other) are the Cyclops and his company?

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And what is the turn order (or do we have the first move)?

Deployment
You can make one move before the battle starts, then it will proceed according to initiative.

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Almost forgot to mention: Syros commands only the sailors, and they obey only him (due to his charisma).

After the ritual, the priest's body seemed to dissolve into a bright, warm light, leaving only an empty helmet on the hard surface.

/ Lock said we could use eyes and palms, and then immediately deprived us of that opportunity, ironically. /
-- Was he twitching? -- Tsukiko asked again, not looking at the priest. Perhaps she was young and a little naive, but she perfectly understood what would happen to him. She didn't want to witness such an inglorious death.
However, she didn't have any particular ideas about what happened next. Maybe those "convulsions"? Well, in any case, even without that, everything was already too terrible.

/Revan, could you write to our naval colleagues and ask them which direction the wind is blowing? I understand that this is important for the ships of the Tanarisians./

What options do I have:
1) High risk
Use Celia's "dance," hoping to take out the priest and possibly the archer.
2) Huge risk
Stealth attack (with a dagger or sword) on the Cyclops, hoping for an instant kill or enough damage.
3) High risk
Begonia performs an area attack on the priest and Cyclops.
4) Play it safe
Move Deliria to the back, as the old man has very low dodge and not the most impressive health pool. I'm leaning towards this option.

As for the positioning, I would have the sailors steer the ship and fire the cannons. Three on the flagship side, two on the weaker ship's side. As an option, Lobelia could join them. But I think she'll be more useful in combat. I also thought about sending Begonia to one of the weaker ships to take out the guys, but I would hold off on that. It would take too long to get there. Let her approach the priest and Cyclops from the rear and hit them with an area-of-effect attack. Ghillon should be somewhere near Fever and Cyrus.

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And I would move Deliria to the lower deck as well.

a priest-cyclops

How creepy.

Hmm, Revan said that if the Knight has Whirlwind, Delirium will also get it. So, I'll probably choose the fourth option here. Even if they don't intentionally focus on him (which I doubt, considering the mission's objective), Whirlwind will be enough for him.

Here is some additional information about what your characters might know:
The knight in armor has a shield and a one-handed sword, although it may appear to be a two-handed sword to an ordinary person.
The admiral has a two-handed axe on his back.
The hatmaker's weapons are not visible due to the peculiarities of his clothing.
The priest has no weapons.

The admiral has a two-handed axe on his back.

Understood.

+The warrior clearly has heavy armor, while the others don't have any armor, although the admiral's clothing appears to be made of sturdy leather.

/ They shouldn't have let them on the ship in the first place; they should have sunk the boat with a cannon. /

So, let's think about what to do next. We need to find a way out of this sadism.

"Did he move?" Tsukiko asked, not looking at the priest.

Livian simply shook her head in response to show that she was not joking.