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C3 Episode 68 Pilgrimages & Infestation Chapter Fourteen
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The town is giving a festival!
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Welcome to the Eberron Campaign
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the Eberron campaign setting. I am your Game
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Master, Eric. I am Mia.
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and welcome to eon renew actual play podcast set me ever on campaign setting i am your game master eric aa I'm Philip. I'm Madison. I'm Jeff. Welcome to another
Recap of Previous Events
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episode. Folks, what happened last time? Well, it's been a hot minute. Therapy.
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Yes. so therapy The only two notes I have is Kaz's therapy and and the dragonborn trespassing. And we had a picnic. Yeah, and Mia's got me by two notes. so because i have Three. Because I was in the therapy, and then I spent a decent amount of the next part thinking about if I did the therapy scene, okay? but so We had a picnic. and he just my My notes.
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Tears day, yes. Javier told us that in 10 days there's another holiday because Eberron has so many holidays. it's fair It's the start of spring. it's you know That's perfectly fair. I'm not complaining about about numerous numerous days off work.
Sun's Blessing Festival Overview
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yeah The banks are never open.
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Sun's Blessing is coming up and he wants us to attend to show... that we're friendly and that the people will like us. and And these four are the people to win hearts and minds, as you know.
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The other three are also, or other four are also good. Alget's not going. Alget will stay at the house, but. I realize that as an organization, we're not like customer facing very effectively
Clarifying Characters: Javier and Alget
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yet. I had a question that's been, that bugged me and I couldn't figure it out. Is Javier the old man?
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Because there's a reference to the changeling and then the old man. I assumed Alget. Is it Alget? Who's the old man? Bart just says the house with the old man and the changeling.
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But I have to tell him where I Oh. No, he's referring to Alget. Oh. Alget being spirit bound to the house.
Festival Importance and House Chapel Changes
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Terrible reputation, by the way. The two people outside working on the grounds because the roomie tries to keep a low profile.
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mean, Algot is less an old man than a than ah an emanation of the manor itself. So we have picnic. ah We're going to go to that festival.
Exploring Feywild Lore and Intelligence Checks
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It's not an order, but it's definitely an order.
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felt like it's right. Yeah. Someone added Onatar to the chapel to a appear feminine now. ye And Urumi tackled a dragonborn who stepped out of a tree and is a a walking plagiarism suit.
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Kaz's personal life story. Yeah, there goes my one unique thing. We can do. Yeah, unlike how she remembers her time in the court of the Silver Tree. Oh, how how different. And it sounds like the Lady of Tales is... Or we inferred.
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i don't know if we it actually sounded like. We inferred that maybe the Lady of Tales is getting the other Archfey to evict their... fey lost wandering mortals back to the material plane that was a polite way of saying eric told me to not put it the way i put it off the air eric censored me so i put it in a yes in a way that that fit his his editorial preference question that i was asking you that you said i should ask on the air
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Does the Court of the Silvertrees mean anything to those of us who didn't spend time in
Fae Spires and Gnome Origins Discussion
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the Feywild? I know in some versions of Eberron, there's a thing where some of the courts visit Eberron occasionally, but I don't know if that's a phenomenon that we as inhabitants are aware of ah Yes. So you all would have been briefed on the concept of Fae Spires being these, yeah, Spires of Fae Quartz that when Thelanus is coterminous with the material plane on various schedules, seems like the Quartz kind of have their own schedules for when they become coterminous.
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The Spires will arrive briefly. And then, well, not briefly, they will arrive for a time and then return to Thelanus. Oftentimes there are like celebrations with the communities that live near where these spires show up.
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There are rumors that that's where the gnomes came from, is that the gnomes were originally denizens of Thelanus that just decided to stay when their face spire was coterminous, etc.
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um So there's a lot of lore surrounding the face spires. You all would be aware of them.
Kaz Investigates Thelanus Songs
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But probably everyone could give me a intelligence check to see how much you know about the Court of the Silver Tree specifically.
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sugar I forgot I needed dice. had reach. And I'm an old man. Hey, you can apply any relevant backgrounds that you have. I rolled a 19, so I have a, I guess a 23 with my level.
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Nice. great Sorry, one second. Intelligence. Yes. I'm assuming fey touched counts. Yes. You would have some special pretty knowledge. You might be the only one with a background that applies to this.
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Well, that's a natural one. So, Oh, you're really focused on, I thought it was a seven for a second. That's like, I mean, this makes perfect sense though Kaz doesn't remember his time in the fey wild.
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Like, right. Yes. The dice are telling the story for us in spite of ourselves. Thank God for them. want to replace my dice because they feel loaded. Because that's a natural 20 for 26. Oh, okay.
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Okay.
Festival Preparations and Architecture
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danish So you all like Valk and Nyx, you two would know that at the Court of the Silver Tree is regarded as the greatest of the face spires. It is the largest that arrives.
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And typically this court ruled over by Shantira the greatest
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Like, typically holds council with other archfey. Like, Shantira is a very important archfey who resides over the Court of the Silvertree. You all also know that it is in Kire, the Court of the Silvertree, when the Fayspire shows up.
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It's in the southern... Wait, that's in my neighborhood. That makes sense. Yeah, it's in the south east section of Kyr is
Arrival at Festival Grounds
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where it shows up. And Mia with a natural 20. Let me see what Valk knows that's super duper special. Nothing. I know that the doorman. dan Let's see.
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Let's say like with your research, paranormal investigations and things like that, you also have intel that states that Shantira...
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is often you regarded as being the greatest diviner and oracle in all of the planes. She's not able to predict everything, but her track record of being able to predict events down to an individual's life up to large scale world affecting events is unparalleled. go and That's what you know.
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So, Now we're done with the recap. So where you all left off with the conversation with the dragonborn, Lycara, is Hendrix was going to do some testing to make sure that she is who she says she is.
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And then it would be left up to her to determine what next steps were. If she wanted to go to a port, if she just wanted to take it to Sharn, etc. um But Javier was happy to...
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leave it out of your all's hands if you didn't want to get involved in that discussion. So anything you all would like to do at the house prior to the festival?
Festival Activities and Manor Room Choices
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Can I say that not necessarily something I'd want do prior to the festival, but in moments I've had, like I've been looking through the book that I got with the forgotten stories or forgotten songs, pardon me.
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I would love to learn a bit more about my book that has my ex on the back cover of it. Yes. And your book specifically discussed a certain topic. It was called Forgotten Songs of Thelanus. Just the flipping through it that I did, it said it was almost like a hymnal.
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So I think I'm kind of looking through to see if they are songs yes of the of the Lady of Stories. Yeah. I will take either a wisdom or intelligence check for reading comprehension, Kaz, to see if you can connect some some dots. Oh, no.
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Okay. Intelligence wisdom. Can I add fey touched? Yeah. I'll let that happen. Okay. Come on, man. Still so bad. i mean, it comes out to a 17. 17? Yeah. seventeen yeah So as you are reading through, it's almost like your your fey touched background kind of shows you what these songs are not about.
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ah It's pretty clear that these songs are not regarding regarding the location of Thelanus, weirdly, as you're flipping through them. A lot of these songs are, there's a lot of dirges and like odes that are very sad in nature about lives lost.
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There's one specifically about a group of giants that were killed to save lives. Okay. And with 17, you find a couple references to overlords in the hymns.
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regarding their destruction and devastation. Right. Okay. Boy, can't spell. And the last thing I'll give you is in the forward before the hymns actually start, you find a very short passage that just speaks to, it says, these are the forgotten hymns of Thelanus and her attempts to honor those whose sacrifices made the world possible.
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Okay. Are we going to have a ah little more time at the house before we... Yeah, we haven't even given our next assignment yet. so yeah There's one more thing like to do at the house, but I'd like to move forward with your story as well. So I'm happy to go to yeargat the festival now.
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Anybody else got anything to want to before the festival?
Exploring Festival Booths and Partnerships
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Nick's was moving in to the house, right? Because something is infesting the chapel first. I mean, genuinely tell me these, this, this second floor that we've been making jokes about it being an, an oven of light.
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What's the actual reality of the second floor? The actual reality of the second floor, it is like, it is not an entire floor just made of pure radiant light that sears Nix as soon as she steps foot on it.
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I will greet you that. Let's see the the second floor of the house is that there are. a large number of windows that do face to the east and so in the morning the sun comes through very brightly but additionally in what nix kind of notices as you walk around is the hallways of this ah floor have a inordinate number of mirrors lining it And so you could see a possibility where if like all the doors with the Easter facing windows are open and the sun shining through, like probably for a five minute period, this room or this floor just gets buck wild with all these mirrors just shining light the air.
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um If you put your nachos in the exact right spot, you can melt the cheese. So yeah, you get the sense. It would be very hard for someone to sleep past dawn in on this floor. Like this this is very much... So none of the rooms have doors? Is this just... No, the room's giant open floor plan. Yeah.
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A lot of the doors are off their hinges. Like this this floor is very... what about the side of this What about the side of the house that doesn't face east? did he No doors. you know like Then at sunset, you get hit with the other direction because there's ah and the mirrors go crazy again. Twice a day. It just goes nuts here. Oh, he's got a good point there. We didn't think about sunset.
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architecturally implausible little little little section of the house we did establish that the house is bigger on the inside than what it looks like on the outside there is a lot of magic going on with this house sure that's weird every window faces east and a little bit south uh so yeah one third of our house is awful um got it
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One-fourth? You got a basement, too. Well, the basement isn't. Nyx has been told to stay of the basement. Nyx has been told the first floor is full. Come on! just listened. M'Falk absolutely told Nyx to stay the basement. Come to the third floor, Nyx.
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With the goblin ghost. Nyx is trying to avoid infestations of ah weird creatures. No, actually, Nyx... Which section of the second floor would Nyx try to get to? Well, east your wife it's...
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nyx would try to find a section that isn't made of mirrors that's just the hallway so nyx nyx is able to find a a section that has the doors on its hinges still in disrepair like nobody's like really touched this floor in terms of the renovation yet but nyx the decor as you get to like this wing of the second floor you start to notice a lot of like weapons and shields on the walls.
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um And it just, it seems very much like whoever lived here last either had a strong affinity for or participated in the military and decorated with that aesthetic.
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A lot of Gallifarian military regalia on the walls. All right. Nyx will find... will find the turret room of of that wing.
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The house has to have a turret. There's pigeons in it. Yeah. There's pigeons at the top of it. On the third floor, yeah. of yeah Hopefully on the roof. I hope de turret the the pigeons don't live inside. That's in the basement. That's why Nick, back once you see out there. Nick's will... Nick's will occupy that room and and set up her stuff in there and not tell anyone.
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Okay. Because that doctor has been lurking around the house and has found ever as has cornered everyone else. And so Nix will not...
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Will not specify where she ended up putting her things, but she'll, uh, she'll dump her stuff and then come back downstairs. Cause we just took custody of somebody. So there's stuff going. Mm-hmm.
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So she drops her rolled up carpet full of swords and, and trashy romance novels and locks the wing and then comes back downstairs.
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Love it. All right, and Selena, Valk, you all want to do anything before the festival? No, I don't have anything. Your turn. Valk?
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No. Okay. ah Sounds good. So, handful of days pass, and it's the morning of the 15th of Therendor.
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I do not feel more like a nerd than when I'm seeing a date in the Eberonian calendar. Everything else I'm pretty yeah used The way you pronounce it definitely... Yeah, that was your fault. How would you pronounce it? The 15th of Therendor. yes, the 15th of Therendor. It's the morning. Javier is um down in the the foyer, dressed and ready to go. he was i told you all that the festival starts fairly early in the day with the vendors and things like that. He'd like to get an early start at it. So, yeah, he awaits you all to get to the foyer. The foyer. Are we expecting to dress up for this thing? Like, what's the...
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No, it's just a protocol of a son's blessing. It's, it's not a fancy dress party or anything. It's an outdoor festival, in fact, and annoyingly, traditionally the 15th of Therondor, the morning starts out bitterly cold and the noon sun breaks the low temperature and makes it a really gorgeous day. So you got to kind of like bundle up for the morning and then by noon you're way too hot. And so you need to shed some layers.
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Nonsense. Nyx is still going sleeveless. So cold.
Nyx's Room and Living Situations
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guess Nyx has fire in her blood. so Cold is pain leaving the body, right? That's the thing. so That's a saying. You make up everyone's sayings too. Sure.
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Alright, then Nyx is downstairs. She's only wearing one knife. You're supposed to be friendly. Kaz comes down covered in knives. just Nyx approves. Yeah.
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No, I did say i bought new clothes while we were out last time. So Kaz caz is in some of his... i mean, there's nothing so particularly special about them. They're just clearly new. and I mean, he's been... you know It's been a few months, they might fit a little better. He's probably... He's 16, so I think he's probably done growing quickly.
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Yeah, but... far they Are they 20 years out of style? Yeah. Or did he get someone to like point him towards current style youthful clothes?
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I think... You know, they probably are because he doesn't exactly have the greatest models of modern style in ah yeah for young men in the people the house. doesn't notice. That was just for me and our listeners. Yeah, no, but yeah, i think I think they are. I think they are They're the sort of the slightly out of style version of already timeless things, like the wrong kind of jeans one might wear. You know.
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T. I think Alex coming up from the basement. Yep. It's working. Selena's there. Hendrick is arrives with Aurora. Hendrick probably informed you all in the days between the dragonborn showing up and now that Lycara has requested a bit of time to get her bearings. And so Hendrick didn't find anything to indicate that she was a malevolent force from Thelanus or even anything that contradicted her story.
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Um, but Javier has agreed to let her stay in one of the rooms in the mansion for the time being until she gets a good sense of what she wants to do next.
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So, but she is not here to attend the festival. Um, Arumi is the last to arrive. um And yeah, do you all head out towards Kalazart. Something that you all see as you're walking in the morning.
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It is quite cold and there's a pretty sharp wind blowing this morning. But all along the road, i Along the outskirts of town, there are large bonfires that have been built. Kaz, you noticed them being built when you went to go talk to Barcha. Mm-hmm. Uh, and they have now been lit all along the the road. So you all arrive and you see quite a bit of hubbub in the town square of Kalazart, quite a few booths set up.
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and also some various activities and people are kneeling about bundled up there are quite a few stations set up with hot beverages coffee spiced ciders teas etc um sorry caf and towel we're in eberron uh everything has to have a name So Javier looks at all you and says, ah feel free to gain your bearings, walk around.
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I'm going to go have a couple of meetings with some of the leaders in the town. And yeah, I'll try to check in with you all as needed, but feel free to have fun. Try to have fun.
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Try to have fun. Okay. Fantastic. Did you say your own knee is with us? Yes, Arumi did decide to come. Arumi is wearing a tabard that has the Chiron crest on it.
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Arumi explained that he really wanted to come see, and so he is going to lie and say that he is a member of the Chiron army on leave right now and hope that nobody looks too far into that.
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But you got to get the sense that Arumi is getting a little stir crazy. Like he had a whole life and that got taken away from him. So just living in the mansion, he's starting to get a little little nuts. So yeah. What is there to do?
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Yeah. You pretty easily can see a sparring circle is set up and there's a few people lingering about just talking. There is... there is Some of the notable booths, you see a sign that says Corzins Books and Book Bindings.
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You see a booth that set just has a sign that says The Hard Place. There's one that says The Lady of Tales. There is a booth set up with a banner that has House Lyrander's crest and says House Lyrander on it.
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Then you also see at the very center of the town square, some, there's like a large post set up with a hook on it. Uh, and there's a man like talking to a gathered crowd.
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Um, but you would need to get it a little bit closer to hear what he's saying. And then lastly, you see a large sign that says Cal's art sausage eating contest starts at 1230. Why are you making that face? You don't like sausages.
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I don't like eating contests. Shateful. So those are the big things that you notice. If you all poke around more, there are more things to uncover, but that's just like. First blush, what you see. Oh, man. I really tore between the Lady of Tails and the sausage eating contest.
00:22:48
Speaker
Well, you got time for the sausage eating contest. Okay. I've been a 16-year-old boy. I know what they can do. It is like 930-ish, let's say. So you got few hours before the sausage eating contest.
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Although there is someone there setting up the sausage contest. so the The Lady of Tails, what does it look like? I mean, can I just see a banner right now? But I need to go in or closer to see... like Because it sounds like it might just be another bookshop.
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Or booktent. ah It's a booth set up for the festival. And and there is an Eladrin woman sitting there. but You see that she is tuning a lyre, is what she's doing. Gotcha. And there's some people like looking at the booth, like she's got stuff set up.
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I desperately need you to elaborate on the hard place. ho um Well, that's just what the sign says. If you want to go check out the booth, you can read more of it. like I'll go with Val. I want to know what this is. The hard place.
00:23:41
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And where is the rock? You see an elderly dwarf woman and on her, the, on her booth, you see a variety of stone figures that are, that have been carved and set up for sale. She found the rocks.
00:23:58
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Uh, She is a fairly old dwarf woman, very stark white hair, tanned wrinkled skin. and she is working on, you see, she is carving some runes into a particular stone.
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And as you all approach, she looks at you says, welcome to the hard place, my shop. How can I help you all? We're just browsing. Excellent. Well, we have a wide variety of stones here for you.
00:24:30
Speaker
Um, we have some stone figures that are just decorative, but then we also have some stones and she taps one and it lights up. They can be used as lights. We have cleaning stones.
00:24:43
Speaker
And also if you have children, we have toys for the children. And you see... And you see... These are throwing stones. You also see that next to the booth, there is a trough set up at an angle with water, like, pouring down into it. And there's a couple kids with, like... They're they're panning for... They're panning. Cute. Are you all new in Calo's Art? I have not seen you before.
00:25:05
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We're relatively new, yes. Welcome. word teal What brings you all to the town? Just family or...? Works. Works. work Excellent. Do you have a shop?
00:25:17
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I'm always looking for partnerships. No, but I i i ain do know how to make jewelry. if he't so Yeah. something that we do where I'm from. We like to do like beads and jewelry. Oh, where are you from? I'm from the Muir Holds. Well, my family is. i'm from I lived in Calisart my whole life.
00:25:42
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nondescript location in South Kair. I did not do that much recently on that.
Kaz's Interest in Instruments and Enchanted Stones
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I'm from Redacted. You would know. it proposed the town of Jarp, which is on the map in the southern part of Kair.
00:25:59
Speaker
Wow, somebody's not from there. except It's pronounced Yarp. It's just a small group of changelings. We do lot of crafting kind of cool exchange kind of.
00:26:14
Speaker
Very interesting. speaking I'm not very familiar with changeling communities, but that is quite interesting. Yes, thanks. Yeah. So what type of business are are you all here for, if not a shop? Just kind of pause again. do have we ever said a name?
00:26:28
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we ever have that meaning? i mean, Kaz has thrown the name around a bit. and And I got permission to. Javier said this is to put a friendly face on the lighthouse as an organization. So i Javier did not say be cagey about who you are.
00:26:46
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so Okay, okay. Thank you. That makes conversation not any easier because of this. well We're here with the lighthouse where that manor on the hill. If you're in town, you've probably have seen me in the distance kind of working on...
00:27:03
Speaker
You all are the ones that moved into the Atlehampton Manor. Yeah. Yeah. Oh. I heard that new people were living there. That is interesting.
00:27:15
Speaker
What else did you hear? I mean. Just that new residents had had lived there. There was a. um Sorry, I lost my train of thought.
00:27:33
Speaker
There were some murmurings that, like, quite a few people were coming and going out of there, but i have not heard anything specific. I have not heard anything about either of you specifically. So what is so what are you doing there?
00:27:49
Speaker
We help resolve planar anomalies. Oh Are there a lot of planar anomalies? More than you would think. Well. Yeah. None around here, though, I think. We're pretty pretty good around here.
00:28:03
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Sam, you know my family could have used your help a while back because we had a lot of planar anomalies in your holds. That's part of the reason my family left. I was sorry to hear that. No, it's okay.
00:28:14
Speaker
It was a long time ago. Yeah, if there's anything we can help with, please let us know. i I certainly hope not. but do you Yeah. While Selina and Val having this conversation, what's Nyx and Kaz going to do?
00:28:28
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Or did we split up? Neither of you said that you were going into the heart. that's true. I didn't say. You can say that you didn't and that you've been talking with the elderly dwarf woman who are standing nearby. For stones in the in the basin.
00:28:44
Speaker
Hanging out with the kids. I'm telling them how to find extra pointy ones. can You need to stone at people. he just so So are you all sticking together? um i was see either I was thinking about going to peruse the bookstore before I went to visit the Lady of Tales, but we could all do that together too, probably. I know i assume Selina would want to go to the bookstore. Yeah.
00:29:06
Speaker
She does. it I know this is more......roxy. It's a hard place. But is there any, like, gemstones or glass? Commies.
00:29:19
Speaker
Commies. Yeah, there's ah there's a few things in that vein. Once again, she typically does runic enchantments and like carvings. So there's nothing like no precious stones that have been cut. Is there any like glass discs that haven't been carved up yet? Sure. Like a peek behind. i don't know. I i don't You're the lady, i don't know. I'm asking you. You're the lady.
Bet on Protecting or Stealing the Bow
00:29:49
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It's more of a just where you going? Yeah, sure, I have some things. And she pulls out a glass disc that has a bluish hue to it.
00:29:58
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ah Absolutely, it's just too silver. Yes. yeah Thank you. It's true. I'm not doing that math right now.
00:30:11
Speaker
I don't, I don't. I should mark it down. That's all i i'm I'm good for. I literally just wanted so a nice glass disc.
00:30:22
Speaker
and I'm happy to oblige if you need anything else. I don't know. the The manor has been unoccupied for some time. So if you need any lights or cleaning stones or anything like that, i have those as well.
00:30:35
Speaker
Actually, yeah. The basement is pretty dark. I don't have to work with one candle, man. I also get a light. Isn't it to be?
00:30:48
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I mean, unless they have like some really cool looking, like I don't know, couch lamps that are of a weird shape. You see that there are, she has a pretty wide variety of different lights. Like the the most elaborate and expensive ones. It's expensive.
00:31:06
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i'm I'm just, I'm going to start at the top of my windows. There are some that like. the That's why he's salesman of the month. The bottom of rock is largely uncarved, but then it looks like somebody standing on a mountaintop.
00:31:19
Speaker
holding a weapon over their head. There's, there's different configurations of dwarves, humans, elves, et cetera. And when she taps the head, the like weapon emits a fairly bright light. And then she has just some like stones that have been,
00:31:35
Speaker
cut into interesting geometric shapes, very dwarvish, art deco-y, that when you tap them, the top part of it glows like a lamp. And then she has just some very basic, just rocks that she is enchanted to cast light.
00:31:49
Speaker
And those are the cheapest. Can I do like ah like an art deco light, please? Yes, absolutely. That would be two gold pieces. I'll hand over two gold pieces.
00:32:00
Speaker
Thank you. And she slides one that is kind of a reddish stone. and when you tap on it, it does cast white light, but there's just a slight pinkish hue to it.
00:32:11
Speaker
Okay. I will just accept that one. There's a purple one also. Can have the purple? Oh, yes, actually. Purple. Five gold pieces. Purple is an upcharge.
00:32:23
Speaker
Is that harpoons? An upcharge. Can I get anything for anyone else? Or you could feel free to keep browsing. You're a very quiet group. I think we're good. I think they want to they might want to go to the bookstore. Really, this was like my kind of curiosity. Yes. Enjoy the the arts and the crafts. There's a beautiful work.
00:32:42
Speaker
We're going to these now. Okay. Goodbye. it steve day hello Please you come back. yet my name is My name is Trotska, and mean i what i'm happy to help you We didn't introduce ourselves.
00:32:55
Speaker
You did not. Oh, it's still your end. It's too late now. Okay, so Corazon's books and book bindings. As you approach, you see it's it's a booth with like a tent around it.
00:33:08
Speaker
And you see someone step through the back of the tent into the booth as you all approach. And you see an Arani elf man with his face has a skull tattoo on it covering his face.
00:33:21
Speaker
As he sits down and looks up, Hello there. Welcome to Corzin's Books and Book Findings. And he looks at Selina and like for a moment, just help you.
00:33:34
Speaker
Forgive me, I don't see many Araini in these parts. That's what I was just thinking. What a nice surprise. Yes. jim I think we're just browsing right now.
00:33:45
Speaker
Excellent. Well, i do book bindings as well. If you ever are in need of any damaged books that need to be bound. I also do decorative bindings. If you have a particularly ah and book that you're fond of that you'd like something special done. And then i also have a collection of popular books with elaborate decorative covers. I have done blank journals of various styles.
00:34:10
Speaker
And if you have any damaged books, I can bind them for you here during the festival. Great. That's good to know. pitch And he lets you browse. You see what he described.
00:34:23
Speaker
There's quite a few journals with different like leather bound styles and a large number of the most popular books in Eberron that he is bound to have very elaborate covers done some page paintings where when they're closed, there's decorative designs on the pages.
00:34:39
Speaker
um And yeah, that's that's what he has set up for people to to look at and buy. I think Selena might want to get a journal to just start writing things down like while she's on their adventures. What vibe of journal would Selena be looking for?
00:34:57
Speaker
oh don't know. what are What are some of the ones that she sees? Um, you see some, some ones that are like very much the Araney vibe. There's like black leather with some skulls and bones embossed into them. Some of them that just been stamped with leather and then painted.
00:35:17
Speaker
and then you see so much more neutral ones, some various shades of round leather that have been finished quite well. Some of them have like a large, you would assume fake jewel set into the cover based on the price of them.
00:35:31
Speaker
um And then you also see some that are very elaborately decorated with like bright white with accents of like blue or pink or yellow for like just the more bright chipper person that's looking for something that is really well made. It is still leather bound, but it doesn't look as rustic as the the brown leather ones.
00:35:55
Speaker
I think she'd go for the one of the white ones, probably with like pink or yellow accents. Okay. He sees you pick one up. It's like, excellent choice. That one will only be four silver pieces, please.
00:36:07
Speaker
Great. Excellent. So don't mind me asking, what does bring you to Calus Art from Eredol? I am working with the lighthouse we live over in the manor.
00:36:22
Speaker
Forgive me. What is that? ah We are a group that helps handle planar anomalies. is Interesting.
00:36:34
Speaker
In what way? i guess what is the anomaly? Anything that comes up that kind of would maybe endanger people, we kind of help go and and see what's going on and help help out the town wherever that's happening.
00:36:47
Speaker
I see. I see. I see. Interesting. Well, I hope that goes well for you. In need of my services, i feel free to let me know.
00:36:59
Speaker
Why set up shop in Kalazart? Is there a lot, is this a hub of planar anomalies? No, no, not necessarily. Just kind of where we found ourselves. Interesting.
00:37:11
Speaker
All right. So did you leave the island to come here? I actually grew up in Karnath. Oh, I see, I see.
00:37:22
Speaker
Oh, great. i I did come from the island straight to Kaia, so I was just curious. Okay. Interesting. Nice to meet you and your very quiet friends.
00:37:35
Speaker
Hello. I'm Alc.
00:37:38
Speaker
I'm looking at the books. with the I'm Selina, by the way. course absolutely just I'm Kaz shouts from some stack a few aisles over.
00:37:52
Speaker
i'm assuming this is large enough to have a few bookshelves inside of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. ah Nice to meet all of you. I hope you find the festival a good time and hope Kalzat treats you well.
00:38:04
Speaker
How long have you been operating here? A few months. We're still pretty new. Oh, interesting. All right. Well, always happy to see the town growing. Have a good day.
00:38:16
Speaker
You too. As Kaz is perusing the books, I was right using some of my knowledge outside the gate. Has Sean Ciara started her writing career yet?
00:38:29
Speaker
I know she was a playwright, but... I think she's at a different booth here. Do you think that's... That's my guess i just a guess. I didn't guess that, but that would make sense, wouldn't it?
00:38:41
Speaker
I just thought she might, it some weird rich bear lady who plays ARP and sings her songs. She's she's from Kyre based on the last campaign. So yes, that's my, she's in Kair right now, but she's right.
00:38:55
Speaker
And my understanding is fighting with the Kairan army somewhere. Fair. But, but, but could be first question being first, I guess you you do not see any writings from, okay.
00:39:06
Speaker
He wasn't necessarily looking for them either. He just thought if he's perusing the spines and he sees that name, it'll stick out to him. Cause he doesn't know, he doesn't know what Jeff knows about her. So yeah. For sure.
00:39:18
Speaker
You all, as you're looking through the books, do hear a voice call out from the center of the town square. 20 minutes to last bets may be placed on the Protect the Bow game. 20 minutes to last bets to be placed.
00:39:34
Speaker
Protect the bow? Makes do you think it's too late to sign up your grade at protecting stuff. And the bow. I don't know which bow. What kind of bow?
00:39:45
Speaker
Is this someone's boyfriend? The man who was standing near like the large stake with a hook in it, he's standing up there and he's calling out from that position in the center of the town square.
Strategies and Role Reversals
00:39:55
Speaker
Well, there's only one definition of that word I have any interest in. It's not the kind you tie in your hair, is it, Nyx?
00:40:00
Speaker
I was also thinking risins. I don't have enough hair. if i that shit you I didn't mean you, you. meant one. One ties in there. You know what? And I go back to the kids books. The small ones.
00:40:12
Speaker
We put them on babies. i Kaz is certainly not going to suggest his thought of you could tie it around your hordes. As if anybody's looking, he is holding a bow in his hand. The type of bow that Nyx would be interested in. Yeah, but what do you got?
00:40:26
Speaker
Not a ribbon. And not someone else's boyfriend. It's a long bow specifically.
00:40:34
Speaker
Do you think you get to keep the bow if you protect it long enough? Are you and interested in bow fighting? Have ever seen you? It's called archery. Yeah, I know that. but Well, you said bow fighting. Oh, it's not a staff? i Yeah. You said a long bow, so I assume that's a staff. Yeah, it's a long bow staff. Shut up.
00:40:54
Speaker
ki back pal Look, I know what it's called. But, man, next, I'm just trying to. Do you want the bow? Would you use it?
00:41:06
Speaker
and we can go find it. Yes, I use a bow. We can go find out what it is. Sick. If there's no books here of interest, immediate interest to me on my perusal, then yeah, I want to go find out about the bow with Nyx and potentially bid on her if she decides to enter the game.
00:41:20
Speaker
Okay. You all approach and... Oh, go ahead. How much was the journal? Did we steal it? No, I paid for it. Yeah. for Four silver pieces, right? That's what I said.
00:41:32
Speaker
Yeah. I got what I wanted, so I'll go with them too. ah We're not shoplifting. Next person, no. Plus the stack that looks back. You know what? real i remember i I remember my conversation with Javier about keeping track of all my stuff, and I also dropped four silver and grabbed journal.
00:41:49
Speaker
It's just like there's a stack of them. Okay. I put it my adventurer's bag. So as you all approach, you hear the little crier that's set up by the stake holding the bow, explaining the rules of the game.
00:42:01
Speaker
And he is saying, you kind of catch it mid story. And he says, but then Kaluzot was attacked by a raiding band of bugbears that sought to pillage and destroy the town.
00:42:13
Speaker
Thune held a small band or led a small band to meet them in the field before they could reach the town. Once became clear that the band from Kalazok could not stop them, Thune ordered the retreat.
00:42:24
Speaker
Hours passed with no attack and when Scouts rode out to see what had happened, they found the entire Bugbear band riddled with arrows dead in the field, with Thune having been run through by a spear. And in commemoration of that, we protect the bow.
00:42:38
Speaker
This represents Thune's bow. We take bets on whether or not by sundown the bow will be stolen from the stake. If you bet that the bow will be protected, then if it is still here at sundown, then the pot will be split amongst all of those that bet that it would stay.
00:42:58
Speaker
If you bet that it will be stolen, then you split the pot with those who bet that it would be stolen with 25% of the pot going to the thief that ends up with the bow. Selina looks at Nyx. It's hitting Nyx on the shoulder. We could definitely steal that bow, right?
00:43:15
Speaker
Can we? Well, here's the thing. We could definitely Something we're good at? I guess maybe not. Like, we could definitely, like, raise the town and take the boat when that feels outside the spirit of the competition. Now that I think about it, you're right. thats That I could a accomplish. Summon your cloud of swords and kill everyone, and then we could take the boat.
00:43:37
Speaker
And, frankly, the whole pot.
00:43:40
Speaker
They didn't say that was against the rules. I guess that is outside our so it's certainly outside my skill set. Do you want to steal the bow? I can't pretend it doesn't sound fun. All right, then bet that the bow will be stolen and then try to steal the bow. Is there an idea of what a minimum bet is? like I'm not putting five gold down on this.
00:43:58
Speaker
No, you could you can put... mu It's a minimum of one gold piece into the pot. I will put one gold piece that the bow will be stolen.
00:44:09
Speaker
Okay. And then later I'll waste everyone's time by trying to steal this bow. I love it. But you gotta to make sure someone doesn't steal before you. That's true.
00:44:21
Speaker
So you approach. Strictly speaking, if someone one steals the bow, all that means that you have to steal it from them. That's true. It's true. Whoever has the bow at sunset at sundown is declared the thief. So.
00:44:36
Speaker
There's a young, blonde human boy next to the the platform that the man is standing up on, regaling the tale of Fune Hordebreaker. Once he reaches the end of the story, he starts over again for those that have approached.
00:44:50
Speaker
And ah he is obviously collecting the bets. And so as Kaz approaches, he says, are you betting on protection or thievery, sir?
00:45:01
Speaker
Thievery. Thank you. Excellent. And what's your wager? I put one gold down on the table. Oh, all right. And he puts it in, there's two separate bags that he has and he slips it into one bag.
00:45:15
Speaker
Says, are you just counting on somebody stealing are going to go for it? Oh, I'm, I don't know. I've, you know, right now I think I'm going to try, but I'll probably check it out before the, by the time it actually gets stolen, I probably won't have decided. Okay, fine. I'll try. I think you could do it.
00:45:35
Speaker
what just What makes you say that? I mean, and he says, now, just so you know, because I've never seen you around here before, it is customary that if you do steal it and you're the one that gets 25% of the pot, that you buy a round of drinks for everyone that placed a bet on it getting stolen.
00:45:50
Speaker
You don't have to, but that's what the winner typically does. Okay. that's that Thank you. I would hate to seem improprietious in my victory. Of course. So, Nick puts five gold down.
00:46:01
Speaker
Oh, thank you. On protection and then knocks Kaz out. Yeah. to It's knocks Kaz down and ties him up. I suppose I'm counting on someone else now to answer your question from earlier. No, I'm on the outside.
00:46:17
Speaker
um And then Nyx sends Acheron to sit at the peak of the nearest tent and watch the bow. Okay. Yeah, Acheron perches up on top of the house Lyrander boots that is set up.
00:46:31
Speaker
It is the biggest one So the voice says to you, well, good luck to you. And we'll see you sundown.
00:46:42
Speaker
Great. Thanks. I'll be the one with the bow in my hands. like that attitude. Yeah. If you're so confident, you can put down more. I am simply not more confident.
00:46:56
Speaker
I'm trying to remember how much, like we have a decent amount of gold. I might put one more down. I had 70. Okay. okay I will put, I will definitely put down another goal and be like, you're right. I've doubled my bet. And then he parts from you all and starts making ways through the crowd to collect more bets. You, you all, as you all are in the crowd around the,
00:47:16
Speaker
yes the protect the bow.
00:47:21
Speaker
stake and platform. A half-elf woman is making her way through the crowd. She is wearing, but she looks like a ah sailor slash pirate type regalia.
00:47:34
Speaker
And she has flyers that she's handing out. And you hear her saying, explore the seas, gainful employment in transport and other trades. Join house Lyranda.
00:47:47
Speaker
join the crew of the careless Zephyr, Captain Alistair, and myself, the first mate, looking for new recruits. You guys want to quit the lighthouse and can say this? go Go be a pirate? ah The humidity would be bad for my hair.
00:48:06
Speaker
I've been on exactly one pirate ship and they tried to blast us out of the sky. So I am pretty sick down here. Thanks. i I know that that's not really common yet, but you hear some combat from the sparring circle going on. Uh, Kaz, you actually see Barcha in the sparring circle fighting a dwarf.
00:48:26
Speaker
If he's here, who's manning the destruction ray? How's he doing? I'm assuming, he said he's like the size of a house. so I'm assuming he's doing okay against the dwarf. Barch is doing well. the The dwarf is not shirking in the combat either though. Like, sure it seems to be very practiced combatant as well um as they are going at each other with ah wooden weapons. But there is a crowd that has gathered around. They're placing bets on the fights. So where are you all headed next game?
00:48:52
Speaker
And you all can make, like, explore other parts of the town if you want. Kaz, I know you had a couple leads on different people, but, or was it Barcha was the only one you had a lead on, Tristan? Barcha was the only lead I had thus far.
00:49:05
Speaker
Gotcha. It's, I mean, just looking around, considering the great gathering of people here, is Bomani here still? Has she taken off as far as I know? Just wondering. After a bit of time, like glancing around since there's no danger or urgency, you do see Bimani. You see a very tall Kalishtar woman walking amongst the crowd.
00:49:25
Speaker
You were laughing. She was going to Argonessin, right? We got a, we got a, we got an Argonessin dragonborn back in the house. It's true. Yeah.
00:49:34
Speaker
Neither one of them doesn't want to go there. So I was like, neither way it holds a lot of love for Argoness and I don't think I think no that's too dumb. Kaz isn't even that dumb. I'm gonna yell to Bartia and accidentally distract him while he's fighting, but is your newspaper friend here?
00:49:49
Speaker
Yeah. i mean, is Renee around? I can go say hi. After a bit of walking around you do spot Renee. She's at Corzins, a book binding, getting a book bound and she sees you and kind waves like, oh, Hey Kaz.
Engaging with NPCs: Barcha and Renee
00:50:02
Speaker
Hey, how's it going? ah good is Are you all still walking around as a group? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I'm good. Yeah, just enjoying the festival. at Oh, is this the rest of the the team? Yeah, actually, I was going to introduce you. Hey, everyone, this is Renee, who's been helping me out. eagerly extends her hand out to shake hands.
00:50:25
Speaker
At the cry, this is Nyx and Valk and Selena. Very nice to meet you. Very big fan of your work. Thanks. Nice to meet you too. What have you all been up to lately?
00:50:40
Speaker
Oh, I can come by and fill you in on the details. We just got back not too long ago from another mission. And where i'm really we're really here today to kind of, you know, put that part of work behind us and just kind of enjoy the day. You know what I mean? Kaz kind of trying to... He knows what a vacation is. yeah Kaz is kind of trying to... I thought this would work.
00:51:03
Speaker
no You are working? is there something going on? No. here no um but This is kind of like a ah ah goodwill day. You know, much like you, before I talked to you, a lot of people here don't know kind of what we do and what we're doing.
00:51:19
Speaker
And they just know that someone moved up into the weird house by the river and the river. Yes. Yeah. And so we're just outstripping the word about who we are, but we do. Hey, come on, man. She said piddle. I get slapped at that. Good look. I like that laugh. Yeah. Oh, so.
00:51:42
Speaker
You're just here enjoying the festival, but you're also working. We're representing the lighthouse while we're at the festival, but no, we're not actively pursuing anything. Why do you know something?
00:51:56
Speaker
I just turned it around. I don't know anything. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Just Corzin here is finding my journal. It was starting to fall apart. So I pull out. It's okay. I just bought one from him.
00:52:11
Speaker
ah And we appreciate your business. And I appreciate your journal. suppose like What? And Renee says, so, okay, well, yeah, let me know what you've got, if anything.
00:52:25
Speaker
Yeah. I'll write it up. Cool. I hope you write a great story about how I steal that bow today. I'm going to try to steal it? I'm going to steal it.
00:52:36
Speaker
sir Okay. You've got to stop telling people about the heist you intend to play. I just told Renee. she's on she's She's on the team. She's in the inner circle. She's in the outer inner circle. what Also a journalist. Well, the paper's not going out between now and sundown.
00:52:55
Speaker
Who now has an incentive to bet against you and then him to thwart you? Renee would do that. don't need to worry about that. i already bet that would protect it because Barcha is protecting it. Ah, crap. That's okay. Barcha and I also have a a great relationship.
00:53:10
Speaker
Oh, you talked to him? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Thank you for the lead. I can't believe him. Yes. Thank you for sending me talk to Dr. Barcha. He is a really nice guy with a terrifying weapon at his disposal.
00:53:21
Speaker
Yeah. They did not like being occupied by angels. I guess. suppose I blame them. Oh, yeah. Yeah, no, but thank you for that. Barchu was great. And I guess has a bit of a network that is going to help us learn about more anomalies we may need to address in the future. So that was actually a great lead, Renee. Thank you.
00:53:41
Speaker
No, no, cool. Glad I could help. And if you've got any leads about the recent work that you've been doing, that would also be interesting to me. Yes, I will come by and talk to you again. okay.
00:53:52
Speaker
Cass is like, every downtime I come and talk to you. said What's that? No, I'm just saying, I i mean, um'm just I'm just, it's not that big a town.
00:54:03
Speaker
And I saw you when you were walking through town, I guess to go talk to Marcia and you did not come talk to me. So. so Oh my God. I haven't left town again yet. Anyway, it's fine. And she snatches the, like, as soon as Corzin's done with the binding on her journal, she snatches up like, thank you. Goodbye.
00:54:19
Speaker
And she like turns around and walks away. Has she written about our work in The Cry thus far? She wrote about the zombie ah she stuff. Okay.
00:54:30
Speaker
I told her about the zombies and I told her about the...
00:54:35
Speaker
I told her some stuff about the animal attacks. And so told her about Pella's Watch as well. Okay. So yeah. So I've been... yeah Okay. And she has been... it's So people who read The Cry have some understanding of who we are then potentially. Yes. Okay. so Got it.
00:54:53
Speaker
That's helpful. Yeah. So yeah. It's been a fair amount of time. You hear a call that the sausage eating contest will begin within 30 minutes. So if anybody wants to participate, but Does it look like quite a spectacle? There's a guy in a straw, like flat hat that is like really hyping up the crowd about it.
00:55:16
Speaker
No, I mean, it's, yeah, I mean, it's it's a fun thing. Kalzart is famed for their unique sausages.
Unique Sausages and NPC Interactions
00:55:22
Speaker
So this is like a fun event that they are doing to celebrate. What's unique about them?
00:55:28
Speaker
So the the flavor specifically, the, ah ah yeah, I mean, you we've talked about this, haven't we? You and I have talked about because I needed some insight on flavor profiles. That's right. That's right. I was like, I know we've had a talk about sausage. It was very much asking me. Anyway.
00:55:46
Speaker
So this is this is Jeff's opportunity to practice player versus character knowledge. Now, Calzart is famed for their sausages. It's savory-sweet combo that, like, the the big advertised ingredients are pork, fennel, mint, and apple in it.
00:56:03
Speaker
But there's a unique
00:56:06
Speaker
funk to it that people really like that people that try to break down the ingredients and things like that can't place so there's something there's something unique about the sausages that's really really good that people like peace you're telling me that people eat this sausage and go man that's great funk like like like a cheese profile would have a certain amount of funkiness that people really like to it Lots of people eat garbage all the time, and this is just a slightly funky sausage. That sounds reasonable to me.
00:56:37
Speaker
Not weird. Did you know the flavor profile of Parmesan cheese and vomit are the exact same? It's just the context that matters to your brain? I did not ever need to know that.
00:56:48
Speaker
It's true. I think that really depends on the vomit. Yeah, don't know. I don't think that is true. What a weird thing to say. It could be retorted for posterity. Anyway.
00:57:02
Speaker
I do not think Selena would participate in the sausage eating contest, so. No. Is there an entry fee? No. Okay, here's what's going happen. You can bet on it.
00:57:15
Speaker
Kaz. No, I don't want to draw more pretension to myself today I'm going to try to steal the boat. So you're going to be real bloated trying to steal. Oh, yeah. no soft I was going to explain that Kaz has heard a lot about this sausage because I had to try it. So he's going enter the contest, take a bite, and then peace out.
00:57:32
Speaker
But it's just like, yeah, it's fine. You can just buy a sausage also. Yeah, but that's not free. Fair enough. Would you like me to buy the sausage for you so it's free? mean, if you're offering me sauce, I will buy the sausage. At some point we're going to have to eat lunch. Like at lunchtime we showed up at nine 30. We're going to eat at some point today.
00:57:54
Speaker
There is a small booth near the sausage eating contest where the, the sausage maker is selling sausages as well. yeah Thank God Kaz walked past that all the way to the contest. He was like, Oh bet. it just gives guy the silver for a sausage piece.
00:58:11
Speaker
Ah, excellent. Here you go. Enjoy. and Would you like any toppings with it? If you have a spicy mustard, that sounds like go really well with the ingredients I know about. Yes.
00:58:21
Speaker
And he dollops some on there for you. All right. I'm going to roll for enjoyment. I'm not rolling great today, team. What do I add for enjoyment?
00:58:32
Speaker
Constitution. Sure. Then that's a nine. Eight, eight, eight. Sounds like this sausage has some funk on it. Lots of people like it. It's it's their famous sausage in this town. Cass goes, yeah there's what is that, feta?
00:58:48
Speaker
I was going to say, there's the you know this sounds like someone trying to sell me some malort. I don't even people in Chicago like more. That's just a joke. That's one of the rare instances where something was so hyped up and it was worse than I expected it to be. Like people told me how bad it was and somehow it was worse. So, okay, well, the day continues.
00:59:11
Speaker
And I mean, Kaz, are you going to go talk to the lady of tales? Yes, I absolutely want to go. I want to go see what she's what what her whole deal is, why she has a booth here. If she's just performing or something, I would sit in for a moment. Yes, I would like to talk to the Lady of Tales.
00:59:26
Speaker
Okay. As you have approach. It's awkward conversation. You once again see analogically. Yeah, man, I'm involved in it. You do not, you do not recognize importantly.
00:59:37
Speaker
And she is now talking to, it looks like a, a mother with her two children are talking to the one at the booth. And as you get close, you over here, they're talking about setting up lessons for the kids to, to learn, uh, music.
00:59:52
Speaker
And as you like look on the counter of the booth, you see sheet music, ah some various instruments that are for sale, and you also see some stones.
01:00:03
Speaker
And there's a little sign that says enchanted stones provided by the hard place. And music music is faintly emanating from but the stones. Well, that's fun. And no off button.
01:00:16
Speaker
Yeah. That's awesome. As you get a bit closer, you see kind of behind her booth, not isolated, but just kind of tucked out of the way. There's a small group actually standing around and you hear very off key singing.
Kaz's Musical Connection and Personal Stories
01:00:33
Speaker
coming from it and you see some people standing around and they're drinking and having a good time but she has set up a stone that emanates music from it and there's a spell shard embedded in it where words to songs appear above the karaoke um and people are enjoying doing that back there that's so good i mean she sees you approach and kind of like gives you a nod as she wraps up her conversation yeah i politely wait From while I'm waiting, I'm looking at the instruments on the table. Are these like craftsman level, like things she has made, or is this like start your child on a hobby of music type instruments?
01:01:13
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There are both. There are, there are some that are very clearly like very low quality make, but still durable enough for a kid to handle. And then there are some very finely crafted musical instruments as well.
01:01:28
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Okay.
01:01:37
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I think while he's waiting, he's going to start weighing the options of taking one of these instruments. The coexistence of story and song is something he is not unfamiliar with. And so thinking he may be able to unlock something by harnessing music.
01:01:57
Speaker
I am not... multi-classing into Bard. Don't worry. Listeners or GM. But I think that's something that he's he's considering. Are the prices something reasonable that I could take one... and Like some little loop, some little string something.
01:02:11
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home with Like yeah Fisher Price guitar. Yeah, there's there's even a mid-tier one that's like three gold pieces that's really well made, but like intro level. Oh, bet. Yeah. and for For an adult.
01:02:24
Speaker
So... Okay, I'm almost one of those. I will... I'll pick that up. I'll go ahead and like have the gold in my hand. So she knows I'm not just like touching merchandise or something. Yeah. And as she as she comes over to me, I'll.
01:02:38
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so Yeah. She, she approaches you and says, welcome. Uh, how are you doing today? Oh, I'm doing, I'm doing really well. How are you?
01:02:48
Speaker
Uh, my name's Kaz. Milena. Nice to meet you, Kaz. Milena. Yes. All right. Hello. and Welcome to the lady of tails.
01:03:01
Speaker
Are you just interested in picking up the instrument today? Are you interested in lessons or sheet music? Anything of that sort? Well, I'm definitely write custom songs for people. That's interesting. I will be, you know what, Eric, I'm going to make you write a custom song for Canada, but in a moment, um, I think I'll just let her, I know I'm, I'm interested in the, in in this it' is this, I mean, what Luke guitar. What am I looking at?
01:03:31
Speaker
Uh, yeah, Luke. I I'm interested in this Luke here. I'll be honest. I don't have any training. I do not want to try to get a lessons pitch from her. So like, but I doodle a bit. Um, are you here in Cala's art full time? Maybe I could reach out another time about lessons, but yes, I have a modest shop set up here in town.
01:03:55
Speaker
So yeah, you could absolutely come back, uh, sign up for lessons. Okay, great. I have a question and this may seem ridiculous when I say it, because I understand that there's a ah perfectly mundane.
01:04:08
Speaker
your Your name of your business here, the Lady of Tales, what inspired that name? I understand that you are a woman who writes songs, but is there? I just thought it was catchy, I guess. Call myself a lady.
01:04:24
Speaker
Sure. Okay. I think that's, I ask i have a I have a, i've really I'm really interested in Thelanus. I've done a lot of reading about Thelanus and they have one of the art trainers, the lady of stories. And I thought maybe we had a a shared interest to chat about is all.
01:04:41
Speaker
Interesting. I am not the, I am familiar with Thelanus and in enjoy it in concept, but I don't have much exposure to it. So...
01:04:52
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ah No, think quite a bit of exposure to it. He does not say. Okay, no, sure. I understand. Sorry to disappoint. i No, no, not disappointed at all. I came, you know, come come for the entry-level guitar. Stay for the interesting story about your name. And and then I ask, how much is it for a little bit of time in the...
01:05:14
Speaker
I don't know ah what i what one would call this, the, the Sands Orchestra booth back there. Oh, oh yeah. That was Trotska's idea. No, that, that is free. You can just go enjoy it. The idea is to get people to sing in front of their friends and maybe their friends encourage them to take singing lessons. And she chuckles. Oh, that's good. I myself am not much of a singer, but I have a deep and abiding need now to see if I can convince any of my friends to try. So hopefully I will see you again. Yes, hopefully so.
01:05:49
Speaker
I'm not very good at this, but I have rolled a 17 insight check on this woman as Kaz is talking to her. um I am curious as to whether she is being in any way deceptive in her answers to Kaz.
01:06:09
Speaker
Okay. You picked up the the reason for the name of her shop. She was being ah truthful. But when she said that she doesn't have much interest or exposure to the Lannis, that wasn't entirely truthful.
01:06:25
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, I got to remember that you can roll the dice on me occasionally when you're talking to people because I absolutely, between Charisma and Fae touched, I actually might have made something happen there. I think that's all I want from her or need from her right now. Okay. If she's being cagey and I and i didn't take the opportunity to roll, so. Okay.
01:06:43
Speaker
Did she give us a name? Malayn Laina. Malay. M apostrophe L-A. there's She mentioned the second person. Because ah that was the... Oh, the hard place proprietor. No, the person who set up the booth. The booth idea.
01:07:00
Speaker
That was Trotska. It's hard, the hard place lady. Oh, all right. Sick. Now I have a guitar too. Definitely not stealing any bows today. All right. Okay.
Conclusion and Future Show Details
01:07:11
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Let's pick up on what you all do at the festival next time.
01:07:15
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01:07:29
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01:07:45
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