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Ep. 33 The Bard, the Knight, the Princess and the Gnome – De Profundis
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Transcript
Introduction and Initial Chaos
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Speaker
Push a book on him and maybe he needs a book. I don't think this is a book. Maybe he's like a fish. He spent too much time out the book and now he's dying. Die, you deal with magic. What's going on? I don't know, that sounds like the best idea. Push the book on him, push the book on him! Where's the book chart going?
Meet the Dungeon Master and Cast
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Speaker
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop where I live play 5E D&D Podcast set in the magical homebrewed world of Aerith. My name is Mark, I am the Dungeon Master and I just had an amazing fish and chips and for us, for our...
00:00:56
Speaker
I just got here and I just ate and I always seem to put in this is still says party rings and Fanta But I didn't I had a fish and chips you're making me crave party rings and Fanta Wow, it's a winning combination if I do say so myself
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Speaker
Also with us, as I'm sure you can hear, for today's episode, we have Ian, who plays the dragonborn barbarian Drago. What up? We've got Darren, who plays the human fighter Rogue Robin. Holy filibuster Batman! Danny, who plays the human cleric Claude. Yay! Gallon, who plays the known sorcerer, folly, fizz, fang, the knight. Greetings! We also have Will, who plays blank blank, enter blank here.
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Speaker
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00:02:03
Speaker
question ask make ask of me very nice words in such a good way I thought excellent last week on the fellowship of the tabletop we were there yeah yeah we did we're reeling reeling from
Investigating the Tavern Fire
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remains of the tavern we found ourselves in. The party then spent a lot of time piecing together all these different elements that had taken place and had come to the conclusion that it was indeed El Fia that
00:02:36
Speaker
had set the fire, taken the bag of holding, and had then scarpered out of the city. We also met, briefly, Robin ran into a worried Kelsan, who was on horseback, leaving the city, moving southwards, southwards, south, in a southern direction, whose shop had burned down, along with the fire at the tavern, and the fire in the south in Moonrock as well. The city seems to be ablaze. The group finally met up at the statue of King Leopold II,
00:03:02
Speaker
and had decided that they were going to use a very, very brief window of time to investigate a couple of questions they have regarding Elthea and what he was up to in the city before leaving and moving south. Dragor was quite vocal with the fact that he was sure that if they followed the path to the Onyx Reaver, Elthea would be on a similar path and they would eventually cross paths. Path, path, path at some point. And the revenge that the group so badly and so desperately want would be theirs.
Kelsan's Cartographic Wonders Incident
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Speaker
And as we find ourselves on the bleak darkness of the middle courtyard of Evershire, we had just turned around and noticed, Tali had mentioned and noticed that Kelsun's Cartographic Wonders was now nothing more than a burning rubble and wreckage. And we find ourselves looking at this shop with questions to answer, what do we want to do? Drago, Claude, Folly, Tali and Robin. Folly, do you want to do your thing again?
00:03:57
Speaker
Well, I mean, I'm a Kelsan shop. Yes. It did quite easily explain. It's burnt to the ground. No, I meant do you want to go through the wreckage again? I can see that it's burnt to the ground. As limited as I am in the magic arts. I can see that this is burnt down. Do you want to go and see if there's anything there? Very well, very well. Polly's going to, again, not going to venture too far into this building and just kind of...
00:04:27
Speaker
areas that he knows, areas that he saw before, and just see if he can find anything. A, the volume that might have been left behind, and B, just see if there's any kind of cause and effect to a way of starting it. Do you want to roll for investigation?
00:04:47
Speaker
22, 22. So as you were looking around you know after being in this shop that most of the things that are worth value were paper and as such are all burned to ash and therefore there's nothing really of value in this very very very long shop you remember. Looking further down it you do notice that it's partially collapsed so right at the very far end where Kelsite had delivered to you the map of the realm
00:05:12
Speaker
that whole area is kind of out of touch. You would also be able to pass back to the party information that there's no bodies that you can see in there so you can assume that Kelsan it wasn't there possibly from that as you can't find any bodies.
00:05:27
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So we'll venture in a little bit, come back out and just again relate to the parts of this round. Well, there's no bodies in there, so I'm assuming Kao San got out safely. But nothing of value. The course is a little bit more mysterious. I do still believe it may have been intended, but the actual cause and effect of it, I'm not too sure.
Strategizing the Investigation
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Speaker
I don't know. All fear is as much a mystery to me as he is to you. We have two leads to go off, which are Copper Kittle and the Magic Shot, which name has escaped me. Mainly, for expediency, we could split up and hit both shots at the same time. I would like to take Copper Kittle before I have the lens. I will join you with that, okay. If you want to take, yeah, what about Tarly? Tarly, which way do you want to go?
00:06:23
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Claude, where are you going? I would like to hide. No, Claude, you're coming with me. Oh, I'm going with Drabin. All right, then I'll go with Drabin. His name's Drago. I know, I say it for fun now. All right, I thought so. I'll go with you guys then. Fair enough. Shall we say we'll meet back at this statue, which is unharmed. When we're finished. Had this weird sensation of missing my statue. I don't know what happened. Did you? What?
00:06:52
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So onwards, we'll meet you here. Agreed. So we're going to split up, party split, and we'll quickly tackle both of those. We'll start off with the Grand & Centre, which I believe is the name of the shop, which had the moving Rubik's Cube-esque building with a member of the group in there. Are you guys going... We'll go over there first. You pass your way through a number of the alleyways, which you've already tracked yourself. You seem to manage to make your way through this quite easily now, the third time you've gone through this part of the city.
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I'm entirely following behind you, make your way through some of the alleyways, which used to have people in it, if you remember, past members of the Coleracs, members of the two factions. The streets are no empty. It's probably two or three o'clock in the morning, rain's still coming down. As you approach the shop, you do see from within it a light still coming out from the shop, and just to reiterate, the shop is like a massive...
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mechanical Rubik's Cube of building, of sections which move around. The building stands stationary for now, set back on its own from the other buildings around it and looks very much like it's standing out in every single way possibly from it, but the entrance is open and there is a light on inside. The entrance is open? Yes. Okay, and as I drag, are we just standing near the entrance of the door?
00:08:07
Speaker
Oh yes, come on in please. I am always open 24 hours a day. You hear a voice. Is this the same shop that I was told about? Yes. Right, cool. It's very convenient that they don't close.
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24 hours, all purpose, all need shop. Well, we have some purposes and needs. Indeed we do. After you. Okay. You two are weird. Just totally following behind. Oh, how after you? Thank you. I was about to say, I should go before. Anyway, she walks in. As you walk in, you do see the same man stood behind the counter. He again gives you a rather shocked look to see you yet again. And as he seems to try and make out who you are again, that makes sense.
00:08:52
Speaker
Do you want to go, I'm not the one who's looking for me. We have come with some questions. Okay.
00:09:00
Speaker
Is it about the dragon I saw? No. Oh right, okay. We travelled with a friend who was an elf. Yes. Do you remember him? He was the tall chap, yes I do remember him. Have you seen him since we left you as a group earlier? No. No, I saw him with you and then... Did you see him before seeing us? No, I saw the dragon before you, the dragon bored and then...
00:09:23
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No, I don't think I've seen him before then. Though he didn't look very stand-actish. So I don't know who I might have, but... Have you had any interactions with any elves in the last 24 hours? Where were you three hours ago? I was in bed. I woke up because I heard that the shops were on fire and I wanted to make sure that no one was going to light my glorious shop on fire. So I woke up and I'm manning it for one night only to make sure that no one lights it on fire. And can anyone witness this?
00:09:53
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Yes. You, you're witnessing me being here. We're doing the crime thing, aren't we? Oh right, that was a very silly question though. Where were you whereabouts at this time? Oh, over there. Danny and Claude shared everything. I was trying to do a... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you had any interaction with anyone with purple eyes in the last 24 hours?
00:10:19
Speaker
No. I just don't think there's anything to be learned here. I know. I think we've found out everything we've got. Basically, our... Well, we don't have to reveal everything. Fair enough. Thank you for your time. Charlie, is there anything we've forgotten to ask? Er... No. I didn't think we'd know much anything anyway. Elphree used to hide a lot. I don't think he'd let anything out to... you. Not a fence. No, not a taken.
00:10:48
Speaker
Well, I hope nothing bad becomes of your shop. Thank you very much. Let me bless this shop so that it may stay unburned. Oh, thank you. Hard guidance on him. Oh, thank you very much. I feel lighter. It's very difficult to burn a metal shop, though, so good luck. I'll still be careful. These are hard times, as it seems.
00:11:20
Speaker
3 36 p.m. a.m. roughly roughly roughly three three thirty six yes I've made a contraption which happens to tell me precise times I'm working on it it's one of my newest inventions actually but I like the sound of that well maybe you can buy it I have 80 silver oh yeah the bag of holidays gone enjoy yourself take care Oh
00:11:44
Speaker
Thank you very much. Thanks for your time. Goodbye. You're welcome back to Grand Incentor anytime. Do you remember what I said as I'm at the door about any dragonborns?
00:11:53
Speaker
Will do. A drago. Will do. And then he goes back into the shop. Anything else you guys want to do whilst you're just outside the shop? No, I think book it straight to
Robin and Folly's Break-In
00:12:02
Speaker
the... Back to the bathroom. There's no information there. Okie dokie. So we hop over with the others to Folly and Robin, where you're heading over to the Hammer and Breast plate to find Dee Copper Kettle. As you approach, which is actually much closer than where the shop was, as you just walk across to the south area of the square,
00:12:21
Speaker
to the front of the moon rock quarter, there is the shop and you see the entrance that you would have gone in. The doors are locked, no one seems to be up and there's no light in the window. What would you like to do? I'm going to walk straight over to the door and knock on it and say, copper kettle, in the word with you. There's no response. What do you think, Folly? What are you waiting for? Bring it down.
00:12:43
Speaker
Well, I don't need to break it down when I can suddenly pick the lock and I'll bring out my face or... Okay, slides go to put it on. Slides of hand, then? Yeah, give me a roll, please. 24.
00:12:57
Speaker
You're the 9 out of 24. Nice fair team, slight hand. Animal. Rogies. Rogies, Rogies. View animal, yep. Things very simple like you can now just click open and the door swings open and the shop is as you remember it with piles and piles of bits of trinkets and things and do lads around of bits of metal worn out oars, hammers, tools, things like that around the edges of the shop. You also notice the
00:13:21
Speaker
area off to the right where, if you remember at the beginning when you first came to Evershire, you were all kind of located and Althea went through the door. You guys were all right there back with the cart and you shouted through the window. As you look around, it's empty. No one seems to be there from your current position.
00:13:38
Speaker
This has all the makings of a rather disappointing and fruitful trip. Why don't you go check through there? I'll see if there's any of the doors or stairs that might be hidden on this side. Okay, I'll go into the main armory and start checking for anything. As I do that though, I'm also going to investigate for any silver arrowheads or arrows as well. Okay, give me a roll for investigation please.
00:14:01
Speaker
Folly, do you want to do the same if you're looking for any, in the average norm? Basically, I'm looking for anything that might have value or information that's worth, so any kind of drinking for one, I feel I might be able to. Okay. Robin, what did you get? So, Tracy's about to get all our heads. I've got a 21. 21, okay. Lovely. And Folly? I've got a natural one. Oh, no. You've been doing so well, though. I think the best eight rolls have been above 20, so it's about time. It is about time.
00:14:27
Speaker
Robin, as you make your way through the army, you do notice a collection of seven silvered arrowheads that you see on the corner. There's some iron ones there as well. You do notice there are some silver ones, which seem to have a layer of dust, which makes them blend in. But you're very keen. You're very keen eye. You can locate those and swipe them if you want to. I take out of my own stash, seeing as the 600 gold in the bag of holding is missing. I take out of my own stash.
00:14:56
Speaker
Silver arrowheads, I'll take out 20 gold pieces and I will pop that on the table and I will just gather up all those arrowheads. Okay. And you also notice within, as you're walking through the armour and walking through, following unfortunately you don't really see much. I probably stumble in the darkness. You're really certain actually, you're really certain that there is a secret hallway somewhere that you just for the life of you cannot find it.
00:15:20
Speaker
And I like using natural ones to plant incorrect seeds. It's quite fun. You, Robin, whilst on your search through, go to the kind of latch, the hatchway, where you saw the copper kettle when you first visited and you see, nailed onto the side, a small note.
00:15:37
Speaker
As the winds whip up round Evishon, the rain starts to pummel down. Upon reading this note, you read very clearly what it says on it. It's not hidden in any kind of anything in particular. It just says, D, left this place, you should too, K. And that's a note that seems to have been nailed onto the outside of the house, of the hammer embrace.
00:16:10
Speaker
that belongs to Kelton. Could you give me a investigation? 21. Yes. You notice particular curvature, the way it's written. You know the map to an extent, and you've seen some of the scrolls in his own shop match that. It's a very specific type of cartographic writing, and they both share that, though this one seems much more rushed, blotchy, and much quicker. You do see similarities between the two.
00:16:41
Speaker
You found anything, Foley? No, no, nothing, nothing. It's all a bit odd in all fairness. I swear I'm missing something, but I just can't quite put my finger on it. I don't think there's anything here. Fair enough.
00:16:57
Speaker
We should find the others. Despite paying for it, I have technically broken an entry and stolen some arrowheads, which probably won't go down well, so we should probably leave. Agreed. If we've broken and entered, then why are you paying at all?
00:17:15
Speaker
Just as I'm having this conversation with him, Follies is mumbling to himself in Mage Hand, and just slowly going through the open door into the other room, just grabbing as many gold pieces as what he actually can and just slowly Mage Hand. I'm going to fall onto the floor. We're not about to stoop to levels of others, Follie. It's called taking an advantage, Robin. Considering what we've just lost, I think we need to take every advantage we can.
00:17:40
Speaker
I belong to a deep moral code, which is we only steal from those who deserve it. I don't believe Copper Kessel deserves it. He's gone, and I have no code. Leave the gold for. I'm going to walk out the door, and if you take the gold with you... I guess I can't stop.
00:17:58
Speaker
Okay, then he's just gonna casually, jolly, walk into next room and just grab the door, chuck it in the back and fire up the door, loot the rest of the room. So tempted just to leave a note saying, took your hour ahead, love Elfie. That will be very good. Lovely, so we leave Copper Kettle's shop. I locked the door behind me. I've got some morals, I'm gonna say my friends steal, but I won't lock them after us, Alf.
00:18:27
Speaker
And you notice across the whole, the whole way, across the square in the centre, you do see the other three figures of your party standing there, not looking particularly pleased or like in any kind of rush, just kind of quietly murmuring and talking to themselves, waiting for your arrival as you walk over. Any information? Nothing. You? Nothing on our end. He was very much the ghost we all thought he would be. Does anyone? No, you can't. Does anyone have anything?
00:18:57
Speaker
about Elphir. Did he say anything to anyone over the last few days? I'm afraid nothing to me. No, I've got nothing, apart from his usual... usual elven self. Coming out with sayings and expressions that make him sound clever, apart from that. I think our best bet is to stick with our original plan. Carry on, try and find the blight and see if he crops up along the way. Agreed, we have our next heading anyway, if everyone's ready.
00:19:28
Speaker
town for one day perhaps we should just hit
Journey to Blackmouth
00:19:32
Speaker
the road I would like it if the next time we went into a city or town in my kingdom we didn't set things on fire no promises but I agree as far as you've done that in two places now yes no more here doing drag I will encourage you when we get to drag if we ever go there I hope not just burn it to the ground
00:19:55
Speaker
Talk with me when we get there. I'll see what I can do. Um, that would be lovely. Shall we? Make haste. Who has the map? Where are we going? As opposed to wandering aimlessly. Just quickly. Well, I know there's a way to black-mouth. Yeah, well, we're going there. I've got the map.
00:20:13
Speaker
make our way to Blackmouth. We should find somewhere where safe to rest. We need to make sure we do that. Agreed. I'd like to leave places where there are people now. Claude, can you lead the way? Yeah. Which way is west? Brilliant. It's raining and I can't see. Holly, do you want to lead the way? I assume you know where Blackmouth is.
00:20:38
Speaker
I've never been there, but I've never been there. I just need to know which way you west. How about I get us to the west gate and then you lead us from there? I didn't even know there was a west gate. I've only gone north and south through this city before. Is there anything else you want to do through this statue while we're here?
00:20:53
Speaker
No, why has someone been defacing it again? No, I just know you and how much you love it. Does it look like it's unpolished or there's any blemishes in it? It hasn't, since you last bit, literally by hand cleaned it. No, there hasn't been any additional. Suspicious, one other question was asked. I'm going to do an investigation to see if I know if my spell has been interrupted. Okay, what do you need for this? I don't know. I'll come. Oh, you tell me. I'll come. The spell says investigations and I know it's there.
00:21:19
Speaker
Yeah. But if I'm the one that sets it, I die, so you're cool. You can tell because you know exactly where the glyph would have been. You look at it and there is no glyph anymore. Oh. You okay? Yeah. Good. And I'm gonna look around at everyone. Shall we? One moment please. Right. And I'm gonna touch the statue again and do the same thing.
00:21:44
Speaker
And then I'm just going to be very confused. OK, Robin, Westgate, let's go. I suggest we move through the city stealthily. We can put pace down. It's not my strong suit. I've never been lying. I've been truly wearing my strong suit. It makes a lot of noise. Very good. Let's go as quickly as we can then. Agreed. OK, so me clank, clank, clank, clank, clank. So you make your way quickly across Evershire to the Westgate. And as you pull yourself out of the Westgate, there is
00:22:13
Speaker
a guard on the door which Claude you would nod to and he'd nod to you as you leave. You quickly bank yourself round into the south as you head down the southern road. Just as we were passing that post, I would say to the guardsmen, what was the name of the person who runs the ground and centre?
00:22:33
Speaker
I'm not saying that, I'm saying that to Mark, sorry. I know, and that was Mark struggling to remember. You never got his name. Okay, I'll send someone to the ground and centre. They will be able to give a description of the appearance of the fugitive we seek. Oh, okay. Your comrade Delos knows of this information. Oh yeah, Delos, yeah, okay. I'll, um, yeah, I'll, yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And I'll walk off.
00:23:02
Speaker
We never knew his name because his name is Godfrey Hornsby and I feel like that would have been an amazing name. Okay so we head out of the city in the dead of night with the rain coming down, we're making speed here, we're kind of moving with haste, is that right? Yeah but I would say at this point Nira would be falling and she would come down and I would whisper something to her in hellish which is BRIs.
00:23:26
Speaker
Keep watch over us, and I would send her off to fly ahead of us while she's still in range to be in telepathic link with me. You've got your butt to act as a scout effectively, just to keep the way clear. Yeah, Claude, where are we going? Well, as long as this is West, we're going West. And then there's... No, um, actually Claude and Toni pipes up. I remember looking at them out. Don't we have to go south?
00:23:54
Speaker
I was going to go west and then south. Just have a look at this mini map I've... Remember to go east and south. Just south. I think it's just a long road south.
00:24:07
Speaker
South and then West, not West and then South. It's just because I remember the map from when we looked at it in the shop. By the way, I would have taken us through the mountains a bit. Totally. If you remember the map, I don't suppose you could take point. OK. Oh, responsibility. Fantastic. Either thrive or fail. One of the two.
00:24:29
Speaker
Well, we've been thinking that you had something to do with the suspicions about our travelling party. Oh, well, you know, it doesn't matter. What's in the past is in the past. Let's just get out of here. I don't think they particularly like us at the moment, so let's just move on. We'll deal with that later. As the party's moving on.
00:24:50
Speaker
And Tally's taking point and Claude saying, oh, sorry for thinking. Blah, blah, blah. I just want to hang back with Robin a little bit. Just going to give his eyes and just a little nod, as if to say, just stay back a bit. How are you doing? As we're walking, is the idea. Yeah.
00:25:18
Speaker
I've got more, more pressing things going on in my head. This is more just a check-in with you. I fell for this once before, John. I almost thought you fell for healthier there for a moment. The way he said it, I fell for this, I was like, oh god. He knew that and he played me. He sowed suspicions that it was you, that it was someone else. All the while, it was him.
00:25:45
Speaker
And the book told me this before Shader died. He could have turned on us before Shader. I think that's up for discussion. And we'll talk about it more in depth. But I need you to have a clear head. Just for what's upcoming. You're gonna be okay. I'll do my best. We're here if you need us.
00:26:15
Speaker
But right now, yeah, we need the clear-headed sensible Robin to help lead us through this and try not to let Elthea win in your mind. Robin would start to walk ahead and then he would stop and he goes, he was wrong about you, you know. Your, um,
00:26:42
Speaker
You've changed and you're a good man, Draghi. I'm not sure if I can ever be called a good man. But I've been called many things and people think different things about me. Good and bad. I'd say both are right and I act accordingly. What's with the bird, by the way? Oh, yes, that. And the mist of all this either
00:27:10
Speaker
I've been doing some reading, Talia let me look at her book and um... Only once! She, you hear her sound from the front and uh... This is part of a louder conversation now. Something's... Something's working. That wasn't working before. It's limited right now, but um... I can cast some spells. That's...
00:27:34
Speaker
How do you get a bird for this? I started doing this thinking I would need it to track down the bell cracks to think like the way that he falls. Well, now I'm using it to hunt someone else. And I... We should go out with the rain. We'll need to get some rest. Has it got a name? What? The person I'm hunting or the bird? Your bird. I assume you're hunting out there, I think.
00:28:03
Speaker
Nura. My mother used to be able to cast a similar spell and she called her bird Nura so I don't know if it's the same one but it brings me comfort and that belief is powerful I agree we should unhelp for a dry bit of land maybe under a tree I'll see if I can find assistance with this and I'll just close my eyes for a second What are you doing?
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00:28:58
Speaker
Um, Claude, Folly. Maybe get the book. Push the book on him and maybe he needs a book. I don't think this is a book. Maybe he's like a fish. He spent too much time out the book and now he's dying. Ty, you do all the magic. What's going on? I don't know. That sounds like the best idea. Push the book on him. Push the book on him. Where did the book draw the book? Look at all this book. Claude's scaring me. Just give him the book. I can't feel a thing. So they're pushing the book on me, right? I'm not pushing no book on him. Get out of there. Grab Robin around the ankle and I'm going to drag him towards draw the book. Book.
00:29:27
Speaker
Quick! You're very strong, but I just think he's communicating with some sort.
00:29:53
Speaker
We don't need a book him.
00:30:02
Speaker
It's not that hard, it's just kind of like trying to make contact. You've got a book in your face, so Robin you quickly, you all stood up having a very nice conversation with Drago. You quickly walk out to look around. You look off into the distance and you do see a collection of trees on this path on the road. It's a very long straight road. You know it also comes to a meeting point.
00:30:26
Speaker
a fork in the road, which you want to take the right fork for, you know that to continue south, and then flying even higher and further off, you can see that the road does fork yet again further down, but you're talking probably a day and a half's worth of travel away. But you can see a place where you would be able to hide. There's a small alcove of the forest as you pass in probably about two or three hours' time, which you could stop by for a rest. Just so you're aware for future housekeeping, whenever I try to do any site checks through the Hawke, I get advantage, but it does not have dark vision, so...
00:30:55
Speaker
that would cancel each other out while doing it in dark. I'd say you've gone off time and don't do that a few times before so you're more proficient in that, I'd say so. There's nothing to procure your vision or stop your vision really. As you come back round you suddenly see blackness, you see nothing and you feel something pressing down on your face, you feel something squeezing at your ankle
00:31:20
Speaker
Am I back in a book? It worked! Robert? Can the book be removed from my face? It worked! The book moves are when you see a very happy Alayd's entirely and a very happy Claude standing over you with a confused rock. I told you I needed a book, Vibbo. I probably should explain. I have a telepathic connection. With a book? Maybe, I don't know. But definitely with Neera, who is the hawk that you've seen. Did she come out the book?
00:31:47
Speaker
Came out of, oh hold on, and I'll snap my fingers, send Nira into the pocket plane, and then snack as she's in range, and then snap my fingers back and she appeared on my shoulder. Oh, she's a tiny sense. So in the future, when we're having a conversation and all of a sudden you just stop, you're in your bed. You've been waiting to say that, haven't you? You sort of made your head, you thought, I can say this. That was just,
00:32:20
Speaker
I didn't expect that. No, nothing first. So in future, when we're having a conversation and you just snap, you and your animal. It's worse, I think. That's worse. That's worse. So it's a bit rude though. You should have wanted people. Where are your manners? If I'm aware the context is key. Sorry. I'm new to this. I'm just getting used to how things work. Either way, there are some trees to the south that look well covered. We can probably make them within...
00:32:47
Speaker
A matter of minutes, 20 minutes. We could probably make them in a couple of hours, we could finally refuse them. Do you need any more time in your book to regain your life force? I think I'm okay, Paul. I don't think it actually has a life force in the book. Take the book, and Tyler's gonna hang. I don't believe that we have... I'm sorry, I thought the book that I went into, Drago has. Yeah, she's taken it from her side and has had it back to you now.
00:33:11
Speaker
Do you want this back? No, Robin. I have little to... nothing to do with that book. I thought it was important because you came out of it, but really, it's yours. You can have it. It's his house. It's not his house. Well, I'm not keen to open it again, just in case it has become my house. And, uh... Folly... Yeah? I was afraid that in lieu of losing the bag of holding, you're now responsible for our inventory, so...
00:33:37
Speaker
Wally reaches his hand out and takes his books, browsing heavier than what he thought. Investing into a little just chucks in the rucksack. Also, one more thing. You can talk to people without talking to people. It's limited. You have to be within a certain range. I have to know where you are. And yes, I can talk over distance. You say I've changed. You've changed a bit yourself.
00:34:04
Speaker
I think it's fair to say, Aerith is getting the better of all of you. Is that a nice phrase? I don't think so. Either way, we're getting quite wet here. I think the trees to the south are our best bet for the evening. I think so too. Lead the way. And for expediency, we will go through the motions of the next day and a half, which will involve, that's how long it will take you to get to our next kind of major thing that's going to happen. Can I just just write something I would have done on like a watch? Yeah, let me get the bit going and then we can. So we stop by on the trees.
00:34:34
Speaker
is this quiet, restful time where nothing of note really happens. This road has been worn well before and you do see on a corner, further down, where the road splits a sign for somewhere called Highhaven, which is to the east. But you're not taking that route, you're heading south to the sign that is noted for Goldview.
00:35:00
Speaker
You find some trees and you stop by for the night and musings and conversations can take place but mainly this is a time for rest before the sun rises and your journey continues to the south.
00:35:09
Speaker
Robin you mentioned you wanted to do during one of the rest I would have taken out some of my regular arrows snap the head off Get the silver arrowhead and cast mending on it and just make myself away the new silver So how many silver arrowheads you stole and then left money for what I'm gonna stall because the money was taken I took them all so how many was there? I can't remember. What did I say seven? I think you didn't specify. Let's say seven. I'm just very sad seven seven. So you now have seven
00:35:35
Speaker
silvered arrows. After a fitful night's sleep for all involved, you awake in the morning and pack up camp and head further south. The road is long and winding and you have to the left the Shadowview Forest.
00:35:57
Speaker
The conversation ebbs and flows between the events of what has happened, what will happen as you get lower and lower, more south and more south. You do notice as a whole the temperature rises slightly, it's either a warm day or the walk south is increasing in the temperature. You pass by a series of hills and mountains and valleys just to your right and a path becomes narrow and these rolling grass covered hills become slightly more muddy, slightly more
00:36:23
Speaker
murky and tufty, more uzrin and more basingman swamp than you've seen in other areas near Evershine. The path curves round through the Shadowview Forest. The path has become better worn since you've passed Highhaven, which seems to note to you that the connection between Highhaven and Goldview is quite well used. The path continues when you see a river passing underneath you as you pass over a small bridge
00:36:55
Speaker
And finally you come to a T junction almost in the road where you see a very clear sign. It's left for gold view and then you see where should have been a sign right is where the posters coming out the ground snapped off so you don't know what is actually to the right but after looking at the
00:37:12
Speaker
map, you know that would be the way to Blackmouth. That's the way for Blackmouth. As you take that right turn and start walking along the path, you can see off in the distance, it's probably another day's walk or so, you see the mountains of, the Skelroyd Mountains in the distance, which the sleep guardian members of the party, the only thing members of the party would know that that's what they're called, the Skelroyd Mountains. And that within there, at the gate of that almost, is where Blackmouth is
00:37:41
Speaker
About 10 minutes down this path you notice just off to the right and these are kind of rolling tufts and mounds of hills that seem to adorn this path as you as you make your way down. You see in the distance a small plume of black smoke rising and two figures sat either side of the road. What would you like to do? Just walk on by me in no room and carry on with the journey.
00:38:06
Speaker
I'm joking, I'm joking, that's because I know. One has, they both have cloaks, they're both wearing cloaks, they're sat around a small fire, one is sat very much, very, very upright, looking off into the distance, the other is turned directly to the upright figure, kind of leaning over and gesticulating quite a lot.
00:38:26
Speaker
What's your bird's in? I can find out. And I will... Don't throw a book in my face this time. And I'll drop my eyes and go into Nira. I'll imagine she's somewhere around and she'll just take off and land on a branch overlooking their campfire. Claude will lean over to Folly and say, I really want to shove a book in his face now.
00:38:50
Speaker
If he doesn't come back then maybe we should. Great. What you see over there is the figure of a woman and a man sat next to a fire. One, the man, is trying to get the woman's attention by
00:39:05
Speaker
repeating phrases or trying to rhyme or trying, he has a book out as well with a quill, writing down notes and thinking and saying his thoughts out loud. The woman is silent, stoic, no expression on her face, she's just staring out down the road as this figure continues to kind of say words and phrases, nothing that seems to make, speaking in common, but none of it really seems to make sense to you because it just seems something in speaking his thoughts out loud.
00:39:34
Speaker
I snap back to the group and I go, as a man and a woman, the man seems quite annoying. Okay, well, I think our path takes us by these folk. Let's keep past situations to ourselves. In particular, anything about the onyx fever. We don't know much.
Encounter with Cloaked Figures
00:39:58
Speaker
The man was speaking in riddles, speaking in riddles. I don't know what that means, but we should be careful.
00:40:03
Speaker
Were they wearing any colors?
00:40:05
Speaker
pop back in. Do I notice anything military about them, any colours, anything uniform? You notice that under the cloak that the woman is wearing, she has an incredibly expensive looking armour on, which you only catch flashes of underneath her cloak. The man has a crossbow, but apart from that is dressed in interesting plumage, but that of, unlike my clothes perhaps,
00:40:35
Speaker
but not dressed for military, at all. You say man, do they both look human? Both look human, yes. OK. Claude, I'm sorry, you and your bird. I drop back and I go, the woman is well armed. Tali now has the book in her hand, kind of heart-wielding. She quickly puts down when you snap back in. The woman is well armed, and the man appears to be eccentric. Well, it's good to say hello.
00:41:04
Speaker
I think maybe you go and say hello. We'll follow you. You're part of these lands. Or we could just walk past them. I have seen our fear. That's a good point. But I don't want us to be obvious about our intentions. And I look pointedly at Claude. I...
00:41:26
Speaker
might die soon, so I'm gonna be sneaky. Sneaky's good. Don't pass alone the truth on yourself or whatever it is you called it. That'd be bad. Yeah, and you won't die soon. Have faith in us. Remember the conversation we had earlier? Yeah. Have faith in us. I do. Then... Then sound like you believe it, because you sound like you're done.
00:41:49
Speaker
This is a weird thing, thinking your second death is on its way. Claude, the moment you met me, you almost had a second death on your way. Yeah, having too many of those at the moment. I feel like you've learned to adapt with it, maybe this is just who you are. Every dime's my thing. Maybe dying's your thing, but let's try and extend your life for now. Yeah, good idea. Okay. Right, we going then? Yes. I want to say hello to the people. And we'll be behind you. And we'll be subtle, won't we Claude?
00:42:19
Speaker
yeah good as Tyler can you walk with him I think if there's a man and a woman ahead a man and a woman approaching like for like matches I don't know maybe it sells the scene and plus you can keep tabs on him yeah I'll just kick him in his armor if he starts you know being Claude would be around
00:42:44
Speaker
And as you start to approach and walk up, you start to hear the same kind of Brinhalls and Rhymes being spoken by the man and the woman still sat very upright, facing away from you or with her back to you. My arm is probably making a big clank. And upon hearing that, the two figures would probably turn around and see
00:43:03
Speaker
This very strange combination of a short ginger girl with a green cloak on and a book by her side and a very old man with the long beards stood there. Ollie actually describes herself in a minute. Sorry, Ollie.
Introducing Karstan and the Princess
00:43:19
Speaker
And what do we see, Will and Casey? We'll go first, or? You can go. OK, so you see, sat there, you see a man. He has a red hair and a red goatee.
00:43:32
Speaker
He's wearing knee-high brown boots with some black leggings. He's got a blue shirt on that looks quite fancy in its materials. And over that is some studded leather gambeson, which has actually been dyed red. So it's not a very supple colour, it's just nice garish. And over his shoulder is drape to this cloak, sort of drape over one shoulder in sort of a court style. In his hand he has a book and a very large quill pen.
00:44:01
Speaker
On his lap, there's also a hat with another large feather in it. And by his side is a satchel, which couldn't be seen initially. And out of it, there's something. It's got pegs at the end, and it's got a long neck with a large body. And then there's another bag with a pipe sticking out of it. And he's looking quite young. He looks almost in his early twenties. And yes, he stopped talking. Quill poised.
00:44:31
Speaker
And then all that. And then sat on a bench or so I'd imagine. You see sat a blonde haired lady, hair tied back. She looks very regal. She's got a helmet on but you can still see the blonde wispy bits underneath her helmet. She's got long navy blue robes on underneath
00:44:51
Speaker
you can see all of her armour really polished, clean and you can also see on her robes over the top of her robe she's got like a gold embroidered sort of emblem on as well and she's got a flail in one hand and a shield in the other that again is very polished and yeah clean and she looks very probably not approachable but she does she's prepared she's sort of she's on edge
00:45:16
Speaker
Can we see from that distance the coat of arms? Yes, I'm imagining you're only about 30 feet away at this point, so you probably would have noticed that sigil. Yes, absolutely. You wouldn't have noticed the embroidered emblem on the sigil here. I know that it represents what it does. Hi there! Hello, traveler.
00:45:39
Speaker
I'll stand up straight away. Hello travellers, come and join the fire. No, excuse me, we don't know who these people are. Oh, sorry. Look, stand back, who are you? Yeah, what she said, stand back, you bag of bums. Claude's ears have perked up and his confused expression has fallen across his face. Can I get a little bit closer and investigate the clothing? You can try, I mean she's told you to back off, but you can move forward if you want to.
00:46:09
Speaker
Sorry. He did say back away, Claudia. You don't come any closer. My hands out, so I'm not going to go for a weapon. What's your name? What do you want? Your voice is strangely familiar. What do you mean? Yeah, what signal do I see? You see a signal of royalty, of a sneak guard royalty. So I'll drop to my knees straight away. Your highness, I thought you were gone.
00:46:39
Speaker
What? Says Tali, looking very confused. Allow me to present my friend Tali of the Sword Coast. Hello. And my other friends, and I'll shout really now, I'll cast all material myself and turn around. Drago of the Sword Coast. Robin of the Sword Coast. And Folly Fizzle by the Night. We are your loyal subjects.
00:47:09
Speaker
Come out of the trees everyone, it's safe! What the hell is he doing? Loyal subjects, why? Erm... God, why are you on your knees? Erm... This, if you will allow me to present your Highness, is the Princess of Sleepguard.
00:47:28
Speaker
I'm very happy to see you again. Thank you. I could have actually introduced myself if you'd have allowed me to. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, she can introduce herself. Yeah, and I could have introduced her as well. I'm sorry. Royalty. I didn't know Sleekard had royalty. Yes, you did. I mean, that statue was of a king. King Leopold II, my former master. This is his daughter. Living. I didn't know they had living royalty.
00:47:59
Speaker
Well, surprise. I'm here. Surprise, indeed. Drago, it's customary that you lower your stance a little bit when you first meet the Queen. I would appreciate it as a favour for all the times I stopped you dying. Just bow once, please. Tally's done a little kind of a courtesy and power of politeness. Just in time. Your highness, and I'll nod towards Drago, if this is to say, for a suit.
00:48:27
Speaker
A slight, tiny inclination of the head. Nothing more. Such growth! I will obviously bow my head and, yeah, by the permission that you've all been polite. He was here to keep strange company, Princess. Who is your...
00:48:43
Speaker
companion. So at this point my character will step forward, place his hat back on his head, put it down his neck pad and then take his hat off and dramatically bow and say may I present myself castan thinbin valhorn bard extraordinaire
00:49:03
Speaker
At your very humble service, I am so pleased. Dragonborn, two humans, a midget and a little one. I'm sorry, do you think you'd call me a midget? We were told about a dragonborn, an elf and a midget. Oh we were, you were nice. We were. I was going to make a joke about it. Dragonborn walking to a bar says why the long face?
00:49:24
Speaker
No, it doesn't quite work. I'm going to work on that one. Excuse me, Master Bard. Don't mention jokes and bars at the moment. Yes, no. Can I just actually mention that we were told by someone that we met up on our travels. Yes. That we might come across a dragonborn to humans and a midget. Just a person and an old. Please don't call it the midget. Sorry, apologies. Someone called Kelsen a cartographer.
00:49:50
Speaker
He said to tell you that he's sorry and that he's going to try and make it up to you. Yeah, he was going to leave. He's taking a note back to my mum for me. OK, well, there's a lot of information going on here. So you bumped into Kelsan. You know him? Fortunately. We know him from the north, Your Highness. From Ebershire. We've just come from there. Oh. Oh, what's it like?
00:50:16
Speaker
Well, cold, miserable. Everything's on fire. It's all on fire. Because he mentioned something, didn't he? He did mention... About his shop being... I'm surprised we're mentioning it, to be honest. Oh! I mean, I assume the city's still within... There's a terrible lightning storm you see, and it just kind of hits some buildings. It's certainly cold on fire. How horrible. Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Jago. Apparently the...
00:50:41
Speaker
There's gangs in that city that don't like each other that expediate things of all of this. I tell you, that's not a really relevant level. Yeah, they call the rats, they fear the ones with the fire, with the, there was the fire with the, they made. Yeah, everyone, I'm now turning to the horrific, the OG party for calling them that. You're in the presence of someone that I trust more than most in the entire area. We can be honest with her Royal Highness.
00:51:10
Speaker
out there we have mega truck oh i wanted to have insight check to see are they telling us the truth can't give me an insight check yeah it's passed me 21 so if they want to try to see as far as you are aware
00:51:30
Speaker
this is a group of travellers who were not expecting to run into the people they are and seem to be on the street. So when she was saying a yes, it was a call out there about the story they're telling. Oh, right, that, no, you re-run through that, she's lying, there's something else there. Cool. You know she's from, you know they didn't... Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. You caught the look that Draggo had given this, sorry, the Dragonborn had given this woman. Yeah. And assumed that they have something to do with it. Cool. Okay, that's fine. Because you might trust her.
00:52:04
Speaker
One moment. Chargo, I trust the Sleep God family more than anyone I know, including you. Fair enough. That's probably a very smart thing, but let's be cautious still. It's just this one I don't know, and I'm pointing at the bard. And yeah, I agree. My lady, why are you not travelling with an escort of rank? I've got rank. That's bard.
00:52:30
Speaker
My guard seemed... Well, he had other plans. He had to move on. He had to go back. And I'm pretty... So now I'm left with this idiot. I am pretty useful. As a knight of the realm. Have you still yet to prove to me your uses? Well, OK. If you say so, your majesty. As a knight of the realm, would you require the assistance
00:52:56
Speaker
of our travelling cohort. Erm, God, I want it. What are you doing? I'm sorry, but the Royal Highness is in the wilderness with an idiot. Erm, I resemble that, Mark. You resemble that, Mark? No, no, I resent that, Mark. Yeah, that one. It's not very good with words for a part, is he? Shut up. In what... Which direction are you travelling, Princess? Well, I don't know. I thought it was best to, erm...
00:53:25
Speaker
stay here, just keep warm and think about our next move. When was your first move? Well, without my guard. I need to think for myself. We were traveling south, you and she. Well, yes, but again, I'd prefer it if we kept our business to ourselves. Oh yeah, like they're doing. Thank you. Sorry. I think that makes sense. Do you know where Kelsohn was going? He left. Obsidian! Oh, he took our advice and left sleep guard. Yeah, it's when he's taking a letter home to my mum.
00:53:54
Speaker
Yes, I wasn't really listening to him. Are you from Obsidia? Yeah. We don't know that area particularly well, so... Right. Good to know. Well, you do know that I fought with Obsidianus. Is that where you went for the last few years?
00:54:13
Speaker
Yes, that's where I've been. Excuse me, how do you know me? Other than the fact that I'm royalty. You mustn't recognise me, my lady, without my executioner's mask on. One moment and I'll reach into my bags and I'll put on my executioner's mask. Sorry about this, he has a habit of doing it. And I'll pull out my acts of sleep guard. And my character is so cartoonist. He steps on in front of the princess and I'm like, I'll protect your majesty, don't worry!
00:54:40
Speaker
I know him! You can't go with the jaws of his sword as soon as you start moving towards him. Well no, I've stepped in front of the princess because he's put an execution suit on and he's axed out. I know him. You know my father? Yes. I am Sir Coldheart, formerly the royal executioner of your father. Not your father as executioner. I served your father as his personal executioner. I know what you meant. Yeah. And I'm a big, big best friend of your brother, Christian.
00:55:10
Speaker
Really?
Travel Plans with the Princess
00:55:12
Speaker
Yeah. Are we talking about Lucian Blightbane? Are we talking about the same Lucian that we've encountered? I've not encountered Lucian. You've not met him yet. I want to write a book about him. I can tell you lots of stories. Brilliant! Are we talking about Blightbane? Yes. He used to be Lucian Sleekguard, the first in line to the throne. And he's your brother? Yes.
00:55:33
Speaker
Is he with the house done search? He's leading the search, yes. Didn't we not meet him? You have to correct me if I'm wrong. You have not met Lucian. You would know if you met Lucian, he's great. Oh, you mean the Tiefling? Yeah. No, that was Garnier. Oh. We had a conversation about Lucian. He is of the Obsidianis, who, as I understand, your Highness, you also work with. Well, that's what I've just said. That's true. She did, you see that? Yeah, she did. Makes perfect sense to me.
00:56:00
Speaker
Right, well where are you all off to then? Is it south, north? We're going to Goldview. No, we're going to Blackmouth, Your Highness. Oh, I thought we were white. Not to her. Royal Highness, we are not lying. Claude, I think we need to have words in a bit. Right, well then I should tell you that we're going to Blackmouth too. So it seems silly if we do not travel together.
00:56:24
Speaker
Yeah, a road shared is a road safely made. Yeah, okay. To that point, our road is not safely made most of the time. Right, but altogether we would probably best travel. We would protect one another. Your Highness, I would consider it in order to accompany you to Blackmouth. Listen, whenever we get there, we'll go about our business our own way. Just to warn you though, our road is dangerous. Really?
00:56:52
Speaker
The road behind me has not been very safe either, so I'm not afraid of dinch. I will just disreward your... And I'll just fling my flail. Your flail and your armour and my goad. That's some rather fine armour and some fine weaponry. Your Majesty, I trust you know how to use it. Well, precisely. There's conversations going up.
00:57:13
Speaker
The sound of all this adventure and this quest talk, my character Carson, he's looking particularly excited and enthusiastic at this episode. I don't like this one for a start. If this one is passable, are we saying that they're allowed to come with us? Does he have to come? Yes. Aw. Yes. I kind of like him. Aw, thanks. Another one? Don't talk to me. Oh. Then he can walk with you then, can't he? Aw, fuck.
00:57:40
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I have been with him the past few days. He's an idiot, but he's not too bad of company, if I'm honest. Looking at Robin here, pointedly, are we allowing more people to travel with us? So, at this point, Casa sort of popped beside Robin, and just, like, he just had furiously not... I was up to Claude, and I would go...
00:58:02
Speaker
I assume there's no scenario where you're not going to allow them to travel with us. As a Knight of the Realm, I refuse to let Her Royal Highness travel accompanied by someone like that. I will also give you a tip. If you're ever struggling to sleep, just get them to talk. I'm really good at helping people sleep. Yes.
00:58:22
Speaker
We can't do this alone, Jago. No, you can't, Drago. If Claude's going to leave, follow all your thoughts on this. We're both going to Blackmouth. Why won't you let me do my duties at night to protect a member of the royal family? Look, I don't know this land. I'm trying to say this quietly, but it's hard to Jago's voice. So you guys will be able to hear that. And we've been through a lot. How can I just allow people
00:58:51
Speaker
Just to join us. Listen, I can hear every word you're saying. Don't worry about having us part of your company. We'll go on our own. Please, I beg you, Your Highness. And I'll just start to hack up my things. One moment. OK, sound. This seems like a good plan to me. Let me speak to my associate. You just walk on that side, and we'll walk on this side. Well, we'll be on our way. I like coming in like a girl in the group. Good day. Please, everyone, just one moment, and I'm going to turn over, grab Jar, go buy the scruff. Presumably he'll slap me away. Yeah. One second. Get private. Please.
00:59:21
Speaker
Drago, I will say your name correctly please.
00:59:29
Speaker
You can have a second, yes. Right, so presumably we'll just... I will not turn my back on the queen, so I'll be on the princess, so I'll be, like, edging backwards. While that's happening, I would go to Folly. So, Folly, your thoughts on this? Do you have a say on this, too? At this point, Folly is literally... All the talking has been going off. He's putting rooks back down. He's basically been sat on it like a bench himself, just watching this entire thing unfold. It's like, I have absolutely no idea what's going off anymore. Why are you taking strangers with us? Who are these bloody people?
00:59:59
Speaker
I mean, why is Claude so obsessed with him? I just don't understand. Your guess is as good as mine. Let the conversation play out. It's Drago. I'm sure we'll be able to at least hear one sigh of it. So, we'll just quickly rock over to Drago and Elfia. Oh, I'm saying that. I'm saying that to Drago. We'll just quickly pass over to Drago and
01:00:26
Speaker
Claude, Claude would be my name. Are you out to be a child? No, I just wanted to... No, no, I was checking, so... Charco, I have watched this woman grow up from being her child to who she is now. I have protected their family as long as I have been a knight of the realm. I do not wish for her to fall in the woods because she is being accompanied by a baboon. One of those words is correct.
01:00:56
Speaker
You were with us, to Blackmouth, and I would have upheld my duty as a knight. I would say that think of it as a time when you protected that village. If you had one of those villages lost in the woods, you would help them get to safety, yes? Yes. That's all I ask. Claude. Yeah? She's your responsibility. Absolutely. You trust her?
01:01:23
Speaker
As I said, the one group of people I trust more than our team minus Alpha and Fucking is the Sleepguard Royal Family. You can understand why I'm a bit hesitant. I absolutely can. And you understand that we need to trust each other. And I'm saying that I trust the Princess with my life. My second and my third in any more than my come.
01:01:53
Speaker
responsibility. Thank you. Okay. So, what have we decided on then? Jarco? By this time, I think that me and you will have probably just died walking. Yeah, I'm following up. Probably would have caught up if I tried to catch up, yeah. Wait! They're leaving. What? Listen, we don't want to get into a kerfuffle about it. No, no kerfuffle. Okay. I think this is good care of myself. I misspoke. I am. Looks like Claude.
01:02:22
Speaker
Sorry about my brashness. If you would like to accompany us to Blackmouth, it would... You're... You're... I mean, it would be great to accompany you, but it is a company.
01:02:48
Speaker
I believe what the Dragonborn is saying Mattie there. He would welcome us sharing the path and the mutual benefits that come within that. We welcome your company. I think your friend seems to like to speak quite a lot and maybe your ears could do with a rest.
01:03:02
Speaker
Well, thank you. Yes, just... You will do him no harm. Absolutely not, Your Highness. No harm? Folly, you can still do that shut the fuck up thing, can't you? You know, you did on Dragor, where you stopped him moving and... Oh, damn, yeah. Same thing, you talk about that when we have a moment. Just check in, you can still do that, because... He likes stories, so if you got any... Dragor's full of them. Really? No. That's a shame. Are we moving on or are we resting?
01:03:28
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Yes, do you have any food? We're quite small, I know. We've got rations, but yeah, it's not a lot. Why are you in
Folly's Magical Display
01:03:35
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the wilderness without any food or provisions? Well, we have, but I can't... well... I mean, actually, she doesn't carry lots via to share mine. Let's make camp, then. Something's not right. I can find us something to eat, though I will need some assist. Strago, you look like me. I think that's a good idea.
01:03:53
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Okay, so you guys go off to Huntington State in the camp for a few more hours. This is where we're camping. Is it? Is it? Well, the rain's falling and we're not getting hit by it, so it's a good place, I don't think. Well, sure, I mean, we've only been here an hour or so. Yeah, we don't just shut up. Okay.
01:04:11
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Sounds good. So we'll wait here and you guys go find some food. Nice. Polly, can you make a fire? We've already got one. It's right here. Look. Polly, can you make a better fire? I use Control Flames on the bonfire and it's double in size. It's just more of a pointed like, this is what we can do. I know what you're trying to do. Just for the hell of it, just to kind of show as well. I'm going to cast
01:04:39
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Fireball. That's what I'm going to say. Fireball! What is that for a bonfire bitch? They're all on fire. No, not kind of what I meant to do. I'm also going to use my second control flames and just do like a little fire show as well. Just to go on and create an animal dragon out of the fire. Just have it fly around a little bit. Wow. Oh, I've never seen that before. Carson's going to be like sketching. Entertaining.
01:05:04
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So you guys, Drago and Robin, you're off. You just popped off hunting, okay. So can one of you roll Survival with Advantage, please, to see if you can catch anything in the wild? Should we both roll, rather than Advantage? Yeah, roll one each, for sure. I hope you do well. 24. Yeah, we'll take hits. What would you roll? 7. Oh, lordy.
01:05:30
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As you're walking out in the conversation can take place as well but you do manage to finally come across a rather young looking pair of rabbits.
01:05:40
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What do you think, Para would be? I was going to say Casey. Casey! I'd like to say thanks to Jaga as well. Good, you can let me finish this first. Sorry. You can wait! Wait, wait, wait! I feel like I'm back in school. You can wait till I'm finished. You cannot go to the toilet now. Wait till about... You do happen to come across a pair of...
01:06:03
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A pair of wabbits? A pair of wabbits in the wild are quite plump and juicy and ready to be banned. You come across two rabbits which you manage to quickly and easily kill with your iron arrows which you recover both of and you find those two animals, yes.
01:06:31
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That's all I was going to say. I love how I did that when you rolled brilliantly. Yeah, I have a feeling that you were walking and Robin, you might have been looking down whilst we were talking. And I would have. It's like, had eyes up and would have gone there and you would have... Yeah, no way. I'd butcher it. My sword. There's no chance. You're like, I'm going to kill you. Did it in the ground. Was there something you wanted to talk about whilst you two were out? I don't like it either. Draggy, but we do need Claude and Claude was quite insistent we're not going anywhere without them. No, I agree. Claude is...
01:07:01
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It's a bit on edge, I guess. He hasn't seen fit to mention the Onyx Reeler yet, so I don't think it's top of Claude's priority. Yeah, I'm very much hoping we keep that to ourselves. And maybe we keep the Onyx Reeler to ourselves. Just with everything that's gone on, I don't know, to keep our family small. I agree. The bath's going to be an annoyance. We've dealt with annoyance before.
01:07:30
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Claude. Folly. I feel like we've become experts at it somehow. This is true. Do you remember the guy with muscles? What was his name? It was meant to show us around the sword coast. What was his name? I can't even remember but he left. You know the sword coast feels like a long time ago
Reflections and Campfire Bonds
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actually. It does.
01:07:52
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It's strange, I haven't thought about it all that much until I heard about my father and Sayanga. It's kind of brought old memories back to the surface, must be the same with you. My sister is 11 on the Sword Coast with I'm here, and I think about it daily, but... We've got a job to do here. As you say, we do have a job to do. And I guess we're both keeping an eye on the newest members of our
01:08:22
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traveling party as it would seem. And the old ones. We owe it to Tali to get her home. I feel guilty every day that she's somehow been causing this. Maybe have a word with her later. Catch up with her. See how she's doing. We're not the only ones that will be affected by healthiest deception. Anything or everything is best coming from you here in regards to Tali.
01:08:51
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Maybe. I am not the sentimental sort. Maybe that's a good thing, Drago. I should have seen this coming, Ralphie. I blame myself. Try and put that in the past. A time will come where we will answer for his crimes and his sins, but right now, let's just focus on the Onyx Rebo.
01:09:16
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I draw the blade out, Ghostbane. This all seemed to stem from him not liking us claiming another name to this blade, so I'll do this for him. The blade still has his name on it, and I'll put it away. Shall we find some rabbits?
01:09:35
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And you do manage to, as I wrote said before, find two rabbits and manage to bring them back to the camp. And as you start to approach the camp and the rain starts to pick up and batter down heavily upon you as you approach the canopy which is going to be your rescue, you do look over the remaining people in your party. You see the bard, the princess, the knight, the gnome and the young girl sat around conversing and realised for the first time
01:10:02
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This is a strange kind of group and this is people that you feel responsible for.
01:10:10
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And as you start to get into ear shut, you start to hear some of the conversations that Karstan is having, the put down that this princess who has given her name, Helena, is giving in response, and the others all kind of joining in. And as you just approach back and they turn to you to hold up the rabbits, that's what we're going to end this week's episode of the Fellowship of the Tabletop with a large seven-person group finally together. Welcome back, Will. Welcome back, Casey again. It's been a week since we've lasted. Nice to meet you.
01:10:41
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So thank you very much and thank you all very much for listening We appreciate you taking your time out of your everyday week just to listen to our disembodied voices Coming out of the speakers into your minds
01:10:56
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Wow. Anyway, make it weird, make it weird every week. Yeah, but yeah, I make it memorable every week like we all do with our characters. Welcome to the party, Casey. I know you've been in there before, but this is the first time where you've met everyone and this is it. Well, everyone is here, as Mark mentioned. It's good to have you on board. If you wanted to keep in touch with the podcast for a reason, you can do so at Fellowship Table. That's our Twitter handle. Use it, abuse it, share it and like it.
01:11:22
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Marsh Haven Developments
01:12:09
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In other news, it appears that Marsh Haven is on the up as those good eggs over at Mondo Corps have done it again by announcing a 150 new jobs once they open the doors to the Phoenix Plaza. Various boutiques and offices, the plaza boasts a new exhibition space, famous Pete Mummy, and a much-needed cash injection for local secondary school Anna Kingsford College.
01:12:36
Speaker
Look, if you can hear this, then maybe all is not lost. Marsh Haven has no place that you think it is. It has secrets, and there doesn't seem to be a sane adult in a hundred miles of the place who wants to know. Look, just spread the word. The kids are doing the best they can, but the country needs to know. The world needs to know that
Promotions and Podcast Connections
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