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C3 Episode 67 Pilgrimages & Infestation Chapter Thirteen
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Downtime takes a turn for the weird
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Introduction to the Ebron Campaign
00:00:04
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the Abberon campaign setting, Game
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Master, Eric.
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hello welcome to everyone renewed and actual play podcast set in the ibron campaign setting i'm your game master erait I quit. If this is your first episode, we understand. Thanks for trying. Why would this be anyone's first episode? The episodes are clearly marked and labeled.
00:00:41
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You're a crazy person if you're jumping in right now. Go back to episode one, build up to the goofiness. Or at least campaign three episode one. Who are the rest of you?
Meet the Hosts
00:00:51
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I'm Nia.
00:00:52
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I'm Phillip. I'm Madison. I am Jeff. Welcome to another episode. Or for any first time listeners, your first episode.
Downtime Activities Discussion
00:01:03
Speaker
Fill them in, gang. What happened?
00:01:05
Speaker
Oh, well, this is their first episode. This is going to take a while. So in 2017, Eric called me. It's downtime. We're down timing. Nick's not doing a whole lot. She's just hanging out in the chapel.
00:01:18
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Falk is doing like all sorts of investigation. Find your business. Kaz went to talk to the newspaper again. Nope, not the newspaper. no ah Barcha, the Warforged. I'm expanding my network of little birds.
00:01:32
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this is just my My little bird is the biggest Warforged you've ever seen. Gonna launch him out of the pigeon turret. say exactly We're working on the pigeon turret. We haven't gotten to the little birds yet. Yeah, we yeah fair.
00:01:45
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Yes. And a couple of you had your first sessions with the good Vares. Yeah. Editorializing there.
00:01:55
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Hey, you don't you got you don't know her. and You've made no effort to. Anyway. um So.
Selena and Dr. Tashauna Verash's Library Debate
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Hendrick had informed you all that, Tira's day, he was going to be having a little outdoor setup just to enjoy the somewhat nice weather. It's still going to be a little, little chilly, but the beautiful day.
00:02:18
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So the fifth of Therendor comes around and it's morning time Hendricks is outside setting it up as you all are navigating and the manor this morning.
00:02:34
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who actually probably selena when you head to the library to kind of get some stuff done if you join for the the lunch you find tashana dr verash sitting in one of the chairs in the library and she looks up and says oh hello selena and she's holding a periodical in her hands that she's reading how are you doing this morning i'm good how are you Good. I just got new edition in.
00:03:06
Speaker
um this is periodical that tells stories about religious marvels and feats from around the continent. So. Hmm. Interesting. It can be.
00:03:16
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a lot of these things are tied to the planes in some way. So I tried to stay abreast
Room Arrangements and NPC Algeth's Nature
00:03:20
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to it as best I can. That makes sense. Yes. There's a battalion of warforged down in Southern Kaya that were fighting some gold goblins that allegedly can wield the silver flame.
00:03:36
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which is interesting. Yes. Kenneth, according to reports, has tried to make Warforged that were able to tap into divine magic to create Warforged healers, and they were unsuccessful, most presumed because there was something in the Warforged that did not allow them to access divine magic. But this speaks to something unique about the these Warforged or the Silverflame itself in its relation to other forms of divine magic. Warforged can wield the Silverflame, not the gold. Okay.
00:04:06
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Yes. Yes, the Warforged can wield the Silverflame. Are you particularly religious, Selina? And she's not taking notes or anything. She's just like striking up conversation. I feel like talking about religion be very different in a fantasy thing. Like...
00:04:21
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but
00:04:24
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not particularly. Makes sense with as much moving around you had to do growing up. Don't let me keep you. And she goes back to reading her periodical. Have a good day.
00:04:37
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too Would anybody have anything they need to talk to Javier about in his office during the downtime of the, like, of these days? Anything that you all can head to talk about? joe I don't think I do. but well I can't think of anything.
00:04:53
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Why is he about to go missing? that the then You didn't notice he disappeared. You'll never know. If it's handy to you, Nyx will inquire about a room.
00:05:06
Speaker
Okay. Okay. You walk in to Javier's office. Javier looks up and you see him looking at some papers that he kind of tosses onto the desk and says, Hey Dix, what's going on?
00:05:21
Speaker
Is it just grab whatever empty room you want at this point. Yeah, I think that's fine. Alget has expressed concerns about people moving into the second floor for some reason, but anything else should be.
00:05:35
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I can't tell what the problem is. It's bright. Apparently it has east facing windows or something. I can't tell if he's concerned about us being disturbed by being woken up early in the morning due to the sun, or it will be blinded by radiant energy, but I'm sticking to the first floor for now.
00:05:54
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Is there any chance that he's undead? I understand that's not necessarily a reason not to have hired him as a butler, but is there any chance that he's not that he's not alive and that exposure to vast amounts of sunlight might turn him into dust or something?
00:06:10
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That's entirely possible. Yes, it might also be an Algett problem. I have not checked his pulse or done any tests, and I've also told Hendrick not to because Hendrick did express an interest in figuring out what Algett is. Amazing. Sorry.
00:06:24
Speaker
Please leave a magical butler alone. if But he seems to want to help. And so I'm not going to cause him to endure any testing from Hendrick yet.
Javier's Concerns about Kaz and Thelanus
00:06:35
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We don't have to pay him. Don't make him leave.
00:06:38
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Right. So yes, just grab whatever room. Yes, that's perfectly fine. And no one lives on the second floor. Other than the ghosts that you all will know, the ghost is on the third floor. So no. Yeah.
00:06:53
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No one's on the second floor. So if you want privacy and you're willing to risk it, can always take the second floor. Noted. i i want to put a bug in your ear, by the way, Nix. Next time you're up. Why? It is, I understand the last job.
00:07:07
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Better phrased. Right? Just had the last.
00:07:11
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No, thank you. Sorry. I'm not out there. I don't, I'm not impacted the same way. So sometimes I say things. No, i I have one of my contacts that has sent me a report that there's a lead on a burial site in Kyre.
00:07:28
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I don't know if it's related to the bunkers that we've been, or that you've been finding, but the nature of this one seems to be that it was built by the Keridol Blades of Arenal during the time of House of Ols extermination based on the dating that they found. The reason why this has become notable Is that there is a sect of do you know who the
Skullborn Sect and Burial Site Significance
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skull born are next? I can't think why. i don't know. Would they have anything to do with like smuggling the specialized plants and trees and materials and things off of Aaron all day?
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Would they be people you would run a foul with for doing that? paul That seems like the sort of thing. Nix might have encountered. Yeah. I don't know much about them. I'm met a couple.
00:08:17
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Well, there are... Basically, my contacts have said that there's a sect of Skullborn spotted in the rural parts of Kyr seeking this burial site's location.
00:08:28
Speaker
This also would have the same... This would have been built the same time there was, like, a mass exodus... of elves from air and all specifically those that bore the mark of shadow they saw what happened to the other dragon marked elves on the island and so they didn't want to wait around to see if it was going to happen to them so that's when a lot of them came to corvair for the first time so it might be related to that but what would again i'm aware of them but don't know much about them what would the skullborn's interest in a burial site be if this is a laden a generalized irani interest in their own history
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they are very obsessed with the extermination of house full and specific magic surrounding it of lichdom vampirism things like that so if this burial site the worst case scenario in my brain is that it was allies of household That got something out of a run all and buried it here.
00:09:33
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Mast as part of the mast Exodus that the skull born would want and want to use it, awaken it. Who knows?
00:09:44
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Interesting. I don't know if it's a large enough threat yet to go directly after, because honestly, it's not totally under our jurisdiction that we know of.
Team Dynamics and Upcoming Festival
00:09:56
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Uh, jurisdiction. I guess under our mission, like, uh, we can claim jurisdiction. If you tell people you have jurisdiction over something that most often will listen unless they actually have jurisdiction. So, uh,
00:10:12
Speaker
Yeah, it's, it's a good word to throw around but with civilians anyway. So yeah, and just if you all next mission, if you're headed through rural Kair, keep an eye out, maybe do some light investigating on your travels.
00:10:28
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Um, I don't, I don't know.
00:10:33
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He, he thinks for a second, just just you, Nick said, we shut the door for me real and take a seat. All right. Next takes a half step back and closes the door. but does not take a seat.
00:10:46
Speaker
Not at first. Okay. We're kind of nods and says, i I'm still figuring out how you're all's exposure.
00:11:00
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plays with interacting with entities that align with it. Obviously the last job was very much aligned with Zoriat and Valquik in there and nothing.
00:11:16
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intensely bad happened, but obviously Valk's attunement with Zoriat caused some additional things to happen to Valk, such as hearing the bug lady in her head. So when things like this come up dealing with Houseful, which is very tightly tuned to Mabar,
00:11:34
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I'm concerned on two levels of sending Selena into that kind of situation because of how that might impact s Selena with the Mabarn crystal or fighting against it with earring magic.
00:11:45
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But then additionally, Selena's from Arenal and i don't know how What's your take? you I know your background. Generally the teams that you were part of, you were in a leadership capacity somewhat.
00:11:58
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You tend to naturally fall into those type of roles. A lot of times, how would you handle those types of concerns of people's own backgrounds and preferences?
00:12:10
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getting in the way of deciding what jobs to do. Someone says they can handle something and they haven't proven that they can't yet. Unless I have some extenuating reason not to trust them.
00:12:21
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I trust them. Okay. So then I handled herself fine in the Cairnsville job. Courtney notes it was an asset. In fact, she was able to clock where the Mabarin point was. Yes.
00:12:33
Speaker
Okay. We moved her to a respectable distance before we set that thing off. That that was just caution. Do you have the same take on a Thelanus job with Kaz? I don't think the issue seems to be that Kaz has any...
00:12:48
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Well, I suppose we haven't tested it. At the moment, it doesn't strike me that Kaz is going to be mentally physically changed. Falk feels a draw that he cannot completely understand completely understand or control.
00:13:08
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And that's what happened here. I don't think Kaz feels that. I think the danger there is Kaz might meet someone who knows him and he doesn't know, which will make it difficult to manage.
00:13:22
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Yeah. And uncomfortable, I should imagine. But that doesn't mean Kaz is going to, in some way or another, be it detriment to our success in a job related to Thulness.
00:13:38
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Again, likely as not the e opposite, since he seems to have held some position of respect. Yeah, that's true. To teach him that jurisdiction trick.
00:13:52
Speaker
It's here. He's the only member of the team that I could see walking into a tavern and grabbing something and saying, I have jurisdiction and walking out though. It'd work. Might work. No. Okay. Fair. Philip question for you metatextually has, would Nyx have been avoiding Tashauna around the manor?
00:14:09
Speaker
Nyx has not gone anywhere near Tashauna's office. So there's like, there's like a pride thing of this person's presence is not going to keep me from being where I want in my own house. Yeah. But also she does not want to actually be with this person.
00:14:24
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and So probably not like hiding from her, but she's not willingly sharing space with her.
00:14:36
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Fair enough. Okay. All right. Are you going to go to the...
00:14:44
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picnic, I guess that Hendrick is setting up. I suppose. They're free. My lunch. I thought it was for everyone. I suppose it's food. Okay. but Well then I will see you out there. That's supposed starting to start in couple of hours. So no it and you could just leave it open when you leave. Right.
00:15:04
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Nyx walks out the door. Okay.
00:15:15
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All right, yeah, lunchtime comes. Hendrik is outside with nice table and some chairs set up with a nice little simple spread. Who comes out to join?
00:15:26
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Ruby's already sitting there. but Okay. Yeah, for sure. I was thrown by the table and chairs. You said picnic and then table and chairs, and I was just completely... Yes, Nyx is going to come have food. Okay.
00:15:41
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lauki I mean, does Nyx have any affinity or celebration of Tears Day specifically? I mean, it i don't know what the circumstances of the celebration are.
00:15:53
Speaker
Like, Nyx is quiet about her faith, but this doesn't... Well, maybe you'll have to tell me. I'm not aware of the ritual of this.
00:16:04
Speaker
um of yeah If this feast day has a ritual or if it's just a... Yay, it's the birth date of Tiramiren, and so we have food.
00:16:16
Speaker
It's, yeah, it's just, it's, it's the day to celebrate her birth and kind of her role in the silver flame as a faith. It's also a really popular day for weddings amongst the silver flame. That has not been a relevant factor in Nix's life. Yeah. I mean, so being as there is no sort of formal shape to the celebration, Nix has not paused her life for this day yeah in the past.
00:16:42
Speaker
Okay. But yes, it is like really springy-esque food. Lots of fresh fruits, things like that spread out on the table. Hendrik made sangria.
00:16:54
Speaker
It's sitting on the table with some glasses. And he... Smiles as you all come and sit. Javier and Aurora also come out. Get circles the table refilling glasses when they get just below 50% full.
00:17:08
Speaker
Daylight. Okay. Yes, in daylight. Interesting. He's only smoldering a little bit. um Back to the burger board. And Hedrick just says that I i appreciate you all joining.
00:17:24
Speaker
we We as an organization and as a group, ah especially our brave field team, find ourselves in extraordinary situations more frequently than the average person. And so it is my belief that having moments like this where we can at least act like our lives are normal is important.
00:17:45
Speaker
So happy Tira's day and to a beautiful spring. And he holds his glass up. Because toasty. Yep. Glasses up. Yep. And takes a drink. I, what I do follow the silver flame, but also I did not realize how many more holidays the silver flame had than most other fates. So I promise we will observe other fates as they come up. I realized that all of our festivals at to this point had been silver flame related. So it was long shadows at Halloween. Yeah.
00:18:16
Speaker
And Javier actually clears his stories. was like, in fact, I think now is a good time, Zindy, to let you all know, Sun's Blessing is coming up in Undace and we will not be doing something here at Langton Manor to celebrate. However, the town of Kalazart has an annual Sun's Blessing Festival in the town. i would like every everyone to join me in attending their festival.
00:18:47
Speaker
We've been operating for a while now. And I would love to stave off the reputation of the creepy house on the hill. Fine.
00:18:59
Speaker
because we want people to be able to come to us with problems, Nyx, and people don't go to the creepy house on the hill with problems.
Cas and Selena's Backgrounds and Motivations
00:19:06
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Unless the problem is worth it. That's true, but we want to determine which problems are worth dealing with. not that We don't want people to self-censor.
00:19:14
Speaker
We're not going to be setting up a stall. We're not going to be representing the lighthouse, but I would rather you all giving up for booking the bins. Recruit my bed. ah Ingratiate yourself amongst the citizens of the town. no it's a stress ball.
00:19:28
Speaker
let the kids try the Let the kids try the pigeon cannon. Yeah. Sorry, what were you saying, Javier? Ingratia yourself amongst the people of the town. Put some friendly faces to the lighthouse rather than a reputation.
00:19:40
Speaker
There will be games, foods, crafts. There will be activities for everyone to participate in a way that people will appreciate their skills. I'm certain that you all will find...
00:19:54
Speaker
like-minded individuals in the town. This is not an order. If some of you would rather stay in the manor, that is fine. I understand that not everyone are people people, but as an important part of the lighthouse, which all of you here are.
00:20:11
Speaker
He pauses for a second and everyone give me a wisdom check real quick with any kind of related background to like picking up on subtle things like daughter of a diplomat would be applicable. Smuggler, paranormal investigator, a privileged miss just mischief even would be applicable. Okay. Say wisdom?
00:20:27
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Yeah. 26. 18. twenty 17. Was Nat six 24. 29. 29.
00:20:33
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eighteen seventeen was not twenty four wendy nay Okay. All of you, all of you clock that when Javier pauses his eye, when he's saying all of you are a very important part of the founding of this organization, he pauses mid sentence and his eyes shoot Algeth briefly.
00:20:56
Speaker
Like just as a, like, I'm going to keep talking. Valk and s Selena with your exceptionally high roles, you, you can tell that the gears process of like, you all are very important. He looks at Algot like, is he, yeah, he keeps the house running.
00:21:11
Speaker
he is very weird, but we're all weird. It's fine. And then he continues talking. Okay. Got it. Maybe I'll get like reached over to refill Javier's drink as he was talking. You all are very important parts of this organization.
00:21:24
Speaker
And it's important that people know who you are. So that even if you are running into time to get something, if they have an imminent problem, they know that you are someone they can go to. So that would be my request. I know for a fact there's going to be a sparring circle.
00:21:36
Speaker
So... That might be a good, shot good chance for some of our more marshally minded individuals to show off their skills, show that we are, a competent in that area. I do know that there's a warforged in town named Barcha, who is the standing champion of the sparring c circle.
00:21:53
Speaker
So, but anyway, and that's in 10 days from now. So go ahead and eat up. Thank you, Hendrick, for setting this up for us. And you all eat.
00:22:04
Speaker
Anybody talk about anything over lunch? I think Selina would just tell Hendrick that it's a really nice lunch and she's glad that he set it up. and Thank you. I appreciate it. Cooking is, it's funny because like the work that I do for the lighthouse and cooking are somewhat adjacent in that I'm looking at like recipes, schematics, things like that, putting things together, trying out new things, testing them.
00:22:29
Speaker
But for some reason, one is extremely stressful and the other one is extremely relaxing. Maybe it's the steaks. Like if I over salt the potatoes, no one's going to die because it explodes. That's probably why.
00:22:42
Speaker
That, that makes sense. Your heart t can explode. so i love it
00:22:51
Speaker
Easy on the soul. Yeah. So the the event goes by fairly quietly and ah you all head back inside after a bit.
00:23:03
Speaker
The next day, probably Valk would be, Valk, you're outside and a lot of the time, right? Yeah. Yes.
00:23:14
Speaker
Oh. That, yes. Later on the same day. Yes. Actually, we'll make it the next day. Sorry. The wheels are trying run brain. a day goes by. Nyx, you wake up.
00:23:31
Speaker
The figure of Onatar on the depiction of the sovereign host on the walls of the chapel has been painted over. Painted over? Yes, because this is new, right?
00:23:45
Speaker
Yes, this is new. You wake up and you finally see a change. Onatar is typically displayed as a masculine figure. Ah.
00:23:56
Speaker
Been painted over to appear feminine. Right. And the the silhouette of the figure painted matches roughly the statues that you saw in terms of... yeah
00:24:14
Speaker
Okay. Does the order in which things have been added in any way, shape or form correspond to the jobs we've been doing? Like I look at the, ota at the, the images, I think back through the different planes and jobs.
00:24:29
Speaker
Is there a correlation? There certainly seems to be somewhat like the, there, the first figure appeared after you found the first bunker, like they seem to be right. And then when you found the second month, but it wasn't like, but the, but it wasn't like tied to anything to do with the, it wasn't like the keeper or something tied to undead.
00:24:53
Speaker
Okay. No. So it is happening when we find bunkers, but it's not necessarily correlated to the job. Okay. Yeah.
Chapel Changes and Onatar Mystery
00:25:02
Speaker
All right. Nick's glares at Acheron.
00:25:06
Speaker
Acheron like shakes and like, I don't know. All right. was asleep. The withering look from Nick's. I like the relax with my eyes closed. Yeah. Right.
00:25:18
Speaker
That's some bad. Yeah. I'm going to move inside.
00:25:23
Speaker
Cut to level of traps. Cut directly to Valk is outside the manor, tending to the botanical garden, potentially. And you hear running across the grounds. And then you hear another footsteps of running.
00:25:41
Speaker
And you look up and see a Rumi chasing someone. In fact, as you're looking up, you see a Rumi dive at a dragonborn and tackle them onto the ground. I will approach. Oh, hi Valk. And like yanks the dragonborn onto their feet.
00:26:00
Speaker
Caught this person on the grounds. They ran out of a tree. Okay. bo woman Figured that's suspicious. and And then they saw me and immediately started running away from me. so Understandable thing. Understandable that someone would run away from me.
00:26:20
Speaker
<unk> I'm just saying I don't want to be able around here. I'm not scary. now I don't mean to scare me, but it we also we in these kind of scenarios, we have to view ourselves from an external.
Kaz's Reflections on Life Changes
00:26:35
Speaker
The dragon ward starts fighting me and interrupting you all like, i i just let me go. I want to go home. One second. One second. Yep. What's happening? yeah So we have to view ourselves. We have to take in consideration external perceptions of ourselves.
00:26:52
Speaker
what Oh, maybe I see. So like i I don't think you're scared, but other people. Big scary metal man. Scary to small dragonborn. Exactly. In the background is a tiefling walking across the path with a rug wrapped around a bundle of swords.
00:27:07
Speaker
Yeah, like... like as as as As she moves towards the towards the house. Like, that would, for most people, that looks suspicious, right? yeah But it's Nix. That's normal.
00:27:20
Speaker
ah But the driving board... Why are you holding me here? What are you doing here? Hello? No, I just... I was... I don't know. You were in our tree. I was not in your tree.
00:27:36
Speaker
I'm a member of the Court of Silvertree overseen by my lady Shantira. But the tree's on our property. Does that mean you own the tree? No, I don't.
00:27:47
Speaker
You own the tree. So you're trespassing. I was. Hi. Maybe we have this conversation with Javier and the rest of everyone in the room so we don't have to repeat it. Val, I was going to take her to Javier. You're.
00:27:59
Speaker
Who's that? You're right. Let's go. Oh. Hello. A tree dragonborn. Yeah. yeah Came out of the tree. Lady? What? Are you a lady? I.
00:28:11
Speaker
hey I am Lycara and i am a scout and hunter for the court of the Silvach and Ugarumi starts dragging her towards the house. Nyx walks over, bundle of swords.
00:28:24
Speaker
Yeah. Do you all want to go get Selina and Kaz and we'll meet in Hamir's office? Here is the button. we Yeah, there's a button. That's fair.
00:28:35
Speaker
All right. Come on. Selina, what are you doing right now? Selina's in the library. Okay. Kaz, you want to know what you're doing right now?
00:28:46
Speaker
Sure.
00:28:49
Speaker
tell me about yourself, Kaz. Yeah. My name is Kaz and I grew up the Roat and I am here now working for the Lighthouse Consortium. No, are we the consortium yet or just the Lighthouse? can't remember. Just the Lighthouse. Yeah. I'm here working for the Lighthouse.
00:29:04
Speaker
Not enough of us to consort. We don't, yeah, there's no consorting. And you have quite a bit of experience with the Plain of Thelanus, is that right? i I would not say that.
00:29:14
Speaker
I have quite a bit of experience with the plane of Thalottis. I think that the plane of Thalottis experienced me for quite a long time, but I don't remember hardly any of it.
00:29:27
Speaker
All right. I lived there till I was like real old and now I'm not anymore again and back here and the world did not move on much while I was gone.
00:29:39
Speaker
Time dilation. Which I could have a much bigger ego about now I realized. The world waited for me. Time dilation is something that is, and don't want to say commonly experienced, but it's not uncommon for people in other planes to experience something. But what is interesting is you, I've heard stories of individuals living In Tholanus, particularly for a very long time and not aging at all.
00:30:11
Speaker
And then when they returned to the material plane, all of those years that they experienced, they're catching up to them in a moment. What happened to you seems to be the inverse where perfect you aged and then came back and those years were removed.
00:30:28
Speaker
with i yeah go ahead can tell you this. Based on one of the few glimpses of memory I have, part of the conversation I had with someone made it seem like I chose not to stop aging.
00:30:45
Speaker
I was given an opportunity to... Can we... so For the purposes of these conversations, I'll be using he instead of Fair.
00:30:57
Speaker
I understand. Yes. If you, if you've had memories that you can't yourself, that makes sense. Yes. It's a guy I was watching who is me, but I don't remember it. He is it seems to have had the opportunity to not age and opted to grow old instead. Interesting.
00:31:16
Speaker
She, the the woman that she, see she even said to him, like, you know, like, look at you, I could have stopped this. And it seemed as though it was his choice not to. if Do you generally speaking, find yourself warring with members of authority frequently as you rather than this external heat?
00:31:39
Speaker
I've not had much opportunity to war with anyone. I would say i may have a bit... i I might bristle at authority a little. I like to do things... I sometimes find my fun in ways that authority does not approve of.
00:31:57
Speaker
Fair enough. But I wouldn't say I've warred with any... Well, I have now killed some people. But up to that point... I had not warred with anyone. Why why come here, Cass?
00:32:11
Speaker
They saved me when I was on the run, and they had food and beds, and I needed those things because I could not go... Well, I suppose as I could have.
00:32:24
Speaker
I was uninterested and terrified to go back to Roat. Why is that? The world's moved on without me. My family thinks that I've been dead for 20 years. My friends are adults. One of them is like, don't remember what rank is an officer in the British army. Now I assume I've lost people who I cared about.
00:32:50
Speaker
two months ago have aged 20 years and died now. So I, in the rush of everything else that was coming, coming into my, that I was having to accept about my new life.
00:33:04
Speaker
I thought, why not just make it a new life? And so I did, I did not want to go. Speaking of, can I ask a question? These notes, we've been told that you are a authority on these things and published on some of this stuff. And I want to know where your notes are going because I have a mom and a dad out there somewhere. And if they find out that I'm alive from you and not me when I'm ready, i don't know that I'll be pleased about that.
00:33:36
Speaker
Hmm. Any published works that use case studies from my patients are used with their consent and also any identifying facts about them are removed.
00:33:48
Speaker
So all that your parents could potentially, if they fans my work read is that I have talked with a young man who was taken away to the Tholanus, lived a full life there and then returned at the age he left, but 20 years later.
00:34:05
Speaker
That would be the only identifying factors. Not so bad. That's not so bad. i try to be respectful. I don't think they put it together that it was me in that case. No, yeah, you're right.
00:34:17
Speaker
No, I understand that this can be an invasive situation and process, and I am here to help. um I just have one final question before we wrap up for today. You've been here.
00:34:29
Speaker
You've managed to settle the adrenaline of being on the run has presumably subsided at this point. So why not let them know that you're alive? I don't know how to do that.
00:34:44
Speaker
And I don't know how they'd take it. I assume with 20 years of distance
Dragonborn from Thelanus Discussion
00:34:55
Speaker
that they have mourned and moved on and to open a wound up again for them to, to make them relive all of that pain and realize that it may have been for nothing to what to ask them to take me back in. What if they felt compelled to take me back in? I,
00:35:18
Speaker
I think I might technically still be at the mercy of what they want for me. I'm still only 16 years old. And if they say you're moving back to row at, I don't want that.
00:35:32
Speaker
Even for two years until, I could theoretically come back here and I don't know how to tell them that either. I'm back. I missed you, but I'm not going to return to this life.
00:35:46
Speaker
And I haven't really had a lot of time to sit down and figure out how to approach those things on account of all of the fights and expeditions and, um,
00:36:01
Speaker
I have put a lot of mental energy lately into solving my, the, the difficult interpersonal conundra of the three people that I work with most often. Give me a wisdom check real quick.
00:36:14
Speaker
Jeff, I don't think any of your backgrounds would be applicable here though. Sure.
00:36:20
Speaker
Nine. Okay. You're not really aware of any subtext or anything that she's saying here. just seems like the, the good doctor talking to you, giving you some advice and she, that well, I will let you go, but I will say based on your reasons and what you've said, if you want to start a new life and be separated from your family and progress forward with a clean slate,
00:36:49
Speaker
That is perfectly fine. And a lot of people would say a healthy way to approach the situation. And so that would not be something that I would try to talk you out of.
00:37:03
Speaker
However, if you are doing this to, as you put, put it, avoid reopening a wound for your parents.
00:37:14
Speaker
who you believe would have mourned you and then moved on. I would say that that is unfair to them. Don't make this decision for their benefit. Parents losing a child, the opportunity to discover that that did not happen, I would say you are not doing them a kindness by withholding that.
00:37:35
Speaker
If you're doing it for their benefit, like I said, if it's for you and what you want, that's perfectly fine. I, I think I feel like I'm supposed to say it's partially for their benefit. And I think that it partially is, but the majority of it is, I just don't know how to confront it yet. And I'm not ready to, and I haven't had the chance to think about it.
00:37:54
Speaker
And what am I going to do when I get back to row at, see a bunch of people whose lives moved on without me. Well, that's the nice, that's a by-product of your situation is that the only people that will recognize you largely will be people that you want to recognize. you You're in control of the situation Kaz more than you think are.
00:38:17
Speaker
I think the people that are likely to recognize me are the last people that I want to recognize me without me being able to control the situation. Fair enough. I don't want to be walking down the street towards my mom's house and a guy I hung out with two months ago slash 20 years ago
00:38:35
Speaker
freaks out because they see 16 year old Casimir Panarius walking down the road.
00:38:41
Speaker
That's right. and i And I become a subject rather than student now at Morgrave University. Well, as you work through this and want to process this and figure out the best approach, I am here to help.
00:38:55
Speaker
I am a resource in so far as you want me to be. Well, I do have one question about how you can be a resource to me, Doctor. Can you help me unlock what I can't remember?
00:39:10
Speaker
I can certainly help. you I, and
00:39:15
Speaker
I'm not, there's a lot in there. I get it. I'm not a magical practitioner. I can't, um, cast a spell and unlock memories magically, but there are techniques and things that I have worked with other patients in the past who have experienced memory loss due to exposure to a plane that we can work on and see if that helps. Oftentimes it's our minds protecting us rather than some external force. Sure.
00:39:46
Speaker
Okay, great. But you can go over that next session. Sure thing. The red light comes on in her office and she looks up like, oh, I think that means you're needed. I didn't want this in Felden. I find this. Yeah. But Javier insisted.
00:39:59
Speaker
Yeah, I bet he did. Like, get up. but I start to walk to Javier's office. Everyone converges in Javier's office as Arimi has a Dragonborn woman in custody.
00:40:10
Speaker
Valk and Nyx already there, but Slaina and Kaz, you arrive. Yes. Nyx has a bundle of swords.
00:40:18
Speaker
Tracks. Javier yeah looks at all you and is like, Hey everyone. So roomie tells me this dragonborn lady came running out of a tree and she says,
00:40:35
Speaker
No, was rubbing from the court of my lady because something is happening in Thelanus that I was sent away. Who was that? Okay. shouldn All right. I am a scout and hunter for the court of the Silver Tree in the Shantira.
00:40:57
Speaker
At least I was. I've been serving there for Quite some time. My scales had begun like and to loss lose their shine. i had been there so long. But now that I am back here and she looks at her hands that shine is returned. Does she look young? Yeah. She says, I feel as though the day that I left...
00:41:25
Speaker
Okay. You just happened to appear in our estate on andage on these lands. Yes, I am from here. i am from Arganesset. I don't even know where I am. I don't know what your estates are.
00:41:38
Speaker
Where are you intending to go? I will find my way. That wasn't an answer. i don't have anywhere to go. That's an answer. But I do not need to be held captive like a criminal.
Kaz and Lycara's Bond Over Thelanus
00:41:52
Speaker
no it's an You're on our property. Came out of our tree. i was actively trying to leave your property in my debts. i don't think that works with... Remy says, i did not know that for certain. She was simply running.
00:42:05
Speaker
Oh,
00:42:08
Speaker
Also, we came out of a tree. I was in the woods surrounding the silfy tree. I don't see any reason that we have to hold her. Well, there is the concern about many creatures of Thelanus can disguise themselves as being something they do not appear to be.
00:42:25
Speaker
So ideally we would have some verification that Kendrick can do to verify that she is a dragonborn of the material plane.
00:42:37
Speaker
Last thing I wanted is a disguised Sator running into Kalazot and causing trouble. Do you know that she would cause trouble if she were a disguised Fae? I said, this guy, Satan is the civic.
00:42:48
Speaker
They would construct. Just saying this person is not currently causing trouble. We're not in the business of stopping people causing trouble before they've done it. I do. And Javier looks at her. That would be insane to, for this organization to grow into something that tries to solve people's solve crimes and prevent and and stop crime before it's even happened.
00:43:10
Speaker
That's not what I'm proposing, Nick. I know. Certainly, no. the slightest height Of course not. To my mind and my eye, if a Fissure to Furnia opened up and a fire element walked through.
00:43:23
Speaker
We would want to stop that before catching the town on fire. There are elements from Thelanus that would seek to cause trouble just for the sake of causing trouble. And I want to make sure that Lycara here is who she says she is. And if she is, then obviously she is free to go. But if she is an entity of Thelanus... Can I take a peek?
00:43:44
Speaker
Do I just sense anything? That's awesome. I would take a wisdom or intelligence check. Paranormal investigator can be applicable. 29 again. You are beyond certain that this is not a changeling or like a mundane shapeshifter.
00:44:04
Speaker
this is yeah too good of a
00:44:10
Speaker
too good replication of dragonborn features to be something that was molded from the mind or something like that. If it is a really high level version of polymorph or disguise self that could get by what you typically look for in sh that wouldn't be shape shifting. That would be magically like yeah transformative, um, which would be a different thing.
00:44:31
Speaker
But you, you are confident this is not a shape shifter. Well, Dix is watching Kaz because again, The reason this person is interesting is their their story sounds like Kaz's, but Nyx is not going to say that.
00:44:47
Speaker
Yeah. So that's Nyx's only reason for keeping this person. It's, I mean, there's no chance I could get it. Like, I don't know how to catch a vibe unless it's just, i if it's a wisdom check, I'm not catching any vibes. My wisdom is so bad. Even with Faye touched. Javier raises his hand while Nyx is looking to Kaz and Kaz is is thinking,
00:45:08
Speaker
Look, Lycara, all I'm offering to you is let us give you meal, a bed to sleep in, and go talk to my friend Hendrik, have him run a singular check on you, and we're all in the clear. i will buy you a ticket to where you want to go on a lightning grail.
00:45:27
Speaker
It's a mode of transport here. Thank you, Nyx. Yes, it is it is a way to get you wherever you want to go, including... Though not Argonessin. Well, there are ports that would be able to take a ship to Arganesson. So the lightning rail could get you there.
00:45:44
Speaker
And she kind of winces. So it's now go to Arganess. All right. Why? Hobbier asks, my dragon Lord deemed me weak.
00:45:56
Speaker
I was meant to be executed, but I ran. I was running through the jungles. And then suddenly I was not in the jungles of Agnesin anymore, but in strange land. Met people that looked like her.
00:46:09
Speaker
And she like nods her head towards Solaire.
00:46:13
Speaker
And then they welcomed me into their bat. How...
00:46:18
Speaker
Kaz has been in his own head and he finally goes how old did you get how long were you there she says as Eric realizes probably should have left up the dragonborn like life expectancy before the scene he might even say did you get older than you should have because that's what Kaz did says when I left I had
00:46:50
Speaker
17 years on my person. And I feel that way again. But I know that I was there for at least 80 years. Do you remember it?
00:47:05
Speaker
Do you remember it all? Yes, I do. Well, so I don't remember everything that happened, but I don't feel like my memories have been altered since my time there.
00:47:17
Speaker
I remember a strange woman coming to the silver tree, talking to my lady, and then my lady announcing that all of us from the material plane must leave. I did not want to leave. I was fearful I would return to my Dracula lord.
00:47:33
Speaker
So I tried to run. Was there a sense of urgency in that command? It seemed like they were going to just use magic to banish us, which is likely what happened to me and why I came running onto your land.
00:47:50
Speaker
Who was your lady? Shan Tira, ruler of the court of the silver tree. Mine was the lady of stories.
00:48:02
Speaker
I was 16 when I went to Thalaunus and I'm 16
00:48:11
Speaker
And that was 20 years ago in our time. And that was well longer than you were there in Thelanus time. think you might want to stay the night here until you figure out how long you've been gone from here.
00:48:28
Speaker
No one is going to hurt you here. You're not in any danger here. I'd really like to talk to you more. And if you have any reason to believe what I'm saying, which I don't know that you do, because I don't have many memories of my time in Philatis.
00:48:50
Speaker
But I think that ah the any confirmation Javier is asking for about your story is not to prove you wrong. It's to make sure that we know what to do moving forward to help you. Okay, yeah I will eat and talk to the Sandra.
00:49:09
Speaker
And then I will talk to you.
00:49:13
Speaker
Great. And he was in third floor, nod being like, all right, Arumi, you can release Kara. And if I'll, I'll show you to a room that you can stay in.
00:49:29
Speaker
And Javier gets up and leads the Kara out of the office past you all. Arumi follows, leaving the four of you alone Javier's office.
00:49:41
Speaker
Are you kidding me right now? That's strange. I need to find out if the Lady of Stories is going around and banishing all material plane people from Thelanus now.
00:49:53
Speaker
On the surface, it seems likely, but there could be many other explanations. there There could be, but I will tell you the truth. The only one that I can think of is she's that mad, and it's just because of me.
00:50:05
Speaker
And that's scary. That mean she's mad at you. She's mad from me. It doesn't mean anything will happen here because of it. It might mean that mortals are being evicted from the Krentillonis, but it doesn't necessarily mean someone's coming here to cause trouble for you.
00:50:25
Speaker
Sure, sure. You're right, you're right. So, if this lady of stories is throwing a fae fit, then perhaps that's unfortunate for other mortals who are happily living in Tilonis, but it needn't be a catastrophe.
00:50:42
Speaker
No, I know. You're right. I know. I think I'm just mad she remembers everything. I can understand that. Based on what you told us, it sounded as though your lady thought putting you back the way you were would be some sort of kindness. Yeah.
00:51:01
Speaker
Yeah, I think think you're right. I hope I told the truth about whatever Hendrik is going to do to check her It seems likely. And I hope she's telling the truth, to be fair.
00:51:17
Speaker
True.
00:51:19
Speaker
And we will call it an episode there.
Closing and Social Media Invitation
00:51:21
Speaker
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00:51:33
Speaker
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00:51:43
Speaker
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00:51:54
Speaker
We'll see you next time.