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C2 Ep. 135 Seeking the Answers Chapter One
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Reynard has an important meeting, but where will his loyalties land?
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Meet the Hosts
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewing actual play podcasts at the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your game master, Eric. I'm Phillip. I'm Trevor. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. Welcome to
Recap of Previous Episode
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another episode. Gentlemen, what happened last time? Which of the separate episodes was last, was the most recent? Was it all of, and Milo, Eris and Milo? Yes, Eris and Milo were the most recent zooming to meetings and the reviewed obviously, but yeah.
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We've done some deals. All four of us went to meetings and made some agreements with various factions and parties. Indeed.
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Thankfully, all these factions are perfectly aligned with one another. Of course. But to kick things off, didn't finish all their business before this episode.
Raynard's Meeting with House Fearland
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So, Raynard has one last meeting to go attend with the head of House Fearland.
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For some reason, I just imagine her as like the that princess queen from the never ending story. The childlike empress. Yeah. Yeah, that one. False. This is a centuries old elf matriarch that reads herself and she probably still looks good. A little different. Yeah. You look up the art. Yeah. You did you stay in the family house last night, Rainard? Yes, I believe I know that the meeting was going to be because I asked.
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So you stay there? Yep, your mother kept your room. Yep. Get me remembering thing as that happens. Look at you. So yeah, you wake up and are able to get ready. Your wardrobe is still full of all of your old clothes and things like that that you weren't able to take with you when you were kicked out. This is a very important you're going to meet with a Baron, Reynard. How does Reynard dressing? Okay.
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a baron that's her official title baron elvenor ellerenthe defearland okay i just got super excited i didn't even think about all the nice clothes that would be in the closet oh baby i don't have to pay for him nope already yours they are yours that you probably did at some point pay for them man so i just thought with his money which was the source of reynard's problem that was the issue reynard's gonna be as gold plated as he can
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Oh good. It's just as gaudy as I'll get out. You exit your room, Reynard, looking all flashy and begin to come downstairs. At the bottom of the stairs, Calveir, Basil, and Alistair standing there all dressed in dark grays with black accents. And Calveir looks up at the stairs at you and
Presentation of Murder Evidence
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Must you? I wanted to look nice. We're going to meet a Baron. Should I change?
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No, we're already running behind. Come on. All right. And he turns and walks out the front door. Is it, Trevor? I can't remember if we've discussed this. There's a fabric in Eberron called glamor weave that has like special effects as a part of it. Like you can have a dress that lights on fire or like fireworks shoot off of it and stuff. Is that, is that the level that rain art has gone or is it just?
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God I guess that's also very gaudy, but is it our world's gaudy or fantasy? I was thinking more just everything Gold plays just almost like more like But just made out of gold No, it's magic gold oh my gosh So it's like me through
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Oh my gosh. You look even worse than I imagined at first because everyone else is just in like nice clothes and Reynard's just walking up in plate mail. Right. They kill me that I can't think of the cartoon. Fun hearing that Reynard takes off a couple of gold chains and leaves them on the night, the entry table.
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Oh, okay. So still got the armor, just lost. Yeah. No, not armor isn't like a suit of armor. I'm talking like he's blinding to like a shoulder plate and just a cool thing. Joan of Arc ish. Okay. I think you still look a helmet and I'm here. I could. Okay. You all.
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hop into a skiff, a private skiff, obviously, Calvair has a driver, and you all drive up onto the skyway of the city, up up to a very nice looking house. You would put it on par with Kath and Sana's childhood home, if not a little less nice, but still a very nice house. But it has very, like, dark accents. Even in the morning light, it seems a rather, like, foreboding building, intentionally.
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dark stone magical effects where another house might have braziers of flame flanking the gate leading to the walkway up to the door this just has smoke like black smoke coming out of it and it doesn't seem natural smoke it seems like shadow whispering up out of the brazier okay that reynard would want to say before entering to any of the three i shouldn't bring up
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You are here to provide your insight and the recording into the death of Satan Boromar as the hands of House Therani. Anything that falls outside of that scope, be quiet.
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Perfect. And yeah, you all disembark from the skiff and walk up to the front door. As you all get within about 10 feet, the doors open and you see a astonishingly old elf, like looks to be, I mean, on the precipice of death, this elf must be thousands upon thousands of years old in a very fine suit. And says, welcome, Calvert. Ballister, as, oh.
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Drannier. Nice to see you with us again. Hello. You? Yes.
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You may enter. Do I know them? No, it would have been like Raynard's known by reputation or rather Draneir's known by reputation, but there would have never been any occasion for Draneir to come to Elvinor's house. You all are taken into the sitting room and Baron Elvinor, Ellerynthe de Fierland, sitting in a large chair and she has a glass of some brown viscous liquid that she's swirling about and takes a sip. Welcome, gentlemen.
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I believe you all have some dire news for me. Yes, Drennier, you may give your account. Hello, Baron Elvenor. You recall my son's Alistair and Basil. This is my youngest, Drennier. And he can verify the news that I gave to you last night. And she just looks at you expectantly.
Calveir's Request to Raynard: Eliminate Elvinor?
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Kowtow's way too aggressively.
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and says, thank you for having me today, your Baron-ness. You are most welcome. And Calvair clears his throat and says, Drenia, the Baron's time is at premium these days. Please continue. Yes. So, Seydin Boromar is dead. I saw his dead body.
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And our Thoronic cousins are the murderers. And how do you know this? I saw them leaving the scene. Yes. Basil kind of steps in. He also, I believe, has a recording of a confession from the person that hired them. I do have that as well. Maybe you should play it, Genya? Perhaps? Yes, yes. May I? Should I approach or no? Here?
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You may set it on the table, and she gestures to a small coffee table in front of her. Yes, and... Drennier plays it! Afterwards, Elvinor straightens up and... Thank you for bringing this concrete evidence to us, Drennier. This is a... quite the boon. Calveir, I believe that...
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We know the source of this attack and why it actually occurred the way that it did. I am in, I'm in agreement with you that we need to retaliate against Thirani for this breach of the agreement of the schism. However, I believe that I know the reason why they struck first.
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Our relationship with Solomon Callaway puts us far too close at the rest of the houses and threatens to cut Thrawny out. I believe that the Callaway relationship has hurt things more than it has helped, and we need to terminate it immediately. Trevor, you
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Give me a, I can have you do a perception check against Calvair as she's speaking, just to see how Calvair is taking this information. One success, three advantage, and of course, a triumph. Oh, word. I thought you were going to say despair.
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Nope. So with the success, you can immediately see, you know, your dad, you've been around him and pretty well on brand for Reynard. You've been around him when he's really mad and trying his best to keep it together. And you can tell that he is fuming right now. That is the state he is in. Somebody that's not really close to him might not pick up on the signs, but yeah, you can tell that Calvair is
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Not at all pleased with Elvinor's declaration to cease relations with three advantage and a triumph.
Raynard's Moral Dilemma
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I get these on the weirdest spots. This can affect anything with the narrative, not necessarily just Reynard's. Okay. I want to, cause it didn't, it didn't end as well as we wanted it to with Eris and the detective, right? More Jane, something bad happened.
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I thought, Oh no. Okay. That's too late. One has bad things. That's where we were. So how about trying to think cause I don't see the current situation going too poorly. Yeah. So
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current outstanding threads out there. You have the calf situation. You have the sigil situation. You have the clan situation. You have Dorla's investigation. You have obviously the rain art situation. The Ram is still out there somewhere. The lizard mill hatch. Okay. Wait, mill hatches. High wall. Mill hatches in jail. Yeah. Yeah. I was like, he's,
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Harbin. He disappeared, didn't he? He's not hanging around as much now that his dad got arrested and Eris was involved, but we don't need to give him that right now. Anybody else got any ideas? Three advantage in a triumph. I feel like you've said every possible thing. It just needs to be picked. It's your scene, Trevor, so what does Raynard want to know the most about? I wouldn't worry so much about resolving for the party. That's the thing. I don't know what I can find out.
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Okay. So the current problem is that dad's mad about Solomon Callaway being out. Yeah, she's telling him to cut ties with Solomon Callaway. Maybe do something.
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Maybe I won't be. I can say he's not going to be mad at you about it, but... Because someone in Callaway threatened. Oh, I see. So you want to ensure that there's no blowback on you from Callaway with the relationship being severed? Yeah. Is that too selfish? Okay. Yes. Yes, but also smart. Put on brand. I hate off of it. So you guys first, okay.
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Again, I mean for Reinhard, not for Trevor. Yeah. Okay. And for the three advantage, how about you just pass an upgrade to the next person that needs to be in check? Absolutely. Okay. Hey, side question. So does anyone know why I'm grievously injured? I've got six out of my 13 wounds and I can't think why.
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Do you think I just failed to update something? When did we get injured last year? You've had once you've had one sleep since the high wall fight where you acquired egric. So maybe that's what it is. That's probably why. OK, there's one and we get one back. Right. I'm back. All right. Let's make sure you're having problems. I'm actually at eight, eight wounds as well now that I'm looking at it. So.
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All right, just checking. Yep. So you would be at five wounds, Eris, instead of six. Cause you've had a sleep. Okay. So yeah, Raynard will not suffer any blowback from Calloway in regards to the situation. Okay. So Calvair through a very tense jaw says, I understand Ben Elvinor and you are heard. Is there anything else for us?
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No, I don't think so. Thank you for this information. I will call on you when I need you in regards to how to mend the bridges with Thirani and reestablish the truce that we have. Thank you. And Calvary turns on a heel and walks out with
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his sons and nephew in tow. It's a very tense ride back to the house, Reynard, and you can tell that Alistair and Basil also feel extremely uncomfortable and uneasy, like it's just full of eggshells. When you all get back to Calvary's study, he, without turning back, says, Alistair, Basil, give us a minute. Drenia with me.
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As you cross the threshold into the study, Calvary says, shut the door behind you. Okay. He sits down behind his desk and you're seeing your father in a very unguarded manner. Like right now, like he's, he's clearly frustrated and he's not keeping up his normal demeanor. She's a fool. She's a damned fool.
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Yes. Welcome back to the family. You have your first job. Oh. He looks at his desk for a second. Ben Elvinor clearly no longer has the best interests of the house in mind. You take care of it. I mean, by mending the bridge. He just stares through you. A thousand more years or so be gone. We need this taken care of.
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The Callaway situation is something we cannot be willing to give up as a house. It provides us security and longevity, especially in this city. So if she's not willing to go along with it, then someone will need to replace her who is. There's no one else capable of her replacing her.
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And I will need a strong right hand at the head of the table when that time comes. Don't you want me to... Nailed it. No. There's a place of me. I would replace her. Oh. That makes more sense in the line of Lydia when she does. Yes, it does. I think line of Lydia just probably would end it, isn't it? You don't think Alistar would be...
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No, I don't. I don't think Alistair or Basil. I think you and that ragtag bunch you've been running around with. Make it look like a Boromar attack. Make it look like retaliation. Your dagger was found in Satan's body. They would go after House Fierlen.
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You realize what this would mean for our family, Genya. For us. Yes, yes, it's just very high stakes. Yes, and I intend to make good on those high stakes. Tell your friends 10,000 gold for the job. Where they come from, they can't even fathom that amount of money. They do whatever for that amount. You put me... I can't just agree to it. I agree to it. Kosher deal.
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How do I vaguely agree to it? Any questions? Yes. Any questions? I just can't form the words. I feel like Raynard's first question should be what about when they refuse to help me? That is a good question. If I was Raynard. Okay, question one. What if my group of peers doesn't
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Why wouldn't they? They are literally criminals for hire. Yes, we have this weird thing about murder. Sometimes we do it, sometimes we don't. Very well lie to them. Say you need to break into her home to steal something for the house. Then kill her. Why are you so heartless? Or find better friends. I don't care. Find people that are willing to take 10,000 gold.
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I will definitely discuss it with them in a discrete manner.
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Very well, just get it done. I understand that a job like this is not something that you can do overnight. You have time to make preparations, get equipment, anything that you might need, you're more than welcome to come acquire from the house resources. Just don't test my patience during the year. And he like looks at you dead in the eye. This is not a request.
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I have welcomed you back into this family. I want to see you thrive in this family. If you would prefer not, or for Basil's sake, do the job. Don't know if he could ever recover from having to slit your throat. Good, that's all. Stab him, stab him now. And he opens a ledger and begins looking through it.
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Renard is going to go find Alistair. Okay. Yeah. On your way out, Alistair is in, Alistair has his office. So Alistair is in there reading. He looks up as you enter. Oh, hi, Drenia. He closes. Hello. Did I have a word with you?
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Of course. He gestures the chair across from him. Thank you. Has Father seemed unhinged to you recently? Let me be delicate. He
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Unhinged, of course, isn't the right word. He is very invested in the dealings that he's making with this Callaway person. Any kind of obstacle that comes up in relation to that sends him into a frenetic rage. So I'm sure that whatever he had to discuss with you, he is not doing.
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Well, after that conversation with the Baron, but no, not unhinged, just focused. You know how he gets. After a year, he disowned you over using family money for personal things. He does that. Like, he's not the fairest man. Yes, well, I mean, that, I don't know.
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What I should tell you. If it's something he told you not to tell me, then don't tell me. But it's rather. And he had closed the book and was holding it, but he like holding the place with his finger and he pulls his finger out and sets the book down on the table next to him. Genia, I am very happy that you are back in our lives, in whatever capacity that you are electing to be back. I'm glad that you are a part of this family again.
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If you are uneasy being here, though, I would not begrudge you walking away. I don't know what extremes he is calling you to go to.
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I don't want to know what extremes he's calling you to go to, because if he finds out that I know and that you told me, then you've just dragged me down with you. So I love you, Drannia. You're my brother. You will always be my brother. If you need help, I'm more than happy to help you. Just don't tell me what I'm helping you with. He said you wouldn't be right for it anyway.
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Now I'm thinking what I wouldn't be good at. What's up? Such a short list. Didn't necessarily think you would be good at it. He said you wouldn't be right at it. Hmm. Something that you would be better suited for. It's definitely something morally dubious then. No, I do have a reputation. I just don't. He gave me a job.
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I don't know if I... I don't... We are a family of spies and thieves, Drania. Very little of what we do is right by many more measures. If he gave you a job and you want to stay here, then do the job. This doesn't seem... It seems more like a tyrannical tantrum than
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something that would be wise. I see. Then did he give you a timeline? Did he give you a deadline? No. Oh, go away for a few days.
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If you need to start some wheels in motion in relation to the job, then do it, but then come back and check in. Maybe he'll calm down. If it's truly him just in a fit after the common station with the Baron, then maybe some time to cool off. We'll do him some good and he'll realize the folly of his ways.
Group Discussion at Luca Ciara's
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And that could probably be the best start. Start my accent. Thank you. And please do let me know if you notice anything.
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odd i will if he's if he says anything or i notice anything i'll betch just come to me directly not not through yes i have learned by the thumb goodbye draenia and he picks his book back up draenia doesn't leave without taking okay
00:25:36
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All right. And then let's just cut to, so you all have had some meetings, some conversations, things like that. Would you all have established since you, you all knew that you all were going to have these various conversations. Did you set up a meeting point? Like, Hey, let's meet for lunch somewhere. Or what was the plan?
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I doubt it was quite so public as let's meet for lunch somewhere unless we're all bringing our own to some clandestine area. So go back to the cauldron just so that Olive knows that Eris is in fact okay because she left Olive a really dire message ahead of going to that meeting. So that's where Eris would go immediately.
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We need to reestablish the time. So Eris's meeting was last night. So Eris could have gone to the cauldron after. The other three, and Raynard's meeting was last night, but then Raynard's second meeting was in the morning along with Hobb and Milo's meetings. So Eris had the whole night at the cauldron. Everyone else is just now wrapping everything up. That is helpful.
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Hobb would not go to the cauldron because Hobb knows he's the most easily followable of the group. And as far as he knows, the cauldron is still relatively secret and he doesn't want to blow up Eris or Olive's spot like that. So he wouldn't go to the cauldron. We'd have to do some sending stone or some sort of clandestine conversation to meet somewhere. But we have sending stones, so it's not a huge deal.
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Where do we want to say we met? We can assume we made these arrangements. Is there anything wrong? Custody of the watch. They would probably they know we meet there and and Lyra has a blood oath against us now. Right. Is the for sales a Boromar bar or is that just where we meet? It's a bar in Boromar territory. Okay. Okay. It's protected by because to be fair, you all don't know that a Lyra has a blood oath against you yet.
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is there just throwing that out there a bar in highway there would probably be yes but it's not what you consider like a traditional tavern it is a place where people gather to consume no more no less what about the dinner center place oh what was that place called the changelings yeah a broken mirror i mean hobblings to meet in roet hobblings to meet the broken mirror yep that seems safe
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The Highwall bar would probably be the lowest key spot though. But if you all want to go to the broken mirror, that's fine. Do we think we could call on one of our past allies to say our playwright friend probably has a private room in a restaurant somewhere? That's true. I think a bar in Highwall is fine. You all got story points. You can flip them to say that stuff is true. But I mean, maybe if you made a good enough impression on Ciara, then, you know,
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Maybe she'll let us borrow a room in her gigantic mansion that she lives alone in. I think that's fair. I think that Hob I'm flipping a story point to say that Hob is not kept in touch with her, but has heard from occasionally knows that they can go there if they need to.
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Okay. What do you say, Eric? All right, I flip. Yeah, flip the store point, yep. Okay, that was the agreed upon location is to meet at Luca Sierra's house. Against all odds. Yeah, I feel like the betting pool on that one did. Whoever had those odds just got a big payday. So yeah, you all arrive. Luca lets you in. Oh, my dogs.
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I'm thinking that Milo, cause when we left Milo off with full, it was just him asking like, how stupid are you feeling?
Prophecy and Concerns about Boromar Clan
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Like Milo would have tried to get a little more info out of him. Okay. About what this is going to entail and that sort of thing. Fair enough.
00:29:34
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Okay. To do the talking because my dogs are acting crazy and I've got no place else to put them. No, I will say like Tarvel would have basically told Milo if Milo answered in the affirmative that him and Aaron have been talking through some possibilities via missives through the teleportation hole and they would obviously if
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you and the rest of your crew are amenable to this plan of trying to install Eren as the head of the clan that Tarvel and Eren would need some time to get things ready because Tarvel is more than happy to assist in arranging to get you all there and all this kind of stuff but but yeah they've been talking they have a layout of the Dreadhold a very rough layout there's obviously sections of missing parts that Luca or not Luca Eren has never been to but but a pretty good layout of the entrance up to Hercel
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some various features and things like that and the goal would be just to get in and get out some way somehow okay that sounds good okay i have a lot of ideas at getting in for example assassinate the head of a dragon marked house
00:30:44
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Yeah, that'll do it. Yeah, that'll get you in the dread hold. I could arrange that. OK, everyone finds themselves in the same sitting room that you all had the conversation with Luca with the fine art all over the wall. Luca asks you all, do any of you need any towel or wine or anything? It's a tea. It's a tea. Oh, gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. In this fantasy world. No, no, thank you, Luca. I'll take some towel. OK.
00:31:15
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How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How? How?
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There's just yeah, I'm sorry. I don't really fantasy world. Are you sure? Like a mountain do please Milo anything I'll have a bit of calf, please Very well, I'll be right back and she leaves the room the DM gestures I don't want it to escape you all you're being awaited on by us a rich celebrity. That's interesting I suppose is the best way to do this simply to
00:32:05
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dish just spill it mine feels the least i'll just throw it there when i learned from dorla the least what jeff yours is apocalyptic yeah the least credible exactly let me guess it's a demon yes and no it's it turns out that the demons that feru was talking about having much more mundane explanation um
00:32:31
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Just those specifically. They're actually just people. A demon is like how they might call themselves a shreiner. Wait, now, okay, you made a face. I know I say dumb stuff all the time. Like, a simile makes sense to me. But I'm not mistaken. The demon is just the name they give for the worshipper or the people who are trying to hasten cult members. It's not actual demons.
00:32:53
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according to she's talking about the overlord that will be unleashed and destroy the city no i know about the overlord i'm talking but when he says when she told me i thought that when feru city was about demons he was talking about the faction members trying to hasten the return of the overlord
00:33:09
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Yes, but some of those individuals are more supernatural in nature than just your average cult member. Like, some of them are... Okay. Powerful. Yeah. Sure. I'm powerful. But Nahab says... More powerful than you. And Tala. You take it back. But Nahab says, so it turns out that there's this... You know what? You know about the draconic prophecies.
00:33:32
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I've heard of it. Yeah. Great.
Dark Lanterns and Boromar Clan Leadership
00:33:37
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According to GM asking your dad because he was a part of the last one or witness to the last overlord uprising. He says, he says, look, there's one of the prophecies that
00:33:48
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The way Dorla had interpreted it is very similar to the situation we're in here. Essentially, it basically said flat out, if Thorani kills the head of the Boromar, we cannot let their child rise up and take his place. It is the way that she interpreted it. She asked if we could help, make sure that doesn't happen, and hasten the arrival of the demon overlord that will destroy us all.
00:34:15
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I told her I'd take it to you guys. It doesn't feel like the worst thing in the world to, depending on what all you guys learned, I don't want to put all our time into it, but I don't hate the idea of, I didn't like the looks Alira was giving me. I'll just say that. I don't know anything per se, I was reminded, but I think that's what Hob lays out, a cursory overview of what he and Dorla talked about.
00:34:39
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and leaves it there because it's not. And I'll go ahead. I'm good. I was going to say I'll provide the same context that I provided for Jeff and the last overlord that actually broke free of their chains happened 700 years ago, less than just barely less than 700 years ago, which means like Reynard Calvair may have been alive when that happened.
00:34:59
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like your dad may be able to recall, oh yes, a demon overlord did almost destroy the entire country of three. So this isn't a crazy notion that an overlord could rise up. Yeah, so. Right, and that was, it was the historicity of it that got Hob more on board. So that is, I'm saying that just from a factual timeline standpoint, your characters can be as disbelieving as you want. I'm not trying to discount that. I'm just providing the context for any players that might not have that timeline in their heads.
00:35:29
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Whether it's a demon or not, the Dark Lanterns also really don't want Illyra to be in charge. Because that's actually who my meeting was with. I'm sorry, are you telling me that Verlum Mordane is a Dark Lantern?
00:35:49
Speaker
No, I'm telling you, she brought one. Actually, one that we know, that Koldor guy... Oh, the one you burned. Really nice optical prosthetic. It's probably really good for his job. I bet it gives him all sorts of information. I really should have asked him if it does what my goggles do, because that would be really great if you were a spy. Aerith, I'm going to need you to bring it back to the rest of it, please.
00:36:19
Speaker
I have been asked to decide who runs the Boromar Clan. I'm sorry? How does the Black Lantern organization fit into that? Dark Lantern. Sorry, Dark Lantern. You're a Black Lamp. They're a Dark Lantern. Can we just say we're not anymore now that we hate Viggo and everything's awful, that we're just maybe not Black Lamps anymore? Could we just not call ourselves that?
00:36:47
Speaker
Anyway, yeah, the Dark Lantern's... Look, Saiden was stable. He wasn't crazy, and they'd like the Boromar Clan to continue to not be crazy. But importantly, it seems like they'd like the Boromar Clan to continue. I guess the thought is, if the Boromar Clan was to collapse,
00:37:12
Speaker
then something else maybe worse would come up and take control. Dask or... Like Dask. Which would be worse, yes. And so to prevent that, they would like me, us, to control the succession. We can't... So kill people? We'll get to yours later. We can't allow a Lyra.
00:37:43
Speaker
to run the clan. Well, that's what they meant by controls accession, isn't it? Yeah, they don't want Alira either. Okay, so I know why Dorla doesn't want Alira and to be perfectly frank, it doesn't hold a lot of water. What is the black? What is the Dark Lanterns issue? And Milo, where do you come from with the Alira part of it? What did you learn? Eric, correct me if I did this wrong, but
00:38:10
Speaker
Elira is, they're concerned that Elira will go to war, that Elira will take the clan in a more violent and criminal direction, whereas Sidon was moving the clan towards more legitimate work, and that Elira would go to war with all the other factions, and that it would be a gang war in Sean.
00:38:41
Speaker
Nailed it. Okay, I can see why they would not want for that to happen. Plus, she's, she's a pure of crap. She wouldn't have any, she wouldn't have the first idea about running the clan and certainly I can see her going to war. But what if we- She takes clan to war and be bad at it. Yes.
00:39:04
Speaker
very much I fear but what if there was possibly another option I was thinking that too because the dark lanterns are really good at faking things and so I was thinking what if we made documents that suggested that maybe your last name wasn't kegbot
00:39:33
Speaker
Milo Boromar running the Boromar Clan. Yeah. I think I have a much better option than myself running the Clan. Maybe not quite as dangerous. Why? Maybe more dangerous, I'm not sure. As it was put to me by Tarvel, how stupid are you all feeling?
00:40:05
Speaker
That is what he asked me. I feel like that's an insufficiently informative question. Yes. I can answer it if you'd like. Quite often. What if we could somehow get into the Dreadhold and alleviate Eren from its premises? And then she would support you as leader of the clan?
00:40:34
Speaker
No, she would be the leader of the clan. She would be the most capable, far more capable than I, I'm sure. Capable of what? Clan business as usual? Or rerouting the clan to something less murdery?
00:40:55
Speaker
Because I feel like you, until Zoriad's hold on you gets unbearable, you would be the second part. What? He didn't say the Zoriad thing. Randy, Milo would... Milo knew Aaron, so he would be able to recall her as a very kind and compassionate and loving person. Even-headed, even-handed. Yes. Now, addendum, she has spent a couple decades in the Dreadhold, so...
00:41:26
Speaker
Who knows at that point. But, before she went in, before she went in, she lost her mind. She did have some connection to the outside world for most of that. Yes. She's in constant communication with, I don't know about constant communication, but she is in communication with her husband and she was always kind, compassionate, generous, level headed. She's a far better option than
00:41:55
Speaker
A Lyra, for sure. And I really don't have any desire to fake my way as to being the leader of the
Raynard's Contract Revelation
00:42:08
Speaker
Boromar clan. He's a criminal organization, so it really feels like faking your way is not really out of the style. If Milo does not want to make himself the leader of the clan, I think we have to respect that, Aerys.
00:42:21
Speaker
Guess so. Yes, I'm not sure that would be a good idea. We don't have to like it, but we have to respect it. But Tarvel also has a very rough draft of the Dreadhold, so. I've been tinkering. Aaron hasn't been everywhere in there, but pardon us. I've been tinkering with that idea because I thought what if I could. Luca comes back in with your all his drinks on a tray. Thank you. Thank you very much. You're welcome.
00:42:53
Speaker
Any else I can get any of you? No, thank you very much. Okay. Well, if you need anything, I'll just be room over. We're just going to kick you out of a room in your home now. Wait, she's in a room over. She's listening through the walls.
00:43:26
Speaker
How could Agent Coldor help us in that particular... How... If they're that dedicated to making sure a Lyra does not become... There's one thing I know about the Dark Lanterns is they can get you into the Dreadful. Yeah, no, I don't. I bet they could. Also, he asked me what I wanted.
00:43:31
Speaker
Luca is the overlord.
00:43:42
Speaker
And I really wasn't prepared. So I just free associated and they're going to take the gates down at high walls. They'll build keg bottoms again and said that you could have brother citizenship if you wanted. I didn't know if that was something you wanted, hob, but they said they could do that as well as wipe out everybody's criminal record. And I think I asked for some other really small things. Oh yeah. They were going to deal with the, they were going to deal with the golden arches across the street from orphans to take care of that.
00:44:10
Speaker
Sorry, did you mention citizenship for Hobb? I did. She did. Yes. Oh, I don't. I certainly wouldn't turn down an opportunity to get that particular albatross off from around my neck. They also said if anybody just wants like a new identity entirely, they could do that. Yeah. So she's looking for a third. You wouldn't be like rich again, then. Yeah.
00:44:38
Speaker
So the criminal record will be expunged after we're done doing the particular criminal things we have to do to install the new board of Martley? Yeah, I think these things would also be expunged. I didn't know about the Dreadhold thing, so I didn't ask, but it feels like they could be helpful with that, and I should ask them about Sigil. That's a means to their end, the Dreadhold thing, gingerly. Raynard, you're being suspiciously silent about how your meeting went.
00:45:06
Speaker
Well, I looked fly. Yes, I would like some roses and thorns, please. Do each of you want to make 10,000 gold pieces? Did he say each? Out of what? That does not sound a promising job. Radar did doing what? He puts his hands on radar shoulders and says. Speak clearly and directly, radar.
00:45:35
Speaker
Well, a little lower to the left, please. He squeezes that spot real hard. It's a woman, but she's the Baron? Yep. So not Baroness? Nope. Okay.
00:45:59
Speaker
How about I? You could probably just say the head of House Fearland and they would get the grab who that is, head of a dragon marked house. Okay. My father took me to meet with the head of House Fearland. Wow, that's a big deal, radar.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
00:46:18
Speaker
Yes, I believe one assumes me to explain the recording I played for my father. And she offered you a job paying us 10,000 gold a piece. She told my father to stop working with Solomon Callaway. That's yes, an excellent that problem entirely.
00:46:42
Speaker
And then I thought we were going to get only bad news today. Oh, this is really done a world soul. And then my blood pressure dropping. My father once again welcomed me back to the house. This was just a great day. And this is wonderful and gave me a job.
00:47:01
Speaker
oh nice i'm glad well deserved friend that would pay upwards to what 50 50 000 gold pieces 60 oh now i don't know about this nepotism you should start on the ground floor but a job is a job well done we just have to murder the head of the house of fearland end of episode
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Speaker
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00:48:07
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