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C1 Ep. 56 The Dawn of Mourning Chapter Two
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The party is collecting themselves after a difficult conversation and they must decide where to go next. Join us as they begin venturing through the city of Stormreach looking for answers as to where they go next.
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Introduction and Acknowledgments
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D20 radio, your game is roll.
Introduction to Eberron Renewed Podcast
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Hello and welcome to Eberron Renewed, a D&D 5th edition actual play podcast set in the Eberron campaign setting. I'm your dungeon master, Eric. I'm Philip. I'm Randy. I'm Jeff. And welcome to another episode.
Recap and Consequences Discussion
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Gentlemen, what happened last time? It was deep. I mean, mostly just a really intense conversation. Yeah. Not a whole lot of things happened, but
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We had a real intense conversation with Gerald. Well, is conversation the right word? We, we received a dressing down from Gerald and we quickly fired back. I mean, also, yeah, there were more things went to last site. Yeah. So not some info.
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We found out that there was a person in the house the night that we attacked it. We didn't attack the house. That was a Montu that caused it to crumble. And it was all Beric's idea.
Beric's Bounty Decision
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Since the DM secretly hates Beric and wants him to become further depressed,
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We found out there was an innocent person in the house that died, the husband of Mrs. Dristan, in fact, one of the many Mrs. Dristan's... Sweet, friendly Mrs. Dristan. Yeah. And so Barrick went to last night and basically just said,
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it's on you to make sure his family is employed and Has surrendered his share of the bounty money. He's keep he's also keeping the 1,000 but the 10,000. Yeah, he is Given to like okay, we didn't actually do in the show But we will say he has given it to last site to make sure that it finds its way to Mrs. Dristan and the little drisdons and Bear Booyah went down memory lane
00:02:31
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Yes, had a little flashback triggered by a story. In his book he's been reading and now people have learned that Booyah, there's a son in his past who had an inkling for not being a typical goblin and helping people, doing good things for folks that absolutely puzzled and confused Booyah.
Black Freighter Visit and Shard Amulet
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And then Beric had a conversation on a boat. Yes, Beric went to the Black Freighter bar and had a conversation with Benar, who gave him something, some sort of shard amulet thing. Okay. Helps him cast magic, I guess.
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So where we last left off, Booyah and Dex were still on borrowed time and Barrick had stormed off.
Decompressing and Reflecting
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Where are you headed to, Barrick? Is this still day one? Is this still like the day after we did that?
00:03:35
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I mean, if if the party unanimously wants a time jump, we can jump to the next day. But I'm asking, I'm asking genuinely what did the conversation we just had have happened on this on that day? Yes. Then Berwick would a little bit after come over the sending stone.
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since we jail breaks them safely. I'm remembering that right. We like Booyah successfully broke them off of the Citadel. Yes. And made one of his own. So we all three have them. Cool. Just wanted to make sure before I did that, Parrott comes over the sending stone and says, just, just give me the date.
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I'll be back tomorrow. Yeah, you got it. What are you all doing on borrowed time? Just going to kind of take a day? Yeah, I mean. That's a totally acceptable answer if your characters need time to decompress from the events of the past two days.
00:04:27
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Booyah will continue to read and you know since he's totally in trouble with this book and he will also Try to be more helpful that you know if Gerald needs help doing some things Okay, you know and to probably tinker around some with whatever's you know yeah, I was gonna say all around with
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Dex will ask Booyase, you know, hey, listen, if you, no big deal, if you feel like tinkering around and you want to switch these stones back out, I'm just more comfortable with the old one right now,
Dex's Interest in Dreadhold
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so. Okay. Your call, whatever. No, Booyah, like mess with stone. Booyah switched stone for you. And I think, I said, he went to his room, because that's what you do. He needed a door to slam.
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But if it's still daytime, I think Dex might, all right, here's what I'm at. Dex has noticed Barrick slowly, I mean, I don't even know what, spiraling. We'll just say spiraling. I think that's an accurate description. Barrick has expressed interest in
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What's it called? The stronghold? The jail? The Dreadhold. Dreadhold, thank you. Expressed interest in breaking something out of the Dreadhold. And it's something that ties into, from what Bergen knows, Jeff knows a little bit more, it's something that ties into his time on the other plane.
00:05:55
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So I think he did X in an effort to try to bring Beric back into, at the very least, away from indifference. Not goes to the Dreadhold, but maybe tries to find some more about it. Okay. Um, yeah. Cause the Dreadhold is in Corvair. Oh, okay. Yeah. Well then yeah, he's, he, he, he does what he wants to learn. I, I really thought it was here, but whatever. He wants to learn more about the Dreadhold.
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Okay. Give me a investigation check. Me? Yep. Got it.
Investigating the Dreadhold
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It's like a 26. Okay. 25, 26, something. It's over. It's 25 greater. Okay. Through going to library, things like that,
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just asking the right people. You begin to find out some information about the Dreadhold. Just your time you had heard the name during your time in Corvair being part of the Thieves Guild like that was the worst possible place you could be sent if you're caught doing bad things. But through further investigation you find yourself
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People start pointing you to a specific address. If you want to know about Dreadhold, go here. Talk to Maren. He probably knows more than anybody. Is Maren played by Sean Connery?
Meeting Marin and Dreadhold Horrors
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No. Is he the only man that's ever busted out of the Dreadhold? My day, we only had goggles and snorkels.
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That's a very good Connery. Thank you. I'm definitely going to go talk to Maren. If we do it now or if you want to do some stuff with Phillip, whatever. Yeah. Let's cut to what, what are you doing with your day? Barrick probably does go have another drink just to calm down. Okay. Because he's very mad. Um, he's, he really, it was that or attack Gerald. So goes and calms down. Um, and then I think probably that he
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goes to his afternoon practice session at Paolo's. I thought Paolo was in, no Paolo's in the afternoon. Daedric is like pre-dawn. Okay. Yep. I got that. Daedric is pre-church because Daedric
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Because Daedric says a lot of things about religion that Beric isn't sure about, so he has to go to church and deal with that after. So I think probably after an hour or so, he shows up at Paolo's. Probably just asks if they could not have a conversation and just go straight to the sword fighting part. Last time they had tried to have a conversation, it was very disheartening to Beric. Okay. Would you say you're looking for a little less conversation and a little more clashing?
00:08:25
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Yes, yes, I suppose you could say that. You're welcome people who pay for this now.
00:08:33
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Well, they don't pay for this and support this with your money. Okay. As you approach, I like to think that you all do your training sessions like outdoor in the garden kind of area. You arrive and the normally scheduled time that you agree to meet normally palos out there waiting for you as you arrive, but you kind of
Marin's Post-Dreadhold Life
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enter the garden and give a quick cursory glance. And then she comes out of her house.
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Give me an insight check. 11. She seems kind of hurried, just that she perhaps lost track of time of what she was doing. Sorry, Beric. Busy day today, but I'm excited for our lesson. Everything all right. Yes, just lots of moving wheels, but. Yes, I suppose so.
00:09:22
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We can discuss that another time though, if you wish. Assume your stance. And then you all begin dueling. She seems once the swords begin clashing kind of her hurried mind and lack of focus washes away and she is just locked in. So yeah, the training goes well. And once it commences, you're both breathing a little heavy. The fighting got,
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I mean, I assume Beric's getting some frustration out. Yeah, probably. And so maybe you got a couple of good hits in on her and she returned in kind and good lesson today, Beric. Progressing nicely, becoming a fine, fine pupil. Thank you. If you wish, over the next couple of days, I... She's going to make a roll real quick.
00:10:17
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Oh. She pauses for a second and looks you in the eye, which is kind of disconcerting, like her being the type of person she is. She makes occasional fleeting eye contact, but for a moment she locks in. Something has come to my attention that I trust you, Barak. I know that you don't agree with a lot of the things that I say or do.
00:10:45
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but our time together, the way that you fight, makes me believe that you are a trustworthy person. You can learn a lot through the way someone fights about who they are. And I feel ready to trust you with some information. It also may pertain to at least decks, but I will leave that up to you as to whether or not
00:11:11
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You bring him. How do you mean? What are we talking about? I and she kind of glances around and you see her glance at people sitting on benches, children playing. I wish I could say more here, but there's too many ears, too many eyes. It's where can you say more? I will have to make some arrangements, talk to some people. But if you arrive at the safe house that you all utilize before,
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only Lord Lassite and myself know about its location and I trust him too. Give us a few days to make preparations and I'll let you know when you feel my steel on your left cheek that evening, come to the safe house. I wish I could say more. I know. I do too. I really do. But I'm used to that in conversation.
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And through talking with you, I know that that is something that's irksome to you. And I wish Stormreach were a different place where we could speak openly right now. But I promise you, no duplicity, no job offer, no tricks to get you somewhere you don't want to be. I genuinely believe that this is something you want and need. And that's all I can say. And she, give me an insight check. Natural one.
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She's cool, you know, it's whatevs. Beric says, okay, you gotta remind me your name. I know. It's like right here. Beric stabs her. She's got a sword. Let's go ahead and cut back to Dex. You are at the address given to you for Marin. You are approaching his home. He lives in the Carnathy district of the city. That doesn't really mean much to Dex, right?
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I mean, you are aware of Karnath. They're very right. Their culture is very martial
Dex's Resolve to Help Marin
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military, lots of stuff with necromancy back during the last war. So a full monarchy, though. Yeah. Unlike Greenland. I go up and knock on the door.
00:13:13
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Yes, go go in. Oh, all right. Awesome. Thank you And you enter and it's a small modest living space and you see a quick look around for weapons or anything No, nothing. Oh, no. No, it's I mean you can make a perception check to see if anything's hidden But just the way you asked it. I thought you meant like is he is he wearing a sword on his face?
00:13:36
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No, no, I mean I want to look around the place to see okay, what he's what he's got within reach of him. Okay, potentially so perception. Yep That's uh Mmm, I think it's it. I think I said it on 11. Okay. My marath modifiers are ridiculous Yeah, 11 you you don't spot anything with your cursory glance You see this very
Booyah's Reflections and Nostalgia
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old half-orc sitting on a simple it
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It, you might call it a sofa. It's, it's a padded bench with covered in cloth. And he's got both of his legs up on a small table in front of him. And he kind of uses his arm to shift his arms to shift his ways. Like, uh, who are you? Uh, hello. Uh, thank you for inviting me in. Uh, my name is Irv Aaron and, um, I was told
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People call me Vern, you're welcome to do that. I was told that you were the man to talk to in regards to the story of the Dreadhold. Well, I guess that one thing defines your life. That's what people are going to point at you and say that's the guy to talk to. Have a seat. Thank you. Sorry if this is a distress into you.
00:14:55
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I know nothing other than I would say Dreadhold and they would say Marin. No, you're not the first person to come calling about the stories of the most horrifying prison in Corvair.
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During the last war, there was, uh, I don't even remember their name. I'm from Carnath, but, uh, one of the members of the Royal family of on dare got killed and I happened to be visiting on dare at the time and they don't take too kindly to even halves of monstrous races there. And, uh, they, it was convenient for them to say it was this four and a half work that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. And it took, uh,
00:15:43
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I went to the Dreadhold. I was in there for about 25 years and got released once the actual assassin got captured for doing something else terrible and they happened to have a Zona Truth cleric nearby.
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found out that i was innocent like i've been saying and uh didn't really have much getting out so i'm i'm here in storm reach but um yeah i i know the dread hold that's terrible um so i'm so sorry to hear that um
00:16:14
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Is that something is railroading railroaded incarceration for like half-horse and stuff is that something that happens it very like it wouldn't happen in Breeland like Sure, but I mean it just depends like you don't have enough information It might literally be that he was standing over the body like it sure But on dare is your most at least in my eberron your most typical fantasy humans
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Are the dominant race like it's the most fantasy setting I'm with you. Well, you said it was a it was horrifying now I don't I don't I do not want to ask you to relive the things that happened But was it horrifying because you were incarcerated or do they actively are they actively making your life worse in there? I
00:17:01
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Well, there's, uh, there's mines underneath the Dreadhold, uh, it's a labor, uh, where they got you. They send you down into Kyber to get dragon shards and, uh, stuff you see down there is.
00:17:17
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I saw more than one person's mind broken. You know, I've actually I've actually been down there as well So I could certainly understand how that would be being forced to go down there repeatedly I can understand how that would be terrible But it's it's not it's not that that is the they tell you like there there is a manifest of of the
Secrets of the Dreadhold
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prisoners, but it's numbers it's there there's no names and
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Basically, the family that runs the Dreadhold, the House Kundarak, they do everything in their power to wipe you from the history books. If you do something bad enough to where they send you to the Dreadhold, any military honors, anything you did of note before you were a criminal is wiped away as best they can. What were you before you were branded a criminal?
00:18:12
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I was nobody special in Karnath. I was a weapons trainer for the military. I had a good life for myself, lots of good kids underneath me that went on to do better things than me. But no, I mean, you go through the Karnathy history books, you're not even going to find my name.
00:18:32
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Well, let me let me ask you this. And, you know, I want to stress this is all just kind of academic. I've heard of it and it intrigues me. It's as impregnable as they say. Oh, I mean, it's on an island by itself. Got to take get there by ship, which, you know, hard to be inconspicuous with guards watching the waters, especially with our ship.
00:18:55
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And I mean, one way in, one way out, bars are, I mean, we didn't have the greatest tools in there, but any attempt to cut through the bars or the doors or pick a lock, it's all the five nations funnel money to ensure that the Dreadhold is what it has become. It is the most well-funded prison in Corvair. Wow. All right. Well, I didn't learn anything.
00:19:25
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Um, you're like some stuff. Yeah. Do you know, um, they keep anything in there since it's so, I mean, since it's so, uh, impossible to get into impossible, get out of, is there anything besides prisoners in there? I mean, and, and, and, and whatever hoard of dragon stones they find. Have you heard? I mean, I know you probably didn't get a lot of wandering around time. No, there were, there were rumors amongst the, uh, the guards, especially the more loose slipped ones that, uh,
00:19:55
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They they would get items that whatever, whatever sovereign ruler of whatever nation didn't want falling into anybody's hands, they would tell House Kunderak to stick it in a cell in the Dreadhold because it's it's a very large prison and I guess good for Corvair that.
00:20:17
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It's not overpopulated, but also a lot of prisoners died down in the mines. So I guess that's their form of population control. But no, I mean, there were rumors that things would be stored there, but I never saw anything. All right. Um, I'm not going to take up any more of your time. Uh, so what do you do here? What do you do here in, in storm rage? Oh, uh, well, uh,
00:20:49
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I wasn't in the best state when I got out of the dread hold. Um, and he kind of lifts up his right leg and just drops it with a thud and's like, these things ain't doing me any favors lately. Uh, no, I, I live here a couple of people, uh, that I knew back in the Carnath military are doing what they can to, to support me and make sure that I can just live out the rest of my days and in this house and you know,
00:21:17
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I got skills as a weapons trainer, but there's not much call for one that can't walk.
00:21:26
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All right. I really I really appreciate your time. Hey, thanks. Thanks for coming. I don't get nearly enough visitors, so I appreciate it. All right. So here's what Dex is going to do with the with what just happened to him. Either figure out who owns this building, take care of some rent costs, go buy some food. I don't know about wheelchair access in everyone. Is that a thing? Probably this. I mean, I mean, there are there are even like
00:21:57
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at the crazy end of the spectrum there you can you can replace limbs in everyone yeah but I just there through regeneration magic or with warforged prosthetics yeah I mean you do know that there is a cleric in storm reach that can do restoration yeah but I already kicked my 10 grand to somebody else go back to life can I get half that back
Injustice and Moral Support
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No, I think we'll start with, no, Barry doesn't do that. Dex just goes to the market, gets some groceries and things, brings it back on. The idea of unjust incarceration is untenable to Dex when he's seen so many terrible people walking freely in the world.
00:22:46
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Okay, cut to Booyah. You're reading through the book, having a great time. Go ahead and mark five hours off if that's what you're doing for the rest of the day. The one story that you found that was kind of an aberration
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is in the past, it's back to these high level, almost epic fantasy stories of grand heroes. And you hit a story as you're reading about a ranger who would basically, he was a wandering hero. He never settled down, never had a family, would just go from village to village, helping people out, only taking gold that he needed to survive and letting other people have what they needed. It's the tale of Drakir.
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and you once again kind of stop and your eyes dart away from the page. Your mind goes back to timing your village and you see Dula running around with some other goblin kids having fun, like I said, just all ears and feet. You hear off to the east one of the the sentries of your village call,
00:23:52
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Peril! Peril here. And you see this human cut through the tree line as all the other goblins, especially the goblin children, just start sprinting towards him and jumping around and he laughs and gives them pats on the head and tosses them a small sack that they run off and start gobbling up little treats that he had given them. Well, how's my favorite goblin village doing? Village do good.
00:24:20
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You come trade. Yes. Yes. I just got back from storm reach, uh, got some supplies for you all in exchange for goods that you all have acquired through your pillaging and, uh, ne'er do well activities. So here, here you are. And he hands a rather large satchel to you and you glance in and it's got, it's got like grains and some meats, cheeses, goblins love cheese. It doesn't.
00:24:49
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Uh, some, some food wares, uh, and some, some more mundane, magical things like ever bright lanterns, stuff like that. As he reaches out to take the exchange, you went a little bit and your, your memory flashes forward to flames and screaming and viral in the same position with this hand extended is just shouting Booyah.
00:25:14
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Booyah, come on. And you sit up from the book and just readjust yourself and maybe take a break from reading for a bit. Dex, do you return to borrowed time to sleep, I'm assuming? Yeah. You go into your room and lay down to go to sleep. And you typically, because of your background and your experience, you generally appreciate and most of the time have very dreamless sleep. But tonight is not one of those nights.
00:25:42
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having received the news that you had this day. It's like one of those dreams that's informed by a memory where it's you sitting in a small shack made of various plant life and things like that. You feel home and you're sitting around a
00:26:05
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a medium-sized table in your changeling form, looking at three other changelings sitting around the table, while another changeling stands at a nearby waist-high table, preparing some food.
00:26:23
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the three other changelings are caught in a heated debate about... Are they recognizable to me? Yeah. You're at your old house with your brothers. So you see Strint, Connor, and Chance sitting around the table and Strint is arguing with Connor especially in earnest.
00:26:45
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about the invasive nature of the reedurance and the way that they spew propaganda through your dreams. And when you sleep, you hear what they want you to hear. And Connor's arguing that
00:27:02
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It's it's fine like if if something's happening if if something important needs to Arise, I'm sorry if something important is needing to to be known to everybody then the reedrons can can do that they can allow us to know if if those barbarians in Corvair are invading or something and
00:27:25
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Like, I mean, it makes sense. But Strint just throws his hands with like, Dex, come on, come on, man. You very bad. They're all from very different parts of the American South. It's because I want them to sound distinct. Come on, man. You're with me on this, aren't you? And Strint is the one that's against the idea, right? Yeah, he's your older brother. Then yeah, I am. I say, yeah, no, I'm with Strint on this one, guys.
00:27:53
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Well, I'm younger. Yeah, no, I'm a strand on this one guys There's a everything going through my head now. It's just about data mining and privacy. I Just think that that's that that what three Edmonds are doing is an overreach that I can't abide exactly
00:28:14
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That's why we live down here, trying to get away from it. But Connor, you wanna go live with the re-edrons? You know what? Go march on in there. I'm sure that they will welcome you and let you stay the exact person you are right now. And you hear a voice. And Dex is young, so Dex says, Connor, please don't. Please don't go join the re-edrons. Trent doesn't mean that. And Connor is...
00:28:36
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Whatever the other changeling that was standing kind of turns around and like okay now y'all calm down Alright, nobody's going to readra Nobody's going anywhere here eat your food and just your family you can disagree But don't let it don't let it drive a wedge between you
00:28:55
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All right. We're all we got. And she leans down in in in the tiniest chair. You see your brother Chance, who was just kind of watching the whole thing. And she leans down and kisses Chance on top of the head and you wake up and it's morning and didn't get a really restful night's sleep. Probably. OK, so it is the next morning you all arise. Barrick is not on borrowed time. Or is he metaphorically?
00:29:25
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Oh, right. I see what you did there. That's good. Well played, sir. Barrick, as you next morning pre-dawn walking, are you going to your Banar lesson? Are you going to sleep in? Okay. So you wake up and you're walking through the Stormlord district of the city on your way to Banar and give me a perception check. A natural 20.
00:29:54
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Okay.
Barrick's Encounter with Street Kids
00:29:55
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Is there anything you would like to introduce into the narrative? A total of 25. Um, uh, huh. He tastes colors. I don't know. This is an odd time for it to happen. Um, I've been there. Yeah. Really. I really don't have any, I mean, I have something mundane just because I forgot to declare it earlier and I would like to it for it to have happened. Uh, but,
00:30:22
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I mean, do you have anything good? I mean, this is a weird. Yeah, this is a weird scenario. So OK. And I would just like to retroactively declare that Barak not being a jerk left a note when he left before dawn. OK, you with your amazing perception check, you hear three sets of tiny footsteps coming from behind you and to the left.
00:30:47
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Eric glances over his shoulder in a better mood right now. He's not going to just draw on strangers quite yet. You see three very dirty kind of ragamuffin kids stopping their tracks as you turn around and look at them like, sorry. And they start to back away. What? Sorry for what? Streets are free. Nothing.
00:31:12
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Okay, I've been here a while. Are these pickpockets? My perception check was pretty intense. You hate to pay with a broad brush, but Dodger? Yes. Yes, they are. Barrett turns around and as he moves on, how many were there? There were three of them. As you go to start turnaround, give me one more perception check.
00:31:36
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23. 23. Okay, so I'm going to need you to make a strength saving throw with advantage because of your perception. 18. 18 is what you do. Jesus. Bear witness. So you turn quickly and manage to not topple over. You stay standing, but you feel a hand brush over the back of your neck.
00:32:03
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And you see a larger figure, not a large figure, but compared to the three kids that were just standing next to you. Um, a figure is taking off down the street after having just bumped into you. Um, and he has, you see your amulet in their left hand as they run. Okay. How far away is he? They are. I mean, at this point, 20 feet lightning lure. Okay.
00:32:32
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I need a strength saving throw. Six. Okay. So, Barak sees this, just flicks out his hand. And if you'll let me, I'd like to just grab the amulet back with it. I don't actually have any need to electrocute this person. Trying to grab something that small. Well, I mean, I'll grab the whole guy. That's what, that's what it's got to be. But.
00:32:57
Speaker
Come on now, Gev, don't shock me. Gotta make a limit now, don't I? Light healer specifically targets a creature. Okay. Yeah, well, so Eric flicks out his hand, and this sort of black tendril reaches out, wraps around the person's chest, and yanks him back.
00:33:20
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Uh, 10 feet in a straight line. Yeah. And one D or two D eight lightning damage. About to kill this kid. I can fix it. Okay. Good. Uh, he takes six lightning damage.
00:33:35
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Okay, just narratively, I'm going to say that you pull back 10 feet, but the momentum causes them to stumble and land on the ground in front of you as the ambulance clatters on the ground at your feet. And you see just pure
00:33:54
Speaker
anger in the eyes of this. You would peg around 14 or 15 year old girl that looks up at you and grabs her arms where the lightning lure wrapped around her. Just by the time that she's pulled back to him, Barak has summoned Erebus and uses to just sort of
00:34:21
Speaker
pick the amulet up and let it slide down the blade back to him. He reaches down and picks her up and as he does, he will cast cure wounds into her from the amulet.
00:34:36
Speaker
or not picks her up, pulls her onto her feet. I guess is what I'm trying to express. I gotcha. So she regains 10 hit points. She'd been beaten up before this. She's also healed a little bit from that. Now that she's on her feet, you see that, I mean, you obviously have healed her. She's at, to use mechanical terms, full hit points. Right. But you see now that in the tumble, she was wearing a cap and it came off. She has bright red hair that is just cropped almost as closely as barracks is. And she just,
00:35:05
Speaker
kind of still with disdain as she pulls her hand back after you pick it, picked her up and it's like, are we done? I mean, I didn't start this. You're all right. I'm fine. Thanks. Who are you? I ain't seen you around. I'm nobody. All right. Nobody. I've heard of your battle with the Cyclops. Um, Beric reaches into a pouch and pulls out
00:35:34
Speaker
four gold pieces since there's four of them now. Um, just, all right, nobody go buy some breakfast and pushes them into her hand and then turns and starts walking off. She, as, as you walk past her, you see her open her hand and kind of look at the four gold pieces, almost confused. And the name's Orianna looks over his shoulder and it was,
00:36:05
Speaker
Barrick, go find some honest work. You'll get the wrong person one day. Cut to morning on the ship. Borrow time.
Search for Krast in Brielish District
00:36:13
Speaker
What are y'all going to do for the day? Well, I'm going to put that stone back in. Okay. But y'all put stone in for decks and then boy, I have to go see cleric.
00:36:22
Speaker
Oh, right. For your daily appointment. And I will go with Booyah to the cleric, you know, sit in the rating room. He's a very nice cleric, but the wait time is ridiculous. Yeah, you know, I'll get a Highlights magazine. Booyah's HMO is not great. Reader's Digest, you know, and because as you know, laughter is the best medicine.
00:36:45
Speaker
Yes, HMO is barracks entire And the reason being as a booyah we may as well start You know hitting the streets and see if we can figure anything about crass. So I'll go with you to the cleric or I'll go to where I'll go to the same place the church is and Okay, let's around hit some shops. Yeah, give me nails done
00:37:10
Speaker
I mean, you do know that, I mean, Krast was a paladin of the Silver Flame, so there is every possibility that he may have gone. I mean, this is the temple to the Silver Flame that Booyah's appointments are at. Like, that makes sense, but I do want to do some shopping and get my nails done. Okay. Can't you just do your, like, make your nails pretty?
00:37:31
Speaker
Yes, I can, but it's the process. It's about the experience. It's a self-care thing. It's therapeutic. It's not just your nail. Have you guys never had a pedicure? It's wonderful. No, I don't want to make another person touch my feet. That's a solid point. War crime. Your pedicure thing is not a toxic masculinity thing. It's a compassion thing.
00:37:56
Speaker
Um, uh, no, you're, you're absolutely right. If we're going every count that I just stated, we're going, no, we're going to a church, uh, while Booyah's sitting in an ice bath or whatever they have to do. Um, I will be, I'll talk with a cleric. So let's, yeah. Okay. Or ease.
00:38:16
Speaker
Let's say that they coincide this with Beric's usual morning. Oh, yeah. The whole gang's back together. When you get there, Beric is meditating in front of a silver candle. And Dex is not bothering him. On purpose. Dex goes up and just says, we need to talk. Beric replaces it with a bonfire.
00:38:42
Speaker
around that speaking to the cleric I imagine and correct me if this is an unfair statement to make decks I don't imagine that decks he would be respectful but not
00:38:56
Speaker
Like, when he goes to talk to the cleric, he's probably not in quite the hush-wish bird that... Oh, he has no idea how to do it. If he ever found himself in a service, he would be the guy just doing whatever the old lady in the front row did. Like, he wants to be respectful, but he does not know the choreography. So... Much like Boomba.
00:39:17
Speaker
in your meditations, Barak, and searching for truth in the flame, here speaking in far too full a voice in this large, echoey chamber, Dex approaching a cleric and begin speaking to him. So I'm just, you can say what you want, but I wanted to establish that. So if you want to break away, you can. If you want to stay meditating, totally fine. I will listen to what Dex says to the cleric since he's talking too loud.
00:39:42
Speaker
Hello. How may I help you? This guy again. You're thinking of my cousin. He lives in Sean. Hey, your, I don't know, holiness, your imminent, your flameship. Let's land on sir. That's fine. Alright. You could just tell me your name.
00:40:02
Speaker
all right sir i have a friend technically who is a paladin of your faith and he he's here somewhere in storm reach i've he's been missing uh for about
00:40:20
Speaker
two weeks. I wouldn't let it get to this point. I didn't realize he was missing. I thought he had left. Turns out he is missing. So, oh yeah, his name is Crast Wote. He is a human, okay, a human fellow.
00:40:36
Speaker
Yes, actually, that name does sound familiar. I believe Paladin wrote, if I remember correctly, just after Dusk, he would come to pray, and he seemed to be losing the path. Not to cast aspersions on anybody, but he did reek more and more of ale every time that he came in. Yeah, I mean that.
00:41:06
Speaker
That does track. Is it me? People hang out with me and they need to drink more? Is it Dex? They lose their faith and find the bottle?
00:41:16
Speaker
I'm sorry. But it has been some days since has come, like when you say some days, like five or six or has it been like a couple of weeks? We, is it three weeks now? Yes. Well, he had been coming here for evening meditations and prayer for some time. The first time he came, he said he had only been in storm reach for
00:41:44
Speaker
a short time, and he was a wonderful member of the faith, but I would say things took a sour turn about three weeks ago, and it's been a week and a half since I've last seen him.
00:42:02
Speaker
But then, let's just say duty called the rest of our compatriots away and
Krast's Last Known Whereabouts
00:42:09
Speaker
when we came back, we had bad news for him and I guess he took it hard and we've not seen him since that night. Is there anybody here that he talked to? Well, I provided counsel to him in his DACA times. They're all pretty dark, sir.
00:42:30
Speaker
Well, be that as it may, I know that he, he began spending some time in the Brielish district of the city at some various establishments. You mean, you mean bars? Yes. Okay. But his anger began to rise as
00:42:51
Speaker
He found more and more sympathizers of an organization in Breland that I'm unfamiliar with. Oh, yeah. You're talking about the swords, huh? Perhaps. Oh, he didn't. He didn't. He didn't give you the note. No, no, he didn't. He didn't tell me any details. But no, I know that there was one particular person that was continuing to say things that Paladin woke disagreed with and his anger was rising.
00:43:21
Speaker
Alright, well, I do appreciate your time. Do you know the name of the person? Do you know which establishment he was in or anything like that? I want to find my friend and to sweeten the pot for you.
00:43:40
Speaker
I want to bring your paladin of yours back to his faith. If you tell me that there is anybody that is in need of assistance, you don't need to, as you say, sweeten the pot. I believe the name of the establishment was the Wandering Toad, if I remember him saying that correctly. Was that a toad that is pondering things or a toad that is ambulatory? Because there's probably both in the district.
00:44:03
Speaker
right the the wondering to wondering to that wouldn't help for the wandering to wonder it there it is yeah yeah yeah wandering and wand is probably all in capital letters because magic you know um perhaps i do not know yeah i guess if it was in the andarian district then absolutely you know what i mean i don't okay um so uh i don't either like so the way he said that yeah
00:44:28
Speaker
Uh, I assure you that I do not know what you mean. And I, I mean, I'm done talking to him. Booyahs here, barracks here. I'm not leaving. So I probably just like drop a couple of gold pieces in the coffer and sit on a pew.
Booyah's Clerical Curiosity
00:44:43
Speaker
May you stand in the warmth of the flame. Actually, I'm going to sit over here on this pew.
00:44:47
Speaker
Thank you, Philip. First of all, before we left, Booyah went and informed Gerald that we were going out to look for Krast, kind of keep him informed. Now, when he's doing this restoration stuff on Booyah, I mean, is that something where they could converse?
00:45:06
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. You're, you're not knocked out or anything. No, the it's a local, he doesn't have to concentrate because he's not so powerful that he can just cast this as a, a spell. It's a combination of ritual magic. Like there's an assistant there helping to cast this divine energy. And there are some more herbal medicinal components that go into it. Well, Booyah would be
00:45:30
Speaker
You're having a hard time making it through this particular appointment because they're trying to heal your ribs and you are just very ticklish. So don't tickle. Don't tickle me, y'all. He would be curious. He would be asking about clerics and you know, and what he'd seen trying to learn more about clerics. Oh, just overall, that would be his, his interest. This is going on.
00:45:58
Speaker
Well, you see, the path to being a cleric is a long one. I am only just beginning to realize the power that the flame is granting me. It is essentially just faith. It's about having faith that the flame will guide you through the darkest nights, will burn away your imperfections and
00:46:24
Speaker
and allow you to commune with it when your time in this world is done. And if your faith is strong and true, then there is a chance that the flame will grant power to you and allow you to be a vessel for it on this mortal plane.
00:46:44
Speaker
Not not all clerics devote to flame. No, no, no, no. I'm merely speaking from my own experience. There are other beliefs out there that, you know, it's a complicated issue.
00:46:59
Speaker
The flame is not incompatible with there being other gods. I know, but this cleric in particular, when you're asking about... As is proven by all of the gods. A couple episodes ago, or last episode, you asked about this particular cleric and he's the one that kind of, you know, he struggles with the other face and stuff like that. It's just part of his beliefs, not the flames. Just to clarify that for everybody. It's more isegetical.
00:47:23
Speaker
But, you know, there are clerics of other faiths and they do attain power as well. So there are perhaps means of attaining the power through worshipping another deity. I only know my experience through the true and guiding nature of the Silver Flame.
00:47:41
Speaker
so have worship deity to be cleric yes yes okay may i interest you in the teachings of the silver flame holds a pamphlet out to you boy i think about it okay multi-class and into cleric okay you could do some stuff with that
00:47:58
Speaker
Yeah, that's where Cleric Ranger is a good multiple. That's why Booyah's curious. Yeah, Cleric Ranger with a extra planar crossbow. Heck yeah. Okay, so your session wraps up, your ribs are starting to feel a little bit, still a little bit of tenderness when you take a deep breath in, but mostly the pain is gone. So you go out and you see,
00:48:23
Speaker
Barrick meditating and decks awkwardly say standing on a pew or sitting in a pew. No, I'm sitting. I'm I'm planking across. He's laying down at a pew, just, you know, flipping a coin. I'm laying on the pew on my stomach doing a coloring book just like I do when I was five. So you find info, Christ. You find info about Christ.
00:48:46
Speaker
Oh yeah, a little bit. I mean, I don't, I got, I didn't get a GPS, but, and Beric, Booyah is just speaking full volume, full voice, just. Eric finally sighs, stands up out of his sort of, you know, cross-legged position and walks over to the rest of you. Oh, hey, Beric, you, you're done now. Good. Hey, uh, Hey buddy. Hi.
00:49:11
Speaker
So just so you know, after we left, after you left, pardon me, yesterday, Booyah agreed to help find Krast and I can't let him do it by himself because you
00:49:29
Speaker
Well, you just saw how he talked to people sometimes. Not to people, just in this church. So that's what we're going to be doing today. I got some information. We're going to go into the Brielish district and talk. If you're in, you're in. Sure. All right. As you all make your way to the Brielish district, you start to feel the tensions rising as you get closer.
00:49:55
Speaker
Uh, the stuff going on in brilliant is really starting to bleed over into the, the realish expatriates that live in storm reach and you find, well, give me an investigation check everybody.
00:50:11
Speaker
21 23 16. Okay. I'm sorry 22. Okay.
Confrontation at the Wandering Toad
00:50:15
Speaker
Um, all of you have an easy time, uh, spotting the wandering toad. It's right next door to the pondering toad. So good thing you clarified. Um, but, and the wonder toads down the street.
00:50:28
Speaker
Uhm, you two, Barrack and Dex, immediately, cause you got a 16, right? Uh, Barrack and Dex, and this fits narratively, you recognize the, the clothing of some of the younger patrons that are standing out in front of the wandering toad, they're dressed like swords of liberty.
00:50:46
Speaker
Good this day started out really well point of clarification are any of them wearing bird masks because I will need to divert Beric No, no, they're not wearing. They're not wearing void masks. Hey Beric We'll just say cuz I like the visual aesthetic of it. They're wearing red sashes around their waist. I'm a tombstone fan Light blue light blue. Thank you. I went with red owl in my brain. But yes, yeah light blue. They are light blue. I
00:51:12
Speaker
Well, we've walked over to one of them and tries to convince him that violence is not actually no kidding Now I agree with Argos recording can be boring No, Jeff Jeff deck
00:51:27
Speaker
Guys, I've been too deep. It's happened. Dex is going to walk past the Swords of Liberty. He has no interest in talking to them either for information or personal edification or enjoyment. And he is going to head to the bartender. Okay. Or server, waiter, waitress, whomever, whom we'll speak with him.
00:51:56
Speaker
Uh, entering the wandering toad, you see that it's, it's a fairly rundown establishment and you see a few more people on the inside sitting at tables with the, the light blue sashes on and the bartender looks to be a, a older, um, very thick stout human man. You would put him at about six foot five. Um, a big boy. Yes. He is a very large muscular man and he's just behind the,
00:52:24
Speaker
the bar wiping down the counter like they do. He kind of looks up and is like, ah, how are you doing? What can I do for you? Uh, actually, um, well, yeah, no, we will. You fellas want to drink. Well, sorry bear. Uh, yeah, get him something. Apparently he likes thick drinks. Um,
00:52:44
Speaker
Well, yeah, I have drink. Yeah, we'll take we'll take I just need an ale any particular Kind ale that you're interested in. I'm more of a logger guy. You'll see we get the drink He slides three mugs across the table. It's actually really good well balanced Two ales of a logger like it tastes very good. It's like that's just a new shipment We got in from Corvair. So enjoy it. That's actually the name of the drink. It's a it's a
00:53:12
Speaker
beer cocktail. It's two ales in a lager. Two ales in a lager. And a pizza place. And I say, well, this is really nice. Yeah, I never heard of it before. Apparently it's really popular up there. I'm farling something. Oh, son of a.
00:53:29
Speaker
You know, funny story, this is building rapport. Funny story, we actually, we know Farlin half staff, Krag sickle, Krag stalker, Kragstaff, black bottle. False staff. Dance mom. We know Farlin, Krag whistle, Kragstaff, cross staff.
00:53:50
Speaker
Renfield. Crag stout. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, yeah. We, we, uh, we're good friends.
00:54:03
Speaker
Sounds like it. You know, a funny story, we actually, well, this one and I, we know Farlin cracks down. Yeah, we were, we're wanted in his home election. Who isn't? Hey, all right. Now we had to fight alongside him once. I'll let you see him again, tell him that he makes a mighty fine nail. I don't think I'll be doing that. Not for you, but I don't want to make him feel good. This has been a very awkward conversation, I must say. Yeah, you know, that's my specialty.
00:54:30
Speaker
You know a man named cross yeah, here's here's the thing we got we got a buddy. We're looking for I'll just let Barrett get to the point
00:54:40
Speaker
Uh, I'm not sure his name's Crass. Crass wants. Yeah. Uh, here he's been drinking around here. He's an old friend of ours. Yeah. Yeah. I know. I know. Crass. He, uh, used to come around pretty much lived here for about a week and a half. Haven't seen him lately though. Uh, he got into a really big spat with, uh, one of the boys in here who just went by junior and he was a small guy, but explosive things coming in small packages and all that. But he blow him up. No.
00:55:11
Speaker
They got into a spat about Swords of Liberty and whatnot. Junior was wearing one of those sashes and suggested they take it outside. And, uh, well, that's the last I heard about it, uh, was they, they left my establishment and nobody that comes around here is willing to talk about what happened. So, so this bar is full of Swords of Liberty. That's, that's the, listen, I know I was, I was Philip. Okay. Um,
00:55:40
Speaker
Not, not a hundred percent, but this is clearly a hangout spot for them. But there's several of them here. Yes. Okay. Um, but I haven't seen Christ or junior since, uh, since that day. Thanks. Barrick turns, walks over and sits down at a table with some swords of Liberty.
00:55:56
Speaker
They all stop their conversation, just kind of side you decks, sighs deeply and sits at the bar, but close enough to where he can listen. Can we, uh, can we help you build stands by decks? Okay. I mean, that pulls out a starts with a gold coin and puts it on the table and says, I'd really like to have a problem with you boys, but I don't at the moment. And I got other things to worry about.
00:56:25
Speaker
And I'd like that to continue to be the status of this conversation, but just, uh, you know, to be honest, what, uh, what can we do for you then friend? I'm looking for a man called Crastwood. I heard he had some problems with one of yours who called himself junior. We called him junior. Uh,
00:56:52
Speaker
No, Krast won't come in here and spout his belief in the righteousness of the monarchy and Junior was not a even-tempered man. So one day he and Krast got into it and threats were made and they went off to go settle their differences in the old way, I guess, but
00:57:22
Speaker
Word is that, well, we haven't seen Junior since that day. And so, doing some investigation on our part, we found out that Krast had killed Junior. Right. In terms of where Krast is now, not to raise your ire, but only to be frank and honest with you, I do not know and I do not care. No, I didn't expect you to care. I'm just trying to find out.
00:57:46
Speaker
Well, uh, I don't know the, uh, the storm Lord that you would have talked to just, uh, burned up in his own house. So, um, I, I know that in spite of the differences that we had with craft and the differences that I perceive that you and I have based on your introduction, junior was a good friend and we mourned him when he was dead. I hope your friend is okay. Right. Uh, this is idle curiosity and
00:58:16
Speaker
If it's something you're, that's going to push us into a fight that I don't, well, I don't have time for. One of my closest friends just died fighting over ideology. So I'm not much in the mood. So, you know, your cell in Breland is headed by Hadith Irwin Arne. You know, the Red Owls Hadith Irwin Arne. Do you know that? That sounds like a fine story, but, uh, no, I arrested her a long time ago. Uh, maybe a long time ago. I don't know. A lot of stuff's happened since then. Hard to tell.
00:58:46
Speaker
Uh, it was a lifetime ago. Give me a persuasion check. Actually as an alternative to that, can I try something else instead? Sure. Not as an alternative to saying that, but as an alternative to a persuasion check, I would like this gentleman to make a saving throw as I finger the, uh, the amulet that Benar gave me. Okay. Uh, and I succeed on my arcana check and thus cast friends. Oh, wait.
00:59:16
Speaker
I'm sorry, there is no saving throw to this. It just happens. So I get advantage on that. That's what happens. Okay. Okay. So he just, he just feels like I'm a nice guy. You know, we might be pals if, if things had been different. Yes. In another life we could have gone camping. You know, Beric, he's putting on one of those light blue sashes. Dang thing keeps going black.
00:59:37
Speaker
Uh, 17. All of them kind of make eye contact and say you arrested her. Well, last we heard she is walking free fighting the good fight. Oh, she is. She's, she's walking free, but she's definitely in with the, in with the crown and hated the airline. So, you know, I just thought you might like, that might be useful information to you. You can do with it what you will, but she and I have, well, look, I got reasons to make trouble for her. So.
01:00:04
Speaker
you look into it, you do your own thing. Don't take my word for it if you don't want to, but it is true. Well, uh, if you, uh, and you know, at this point they saw us all walk in together. It's not a, I just wasn't about this conversation. I spend her and I say, I was there too. I mean, for whatever it's worth to you, you say, yeah, yeah, we arrested her and yeah, she's walking free, but the Nobel, the, the royalty don't tend to stay arrested. Uh, which I assumed is part of your beef with them. Right. Uh, there's a lot of things, uh,
01:00:33
Speaker
Have beef with these days, but that is primary concern. Tell you what anyway I come from a middlingly noble family father made some fair amount of coin in the last war if you If you ever find any evidence that I could take up the chain of command because I believe you but I'm not as eloquent with words as you seem to be Yeah, we're pretty good
01:00:58
Speaker
If you wish to make trouble for her and wish to do it from the inside. Well, I'll give you this. You put these two pieces of information together as best you can. I imagine your organization could say, could identify when the red owl was arrested. Yeah. You go back, look at the sharn inquisitive story about Haydathir Winarn being kidnapped by rogue Brelish agents. We'll just note how those days line up and see if that doesn't put a different light on this conversation.
01:01:27
Speaker
Would news of the battle of Xandrar have trickled this far since it kind of got so out of hand and the Red Owl ended up being arrested and stuff? Potentially. I mean, we were the guys in Xandrar. Xandrar. Xandrar. We were the guys in Xandrar. You know, we fought the lightning dog.
01:01:50
Speaker
Interesting boy are not with them. This happened boy. I have no idea what talk about confused right? Well, we don't really have to get into all of our activities in front of this person that we don't know and who we don't have any particular reason to share our various life stories with I was just two dates given corroborating information you you're the one that sent you arrested or they're gonna put it together so I Put another coin down the table and says next rounds on me
01:02:20
Speaker
And then I get up and walk out. Yeah, I walk out as well. OK. As we walk out, I was like, why they wear blue sash? Yeah. Dex turns around and says, Phil is whatever soccer team it is you're supporting with those things. I hope they have a great season. OK. Jeff, it's a fantasy world. It's Quidditch. Oh, my bad. You're right. You're right.
01:02:40
Speaker
Okay. So you have some more info. I don't know how to go about looking for crafts. Did we find out about how long ago this fight took place? Um, it was, said it was about a week and a half. Yeah. I mean, it was the same day. I've relayed the information that I got from the, the cleric at the, at the church as well. It did. I mean, it lines up the next day after the fight was the first day that crafts didn't show up.
01:03:05
Speaker
There's a watch station around here, right? Yeah, there's a watch station.
Krast's Gladiatorial Situation
01:03:09
Speaker
Berwick heads to the watch station. Dex does that thing he does where he follows Berwick when Berwick has the best idea. Booyah does that thing he does and follows Dex when he follows Berwick. Okay, so you find a watch station and there's a couple of guards there not doing their jobs, just kind of sitting around talking. Berwick steps in and says, don't get up, gentlemen.
01:03:33
Speaker
Question about an incident about a week ago. Looking for someone, thought, sounded like he got into a bit of trouble and might have been arrested. There was a duel somewhere around here about a week ago between one of them Swords of Liberty types and a paladin named Krast. Woked.
01:03:53
Speaker
When you say his name, they both chuckle. If you can get the ear of Lord Silshadra, she's the one that you want to go talk to. Is he being held? He's being put to use.
01:04:10
Speaker
Okay. Barak, does Barak know what Shellshodra's side work side thing is? Um, yeah. I mean, talking with Omer and you would know that they're heavily implying that. Yeah. Yeah. So, so he's in the red ring. Yeah. He's been, he's been fighting for about a week now. Um, doing well, but, uh, he does it most of the time drunk. So. Well, sure. I imagined it would help. Um,
01:04:38
Speaker
But I mean, I'm doing this drunk, so that's all right. Well, I'm sober. And believe me, you guys would know if I was drunk. And I think I just put together- Look, I just had a pleasant conversation with some Swords of Liberty. You think I was going to do that sober? You make a good point. But I do think my sobriety has helped me put together what's going on here. Has crass been conscripted into gladiatorial combat?
01:05:08
Speaker
That's about it. Yeah. All right. Well, let's go get them. All right. And we take off towards the red ring and Berwick says, Hey, are you still got your 10,000, right? Yeah. Booyah have not on Booyah. Yeah. We might have to buy a gladiator. What?
01:05:33
Speaker
He said we might have to buy a gladiator. No buya, gold. Well, Barrick used his to fix you, and I used mine to assuage my personal guilt, so yours is all we got left. As you all make your way to the Red Ring, as you all walk, everyone give me perception checks. That's a natural 20. What would you like to introduce into the narrative?
01:06:01
Speaker
a gladiator, a free gladiator, a sign saying gladiators needed apply with it. Oh, no, I'm just kidding. Uh, bust him out from the inside.
01:06:16
Speaker
Um, perception checks, 25, 19.
Message from Lady O'Maren
01:06:19
Speaker
Okay. All three of you hear what has become the very distinct and more frequent sound of warforged feet on the streets of storm reach. And like seemingly out of nowhere, one just appears in front of you and with the back of its hand reaches up and touches, uh, barracks left cheek. And it says now. I thought you were made of iron.
01:06:44
Speaker
And it specifically was Steele. My name is Steele. Oh, all right. That works then. Like that Shaquille O'Neal movie. He looks exactly like that, in fact. Just want to turn it on. Right. I have a meeting. So, yeah. All right. Well, that's not weird or ominous. Really expected.
01:07:14
Speaker
I didn't expect it to be exactly this abrupt. I thought that it might be more like a, an invitation kind of moment, but apparently this is apparently how I'm being informed of a meeting with Lady O'Maren. Lady O'Maren sends her regrets with the circumstances. She intended to wait until your training session, but time is of the essence. Noah, fine. Tell me this. Can we go in and spectate or do you have to have a dog in the fight? Oh yeah, you can, you can, it's, it's open.
01:07:42
Speaker
You'll probably want some money you might you know you could bet I mean, I've got some money gambling involved I got some money. We always gonna lose his team case. Oh all right We'll go in here. We'll go in here. We'll look around You got your stone on you. Just yeah hit me on my mobile and
01:08:03
Speaker
OK, so the gladiatorial fights, it's a very low cover charge, but the emission prices are exorbitant, or the concession prices. I was like, those are the same thing. The concession prices are just ridiculous. So while you all are witnessing the fight between a minotaur and three dire tigers, Beric, you arrive at the safe house.
01:08:31
Speaker
Open the door and Tico is there and give me an insight check. Natural one. Nice. Two of those today. It is two. Yes. Goodbye, guys. Yes, that's going to take a break. Tico just goes that they're waiting for you in there.
01:08:55
Speaker
they she is it plural or singular singular and i don't know if that's true because i rolled terrible on the insight check so the royal that's a really weird thing to say to somebody what's an insight check no i know uh i don't know i'm
01:09:12
Speaker
Look, I've been drinking a lot today, so Eric walks in. Who hasn't? Well, Dex, I want to think. No, that was Tiko. I can never tell with Booyah. I don't know what's in Booyah's water flask. Yeah, you noticed that Tiko is just hammered.
01:09:29
Speaker
You enter and, uh, Lord Amaran is standing in the center of the room. Um, and there it, some of the light has been dimmed in here. Um, and she turns to you and says, sorry that this is not how I wanted to do this. Um, did Dex, did Dex not join you? Does anyone else coming?
01:09:54
Speaker
I don't know what we're talking about yet and Dex is still trying to find our friend. We've lost somebody in the city. He wandered off and apparently took up drinking, got into a street fight and is now in the red ring. So they're dealing with that. I'm here for the meeting. Sounds like you've had a busy day. Yeah, it was all right though.
01:10:17
Speaker
When we first began this with your training and everything, I, I wasn't entirely honest with you. I needed to learn to trust you, but the time has come not of my own volition, but that of my charge. What now? I, I spoke with somebody that wished me to protect them. And he seemed rather interested when your last name came up.
01:10:48
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And he has requested an audience with you. And this person is. And she touches a small bubble hanging from her side. And you see as a figure steps forward out of the shadows that were being cast in the corner and the full light that you are used to restores to this room. You see a very haggard, very tired, very worn down, born Elirwin Arne.
01:11:19
Speaker
End of episode. Thank you all so much for listening. Um, if you want to be part of the conversation, head on over to Facebook, the geek Pantheon. We are on Twitter and Instagram at the geek Pantheon and a huge shout out to Kevin McLeod for the use of all of his music and a giant thank you to all of the patrons for their amazing support. Once again, I am your dungeon master Eric and Philip Randy and Jeff. We'll see you next time.
01:11:56
Speaker
How's it going, buddy? Don't know yet. I don't have any idea how... Once again, I have no idea how Barrick deals with that situation. Yeah. I think probably Barrick just became sober. Fill me in on any subtext I wouldn't know from having listened to you guys play. What am I missing?
01:12:30
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based on the way that we were, well, the King Citadel reports directly to him. Right. So the fact that everybody rolled on us would seem to indicate that he rolled on us. Right. Now that part I got, I didn't know if there was a barrack connection to him outside of just love of God and country. Uh, I mean, barracks, barracks mother was a, oh, well, I mean, I guess probably barracks
01:12:36
Speaker
What do you mean?
01:12:56
Speaker
met or been in the room with him at some point when we discussed it, trying to figure out whether or not you would know here and on in the face, you said you had met Borneo, but that was the only sort of like a, you know, on the on the rope line, handshaking thing. Eric's mother, being a successful general in the war, would have known Borneo a lot more because because Borneo took a direct hand in leading the army during the war.
01:13:23
Speaker
Sure. So, so that would explain, I guess, why, why the name would, I mean, we're going to have a different conversation with Paula about using my name to other people, but, um, yeah, that would presumably be why the name would spark something in or no. And I mean, I, I don't know if I, you tell me, it seems to mean that Borenelle is not actually back in Breland.
01:13:47
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seizing tyrannical power.
01:14:00
Speaker
If the king is here, he's clearly not leading a coup. He's clearly not somewhere else. I mean, I guess there's probably some magic that you could do that with. He's both here and bedraggled. He did not just conquer. And seeking protection. Yeah. Yes. So Ornel has fled. Yeah. I mean, if nothing else, we got a pardon coming our way. So, um.
01:14:24
Speaker
Unless Eric is just so desperate for us to go on this heist that Bornell needs us to go on this heist I hate to tell you this guys, but we're not going on this heist. Yeah, no I like this direction better anyway At least at the very least Barrick is not going on this heist. Yeah You know you guys could go steal stuff while Barrick talks politics But to be fair Barrick was never going on this heist so that's that's also true Barrick was never going on that