Arc 1: Episodes #051-#075

To be a Champion - Part 1

General Summary

Episode #051

Welcome to the Tournament of Champions!

The group is pitted in a 3 round combat challenge to prove their skill and worth to Captain Tenbolt.

In round one, they face several Dragonborn fighters and Poe demonstrates his ability to punch them in the throat when hitting them with his sword fails. The fight is tough but not deadly for the group as they leave the arena only slightly battered but ready for more.

When the second round starts, Flo is sent into the arena as punishment for having a traitor for a son. She has a large sword but no protective gear at all. Once the team sets up to protect her, Rodswell is thrown in and told to fight for his life as well.

They face a group of White Ravens and Flo is nearly killed in the melee. The episode ends as the group dispatches the Ravens and they are allowed to return to their room to rest between rounds.

NPCs

Flo Lar'va

Notable Kills

Locations Visited

Overdale/Overwatch

Episode #052

Continuing directly from the Tournament events in Episode 51 , the group prepares in their room for the final round. Captain Tenbolt asks to speak to Marcus alone and Marcus agrees to a deal to keep Flo from being involved in the final round of the tournament, Rodswell is not so lucky.

Round 3 pits the Crimson Shield against Grell and the Nu'Val gladiators from Durnhollow, Nitro, Turbo and Laser. Late in the fight, Grell lands a nasty double hammer swing against Aralove, killing her. Mason then kills Laser and Grell, then Nitro and Turbo surrender and are then killed. The Shield are announced as the winners of the Tournament of Champions and are allowed to leave the arena.

To save his life, Rodswell makes a final deal with Tenbolt to resurrect Aralove, which he does. Tenbolt tells everyone there is to be an event in the town center and invites them all to attend. Aralove and Mason opt out, but Marcus and Poe watch as Commander Grace is hung for being a spy and traitor and Flo is also hung for aiding a traitor to the Overwatch.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Aralove Grimnas, killed by Grell
Grell, killed by Mason
Patrick Grace, killed by Commander Tenbolt, Assist to Marcus
Flo Lar'va, killed by Commander Tenbolt

Locations Visited

Overdale/Overwatch

Episode #053

The gang heads for the floating city of Uman' Yiro and are met by Tamlen and then introduced to Ellanan Duskwalker. Malchus asks for aid in the war and they are told in no uncertain terms that Uman' Yiro doesn't interfere with the world below.

Ellanan gives some exposition about the original warforged and their creation and subsequent banishment from the city. He also gives them some insight into the beacon controlling the Overwatch warforged and they gather some info on the gates. Before they leave, Ironhide threatens the Archmage by saying when the war is done he will return again.

Once business in Uman' Yiro has concluded the group leaves for Or'Rash to make their last plea for help from the Dragonborn. Before they arrive, Drakonis tells the guys that he is not welcome in the city and disguises himself as Chester, a generic Dragonborn. They find Hesskin, the leader of the clan and after being offered a 2 on 2 combat against Hesskin and his second, Karrik, Ironhide suggests that Drakonis duel Hesskin 1 on 1, much to the confusion of everyone.

The battle begins and Drakonis throws everything he has at Hesskin but is clearly losing the fight and in the last moment before he is finished off, Yenward throws Stormrender at Hesskin, killing him.

Drakonis is forced to explain his banishment and anger at Hesskin (and possibly his hatred of children in general) to stop them all from being killed before they can leave the city. Karrik is convinced to use the anger of the clan in the upcoming war and the final piece of the army is put into place.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Hesskin, killed by Yenward

Locations Visited

Trivia

* Chester was the name of Jake's character in the first episode of InSpectres.

Episode #054

Following the fight with Kealthorn, looting the cave and descaling the corpse everyone sits down to chat and we get a little more backstory on Jadzia and Liara. Liara and Brie are told of Rodswell's betrayal and in the morning they head back to the clearing at Cal Cos and meet Graddick who is there to attempt to fix the titan for Yenward. Una, Fie and Jadzia find Gavin's hat and make a small grave for him on the edge of the clearing.

When they finally make it to Aubrey, Artimus agrees to make their armor if they agree to test his holy water supply against some vampires.

During the vampire fight, Jadzia is bitten and the episode ends with the party wondering what their next move should be.

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Episode #055

Picking up after the fight with the vampires, the group realizes Jadzia has been bitten and Liara suggests giving her a mercy killing. Una and Fie insist they will not do that and Jadzia draws a dagger to protect herself from anyone trying. Liara and Briahna leave to head for Winterhaven and the army leaders waiting there, but not before Liara gives Una some cash to hire a bodyguard.

The group finds Vallus at the bar and hires him as muscle for the trip and they speed toward Esterholt where a crazy blood mage may or may not save Jadzia. As they travel they have to crash through an Overwatch road block and then rest for a short time as Jadzia is getting sicker.

Once they arrive at Darmock's manor in Esterholt, they are greeted by Jeffrey, Darmock's manservant and ask for help curing Jadzia's vampirism. Darmock agrees after he is told she may die shortly and he begins the ritual.

He stabs Fie in the hand with a dagger and digs his thumbs into the wound to make the blood flow, causing Fie to black out. Una catches him and heals his hand while Darmock gets creepy with Jadzia. After a while, the ritual is complete and Fie finally wakes up, Jadzia rebukes Darmock and he gets even creepier and then the fight is on! Vallus and Fie get stabby, Una gets controlled and whacks Jadzia with her hammer, Jadzia immobilizes Darmock and Vallus and Una both score critical hits on him.

Darmock attempts to flee the house but is struck down by Jadzia before he can make it to the door and collects his soul in the Helm of Seven Deaths (covered in the next episode)

NPCs

Notable Kills

Darmock, killed by Jadzia

Locations Visited

Trivia

* Fie says, after being stabbed in the hand "Gonna have to amputate that". Little did he know...

Episode #056

After the hanging of Commander Grace and Flo, Captain Tenbolt sends the group on their next mission: to kill anyone, man, woman or child at the White Raven's headquarters. The group balks at the notion of killing children but are tasked with dealing with combatants properly.

Along the way, they are nearly ambushed by Ravens but dispatch them swiftly and find the location of the cave. Mason sneaks in to plant the charges but before he sets them off, Aralove shouts a warning to anyone who may be inside and they have a chance to evacuate the sick, elderly and children hiding inside.

Once the noncombatants have evacuated the destruction plan is put into motion but Poe steps in and reveals that he has been a Raven all along and will not allow Mason to blow up the cave. He talks Aralove and Mason out of completing their mission and they decide that defecting is in their future as they can't go back as failures.

Mason and Aralove confront Marcus, who at this point is already leaving the area and tell him they won't be returning. Poe explodes the charges at the back exit of the cave and Marcus returns to Overwatch alone.

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Locations Visited

Episode #057

In the aftermath of the arena battle, three members of the party are bitten, with only two cures. After talking with Hammerhand and Silverclaw, the two remaining cures are given to Baranith and Daegon. Baranith then performs a ritual to cleanse Greta of her disease. Greta informs the group that she is heading to Uman’ Yiro to seek magical assistance with her different afflictions. As she departs, the remainder of the party returns to Brightport.

As the group returns to the house, they meet a person who heeded their call for assistance. Khoury Forestkeeper, a Goliath from the west, joins the group of adventurers. Once introductions are finished, Baranith swiftly moves to business. Vallus is going to Winterhaven to seek out Briahna Ebelmare, despite Baranith’s wishes.

The group decides to give reign of House Dragonkeep to Tessia Grimnas, as they feel no ties to the house or city, that they have a greater calling to accomplish.

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Episode #058

Following the death of Darmock, Una introduces Therian Grief Rolls and the crew takes to dismembering the body. While digging holes in the hedge maze to separate the pieces, Una and Fie discover a lot of corpses and a couple that looked eerily similar to Jadzia. They decide to rebury the corpses rather than alert the authorities and Una says some final words for the people.

After playing in the yard it is time to search the house for anything useful. Una finds a Hammer Shield and Fie and Jadzia both grab some books for research.

Fie notices an issue with the hand he was stabbed in and they all go to the Temple of Kord, where they meet Craig and Julie and are told that Fie will turn into a vampire due to the blood magic ritual that cured Jadzia. It is decided that the best option is to remove the hand and after Una knocks Fie out, Vallus removes the hand, along with most of the arm.

With their work in Esterholt finished, the group attempts to sneak back past the checkpoint and are nearly killed in the process.

by RainDoodles

NPCs

Notable Kills

Locations Visited

Esterholt

Trivia

Una has never used the Hammer Shield to knock an opponent down since she picked it up.
Art from Raindoodles from the D&R forums.

Episode #059

Following the failed attack on the White Raven's headquarters and apparent desertion by Aralove and Mason, Marcus makes his way back to the Overwatch but stops along the way to send Sergeant Baker and his men to the cave to finish what he couldn't.

Meanwhile, Mason and Aralove talk to Poe and agree to defend the cave but after that they aren't sure what they will do.

Marcus, back at Overwatch discovers Mason's family home is empty and decides that Mason planned to defect all along and warned his family to get out of the city. He then meets with Rebecca Barant, one of the three council members who are in charge while King Carter is away. Marcus convinces her that Commander Tenbolt is also a traitor by using forged documents to implicate him and he waits in her office for her to confer with the other council members.

By this time, Sergeant Baker and his men arrive at the cave and are met with stiff resistance from the few capable Ravens, Poe, Aralove and Mason. Within moments of the attack beginning, 30 recruits lay dead and Mason kills Baker with an arrow from across the battlefield. The remaining recruits retreat and the surviving Ravens hold the entrance, awaiting another wave of Overwatch soldiers.

While Marcus is waiting in the council office he see's Tenbolt being escorted in shackles out of his building. Council Barant returns and informs him that they have decided to deal with Tenbolt in teh traditional way and Marcus watches the hanging from a nearby location.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Sergeant Baker, killed by Mason

Locations Visited

Episode #060

After escaping the road block, Una, Jadzia, Fie and Vallus head for Durnhollow and are met by a White Raven messenger and taken to Cal Cas.

Once all of the characters have arrived at the clearing, Una and Poe do some catching up, Aralove and Vallus reunite and bond over their hatred of Malchus and everyone is caught up to speed with the current situation.

They are all taken back to the White Ravens cave and as a whole, defend the headquarters from 3 titans and other warforged.

After the episode the players answer questions leading up to Episode 61 "The Greater Good".

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Episode #061

As the members of Group 1 wake up on the road near Donhurst they discover Drakonis is missing. In the confusion, most of the party fails to notice a small horse and rider trotting up the road. Duncan rejoins the party, and tells them that they are needed at Winterhaven and they decide the best route to get there.

Fie, Jadzia, Una and Brie leave the White Raven's cave and travel back to Cal Cas. Along the way they are met by a rider with a delivery from Artimus; their black dragon scale armor. When they get to the clearing at Cal Cas, they are approached by Ora Klad, the leader of the Drow who wish to join the fight and are told that Marcus was the one who destroyed the Drow children.

Meanwhile, Malchus, Thoril, Ironhide, Yenward and Duncan decide to skirt around Durnhollow and make their way to the Elven clearing as well and the 2 groups finally meet. Concerns about the trustworthiness of the recently defected arise and while Yenward learns the fate of the Yenward II, tempers flare as Briahna is told that Malchus killed Merle and Yenward confronts Graddik.

Briahna tells Malchus about her capture by the Overwatch and seems to side with Una when further objections about trust are raised and everyone is shocked when the truth about Rodswell's turn as a traitor to their cause.

Everyone agrees that they have bigger problems than each other and start their march to Winterhaven. Once they reach the city and see the armies that have been camped out, tempers flare and Thoril challenges Una to a fight. The duel does not go his way as Una unleashes powerful hits on him and he makes a critical decision that costs him the fight. They agree to have each others' backs in the coming battle and the large party moves for the front gate.

Ironhide finds an old friend, Titangrip and a group of Uman' Yiro Warforged have come to join the fight.

Once inside the gates of Winterhaven, the group splits into smaller units. Yenward, Duncan and Thoril go to a local tavern, Jadzia and Vallus join Fie in visiting the shop to get him a new arm and Malchus, Ironhide, Briahna and Una go to meet with Ian and the leaders of the armies to come up with a plan of action.

Before they enter the war room, Brie explains what happened between herself and Ian and why she hates him so much. For once, everyone agrees on the same course of action, kill Ian but Briahna tells them now is not the time and they enter as allies. Ian, ever the pompous man is holding court and will hear no plan that isn't just sitting behind their walls and Malchus walks out, followed by Ellanan Duskwalker. Duskwalker tells Malchus that the mages feel some responsibility for the Warforged and gives him a device, the 'Diara Si’eye' the name translating to "clean slate" which Malchus accepts and once everyone has tired of listening to Ian preach, they move to the gates to repel the Overwatch assault.

Thunder crashes as wave after wave of Overwatch Warforged advance on Winterhaven amid catapult fire and barrages of arrows while the armies clash violently. A new Warforged monstrosity appears and everyone throws everything they have at the Lord of the Forged while Malchus slowly backs away from the fight. As everyone is wearing down the behemoth, Malchus slips away from the fight, drops his tracking necklace and disappears into the crowded battlefield. As Vallus lands the final, critical blow on the Lord of the Forged, everyone takes a deep breath but soon, all of the Overwatch Warforged begin to scream and fall, rusting before the group's eyes. Ironhide collapses but does not die immediately.

Confusion overtakes the remaining combatants as the episode ends and the players have a short cool down session to end things.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Lord of the Forged, killed by Vallus
Nearly all Warforged, killed by Malchus

Locations Visited

Trivia

Cat (Fie) stood for the nearly 8 hours it took to record this session.

Episode #062

The party leaves Brightport behind and begins to travel to Lochfort by way of Whitehedge. After passing through Whitehedge they find themselves in a valley called 'the moors', otherwise known as Unicorn Valley. Khoury informs the group that they may be able to find some Faeroot to sell or use for medicinal purposes, but along the way the group catches the attention of a herd of unicorns led by a very racist Fred. The party battles for their lives as several are run through with horns but in the end manage to kill all of the unicorns, but spot some gnolls lurking nearby. Rikus grabs the Faeroot, Daegon grabs Fred's horn and they run for a safer location.

NPCs

Fred the Unicorn

Notable Kills

* Daegon is the first psion to crit on a charge round gaining double damage to his next attack, which killed Fred the Unicorn

Locations Visited

Episode #063

This episode opens with all of the Warforged dying and Ironhide, through Jadzia learning that he has about 8 days to live. The collected armies charge across the field to the human members of the Overwatch army who are unprepared to fight and to make matters worse for them, the gates of Winterhaven open and Ian and his troops burst forth and ride to crush the remnants of the Overwatch. Ian rides to the group and is chastised by Una and others for being a coward and the argument nearly comes to blows before it is defused by Duncan.

Everyone goes back to town and splits into two factions. Duncan, Yenward, Thoril and Brie go find Talia, while Una, Ironhide, Fie, Jadzia and Vallus go to find Ellanan Duskwalker. Thoril and his crew run into Nathaniel in the hall before making it to Talia, but do get to her. Duncan tries to explain what Ian has done and Briahna confirms the story. She refuses to let them just kill Ian, but wants to hear his side of the story before making a decision.

Meanwhile, Una and her group locate Duskwalker who explains that Malchus was given an option to stop the Warforged but denies responsibility beyond that. They head back down to meet the others and after everyone catches up with the story, they all head off to confront Ian with his crimes. Ian tries to lie to Talia and bluff his way out of trouble but most, including Talia see through his lies. When she turns to leave and get the guards to hold him, he sees his power slipping away, draws Kord's Gale and stabs Talia in the back, killing her instantly.

Yenward blocks the exit and the entire group joins in to take Ian down once and for all. With all 3 weapons of Kord in effect in the room, it isn't long before the guards are alerted and Ian calls them to his side. Una and Duncan halt their attacks long enough to try to make the guards see the situation and when Ian all but confesses everything, the guards sheath their swords and step aside. The battle is rejoined and as Ian gets more desperate, he knocks Fie unconscious and Briahna, after using a massive overload power makes her way to Ian and grabs him by the head while everyone around her seems to miss their attacks for what seems an eternity. When Yenward sees his moment he lowers his head and bull charges at Ian and lands a critical, but in a last act of defiance, Ian pulls Brie in front of him and Yenward's massive hit lands on her instead, killing her outright.

As everyone watches in disbelief, the race to kill Ian reaches a fever pitch and finally Jadzia kills him with a a critical from an Eldritch Blast. She then collects his soul into her helm. As characters are healed, Una pulls Briahna from Yenward's horns and episode ends on that sad note.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Talia, killed by Ian
Briahna killed by Yenward, assist to Ian
Ian, killed by Jadzia

Locations Visited

Winterhaven

Episode #064

As the sounds of the fight with Ian fade, Una wraps Briahna's body in Ironhide's tabard, retrieves Kord's Gale from Ian's corpse and along with Jadzia, Fie, Vallus and Ironhide leave for Esterholt to try to resurrect Brie and try to save Ironhide.

Thoril, Duncan and Yenward try to figure out where to go from here and decide that they should be the ones to explain what happened to Nathaniel. They find him nearby and tell him the story and as he grieves for his parents, they all decide to stay close and sleep at Winterhaven Hall for the night. In the morning they are approached by a guard, one Michael Easton who tells them that the Dwarves and Minotaurs are close to openly fighting outside the gates. Thoril and Yenward decide to try to talk to Lariss and Stonesunder and get them to stop bickering and find the Dwarves ripping the heads from the Warforged bodies and hitting them with their hammers.

Together, the 3 remaining party members manage to get Stonesunder to keep the Dwarves away from the Minotaurs even as Stonesunder verbally disparages Duncan for being a bard.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Locations Visited

Winterhaven

Trivia

Possibly the first episode that Group 1 didn't kill something and solved a problem with diplomacy

Episode #065

The party approaches Lochfort as night is falling and most, aside from Rikus head for the inn, while the latter goes to the tavern. The characters talk and discuss their motivations at this point to try and decide where they will go.

Rikus talks to the bartender, John and learns of Lochforts werewolf troubles. He then meets Captain Patsy who tells him the story of Trevor McBride, a former citizen of town turned werewolf who has been terrorizing the area. Rikus feels he needs to help these people and later approaches the party members with this information. They agree to sleep on it before making a decision but several members are clearly hesitant to help. In the morning, they take a vote to decide whether to help the town and eventually they all decide it is the right thing to do, but Baranith offers the most resistance to the plan, fearing for their lives.

Patsy offers up some healing potions and the group heads into the forest. After tracking the werewolves for a while, Trixy offers up her best wolf howl and a large pack emerges from the trees and attacks the party. .

Rikus is the first to be overwhelmed and fall in combat and is quickly healed by Baranith. He is pounced on again soon after and killed. Trevor targets Baranith with a huge pounce and knocks her to the ground.

Trixy manages to blind several of the wolves but Baranith falls to one of the still sighted wolves and everyone agrees that running is the best option. Daegon manages to get a potion to Baranith before teleporting out of the area, Khoury casts a last ditch spell and makes her escape while Trixy leaps to relative safety as Baranith is once again knocked down and is killed by the other werewolves.

NPCs

John Hansen (the barkeep)
Patsy Hamlin
Shane McBride
Trevor McBride

Notable Kills

Rikus, killed by a werewolf
Baranith, killed by a werewolf

Locations Visited

Lochfort

Episode #066

After the events of episode 64, Fie, Jadzia, Ironhide, Vallus and Una who is carrying Brie's body leave the city and stop to see the clerics from Aubrey. Una asks them to cast Gentle Repose on the corpse to give them a few days to get to Esterholt where they plan to somehow resurrect her. Shortly after leaving the clerics they encounter Liara on the road, who was on her way to Winterhaven to see if the Warforged there had all died as well. They awkwardly tell her that Briahna died fighting Ian and the mood shifts as Liara becomes more focused on getting her back. They mount up and soon pass a group of thugs that seem to recognize them as they pass. Una antagonizes them and soon they are pursued by Cecil and his gang. After a brief altercation and some intimidation, Cecil leaves quickly and the party gets to Aubrey without further incident.

Once there, they hatch a very convoluted plan to have Fie impersonate a local delivery driver named Rusty in order to slip past the Overwatch checkpoint outside of Esterholt. Artimus agrees to give them a wagon full of cargo and introduces them to Rusty.

Without much effort, the group makes it past the checkpoint and to the Temple of Kord. Una is met by Craig who seems to know why the group has arrived and tries to talk Una out of attempting the fight the Angel of Death. He is unsuccessful in his plea for her to stop but tells her what she can expect and how low her odds are. Liara and Fie step up to help with the fight, much to Una's dismay but together they step into the chamber Una summons the Angel and the fight quickly escalates as it summons Skeletal Death Guards to help it fight. Fie and Liara separate from Una to take down the guards while Una tries in vain to do some damage to the Angel. As the fight rages on, Fie runs to help Una while Liara is left to fend for herself against wave after wave of skeletons. Fie quickly and with help from the power of Kord's Gale, takes the Angel down enough that Una can finally land a big hit and it surrenders and stops the fight. The Angel of Death bestows Una with the power of resurrection and the doors open to the chamber, allowing access to the rest of the party who were waiting anxiously for a sign that the fight was over.

They all decide to rest for the night before trying to resurrect Brie, as the process could possible do a lot of damage to Una. The group gathers are Jadzia's house to perform the ritual and Briahna returns to the world of the living but no one knows quite what condition she may really be in.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Angel of Death, killed by Una

Locations Visited

Trivia

Rusty sounds like Wilford Brimley, and as expected it is canon that he has "the Diabeetus"

Episode #067

Outside Winterhaven, a lone rider approaches the gate and Drakonis finally makes it to the war zone. He enters to find Duncan, Yenward and Thoril in Winterhaven Hall and they catch him up on everything he missed amid nonstop druggie jokes. Nathaniel asks them to go to Durnhollow to help remove the Overwatch soldiers still stationed there and Duncan immediately agrees, much to the dismay of his companions.

Drakonis heads off to a tavern to sort out his thoughts while the others prepare to leave. The rest of the party tries to avoid Drakonis on their way out of town but he spots Yenward attempting to hide behind a bush and shoots a small fireball at him to get his attention. Citizens scatter while Drakonis questions what is going on and they argue a while before realizing the blacksmiths building has been set on fire. Diana approaches the party and together they all help put out the fire and on the way out of town, Ora Klad contacts Yenward and they form an alliance to overthrow the Dwarves and share the mountain once the war is over.

They finally leave Winterhaven and stop in Aubrey on their way to Durnhollow. Yenward finds Clarissa in the street and Duncan hems her robes after she trips on them yet again. The group decides to stay the night in Aubrey and discuss their next move.

Post episode tag: Carter talks to Marcus and promotes him to the rank of Commander. He is then sent to Esterholt to help clean up the crime problem in an attempt to gain favor with the government and help with recruitment for the Overwatch.

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Episode #068

as Briahna punches a guard, to her horror learns that she has no more psionic power...

NPCs

Notable Kills

Jeffery, died of natural causes

Locations Visited

Esterholt

Episode #069 (nice)

The year is 1261, 2 years earlier than the normal D&R timeline.
A group of seedy individuals spend most of their days working in one fashion or another at the Rusty Nipple whorehouse in Brightport. Keyleth spends her time tending bar while not curing the customers of random STD's, Travis sweeps and generally cleans, Shavvar entertains the waiting customers, Nem is the busiest vampire whore in the area and Kava runs the crew while she isn't losing all of her money at the cock fighting pits.

Kava returns after one of her gambling trips and while outside trying to wrangle some new customers, is approached by Graddik with a business proposition. He hires the group to go find and return an ancient Elven artifact called The Bowl of Sickness aka The Gravy Boat of Pestilence in the Silver Glade.

They agree to the job and leave town, unknowingly locking Jerry, a customer intended for Travis locked inside. Along the way to Lochfort they meet and rob a broken down traveler before making it into the town proper. They gather in the local tavern and Keyleth romances a young fellow named Trevor McBride who agrees to be their guide into the Silver Glade. Upon reaching the west end, they ditch the cart and continue on foot. As they get near the area they should be in, they are attacked by a Werewolf Lord. During the fight, Trevor is bitten and soon after Travis gets the killing blow. Trevor, in a panic gets healed by Keyleth and is told he will probably become a werewolf as well and he runs off into the woods, not to be seen again by the party.

NPCs

Notable Kills

Werewolf Lord, killed by Travis

Locations Visited

Trivia

The run down old horse that pulls the Rusty Nipple cart is named Stu

Episode #070

Khoury and Daegon return to Lochfort to regroup after fleeing the fight with the werewolves. On the way into town, they pass an odd armored person mourning the death of his horse. Khoury stops and sits near the man while Daegon goes to the bar to confront Patsy. Once there, he threatens Patsy and nearly turns him into paste when Haven intervenes and talks him out of killing the man. Khoury eventually talks to the knight and Acteronis offers to help them find their friends and possibly avenge them. Once the newly formed group are together, Haven offers to go speak to the Mayor and try to get some silver weapons from the currently closed blacksmiths shop,

Haven is successful in his plea and the group leaves a cash deposit for the 20 silver arrows they take from the store. They then go to speak with Shane McBride, Trevor's father in hopes of getting more information and they are told how Trevor became a werewolf after following a group of whores into the forest.

They decide to rest for the night and return to the scene of the attack in the morning.

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Notable Kills

Locations Visited

Lochfort

Episode #071

The group stops to rest after the fight with the werewolf. They decide to skin it and Shavvar cooks some to eat. Once rested, they enter the tomb of Serifc Dragonsoul, a member of a rare race of elves who share some traits with Dragonborn including the ability to speak with dragons. Kava disarms a trap on the way in, and then the party manages to stumble across several others. After dealing with the traps they find some stairs going down and several doors they could go through.

After cracking a hole in a door, Nem turns into a bat to examine some chests and awakens some ancient Elven skeletons. The party bursts in to assist and very quickly, the fight starts going badly. Keyleth and Nem get knocked unconscious as Kava and Travis slowly work through the flaming skeletons. Keyleth eventually regenerates enough to get back up and heals Nem who dominates one of the skeletons to help them finish the fight.

The group begins to set up a spot to rest and loot the room as the episode comes to a close.

Notable Kills

Locations Visited

Silver Glade

Trivia

Kava sings a verse from "Milkshake" (by Kelis) and it's everything you think it could be
It is revealed in this episode that Therian rainbows only have 2 colors, black and a slightly lighter shade of black.
This may or may not be canon.

Episode #072

The following morning, everyone meets and prepare to go back and try to find Trixy and anyone else who might have survived. As they leave the inn, they are met by Sevedus Stronghold, a Dwarven war priest who invites himself along on the adventure.

Once they make it closer to the area, Khoury finds some tracks they she thinks are Trixy's and they follow them. After avoiding something large and crashing through the woods they find Trixy sitting in a clearing, clearly distressed and trying to rest. Trixy tells the group that Baranith is dead and wants to leave but Daegon insists that they go try to recover the remains and gear and Haven would like to take care of the werewolves once and for all.

The group makes it to the place where the fight occurred and it is described as a crime scene with blood everywhere and only bits of clothing and some gear remaining. After reclaiming some gear, they decide to track the pack of wolves and finally find them in a clearing. Trixy takes a couple shots at Trevor, hitting him with a silver arrow, stopping his regeneration. The fight is joined by all and the party tries to focus on taking Trevor down. The other wolves target Haven and Acteronis and do massive damage and Haven is bitten several times during the melee. Khoury finally takes Trevor down and the rest of the wolves scatter back into the woods after the group takes their parting shots at them.

Trixy removes Trevor's head after the fight and everyone begins to make their way back to town.

NPCs

Trevor McBride

Notable Kills

Trevor McBride, killed by Khoury

Locations Visited

Trivia

Rob calls Jason an asshole, if you realize how rare this is, you understand why it is here.
Haven is bitten no less than 5 times during the fight, guaranteeing that he will be carrying on the curse

Episode #073

The group reconvenes in the morning after resting and attempts to make a plan for Durnhollow so they know what will happen when they get there. Diana suggests that if diplomacy fails, they burn the town down and kill everyone which sparks quite a debate among the characters.

Finally, they decide to just go back to Winterhaven and get some troops to take back to Durnhollow to help them secure the town, but along the way, Drakonis has another bout of Bloodroot withdrawals. He has to do some Bloodroot and decides that using Stormrender as a flat surface will be helpful. After he snorts the stuff, he freaks out and charges at his horse and punches it in the face. Once the group gets him to stop they force him to walk rather than riding for his horses safety.

A Drow male steps from the woods after seeing this and introduces himself as Hondo De Vetes, resident of Durnhollow. He agrees to join the group and they all go back to Durnhollow to see Ellis Arroway. Hondo only trusts Duncan and Diana at this point so the three go meet with Arroway who does not like Hondo at all. Ellis agrees that the Overwatch soldiers need to go but they won't go without a fight so he asks for some assistance. The party decides to go back to Winterhaven and get some troops to send to Durnhollow. They argue this plan for a while and when they finally do make it to Winterhaven, they learn from Poe that the army left 2 days prior because they wasted so much time roaming around. Poe agrees to take the large group of White Ravens he has to Durnhollow while the group rushes to catch up to the army near Overwatch.

Upon reaching White Wolf Valley, the battle is already very much under way and the attackers aren't doing as well as they hoped. The group doesn't see anyone they recognize and Yenward believes Nathaniel and the others are dead. As they move into the fray, they try to direct troops as best they can and are attacked by a group of Overwatch soldiers they will need to defeat to continue on, which they do. During this fight, Thoril takes a beating and nearly runs out of healing surges.

Once they have a chance to regroup, Thoril feels a rumbling on the field and notices 3 war elephants that have broken free and are charging right at the group. He warns the others and more soldiers join in the fight. In the middle of this battle a fire pot spooks the elephants and they run off leaving the party in a small clear area where they spot Karrik, leader of the Dragonborn, injured and under attack. They rush to help him and he suggests they summon Straad, a legendary red dragon! After some debate, Thoril chooses not to stop Karrik from blowing the summoning horn, and even gives him "the nod" telling him to do it.

The last image and sound we are left with is the menacing horn and the sound of Straad's roar as he descends from the sky to the north, heading directly for the battlefield.

#fearStraad!

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Drakonis' horse is named Oliver

Episode #074

Fie and Briahna continue their fight against the guard patrol outside of the Mayor's house in Esterholt after the revelation that Brie apparently is powerless. Fie kills several guards while Briahna grabs a sword and tries to help him and they escape unharmed after the last guards are dispatched. As they run back towards the house they are called over to an alley and meet Marrek and Calluna, two travelers who have been watching the group and want to join the fight against the Overwatch. They all go back to Jadzia's house and everyone is introduced but that is overshadowed by Una getting furious when she learns Brie snuck out of the house only hours after being resurrected. Everyone else quickly leaves the room but Fie hides behind a nearby door in case things get violent.

Meanwhile, Jadzia is studying her ritual books as Vallus waits nearby and Ironhide gets to know Marrek and Calluna.

Una and Brie argue and nearly come to blows while Fie listens in, and in the next room, Jadzia and Vallus have a more private conversation. Una kisses Brie to make her mad, but instead gets kissed back. Fie realizes he is stuck between two couples realizing for the first time that they may be romantically involved and has no way to escape.

The next morning Craig stops by to deliver a half-orc named Nyark and explains why he was in the dungeons as well as why the Overwatch are in town.

Ironhide decides to strangle Nyark as a method for killing him and then Jadzia, with Vallus' help kills Ironhide and collects his soul. The group convenes to watch Jadzia perform the ritual to put Ironhide's soul into the new body and while Vallus nearly gets dragged off to another dimension, the spell is successful and Ironhide takes time to get used to his new body.

Una, Calluna, Marrek and Ironhide go to see Craig and let him know the ritual was a success as well as work out the details that will put them in a room with Marcus.

The rest of the day is uneventful and the party makes plans on what to do when they confront Marcus.

During the night, Ironhide sneaks out of the house without saying a word or leaving a note and in the morning the others have some choice words for him.

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Esterholt

Episode #075

The party runs for their lives as Straad razes the battlefield. As the dragon lands and tears into the gathered armies, they split and run for the cover of their respective camps.

A lone Half-Orc rides towards the treeline and stops his horse in front of the group, trying to get them to stop but they all ignore him and keep running, making it to the relative safety of the trees and the gathered Elves.

Straad attacks the city of Overwatch directly as the party weighs their options and everyone turns to Thoril when Ironhide asks why there is a dragon. Some argue that Thoril is as guilty as Karrik for not stopping him or giving him 'the nod' while some appeal to Brettana to leave him alone until they finish the battle. Karrik interrupts and is killed by Brettana's guards on the spot and attempt to take Thoril away for execution. Drakonis tries to take the horn from Karrik's body but is stopped initially, then allowed after Hondo speaks to Brettana on his behalf.

Thoril owns his decision after coming out on the losing side of the argument. He says his goodbyes to the group but before he can be taken away, Ironhide stabs him in the back, killing him instantly. Yenward walks off, disgusted with what he has just witnessed and Duncan, Drakonis and Hondo follow leaving Ironhide and Diana by themselves. Duncan soon stops Yenward and talks him into finishing what they all started and he agrees, but not without some words for Ironhide first.

They again speak with Brettana who tells them that Nathaniel lives and they go to see him. Duncan leaves Thoril's possessions near Nathaniel and that segment of the episode finishes.

A short scene plays out between Malchus and Tessia at House Dragonkeep at the end.