High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois #104 | Horizon Reunions (Part 2)

Episode Date: March 18, 2021

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infused with the primordial spirit of the Phoenix, who has had a very frank and very honest conversation with you all about these upcoming talks and about Starbane and about Hadar. But now you have a few hours to either explore the city or to wait and then just, you have a few hours to either explore the city or to wait and then just, you guys can just go straight into meeting all of the other

dignitaries and the diplomats as there is a kind of informal meet-up, kind of like a meet-and-greet before the big talks begin tomorrow. What would you guys like to do? Is there anywhere you would like to like, is there anything in particular you want to go into the city for?

Like you like we could do with getting more supplies. I want to go and see if this NPC I really like is here. You could try and do that. I think other than buying potions and more potions. Potions and potions, yeah. You could try and see if Arvel's here. We could see what's available. We could do a casual

jaunt to see if there's any cool things in stock and then also just look for Arvel. We'll let Rain tell him here now first. Okay, that was my next question. Rain, when you finish speaking

with danica and you begin making your way back off this giant balcony rain is waiting for you at the stairs like he hasn't left he's been stood there the whole time just waiting um he nods his head and uh rain is just like very well would you like to go back to your quarters or do you in would you like to step out into the city for a few hours what would you like to go back to your quarters, or would you like to step out into the city for a few hours? What would you like to do next? City for a few hours? Do you have anything in particular you are looking for? I could perhaps make some suggestions for places to visit.

Oh, we have so many messages to send at the guild, don't we, Quill? No. We have exactly zero messages to send. I can do all of that myself. Well, if you do require the Messenger Guild services, they can be found in the Rose Pinion, the central tower to the south of the city.

Rose Pinion. Thank you. Good to know. Indeed. If you do not have any particular plans, I would recommend that you the Harp Circle, which is the upper sort of section, the upper civilian section of the city, is where you'll find most of our traders, most of our artisans, as well as art galleries, museums. Horizon appreciates art very much so. We are a city that is patroned by Lady Sayana, the goddess Songheart. So we have many theatres, museums,

even our Temple of Muses is partly an art gallery and performance space. I do recommend visiting those. It is a very beautiful temple to visit. But there are also many traders, places you can see. If any of you would like some intimate companionship,

Horizon is very well known. We have the Companions Guild. They operate many fine establishments throughout the city that you may visit as you wish. Are there any skyjousting tournaments held here? Skyjousting? We do have a small arena. Skyjousting is actually...

It is somewhat seen as a bit of a sport of the former nobility. It has some connotations with Horizon. We do maintain a small arena, as it is still a very popular sport, but I do not believe there are any jousts for the moment i believe that the most recent ones were cancelled for ahead of this summit to make sure that there was no incoming traffic that we needed to concern ourselves about do you happen to have a list of visiting guests at the moment? We want to see if there are any friends we can connect with.

It's difficult to track everyone coming into the city proper. It is a large city. We have lots of visitors throughout the day. Your best bet for general visitors would be to check in with the Garnet Pinion or the Cardinal Pinion, the two airship towers that reside on the outer edges of the city they do keep records of everyone who arrives i could also we may be able to commission a mage to contact them and check for you we have been tracking guests into the citadel of the reborn and those attending the meeting but

tracking the hundreds of thousands of people that come and go to the city every day is, well, it would be very difficult. Thousands of people, I should say. Tens of thousands. That's what I said. I didn't say 100,000. That'd be ridiculous.

Too many people, yeah. What about anyone with some reputation, maybe Arval Dagos of the guild that he is in, whose name I've just forgotten? Dagos Trading Company? Dagos Trading Company is his name. It's just his surname. If you come with me, we will stop by the mage's offices

and we will inquire if they can send a message to the airship docs. I think that that would be the fastest way to inquire. Fair enough. Yes, please. Anyone else we wanted to see if we can meet up with? I don't think so. I don't really... If there's no skyjasting tournaments,

he's probably gone off somewhere else. If you require any supplies or shopping, we do have several very talented artisans who create items that I think you may be interested in. I can recommend those if you wish as well. But let us go and check and see if your friend is in with us. Rain will lead you down the steps into a... It's kind of like a switchboard room in old movies where they have people on the switchboards and things like that.

This is like that, but if it was desks, rows of mages, and they're all sat there, and you can see that they have this stone embedded into the desk. And Quill, you would recognize the runes embedded into the stones are the sending spell. And they touch the stone, they close their eyes, they write down like a message, and then they recall or send a message back,

and then they take their hands off it, and then they do it again. And it seems that they're relaying messages throughout the city using this kind of like set of six desks and stones, using this to kind of constantly communicate um this is one of our internal administration facilities we use it to contact training companies or uh if there is uh in need of special hospital treatments or if there are you know inquiries that we need to pass on we use this to do it you You said the name was Arval Dagon? Arval Dagos.

The Dagos Trading Company. Not to forget. Sumir, I need you to run a check. Can we inquire with the garnet and the cardinal ship docks if an Arval Dagos has been recorded as entering the city? Yes, of course, Rain. Thank you. Give me a moment. Yes, hello., Rain. Thank you. Give me a moment.

Yes, hello. This is Sumier of the Citadel. Do we have Arval Dagus on entering the city? Takes her hands off. Repeats the same message. Sometimes it can take them a little bit of time, Rain. That's fine. It shouldn't take too long.

About five minutes goes past and then she writes a message down. Writes another message down. Yes, in fact they have been recorded as entering the city just two days ago. They arrived via the Garnet Pinion. They said that they would be staying

in one of the inns in the Harp Circle between Ruby and Rose near the Temple of the Muses. Very good. Thank you very much. Yay! That's not Ava, that's Katie. Sorry. There you have it. A little bit. Ava.

Wonderful. You will be able to identify the location. The temple is an easy landmark but if you are ever in need and he points a map of the city, most people describe their location by saying between Cardinal and Scarlet Harp Circle. That indicates this particular wedge of the city.

Or perhaps between Rose and Ruby in the Sightless Streets, which indicates the section of the lower city. This is often how most people communicate their location. So if you do need to find anyone. It's very efficient very impressive it was designed this way it has been renamed and reshuffled around since the sundering but we've made it work uh but we do unlike august haven we do not have as much uh fresh water or food supplies sometimes the city does dip beneath the cloud limit the lower areas of the city become quite shrouded in cloud cover. So if that

does happen, we try and give warning, but sometimes the city does drift a little. If it does happen, there will be magical lights which should help guide you, but do not be alarmed if there is a dense fog down in the lower parts of the city. If you remain in the harp circle, this shouldn't

be a problem. Thank you for the heads up. You are welcome. I will have rain gestures and two velinar, they call them, they're kind of elite security. Two velinar guards approach. They will accompany you at a distance.

I ask that you do not try and escape their attention. They are there to protect you and to make sure we know where you are. We have no reason to evade them. Good to know. Thank you. You're welcome. They're following us.

Please enjoy the city. Thank you. Let's go meet at Arvel. Yeah, so you guys just want to basically go straight for Arvel right you guys are like beelining straight to your boy okay yeah pretty much all right sure it's not hard to track your way down into the city the temple of the muses is this enormous cathedral where whole sections of it appear to be made out of stained glass. Like an entire wall is stained glass. It shimmers and colors kind of bounce off of it. And you can hear incredible, gorgeous music

kind of cascading over the district from this immense cathedral-like structure. At the top of it, kind of a golden harp is kind of stretched as like a giant emblem for Sayana, the song harp, the goddess. You make your way down and finding a very lavish inn that I didn't name. We will call it the Golden... No, that's lame. The Golden Canvas, it's called. Oh. No.

That's lame. The Golden Canvas, it's called. The Golden Canvas. It's a very... I love that film. It's a very wealthy-looking tavern. It seems to appeal to a kind of richer clientele. As you are making your way towards this inn, you kind of get some

directions. You pass through what appears to be like a little market square with a couple of almost like little pop-up stores. They're not quite tents or canvases, but they look like they're smaller kind of shacks that have been put together. And Quill, you're the first one to notice this with your perception. You see somebody else that you recognize. You see, because you hear them. You hear this kind of heavy hoof marks on the ground

and you hear a very familiar voice. Oh my goodness, yes yes that'll be so delightful and you see a little pop-up store called rose meadows uh what is it rose meadows um marvelous medicines rose meadows marvelous medicines and it's a little pop-up store and you see the centaur lady you see this she was at callie's rest yeah but you and it's it's unmistakably rose meadow uh blonde hair little flower crown uh you know centaur body i mean she's a centaur like it's she's unmistakably rose meadow um and she appears to be operating a small little pop-up alchemy store um um oh my god

century is so happy my heart is beating so fast it's like seeing an old friend for like the first time in ages and you're like oh my god he's not even able he's not even able but uh yeah unless you divert the party away

quill you're the first one to see her you could try and divert the party so they don't see're the first one to see her you could try and divert the party so they don't see her or they're going to see her when you get closer I'll turn around and stop and be like, okay do you remember in Callie's

rest, before we got teleported away Is that Rose Meadow? It is, it is No, she obsessed over me Lucius, remember? Rosemeadow! Okay, Lucius starts calling out to her and you see she kind of hands over

and you know it's Rosemeadow because it's like a little woven basket filled with fresh flowers and little bits of straw and there's a couple of potion bottles in there and she hands it over and she kind of potion bottles in there she like hands it over and she kind of looks up like she's heard her name and she's looking around but doesn't quite recognize the voice and then she sees lucius and century and you just see her like cheeks go

pink and she just oh my goodness i don't believe it oh it's so wonderful! Lucius, wasn't it? It was Lucius! Yes, it's so good to see you. And you look so much bigger! Rose Meadow! It's so good to see you! Where is Birdie? He's right here! Birdie! And she like, trots over, like a little kind of horsey trot, and then she like, wraps her arms around you, and like, buries her face in your feathers.

Oh, you're so wonderful hello everybody what are you doing yeah oh well you know it's so funny i was just thinking about you all the other day so you left calali's Rest, and you helped me. Do you remember, there were some people who were giving me a hard time in Kali's Rest, and you helped me. You spoke to

them and told them not to trouble me anymore. Well, you were so kind to me, and I realized that the peoples of Kali's Rest were always a little, well, they were always a little off with me. So I thought, why not move somewhere else and I heard so many wonderful things about horizon that they're so welcoming that I just packed up everything and I thought I would just go out and see the world and travel and I got here

and it's just been wonderful just people here are so lovely and they love music and they love music, and they love all of my crystals, and all of my ointments, and I sell so many things. Yes, my healing sloths, they love them. I'm so proud of you. Good for you. Thank you. Taking initiative. And look at all of you. You look even more splendid than the last time I saw you.

Your muscles, they're huge. Thank you. Yeah, I've been working out a bit. If you ever want any nice muscle treatments or relax, you know, if you get aching muscles after working out, I have some wonderful creams. I never get aching muscles. Not too strong for that. No, no, no.

Okay, well, if you do, if you do that, I'm right here. And essentially, you look, you look more medley and big. Things have changed, for sure, since we last saw you. But it's so good.

It's so good to see you again. Yes, you too. Wonderful. Well, is there anything i can get you i have a few potions and things if if you're interested i know that you you were interested in them before yes that would be very useful what do you have oh well i have um in terms of healing i do have one very powerful healing potion. I only have the one I'm afraid, there's not a lot of, I make, it was more sort of a personal project, to see if I could make it rather than something I ever expected to sell. A superior healing potion.

I also have several greater healing potions. But I also have some other ones that may be of interest to you um let's see here i have a potion of of fire resistance and i have a potion of uh of uh poison resistance um i have some anti-poisons which are if you become ill or sick you can take this and it'll make you feel better um I also have, oh, this potion will turn you into a gas and you can float through the air and be one with the wind.

Actually, I'm gonna messenger ring while smiling and trying to nod like this. I think the fire resistance potion might be very, very, very useful, just in case. Um... Yeah, yeah, um...

Maybe? Yes, birdie! Ah? Oh, um... We... We would like the fire resistance potion I think and maybe some of the healing as well what sort of

price for these well the superior healing potion I am not for sale well for my little birdie I would I'm afraid that the superior potion is very difficult to make. It has a lot of rare ingredients.

That would probably need to be at least... Let me think. I think 600 gold. And the fire resistance potion would probably be about 300. And then the greater ones, 200 each. But I only have two of those I mean messenger ring you have 18,882

gold and only one life I say we take it and we help out Rose Meadow we'll round it up so hang's about 1,300 total so you can if you want to give them all you could give them all you know these potions would be such a help I'm trying to save up to buy a bigger store here in Horizon. So if I can sell you this superior, that would be a huge help. Have you tested it?

1,500, 1,500, 1,500. I'm okay with that. Oh, my God. Okay. Well, in that case, Rosemeadow, we'll take the potions. And also, a tip on top. You helped us greatly in Callie's rest, and she's very useful.

No, I can't possibly take it, dude. That's so kind of you. Now, I really don't want to act cuter than I am, but this tiny chest is my wallet. You have a tiny chest chest and it's gold and it's got gems on it it's so cute

you're the cutest birdman I've ever seen it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute

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it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute it's so cute Have you noticed that he's got two wings now as well? Oh my god, they've been so weird! Christ. You would have loved a few weeks ago, we all had this collective dream where we were toys. You would have loved that. I think that she can't quite, she's like, what? She's like, what do you mean?

Nah, that's the whole thing. She's like, what do you mean? Yeah. Well, at least you have to take, and she like starts putting like all the potions together in this really ornate kind of like luxury, kind of like a wooden kind of like container. And it's got like flowers in it. And then she starts putting in like shampoos and the muscle cream. And she starts putting in like a feather ointment for Quill,

and then there's a plant growth for Sentry. She's looking at Nova, and maybe there's something to, I don't know, something for cloud hair. Like a menthol rub. No, a menthol rub. So when I'm studying and I have a headache.

Yeah, yeah. And then for Lucius, there's an eye mask in there as well. And she's putting all of these cosmetics in. Do you have any... It's all natural ingredients. Do you have any quick hair growth ointments? Anything like that?

Yes, yes, I have something like that. Yes, I have something like that. And she puts that in as well. Does it grow in a day? Oh, no, it can't grow in a day? Oh, no, it can't grow in a day, Lucius, no, but if you put it on every night for a week, you will begin to see it grow

a good bit faster. Perfect. Thank you. Well, here you go. Thank you so much. I'm assuming you give her the gold. I give her the gold, yeah, and I have to use a fourth level spell slot to do it as well. Because you have to summon the chest.

Who's taking the gold off of you? I think Tom did. I've got it, yeah, I've got it all. I've got 17,382 in my currency on D&D Beyond right now. Are you going to put the potions in the chest as well, or are you going to keep those on you and divvy those out? I think it's a divvy situation, yeah. All right, we can do that later.

You don't have to do that now. Just make a note of them all. So one superior, two greaters, potion of fire resistance. Excellent. Now, when we come see you next, where is your new store going to be? Well, I'm going to try and keep it here in the harp circle

because it's just you get better trade here. But I don't think I'll be able to be as close to the Temple of Muses. There's a wing here. There's a part of the city called the Rose Wing. And I thought that, you know, I'm Rosemallow. I should make my store somewhere in there. Oh, that would suit you so much. That's what I'm hoping.

It's so... You don't know what it means to me to see you all again and to know that you're all safe when you vanished from Kali's rest. Your little dwarven friend, he was so worried about you. He came and was asking me if I'd seen you. He was asking everyone in Kali's rest.

I hope that... Have you managed to find him again? The very handsome dwarf man. You won't believe this. He's right here, pretty much. Just around the corner. You know what? I was reading my tea leaves this morning

and they said it is a day for connections, for that which was apart to come together again. It's happening. It makes a lot of sense for the summit as well. It's happening right now. Did you know about the summit in advance? Yeah, out of coincidence. What are you talking about?

Okay. Yeah, do you have any readings for tomorrow? Well, I can't do my tea readings for tomorrow until tomorrow. Okay, true, true, true. I will. If you come by, we could do them together! Oh my god. I hope we have the time.

Of course we can, Cintiq! Oh no, your messenger ringing, sorry. Why not? Yes! Stay safe. Okay, we'll have coffee, and I've got some little vegan cupcakes, and we can do the tea leaves together,

and it'll be so wonderful. Sounds delightful. Well, you all have just a wonderful day now. Bye! Thank you! Like, a couple of streets down, you see this, the golden canvas tavern. You very clearly, the signposts of this

beautiful kind of golden field painting with an easel and the paintbrushes and all of that kind of stood out. Inside is a very wealthy establishment, a big plush long wooden bar, various booths with leather and suede seating, but all over the place are pieces of art, like actual unique local art. There's a kind of little wooden inscription for each of the artists. They're all for sale. It looks like this is almost like a gallery and tavern combined together. It's quite

busy. You can see a lot of people kind of chatting and talking amongst themselves. You don't hear that familiar drawl when you first enter. What would you guys like to do? Quill, can you see him? No. No. No.

No? I'm going to say no. Mark hasn't said anything. I'm going to say no. You don't see him immediately here, no. No. He could be out. I mean, we could just ask the guy over there.

The innkeeper guy. It's a halfling. Halfling man. Big moustache, kind of twirled around uh he's got like little spectacles on um slicked back hair uh he's behind the bar you can see him just pouring a few drinks mainly things like wine it's a bit more of a fancy establishment so he's kind of got like a very nice crisp white shirt on with a little kind of uh apron and he's pouring a white a couple of wine glasses for some travelers um if you make your way over to him, he's just like,

Hello there, hello there, my good travelers. How can I help you? Welcome to the Golden Canvas. If you'd like to purchase any of the art, please come and see me, and I can arrange it to be taken off and transported for you. How can I help you? Wow, I had no idea that was an option. We're here looking for Arval Dagos. We believe he's staying here.

Mr. Dagos, of course, yes. You're friends of his? We are, yes. Old friends. Well, would you just mind, bit of a company policy, I'll go and check with him. What are your names? I'll just make sure that, you know, you are actually friends of his.

Oh, uh, the Stormchaser. Quill, Lucius, Nova, Century, Aayla. Quill will work. Lucius, Nova, Century, Aayla, Stormchaser. Quill, Lucius, Nova, Sentry, Aayla. Quill, Lucius, Nova, Sentry, Aayla, Stormchaser. Very well. Just give me one moment. Just a few minutes just to go and speak with Mr. Dagus if that's alright. Thank you. You have incredible recollection. You're more than welcome, sir.

More than welcome. You hear his little feet. Goes out the back. Goes up some stairs. A few minutes later he comes down. Well, Mr. Dagus is in room number six and he would very much goes out the back goes up some stairs a few minutes later he comes down well mr mr dagus is in room number six and he would very much like to see you um i'm gonna have some i'm gonna have he's asked me to bring up some food and some drinks we're gonna bring that up for you just in a moment there is that all right lovely thank you so much goodbye oh bye okay bye he starts like

going in and he's pulling out he's like sniffs a bot. He's like, no, that's not the good stuff. This one, oh yeah. He starts putting bottles and things away. He's like, Mildred! Mildred! We need to get all the best... What cakes have we got? Have we got any cakes? What about savories?

Have we got any savories? Have we got that nice sausage? Yeah, let's get that in and cheeses. He's going off and trying to whip up some sort of lovely little meal. That's very, very Arvel. Just ordering the best stuff, please. Money man.

Yeah. I'm assuming you guys go up and find room number six. Yes. No, we leave. Oh, yeah, sure. I figured. Room number six is the end hall suite, and it has its own little balcony that looks out onto the cathedral,

the Temple of the Muses. And, yeah, the door is open, and when you open it, you step inside, very opulent, very well kept. You see a familiar-looking crossbow left on a table side. You see a big heavy bag, like a traveler's backpack, an explorer's backpack laden with all sorts of things um you can see there are all sorts of papers on the desk um and then just kind of the windows the doors sorry to the balcony open and stood there kind of looking out onto the onto the

the temple uh you see a a familiar dwarven back uh a kind of white crisp shirt a big cowboy hat uh big tall boots traveling cowboy boots um and when he hears the door you see him turn around big thick beard braided kept immaculately uh gold gem studded little toggles around his beard he looks way better than when he was traveling with you you know you had crashed he'd been sort of like living as rough as he could when he was traveling with you but now you see in a broken legis uh yeah that seems he doesn't have a cane or anything he's he is this very handsome rich looking dwarf man and when he sees you he kind of tips the hat up and you can you can see that he is desperately trying to like keep his like keep his stuff together he's like trying not to cry and he's just like well look who it is

it has been far too long ar Arvel. Far too long. Glad you're all alive. Sentry's just gonna sprint in and give him a big hug. It's gonna be a race to see who squashed on him first. Nova, you actually get in and hug Arvel, and then Sentry gets both of you and picks you both up. And yeah, he's just like slamming you in the back.

And he's just like, oh my god! I didn't know what I'd got you. What happened? Jeez! Let's sit down. I think this is going to be a long story.

Yeah. let's sit down I think this is going to be a long story yeah to Callie's rest it's a pretty long story yeah Lucius it's really good to see you boy Lucius will just walk up and put a hand out takes the hand

and pulls you down. He's like, no, no, no, come here! And he's like... I was going to do the same to you! Good to see you, Al. Come on! So good to see you, boy. You both fall at the same time. That's it. Let's smash it.

That's it. Just, I mean, when your message came in my head, Quill, I didn't know if I was dreaming or not. You just vanished. It was like you went into that abbey and then just nothing. And then they went up and a few days later, they sent people up there to try and see what had happened. There was just nobody there. It was like the place is a ghost.

It was like it was a ghost abbey. It was just empty. Entire abbey? The whole place, there was, I mean, there was blood. There were signs of fighting, but there's no bodies, no people, nothing. What about Vala? Where is she? She's safe. She's safe. Starbane has her.

What? She ain't safe? What do you mean? That's not possible. It turns out... It turns out she's Starbane's daughter. No, no. What? This is a joke. This is a prank or something. You remember she had those abilities

that we were never really sure where they came from. Sure, but Lucius has magic. Nova's got magic. A kid that small having that kind of power, you know? No, she's just a kid. She's the only reason that we kind of made it, because she saved our butts. She's the only reason that we kind of made it, because she saved our butts. He takes his hat off and kind of sits down. Well, it's all a bit much for me.

I'm just a businessman. This all seems well beyond me. You're sure you're not joking. If this is a joke, it's a really bad one. I don't like it. It's not a joke. And you are not just a businessman. You have a very good reputation.

And your endorsement is one of the reasons we're here. We owe you that. Thank you. I'm glad that Telvin listened some of the merchants of the guild don't like me but Telvin's always had a soft spot for me he's a good man

if you're going to be speaking with these leaders Telvin's a good man he's a good one, you can trust him don't trust the blood, anybody from Blood Veil don't you trust them they're slippery fellas yeah can trust him. Don't trust the Blood... Anybody from Blood Veil, don't you trust them. They're slippery fellas. Yeah. Slippery Blood Veil.

They're all about war and fighting and stuff. So... We met some of your employees actually recently. Dallas Orgren? Dallas, yeah. Yeah, the man's like

a brother to me. We kind of grew up together. Has he contacted you recently? No, no. I literally came straight from Goldthrone. I brought as much credit and gold as I could.

When Telvin said that y'all would be coming to this meeting, I just came straight here. Oh, wow. So you're in the horizon to meet us? I've been waiting. I've been waiting. I've been here a few days now, but I had some business still in Goldthrone.

But of course, y'all saved my life in that airship Don't think I ain't forgotten cuz I ain't and I won't We've missed you Arvel we've missed you a lot me too kid Me too kid. Missed you all. But, Vala, we gotta do something. Telvin's... I heard tell there's something

about this Starbane, but that's just a legend to most folks like us, but if Vala's... We gotta rescue her. We gotta do something. We're planning on doing that. Yeah. We're working on that.

We've somehow got... Whatever you need. ...mixed up in the events of all of Eros and beyond, it turns out. When we got swept away at Kaylie's rest, we didn't know what we were put on the front lines of, but Svala is at the center of it all, and we are still determined to get her back.

Whether she's at the center of it all, or whether she's Starbane's daughter or whatever, I mean, you know that kid. She's just a good kid. She doesn't deserve to be wrapped up in all this. We know.

Of course. Good. We'll get her back. Whatever you need. You need anything. That's why I came to wait for you. The Dagus Trading Company's resources are yours. Whatever you need.

Thank you. That's so kind of you. Speaking of, I had to drag this. I brought this here. It goes over, opens up a trunk. What in the hell is it? It's the fucking one. He pulls out this suit of leather armor.

No, you can stop asking about it. I picked that up in Goldthrone. I've been carrying that around with me for two months. Oh, yeah. It's your problem now. Okay, thank you. Is it better than anyone's armor?

Can anyone wear it? I'll tell you now. It's studded leather armor, and you get poison resistance when you wear it. You don't get an AC bonus, but it does give you poison resistance. You know what? Can Quill actually wear it? I can use that.

I've got studded leather and I could take the poison resistance nice yes we did it everybody campaign over we got the wyvern armor

Tom I will need to add it to D&D Beyond I'll need to add it to D&D Beyond but it's it's normal studded leather armor so your AC won't go up

but you'll just gain poison resistance while you're wearing it the bird wears the dragon there we go been dragging that thing all over the place, wouldn't believe it I thought, you know what, I was like

I could sell it, maybe I'll just give them the gold if I sell it well I wasn't sure if you'd need it so I've been lugging it around, I mean not like I've been lugging it around. I mean, not like I've been lugging it around. My staff's been lugging it around, but you get the idea. You get the idea. Yeah. There's a knock at the door, and the little halfling man is like,

uh, oh, hello, Mr. Day. He's just, I got your drinks and your food here. He starts bringing it in, laying out like a platter. It's like a platter of, like, pieces and bread and sausage. It's like a little, you know, meze platter, and then he and bread and sausage. It's like a little mez, uh, you know, mezze platter. And then he's got like, you know, he brings in like a little

barrel of ale with a little spigot and there's like a whiskey and all the glasses. It's like, anything else I can do for you, Mr. Dacus, or your guests? Anything else? He's like, no, no, thank, thank you, Pierre. That's very kind of you. Thank you so much. We'll be fine. Just a bit of privacy to catch up with some old friends. Gets out the room. Very nice man much. We'll be fine. Just a bit of privacy to catch up with some old friends.

Gets out the room. Very nice man. Very nice man, Pierre. Can we just have a really nice conversation and drink wine and eat cheese and fade to black? That's it. We'll tell him everything. We got the word.

You've only got a couple of hours. So yeah, you can literally, by the time you're done... Yeah, done. We achieved the objective of get the armor. That's it. The rest of the story,

it's up to you to finish. We're done. Where did we pick that shit up? Literally two years ago. I cannot remember. Two years ago. It was Tracker and Scout

when we killed the Wyvern, helping them two. Oh yeah. It was on the way to Kaylee's Rest. It wasn't even that. It was on the way to Kaylee's Rest. Recap remembers. Look at that. Somebody's done the recap script. Knowledge in my brain.

Yeah, literally 2018. Oh my god. The end of 2018. Wow, that's nuts. The worst part is it was worth it too. That's the funny thing is that armor paid off big. Like it actually paid off. Quill could actually use it. We were just like, oh, thanks, Arvel, but no. Sentimental.

We don't need it. We can give it to a Ryer or something yeah exactly yeah you could have used them but yeah uh no you catch arvel up you explain i'm assuming you guys don't do you hold back on telling him anything or are you just like you know what arvel here's the whole fucking story like tell him everything it's awful with care and caution considering we are in a unknown place. It sounds like Lucius is being careful, but Nova's just like, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Yeah, but I think Lucius careful is as honest as us. Lucius careful is going, secret base! I have a sister. He goes over to the window and closes the curtains and checks it shut and then turns around

to marvel. I've got a secret base. Do you want to come and see it? He looks at you and he's like, Hey Lucius, you want to know something else? I've got a secret base. Yeah. I've got a little secret area built

in my headquarters back in Goldthrone. Welcome to the secret base club. A toast? I'm writing that in the diary. Secret base club. Can we get shirts? Can we get t-shirts, mate? Secret base club.

That defeats the point of a secret base. This guy has a secret base and it's a map Arrow pointing Yeah yeah yeah And on the back it says this is where it is

and it's a map Map There's a map to it Nah Arrow pointing down to my bum Just to bring it down there I already pointed down to my bum. Just to bring it down there.

Yeah. Big party. Yeah. You guys give him the updates. You tell him everything else. And yeah, it's a... This man has definitely missed you a lot. And there's a lot of love for Marvel.

Not just beyond like... Yeah. You think that those kind of like first little bits of traveling with him and saving his life and the bond with valor and stuff like that really means a lot to him so yeah yeah very nice i think we'd catch up pretty much say that very much you know the entire plan of going to get valoror pretty much as well. Well, not its entirety, but like, it's almost next on our list, right? After this meeting. Yeah. Like those rebels must be waiting, right?

Orville's just like, you gotta make it a priority. I know you've been busy. I know you've had this astral space and the magic, the temple of lightning and all that and Tiangong and all of that stuff but you've got to save that kid for me at least please

you don't deserve it good we just know once we do it paints an even bigger target on our backs than we already have and a target on a rowis as well here's the thing quill

about that i mean sure if he's a if if if this callous is her daddy then sure he's gonna want to get her back but it sounds like from what you told me is his main focus his obsession is stopping this sadar now if she was taken by, I know, some rivals, some killers, sure, I imagine he'd go to the ends of the earth. He'd raise planets to get her back. But he knows y'all, right? He's encountered you. He's met you.

He's spoken to you. He knows the kind of people you are. And if I was him, well, there's not a lot of other people I would trust to have my daughter with. Even if you're enemies, he knows that you're going to protect her. He knows that you're going to keep her safe, right? He knows that you care about her. So maybe if he's so obsessed with this Hadar, he's just gonna I don't know let it be for a little?

I don't know. I don't know much about warlords and space wizards and all of that, but I just know if she was my kid I wouldn't be too unhappy if she was with y'all. Still. happy if she was with y'all. Huh.

Still. Go and get her back. We will. Good. Anyway, y'all have this meeting you gotta be getting to. I can't keep you too busy here, but you wanna come by? I'm gonna be staying right here.

But just contact me if you're going to leave. You go in anywhere, you let me know where. I will. Well, I will be in touch. I feel like one of those people back at the tower, sometimes on this ship.

I know y'all have got your own money and things, but I've got a lot of good shipbuilders. I know people that can work on airships. You need some upgrades for yours? I consider that a payment in kind. You rescued me from one crashing airship. Least I can do is make sure yours ain't going to do the same.

Well, I will be in touch about that. It's being upgraded as we speak. If you need to go out into astral space, I can't imagine it's gonna be cheap to build something that can do that.

So, whatever you need. And Lucius, you know, becoming a captain and having a crew and doing all of that stuff that's mad impressive i'm really proud of you well it wasn't me it was just a happenstance i i financed i financed trust me lucius i financed a lot of projects in my time i worked with a lot of people who had a lot of money. Signing a check, any idiot can do that. But it tends to be that, well, they don't keep it together for much longer.

Sounds like you've managed to keep it together. You've got that crew and they like you, they respect you, they listen to you. That's not money doing that. It's all you. Thank respect you. They listen to you. That's not money doing that. It's all you. Thank you, Waffle. Have a sword, too, from your friend or your brother. Brotherly friend. Like a brother, yeah.

Ogren's a good fellow. We grew up together. But, yeah, you should learn. Make sure you give it a few swings. I ain't know swordsman I can't teach you but uh get practicing anyway I should let you all go that's by the gods it's good to see you I will just so you know bad things could happen in the next few days we're

expecting some sort of betrayal or intervention from Starbane. So you keep yourself safe, okay? I will do. I got Evangeline too over there. And, you know, I know when to get myself out of trouble when I need to. Don't you worry about that. I mean, it can get worse. I'm on the way.

Just for you. Keep an eye out for the storm chaser. Sure. Alright. Will do. Will do. Now get going. I wish I could stay all day. I know. But I'm here tomorrow. I'm here the day after. So just come on by.

Oh, we will good good oh horrible yeah I always know with that yeah I think that's time

time's up we spent too much time with our boy yeah you guys make your way back the guards that have been they didn't come into the tavern but they they're waiting outside when you leave uh one of them comes up to you a woman uh excuse me uh storm chaser crew uh they are requesting you to return back to the citadel as soon as as soon as you can Please do not delay any longer. Here we go.

You guys make your way back? Yeah. Yeah. Would you guys just go back the same way that you came? Or would you try and, like, walk through a bit more of Horizon first? Do you want to see more of the city? Or do you want to just go back the fastest way i mean you i mean they're not like they're not like telling you like go go go they're

not rushing you but they're kind of saying like you should be heading back now um lucius might suggest like a final you know uh enjoy the respite and the peace while we can because things are about to get tough and it's more just you you get like a sense of the city right like walking through the streets people are pretty happy here um people are happy in gust haven you've seen places where people are happy this is the first time you've really seen a place where so many different races all come together it's not just you know predominantly one predominantly other like this is a real you know mixed pot of people you see a few ganassi you see you know elves you see halflings you see gnomes you see like everybody uh kind of walking around and it's also a place where creativity is highly celebrated all of the stores are different and unique um the

streets have colorful art painted on the stones it really creates this like very vibrant city like lifestyle if you've ever been to places like brighton it's kind of got the same vibe um there's a couple of just a couple of like merchants that you pass that you kind of take a mental note of if places that you might want to come back uh you see a blacksmith's called glories and it's noticeable because it looks like a normal blacksmith except outside appears to be a woman who is half tiefling and half asimar you can see that she has like this deep ruby red skin but almost like gold freckles all across her face and across her arms and body she has one twisted like devilish horn and then she has uh bright gold hair that's almost like it's shaved

on the side with the horn and then the rest is like this really beautiful long golden like spun hair and there's even like a faint glow of light where maybe a halo could have once been but there's nothing visible there it's just kind of like an ambience to it um and she's accompanied by what appears to be a miniature elephant with wings that is holding a hammer in its trunk and helping her work on some sort of weapon um you just kind of walk past and you're like that's cool you're kind of like making your way past things like that um she she gives you a big sort of wave when she sees you looking. She's like, kind of smiles. She's got this big kind of like really happy grin smile

wearing this beautiful armor. The half of her that's tiefling is almost like black and twisted and demonic. And then the other half is this angelic gold and silver. Like she's made it to like reflect these two halves of herself. It's very cool. Awesome. The other one, Quill quill and century you two notice this it's pretty it's kind of well established on a on a road but it seems a little quiet the store doesn't look particularly busy you notice it quill because you see the word solving in letters letters across the top of the store itself.

You can see almost, first you mistake it for a florist's, but then you realise that tucked amongst all the plants and the trees and the leaves, there are all sorts of magical wands and rods and scrolls and little magical trinkets and relics for sale. And the title

of the place is called Solvin's Legacy. I mean, you've got a bit of time. Got a bit of time? Essentially, it's like Rhiannon's like, we've got a bit of time? I mean, it looks quite quiet. You know, you've probably got like five, ten minutes you can stop by.

But then you're going to really need to get back. Hey, why are you two dawdling? What are you looking at? A shop down there, Century. I think it's best Century goes there to check it out. We've got some time. We can stop for a second. Five seconds's best Sentry goes there to check it out. We've got some time. We can stop for a second. Five seconds, five minutes.

Let's go check it out. I want to see if I can get a little present for someone. Let's go see. Sure. Sentry, if you want to. Okay. Yeah. Yeah.

Let's go have a look. Okay. Yeah, you make your way over it's a it's a really quite pretty little store it's almost like a little cottage little leaded windows uh kind of like brick stone walls made of white stone um essentially the white stone is very reminiscent of solvent like you know the buildings would be made of this kind of like white gold marble it's kind of made from similar stuff um very pretty all these different plants uh the stenciled kind of uh name above the store when you enter there's a little ding-a-ling bell when you enter um and that smell of plants like a florist smell that kind of heavy floral scent hits you but it's also tinged with there's something in the air, magic or energy that just kind of seems to come alive when you enter.

You can see all these different little, some of them are like little clockwork toys, almost like little automatons that are kind of walking up and down and they're like arranging flowers. You can see rods and wands beautifully engraved, these kind of carved pieces of wood topped with crystals uh that look like something that you know a very fancy mage would carry there's even like little satchels and even a set of robes on a mannequin that look to be of hand stitched and hand created

all emblazoned with emblems and and scenery that all all of you have seen you know either on centuries close or when you visited the ruins of the facility where root was found they have these traces of solving about them and you hear a voice you know from bahak you know some back room uh just a second and then a woman kind of steps out she must be sort of in her early 20s uh she has dark hair uh kind of high cheekbones she almost has like a very uh you know she looks out of place in the apron the brown apron leather apron and simple tunic and pants that she's wearing and she kind of comes down she's carrying like a large you know urn with a plant in it and she just kind of like looks down. She's like, I'm so sorry. I was busy plotting at potting

outside. And she sees Sentry. Hello? Your story... She doesn't say anything. It's just her mouth just kind of drops. And she's like tilting her head like she

kind of like rubs her eyes I know It's, yeah. Petal? Petal? On that, she just, Sentry. I'm just going to hug her. I'm just going to hug her. She just gonna hug her steps in she steps in super close and you can see she's trembling like she's shaking um she's wait this isn't like she's too old but it's you

know now that you look at her you can see her kind of mother's face queen astoria's face you know she's you know kind of growing into that same royal figure and and visage it's unmistakably the same girl she kind of like clutches onto you kind of get these memories of this young child just kind of clutching onto your legs holding your hand as you walked around the palace of solvent and she's just shaking and you can hear these deep heavy heaving sobs and she just like puts her forehead against your chest plate I thought you were gone I you were destroyed we we thought you were destroyed when when the when the teleport worked you were left behind I

you were left behind I can't believe it's you I can't believe this I never stopped hoping I never stopped I never I always believed you were here I'm sorry we stopped looking that's the thing Sentry

I wasn't when I the teleport took us to That's the thing, Sentry, I wasn't... When I... The teleport took us to... The city wasn't... We were trapped. We were trapped in some ruin. The Sundering must have collapsed something on us. We were meant to go to an estate outside the city,

but something had happened. The teleport went wrong, or the sundering changed the world. Something happened. I was still so young. Mother had a scroll. One that she carried with her for emergencies. It put somebody into a sleep where they don't age, where they can't be harmed

they only had the one she convinced me to let her put me to sleep and I was little I didn't understand what she was doing I woke up it's okay 500, 400 and something

years later. Not even their bones were still there. It was just me in this cave. Danica, I don't know if you know her. She's the keeper of the city. She found me. She knew who I was. She said she'd seen pictures of my mother. She thought I was my mother. Then she realized who I I was. She said she'd seen pictures of my mother.

She thought I was my mother. Then she realized who I really was. I'm so glad. I can't believe. I'm so glad you're here. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. No, you did.

You did protect us. If it wasn't for you, they never would have got to the teleport room. They never would have been able to get us out of there. We should be sorry for you. We couldn't take you with us. You were supposed to come with us, Sentry. I can't believe you're still active.

You should have gone... That light. What is that? I can't believe you're still active. How? You shouldn't... You should have gone... What? That light. What is that? I met Root. I met the Prime. He... He gave me...

He gave me his Matrix. I'm... I'm the leader of the guardians now there's nobody better so good to see you Petal you need to get somewhere safe Petal something

something's coming what's coming Petal Something's coming. Horizon safe. What's coming? Petal. I hate to say this to you. He's coming back. Who? Starbane. That's not possible

the cradle keeps them out that mother was certain that I'm gonna the safest place for me right now is with you that's always the safest place then I will take you with me we we

have we have a meeting and then afterwards you're you're coming with me i'm you're not leaving my side again petal i'm not gonna let that happen again i i need to i need to arrange things here. The store, I mean, I want to make sure that I pack up my things and maybe give it to somebody that's an apprentice of mine. He's been working for me. Maybe I can... I'll give it... I don't want to give it all away. Maybe I can have him run it for me.

Yes. I'm sorry. It's so beautiful. What you've made here is beautiful I feel like it's home there's no you know about Solvin you know that it's all gone

I do okay well as long as we're together we will be I promise I'm gonna hug her like just hug her so tight yeah yeah i don't know you said you have a meeting um maybe you should come by uh tonight i'll pack up my things and um we'll figure something out. Or, yes, something... I need to think as well.

This is a lot. This is an awful lot. I'll catch you up. A lot has happened since I last saw you. Oh, yes, I imagine. Well, I might have some things I can catch you up on as well. I mean, I've been alive for a little while now. I've grown up a little bit, so...

Okay, we need to go, but please... I'll find you. I'll come back and find you tonight, okay? Yes. Do you have a way of contacting me? Is there any... Yes, I've got something. I have a wand that I can use. A wand of scrying. Sending.

Not scrying, sending. I just didn't think to use it on you. I thought that... I thought for sure that you'd been destroyed. I should have tried. Why didn't I try? That's so stupid. It's okay. I'm sure we would have found each other at some point and

we have i think we have we have we'll be at the citadel on i will i well i can't enter the citadel i don't think um well i i maybe maybe I can I've never tried I know Danica, Danica knows me so maybe that will help okay okay okay and then

with that, we're going to end the episode well god damn god damn. God damn. That almost got me. Almost got me. That one almost got me.

That's a long time coming, that one. Just think. We almost just went straight to the meeting. I know. Well, yeah. Man, I had a question as well. Hey, do you want to end on a cliffhanger, Mark? I've got a question for the eye.

Yeah, sure, let's do that. Do you want to do one more little bit? Absolutely, sure. We've still got five minutes. I think early in that reunion, we probably wouldn't have handled it too well, seeing as family returning for Century brings back memories of family returning for Quill, so it kind of looks towards the Rose Pinion

where this messenger guild is. And then instead turns to the Citadel of the Reborn. That's where the meeting's taking place, right? Yes, it is. Cool. Can I ask the eye what this... Where I'm standing now, what this will look like in three days? Yep. Okay. So.

While Sentry and Petal are speaking and the rest of... everybody's kind of watching this scene unfold, you kind of take a back step, you look out the door, you take a back step so you are now out on the street. And you look up at the citadel. You ask the question. The storm blows across your vision. Becoming the swirling mists of cloud and energy. You see the citadel as it is. And then rapidly. Night passes to day day day passes to night

you see people come and go see movement nothing changes oh that's even worse though that's even worse that's what you asked that's what you asked and that is where we end the episode

for real I've got more reunions planned at some point by the way this is just the beginning all of that stuff that you've been setting up for a long time it's coming back it's coming back everyone's here.

Aayla's got to meet people. Horizon is like a central big city. So, yeah. And you did ask three days, right? You asked three days. What will it look like in three days time? I mean, that's how long the meetings are, right? Vaguely.

I mean, I would have asked as long as there are meetings, right? Like, by the end of the meetings are done. Okay. Sure. All right. No change. No change. You got more of that question.

I was looking in the wrong direction. Fourth day. I should have turned around. Just two days after the meeting. Damn. That tower what an episode. That tower is totally fine. Project Vanguard, however, stood right behind me. I didn't see it.

What's that shadow? What's that big shadow? Maybe. Maybe. maybe maybe