High Rollers DnD - High Rollers: Aerois | #20 - Clash of Spells (Part 2)

Episode Date: January 24, 2019

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Trust me, you won't regret it. Anyway, on to the episode. The team meet up in a dingy tavern and finish off a few errands in Kayleigh's rest. Hopefully, we're back and it's going to stay back now. Hey, welcome back. Sorry we had to take an early break so uh steve's had a look we hope that we fixed it yeah we're gonna have to see um if not we're just gonna carry on before the podcast um so hopefully you'll stick with us uh for this cool episode so the uh bar before you the magician's cup uh you are led inside by Kalu Otoma, this kind of dark green to almost grey-skinned orc

with tattoos and dreadlocks. He's still not wearing a shirt. He's just got, like, leather trousers and big heavy boots carrying this large pike. He does have, like, a rucksack, like, almost like a satchel bag thrown over one shoulder that seems to, you know, probably contain the rest of his belongings, including clothes.

He, like, leans in. He's just like, ah, reminds rest of his belongings, including clothes. He leans in and he's just like, ah, reminds me of other things. He points to the dwarf, my good man, some drinks. And he just kind of nods, seems to have a glint of recognition with the orc, and then just starts pouring out some

thick-looking liquid. What is it like? Grog. If any of you had any experience in sailing, you would recognize it as a very grog-like drink. It's a very thick kind of

rum-like smell. Oh, I'd recognize it. Yeah? I've got, well, water vehicles apparently. So yeah, so it probably makes sense that at some point in his life maybe he's part of the messenger guild training quill. Have to drink.

Well, not drink it. It's like a hazing. He's met sailors and a few other folks and stuff like that. So yeah, he leads you over to the bar and sits down for a drink. And yeah, what do you guys want to do? There is a fire if you want to go

and warm yourself by it I do we should bring Lucius here it would be hilarious yeah this would I could imagine him here

it would be a good time for everybody the straw coloured floor and the very odious the odious stench of the locals he'd definitely

fit right in definitely wouldn't get mugged yes jeez Calla just kind of like takes a long drink puts it down He'd definitely fit right in. Definitely wouldn't get mugged. Yes. Oh, jeez. Callie just kind of like takes a long drink, puts it down. Ah, that's the good stuff. So how long have you been in Callie's rest? Are you passing through?

Oh, not long, not long. No, I've not been here too long. I don't normally travel this far inland, but recent situation caused me to take a bit of time, explore the world a little. Thought I'd head inland. It's been a long time. And perhaps there was a little element of the storm chaser guiding me here, probably to meet you.

Oh, really? So you think that those kind of things she has control over? No, not control over the things, but being a tide watcher, it's our job to watch the seas and the weather for signs of things. And generally, well, let's just say that I believe that there's a lot in this world and in this life that is meant to be. And you have to be sensitive to these things. Kali's rest was just another place to go, but clearly there was something good that's come of it. Fair. I can feel storms coming now, since this power.

Fair. I can feel storms coming now since this power. He just like nods. He's just like, very common amongst those who are favored by Zephia. She doesn't necessarily grant this as a way to avoid them. But so you know where they are if you do wish to go find one. And he kind of just grins. Half lopsided grin. But anyway, my tale is a different one. And he kind of just grins. Half lopsided grin. But anyway, my tale is a different one. I'm not here by choice, whereas you have come

seeking something here. Not here specifically, I would say. We had a bit of an unfortunate incident that landed us here. I know that feeling very well. And you travel with the Guardian, I see. Guardian and a few other companions. And you have had much trouble here in Suvona?

They're not fond of my type here. They're not fond of anybody that isn't from Suvona. I've had a few scrapes and troubles myself. You mentioned something about Zephir talking to you about the Abbey. Apparently there's another wild elf who's there. It goes quiet a little bit. You should be careful. The worshippers of Paladhor here are very zealous in their beliefs. I've had a little bit of trouble with them myself. They do not like a heretic wandering around. We've had our fair share of people thinking differently of us. We did see that when we came into the town.

Oh, at the entrance? That is them putting on a good face for travellers. Spend a few more days here and I'm sure that they'll come looking. Just be aware and not to be trusted. Don't trust anyone. Smart. Although you did let me try and nearly beat you to death, so perhaps don't do that

in the future. I mean, that was a fight. That's not exactly... True. Trust. True. What are your plans? I feel like we've proven ourselves to each other now. Oh, certainly. I've proven that if I needed to, I could kill you, but I have no need for that.

That's not good. That's fine. Fine. Not quite so easy to rile up like the rest of your brethren, I see. I've had a few scraps with wild elves in my time as well. But anyway, what are your plans now? I'd like to see if I

can get close to that, Abby. Do you know any good way around trying to find someone within it? Any? No, it's fortified. It's a separate building. I try and avoid it as best as I can. Like I said, they don't like me or my lady. So I don't try and stick around there.

What about you, Guardian? I don't know. I might maybe try and find the others, see what they're up to. You're a travelling companion. Yes. But then I don't want to stick by Ayla as well. I think we'll explore a little bit more. I'm interested.

Well, the city has a lot to offer. They said something about spell clash. Oh, that is true. They did say about spell clash. It did sound interesting. He kind of like laughs. Spell clash. You don't want to say that too loud around that one.

And he points at the guy sprawled out on the bar. Oh, really? When he gets too deep into his cups, he rants and raves about it. I'm sick of hearing about his whining. And then you just hear this like from the half drunk man.

Oh, really? Does he participate then when he's not here? From what his drunken ramblings I've overheard, he used to, but he doesn't anymore. Interesting. Well, I'm not going to compete. I'm just going to kind of... I'm curious to see if some of our companions will, though.

Yeah, I feel like some of them might do. As you say that, we'll jump back to the others. That's a good point. So, for those of you who are at the Spellclash Arena... I don't think we should take part. There's no way we can compete with Persephone. So you're making your way towards the ticket entrance

where you entered and where the commentator mentioned that any aspirant should head over. And Valor's tugging on your sleeve and all that. He's like, no, come on, you have to. That looks so cool. Valor, it's dangerous. No, you're saying you're protected by the shields! You saw the shields!

It didn't look dangerous. It looked painful, but it didn't look dangerous. But you guys have fought stuff before, right? Well, it's less the... I mean, there's no risk here. It's less the fighting itself, and more the crippling anxiety that I'd face afterwards and during the fight itself,

with so many people watching. You just don't pretend that they're not there. Because of the reputation of the Elinaster. Sorry. Sorry, Val. I shouldn't have stepped above my normal volume for that, but yes. Well, just don't pretend that they're not there.

And use a different name. Don't pretend they're not there. Pretend that they're not there. And use a different name. Come up with a stage name. Yeah. Like, you know, he was called Wraith, and he was all dark and mysterious.

Yeah, I doubt that's his actual name. I doubt he signs letters as Wraith. Yeah, like, you know, he was called Wraith, and he was all dark and mysterious. Yeah, I doubt that's his actual name. I doubt he signs letters as Wraith. Yes, it could be like, uh, uh... Jerome. Yeah, Jerome. Well, no, something to do with colours. That's your whole thing. Rainbow!

Colour man, rainbow. Uh, uh... Painbow. Painbow. Painbow. Well, that sounds like I'm going to hurt somebody. Well, that's the point. That doesn't sound, like, very Lucius. What about, like, um, the somebody. Well that's the point. That doesn't sound like very Lucius.

What about like, um, the ghost lady called you like the prince, right? You could be called like the prince or something. Prince of C- Of pain! No I don't like- well, maybe that could be your name. Maybe your could be your name. Huh? I don't- am I doing it?

You could be, um, the blue pain or no. The blue meanie. No. Supernova. Yes. Supernova. Well, here's the thing. What's a supernova?

It's just a super version of Nova. Yeah. I flex. Really badly because I've got twig arms. So as you guys are having this conversation, you see a young woman, slightly kind of masculine features, but, you know, dressed in like a long skirt, kind of like little blouse, long hair with glasses. She kind of looks over. She's like, excuse me. Are you discussing entering? Well, no, actually. Oh, sorry. Fantasizing. Oh, of course. And she kind of nods and goes back to several books.

I mean, we saw. Are you Miss Daphne? She kind of looks up. She's like, yes, I am. I'm Daphne Goodcroft. I'm the Arcanist's assistant. Hi, pleased to meet you. I stick out my hand. Hello.

And she kind of takes it. And yeah, she kind of shakes your hand. I mean, is there like an entry level tournament? Well, yes, of course. I mean, it's not an entry-level tournament, but, I mean, obviously we don't match you up against people that are beyond skill capability. Also, it's not really just a sign-up-and-you-get-to-do-it thing.

There are certain elements that you need to work through first. Oh. Do tell. Well, okay. I get my book out. She gets her little kind of book out as well and starts going over things. Well, you know, it's not just...

You can't just sign up. There is several things. So first things first, you need to complete a license registration form to get your Spellclash license. I'm good at forms. That includes a waiver of liability in case you are injured.

Spellclash won't be held accountable. You can read that. You will also need to pay the 100 gold yearly fee per applicant. You just can do that. that. You will also need to pay the 100 gold yearly fee per applicant. You can do that. And then you will also need to get approval from a sanctioned

Spellclash referee or a mage manager who adjudicates you. Where would you find one of those? Well, there's only really two in Kali's Rest. A lot of them have left

recently, actually. Let me think. You have... Yes, a few of them decided to move back to Goldthrone. A couple of them have left recently actually. Let me think. You have... Yes, a few of them decided to move back to Goldthrone. A couple of them came out here to manage smaller mages, smaller duelists, but they've left since. The only ones I can think of really is, there's

Torgon Emmerdown. He's the, he works for Clash of the Champions, which is a spell clash recruitment company. He operates in one of the small buildings just outside the dome. I mean, Torgon's really the only reliable one. I mean, there is Gideon, but I... Well, he's a bit of a...

Gideon Golden Touch. He's here in Kali's Rest. I think he frequents a bar somewhere. He used to be a duelist himself, but technically he still has his referee and management license. Like his surname, Golden Touch. Yeah. Everything he touches.

You've not heard of Gideon Golden Touch? No. Do you know anything about Spellclash? No! Not at all. We watched our first game just now. And you want to sign up? Yes!

Well, potentially. Do you have any experience using magic in dangerous situations? I've bought some cows, potentially. Do you have any experience using magic in dangerous situations? I've fought some cows, yes. We've just battled our way through the lowlands. Don't put it that way. That sounds like we've been murdering. No, no, Invalid's like, no, we stopped murderers, Quill. That's what we've done.

We've stopped them. Yes, we pursued. By murdering them. Yes. We fought a wyvern. Mm. You can see her, like, looking over towards, like, some of the guards, like, Oh, good.

You know the guardians that protect Kelly's rest? No. I don't really leave here. Tracker and scout. Well, there are protectors of this town, and we helped them fight a wyvern. We fought a wyvern. All right. Well, look, I mean, so you're saying you have experience with combat.

With spells, yes. I mean, short answer, yes. Okay, well, I mean, I suppose. Normally the people that register to be spell class duelists are fans of the sport. We are fans. We are definitely fans. I love the Enchantress.

We've just seen, like, our first match. She's my favorite. Sign us up. Very disappointed that Rafe lost. Do you have Enchantress merchandise? I saw people had signs. People make their own signs. No, we don't sell.

The individual duelists might sell things, but it's gaudy. And she looks at you like, the Enchantress, really? She just won. She won? Yes, she's an insufferable bitch. Wow! Language! Poor Wraith.

He puts on this bad guy character. I told him it wasn't a good idea. The shameless isn't word clash. I would win that. I could do that. I'm sorry, it was a bad joke. Well, listen, I mean, if you want to apply, I have the forms here,

and there are opportunities in the town. You will also, once you want to apply, I have the forms here, and there are opportunities in the town. You will also, once you have everything completed, you will then participate in your preliminary match. It's a match to make sure you're suitable for Spellclash. A lot of people never complete them or they're turned off because it is quite scary, and you are required to complete one before you can enter a tournament, an official tournament.

Right. And you have the protective barrier at that point, right? and you are required to complete one before you can enter a tournament, an official tournament. Right. And you have the protective barrier at that point, right? Yes, of course, yes. All spell class matches are taking place in the arena and you will have the spell class shield. Can Hexleg Warlocks compete? You've said many things. I don't know.

What? So I can do magic, but a lot of it is channeled through my sword when I hold up my dagger. Oh, I see. I see. Well, that's very well. Yes, we have a few entrants who make use of enchanted objects rather than their own natural spellcasting abilities. The general rule of thumb that goes is you are generally if it is a magically enchanted weapon or some sort of conjured device or some such thing,

generally their effects will hit the shield. A normal mundane weapon will go through it, and if you do injure a spellclass duelist, you are inherently disqualified. Any harm done to a spellclass duelist beyond the shield results in disqualification.

So yes, I suppose, if you have some sort of enchanted knife, you can enter. You will be at a severe disadvantage, of course. I mean, it's not really a knife. It's a sword, but it just turned into a knife. Very well, yes, I suppose. I don't know.

Excuse me, does healing magic, does it rejuvenate the shield? Oh, well, that's actually quite an intelligent question. Yeah, that's me. You kind of look surprised. Well, no. Healing magic specifically, no. However, any spellcaster who has you are a spellcaster yourself,

you are familiar that you have tiers of magic. You can, different LNG levels within you. Yes, Daddy taught me all of that when he set me up. So, you may expend a certain level of energy, normally required to cast a spell, to rejuvenate the shield by a certain amount. Healing magic is not required. Any spellcaster can do this.

It's just most of my spells are healing. Are you some sort of priest? Yeah, I suppose. I mean, no, but... We don't get a lot of priests that take part, but there are some that do. I've got offensive spells. Well, then, yes. The objective of Spell Clash is to destroy the opponent's shield, so any spell that can cause harm will generally suffice.

Okay. I was just making sure. But it's also, if you think that Spell Clash is just about casting magical missiles or doing damage, then you've got the wrong idea. That's pretty much all they did. That's all Persephone did and she won. Then you clearly weren't watching. Did you not see her? She attempted to restrain her foe so that he did not have the opportunity to dodge. They used their movement, teleportation to get around the battlefield, made use of cover.

It's very clever. Very clever. She's great, Persephone. Well, are you interested or not? What was the name of the other sponsor apart from Gideon? Torgan Emmerdown. He belongs to Clash of the Champions. They're an official spell class recruitment company.

Generally, they work in that they provide facilities for training, equipment. They assist you with the application process. And then they take a cut of your winnings. Winnings? Yes, of course. Why do you think people do this? of your winnings. Winnings? Yes, of course. Why do you think people do this? There is winnings and acclaim. Oh, no, no, no.

People don't do this for fun. This is a sport. I see. And what sort of... There's a significant amount of gold involved in Spellclash. A significant amount? Well, your preliminary matches, you are simply paid... There is no payment for your preliminary matches. But are simply paid there is no payment for your preliminary

matches, but the tournaments, there will be grand prizes. The tournament hopping gold throne, the Siascan Cup, I believe that the grand prize is 10,000 gold. That's a remarkable amount of money. And how much does a sponsor normally

take? Got it. Clash of the Champions, well, I mean, I've never inquired,? I've got it. Clash of the Champions. Well, I mean, I've never inquired, but I've heard the rumours. 70%, 80%. 70%, 80%? Yes, they do claim that, you know, they provide accommodations, they provide food, equipment, that sort of thing. I'll be quite honest with you, it seems like a bit of a scam to me. But plenty of young mages sign up willy-nilly.

That's their choice, I suppose. Some of us aren't blessed with the abilities to enter Spellclash, so... I don't mean to sound like I'm rushing, but how long does it take to get inducted? Well... It sounds like there's a lot of steps. And we've got things to do.

Generally, we try and only host preliminary matches. We'll schedule them all for once a week. But you're fortunate that we are hosting some preliminary matches tomorrow night. You are. If you can get the applications

and complete your forms and payment in time I can make sure that you're entered into that. We only have a few sign-ups. Here's a 100 gold. Well, she kind of is like, she takes the bag of the coin, slides you a form. Complete this form, please.

Sorry, would you mind if you gave the bad bag? It's just, I've got all the little sylvees. Pours it out into like a little box and hands you the bad bag. Really sorry, usually I wouldn't do that. Yes, well, there is your application form. You'll find Quill and Ink just at the end there. Quill's right there.

Hello. That's a joke. That was very good. I get that. Thank you. Hello. Sorry. Didn't find that funny. Oh, for context, my name is Quill. That would have been useful to know, wouldn't it?

Your writing, implement, and ink is at the end. Thank you so much. And then once it comes back to me I will, well, I'll give it back and you'll need to get it stamped and signed by an approved person. Just to make it clear, we have magical methods of detecting their arcane mark.

So don't try and forge it. Why would we? Plenty of people try and cheat their way into Spellclash. It's a way to sell fake affidavits. Yes, the referral. And no one succeeds? Okay. Spellclash has invested a lot of research and time

into developing the arena and how it all works. We wouldn't go just allowing anybody to hand these out. Well, clearly, if they had succeeded, she wouldn't know about it. It's true. Thank you, Daphne. Very kind. If you want to find Gideon,

I believe he frequents a bar called The Magician's Cup. It's on East Street. I mean, it sounds like that's the place to go. I don't want 80% of the share to Torg and Emma down. That's ridiculous. I wish my brother was here. Your brother? You have a brother now? You have a brother? I talk about my brother a lot.

You've spoken about him I think once. And my sister. I don't remember the sister. I haven't mentioned that one. I've never listened. I mean you say a lot of things. I'm sure I've mentioned my brother before. He a sky jowster if you're quite done would you mind having your personal conversations elsewhere

also is it just the one form well I mean with respect you came to us no I'm she's we were just talking really loudly she just gestures to a desk we were just talking really loudly. She just gestures to her dad. We were just really loudly, like, just standing.

I probably put some drums on it. Valor, like, pokes both of you. It's like, you guys should apply as well. 100 gold. Yeah. That's a lot. Oh, my. Go on.

Nova, do it. I think you should do it. Nova at least. Arville will pay you back. I'll make Arville pay you back when we get the gold. Arville would be really good. Maybe they have it. I think you should do it. Nova at least. Arvill will pay you back. I'll make Arvill pay you back when we get the card. Arvill would be really good. Maybe they have this... Daphne?

Yes? Do they only have one-on-ones? Or do they have, like, team-based spell classes? No, no, it's one-on-one. Think about that, like a trio. I should consider teaming up, because then, you know, that's a new kind of, like, spectatorship. There may be tournaments in the future,

but for now, it remains one-on-one. It's difficult to manage more than two spellclass shields at the same time. Fair enough. Is there a second place prize? For the grand tournament? Oh yes, of course. Second and third. And third. If three of us compete and we come first, second, and third, that's a lot of money.

I believe that would be, I think it's 5,000 for second, and about 2,000-3,000 for third. And the statistical probability of that? Of you winning? She just genuinely like... Well, all right, I'll entertain the idea. Well, first things first, you should be aware of how the tournament in Goldthrone works.

You don't just get to enter it, you see, there's only 16 places. It's taking place in about 7-8 days from now. Once you've completed your preliminary matches, if you sign up for the tournament, you'll each be given a mote of Siaska. It's a small gemstone and you hold one up. Using these, you can wager them with other Spellclash duelists. You can do it in Goldthrone here or anywhere along the way. Whoever has the most, once you get to Goldthrone, you're simply turning however motes you have. And we'll take the top 16 Spellclash duelists who along the way. Whoever has the most, once you get to gold throne, you're simply turning however motes you have and we'll take the top 16

spell class jewelers who have the most. So the likelihood that you'll even get in the tournament is interesting. It depends on how good you are. So we need to collect badges. I mean motes. Yes. Okay. So... But... Hang... Wait. From different gyms? No, no.

You can fight other duelists. Okay. We find them. Yes. Along the way. And we just fight them in the middle of nowhere? No, no, you'll need to do it in a spell clash arena. Right, okay.

But I believe that there's one here, there is one along the way, there's one in Silverbrook, and then there's obviously the largest in Goldthrone. There's several in Goldthrone, in fact. Oh. And how many other registrars are there?

Oh, plenty. Across Savona, there's hundreds. Hundreds? Yes, it's become the most popular sport in the Lowlands. Not just in Savona, I've heard that it's beginning to take root in other continents as well. Oh. Is skyjousting a thing here? No. Now that is a sport.

Is that a Sky City thing? Oh yes, absolutely. Oh, clearly not. I've never been. You've never been? Oh, you'd love it. I don't know if she would. She doesn't love anything. But anyway, thank you. I love spell clash.

I hope she didn't hear that. I'll take the forms. Two of them. Three. Four. Four? Who else have we got that can compete? What if Aayla, Century or Valor?

Like a big grin on her face. What's the youngest? Is there an age limit? Yeah. She's like, there is an age limit. How old are you, young miss?

Valor's like, eight, six, 19. I'll make a deception check. Purple for Valor. Oh no. And what year?

Every year. She's like, no, my dear, I'm afraid you're a little too young. There are certain limitations. I'm three. Well, if you want three, there will be another 200 gold. No, I mean I am. No, he is three. You are clearly, I'm assuming for your race, that is a suitable age.

Yes, but for her race. You mean a human like me? Beastwalker. She's a beastwalker. Beastwalker. If you're quite done making mockery of me... Bella. Are you taking any extra forms or not?

Quill, do you want to enter? You never know. We'll take six. No, no, we can't pay. I don't have 600 gold! We're not gaining any allies anytime soon. Oh, you have to pay for it to get the form. It's 300.

You don't get the form and then pay later. Yeah, when you fully complete your license, then you pay the 100 gold. Lucius has just decided to pay it now. Oh, fine. Can we just take two forms and then pay you later? She hands you the two forms. Thank you. Once you have it signed, then we'll complete the license.

Thank you, Miss Daphne. It's Miss Goodcroft, technically. Let me just write that down, then. Daphne Goodcroft. Goodcroft. You're quite done. I'm very busy. Clearly. I look around at the crowd like is there anyone else lining up?

There's not really anybody lining up, but you can see that there are several stacks of books. Quill, with your perception, you notice that there is some sort of spell clash magazine in between the pages. Oh, what was like someone posing on the front of it? She's reading that rather than the books. Are they scanty? No.

Okay, so yeah, you guys can grab that. Let's head to the magician's cap. Okay. For Gide cap okay for Gideon for Gideon gold in touch it doesn't take you guys very long navigating through

the city streets um you arrive on east street uh it is a very very muddy track uh Lucius walking on the street

your boots and trousers are just caked you're in a white outfit as well aren't you yes I am his cloak is white and his hat is white but his nightgown Walking on the street, your boots and trousers are just caked. You're in a white outfit as well, aren't you? Yes, I am. His cloak is white and his hat is white. Night look.

I suppose, yeah, you've got Night Frost now. Night Frost, yeah. Night Frost doesn't really have a hood, though. It's more like a big scarf. How is Night Frost? He's been quiet. He hasn't said anything recently. Certainly, I would imagine that the fight in the Spellclash arena,

he just kind of is a bit much. But you make your way there, covered in mud, and eventually you come across this same building. After asking for directions, you find this kind of worn sign of a cup with a wand and then the magician's cup. Aayla and Century, what have you been up to for the last, I don't know, probably say 10-15 minutes because a lot of this was happening alongside of each other i think ayla's just trying to find out as much about i guess anything to do with zafir because this guy has been worshiping zafir his

whole life and she's very new to that idea but wants to find out as much information as she can. Mmm yes so let me bring up some information on Zephyr for you which is annoyingly I have to go into a bunch of stuff. Do do do get the old full campaign document out here. Wait that's the one that you sent us? It does but but I'll just read it to you now because then the audience will know about it. Oh, I've got it on my head. Laura Dunn. I've got it in my Kindle app. Laura.

Laura. Trying to think of what Quill's name could be. Annoyingly, I can't look up my... I've got it here. Do you have the Saphir information? Yes. There you go. Dare die.

Oh, my God. Are you trying to think up Sophia information? Yes. Dare die. Oh, my God. Are you trying to think up your name? Yeah, I was just thinking that as well. Mark, do you want to get it? I think Spectrum would be a good clue. It would save me some time. Spectrum. Oh, no, I've got it here.

I've got it now. I've got it now. I've got it now. I like Spectrum. You pass it to Katie so that Katie can read, but I'm going to read some of it out. It's mid-paragraph. So...

Fucking... Callow... Look, she's like, So, Zephia. She's always been the troublesome daughter of Siasca. Whilst the other gods worked with their mother to build Erois,

Zephira was playing in the oceans that she made. She was diving into their deepest parts, exploring the caves that Atalakas and the others made. She is a curious girl, a curious woman, who likes to find hidden things. And she has a great love of adventure and treasure. And it was, she created my people, the orcs. And she instilled a lot of that into us.

We call her the great sister. She looks after us. And with her we find new islands and we explore the seas. And she keeps us safe. She has a few things that she teaches to her acolytes. Let folly reign on those who think they can stand against the storm. Let their wreckage drift on the waves for you to claim instead. She implies that to try and stand against nature To try and stand against force like herself is foolish

She also says the tree grows where it is told The mountain rises where it must But lightning strikes where it pleases The wind blows as it wishes Chart your own course Listen not to the demands of others Zephia does not care for laws or tradition She cares about what is in your heart what you truly seek And the sea does not reward the meek the sea's treasures are only for the bold

Chase adventure and treasure and your heart will swell She is a daughter of adventure Always at heart Those are the things that was taught to me When I was a boy anyway She has roamed the planet She fought greatly against the court of shadows And the Starbane

And she has a great hatred for them They tried to take her family And she is a vengeful goddess If nothing else Outside of Your race take her family and she is a vengeful goddess if nothing else. Outside of your race, are there temples to her? Of course, some people, a lot of travelers, people that live on the coast will always offer worship to Zephira. Anybody who has a reason to fear the sea or the storm will worship her.

It's been said that a few of the Arakokra also give some worship to Zephia. As they fly around the world, well, birds in a storm won't last very long without her protection. Dead eye. Is that the point at which we walk in? Could be.

One bird walks in? Could be What on bird walks do we go? Could be Hey, Ayla, what's going on? How about, Quill, one winged angel? One winged angel? We're just talking Yeah, you're talking all the way No, I just thought Ayla just gasped

Like, that's amazing. No, Aayla would not do that. No, that was me. Aayla would not do that. But yeah, there are some. Goliaths also like to worship Zephir. They live high up on the mountains, but I think that there is something about Zephir's primal savagery.

One thing I will tell you, Aayla of the Laodalan, many of my people will. We are good people. The orcs. We are a great race. But there is something. Dangerous about us as well. A curse.

A fierce curse. Along with many of her great gifts. Many orcs are prone to something. We call the glint. It is when their greed for avarice and gold outweighs their sense of adventure. Some of them can turn quite nasty.

You should be cautious. He kind of like goes he turns quite sad when he talks about that. It hasn't affected you? No. People I know. Interesting interesting he just nods but yes anything else I think I just need to find at least one other elf who has been blessed by Zephir in the same way well if this other one that you mentioned of

has the power of fire I can't imagine that is necessarily Zephir in the same way. Well, if this other one that you mentioned of has the power of fire, I can't imagine that is necessarily Zephir's, but perhaps from another continent or something like that. But she is mainly of storms. The Lord of the Land is four clans. I don't know if the four clans have different powers or if they're all Zephir, I don't know.

I'm afraid I can't help you with that one. And if the goddess did not deem to give you an answer either, I'm afraid not. And then he kind of like looks around and I think that's probably the point where we hear kind of like the door open and four unusual figures fill the doorway. For those of you just arriving, especially for Lucius,

the smell of the place is quite off-putting. It does smell like sour beer and sweat. You can see the floor is covered in straw. It looks quite rough. It's not like this is a bad guy's bar. It just looks like this is where people were bit down on their luck go. It's rustic. Very strong liquor and not much comfort. It's rustic and sticky. Yeah Smells so bad is this one will find Gideon and my feet are so filthy

I've got a name over. Oh, they're taking too much noise. Who are you? What are you doing here? Hello guys! Eilish! Oh my goodness. Is Sentry drunk? You hear him drink. Is Sentry drunk at this point? Have you been drinking? Oh, he's very, very nice. I didn't do it, it was not me. The Orc got her drunk.

He just puts an arm, like this orc. And for the four of you appearing, there's this, you know, he's probably like 6'2", 6'3", very burly orc, shirtless, has an arm around century, covered in tattoos, big long dreads, like proper like big thick matted dreads down his back. I immediately blush. Okay. We made a new friend.

Remember our sad companions? Hello. These are your companions. It's an odd bunch, okay? I can understand the guardian, but, and he kind of looks, he's like, okay. Do you have anything to wipe off mud from my booties? Are you asking this to the orc?

Yes. Oh my god. Booties. He's going to electrocute you. Bye. Nice knowing you. No. No. That's a shame. Well, it's good to meet you.

I'm Lucius. We're in Elinasto. It takes getting used to. He nods. He's like, I am Kalu, Otoma. Pleasure to meet you, Kalu. And you're like, my name is Nova. That's Nova.

Nova, speak up. Big hand. It's like nipple stares at you. I can see his big abs. He's very Dwayne the Rock Johnson. This is Quill. Hi, I'm Quill.

Who is this? Is it Quill or Quill? Quill. You said, I'm Quill. No, I'm Quill. Quill. Sorry, I was distracted by who? Who?

Caleb. Caleb O'Toma. But who? They've been in this bar. They had a fight. They fought and then Aelun nearly got knocked to the ground Was it much of a fight, Guardian?

I don't know if it was. It was very cool. Yeah, it's fine. And he's still standing? He bought me a drink. It's fine. Of course he's still standing. Sentry, do you need a rest

or something? No, I'm fine. Everything is fine. What did she have? I don't even know Gordos could get drunk! She's been drinking this and he kind of has like this ceramic very rum heavy drink. Oh. Very good.

Would any of you like one? No. And Valar's like, I would. Never again. What about you little one? And then Valar's just like, yeah I'll have one. He's like, okay. Be careful Valor, that looks very potent. Barman and the dwarf eyes Callu for a moment and just raises an eyebrow. Callu puts a silver piece down and he's like,

I'm not clearing up after if she throws up and slides one of these drinks. Go on little one, drink this. Be careful. I'll give you hair like mine. It's very tasty. Sandra, how much have you had now? Half! You watch as Val is like...

It's good! It's not for you, Val. I'm gonna just take it from her. She drinks a big gulp of it before you wrestle it out of her. Excuse me, bar person, Do you have anything for, do you have like a boob polishing, boot polishing service? A boob polish.

Nope. You don't. What about any tailoring? Laundry? You must be joking. Let me clear up. He's got alcohol. Yep.

Oh, that's where it ends. Right. We said boob. Boob polishing. Have you been drinking? Where have you guys been? Are you all lost?

I think we're getting close to just the general aura Just inhaling that Wow So close to that No, we're not We're actually here for We're looking for a guy called Gideon Gideon When you say that

The barkeeper's face kind of like Half smirks but also half kind of like Oh, fuck. It's like, Gideon. Yeah, golden touch. He like, thumbs to this passed out kind of bundle of

cloth with white hair at the end of the bar. He thumbs and he's like, if he owes you money, take him outside before you beat him up. I don't want any more blood in my bar. No, we're looking for Gid. He's like an ex-spellclasher.

We need a manager. Mr. Golden Touch. What? He just points over to the guy, this bundle of crap. We're going to enter into the spellclash. Yeah. Okay. We've got this form.

You're really going to have to elaborate here because I've had a few drinks and I don't know what the frick you're talking about. You would love spell clash. People beat each other up. Yeah, with spells. Do they beat each other up with actual weapons?

Spells. All spells. And they hit a bad one. No, Aayla, it's really good. It's like the big flash in. There's all these lights and a man with a loud voice. People get hurt.

I think his feelings got hurt. Yeah. There's no pain. That could be amusing. I don't want you to hurt each other think his feelings got hurt. Yeah. There's no pain. That could be amusing. I don't want you to hurt each other and get hurt. Please. No. Sentry, Sentry.

We got a shield. Was that a sentence? It's fine. No one got hurt. Look. Only my boots. Got muddy on the way here. I'm just going to like pat Sentry on the head.

It's okay, Sentry. I don't like the sound of this. They don't really get hurt. They have a shield in front of them, and the aim is to destroy the shield. So you don't actually hit the actual person? No, if you do that, you get dispelled. Dispelled, expelled, that one.

But you do get, you're like this, apparently 10,000 gold prize. So who's competing then? We've got three. Lucius! We've got three forms. The Prison Man. What was your competing then? We've got three. Lucius! We've got three forms. The Prison Man. What was your name again? Prison Man?

Yeah. The Prince of Colour. Prince of... The Painbow! Contrast Boy. Did you come up with that one? I did! You can tell! Contrast Boy. Painted Prince. Painted Prince. The Painted Prince. Thatainted Prince. Painted Prince.

The Painted Prince. The Painted Prince. Lucius. That's pretty good. Supernova. I know, it's really good. Vala. I was, like, smiling. You slurred a bit there.

No, I'm not. Sensory. Yeah. Sensory? Sensory. Whee. I want more of your drink. Okay. Just sit down

Okay Just sit on the floor Just on the floor Okay So Why are you here? We have forms She's going to sign all of them

I can't be bothered And we need to get a person To sponsor us as a manager Is that why you want the drunk pasta? Apparently he's a manager. I did not expect him to be drunk and pastor. Apparently he rants and raves about spell clash and you shouldn't...

Oh, no, maybe he is the guy then. Yeah. Yeah, I've heard him talking about the spell clash before. Yeah, apparently it's... Maybe this is a lost cause. But we can't give out 80% to Torgan. To Torgan Emreddown. Yeah.

Aayla's friends, you want to talk to the drunkard? Apparently. I'm not sure I do anymore. Yes, no? Yes. Okay. Kalu walks over, grabs him by the scruff of his neck, pulls him back, and then over his head he just conjures

like a big gush of water that just like rushes over the guy and he just watches the bark, he was like come on, what are you doing? And like kind of calls out to him. The cloth, the bundle of rags and this white hair, the white hair just plasters over his face and you hear this

kind of like as he kind of like flails around and a hand kind of grabs the bar and you can see that the skin is pure gold. It's like glimmering and kind of glinting like gold itself as his hand kind of like kind of like stumbles for a moment and groans like hey come on what are you doing he's like wiping his face like looking around it's like yeah and he like looks around he looks up the orchid what are you doing what am i outside come on get out and he's you can see his face as he kind of pulls the hair around it's like pure gold like his skin he's got golden skin golden eyes and then white hair but he looks like a fucking mess like he's got about three days like

you know like a good stubble like a really bad stubble kind of thing going on like most half of a beard his eyes are really heavy sunk it looked like dark rings under his eyes bloodshot he stinks and he just looks like a mess. I'm just going to, like, while he's blushing, I'm just going to gently kind of put my face in his view. And I look so, he's like, Hi! What the fuck do you want?

Are you Mr. Golden Touch? What, do I owe you money? I don't know what you're doing, fucking ganassi, what are you doing? I'm just smiling, like, hugely. I don't have any money. What do you want? Get out of here. I need a spell clash manager. Yeah, on the contrary,

we can make you money potentially. Is that a fucking bird? Yeah. He looks over and he's like, is that Winston? And he looks at the boy. He's like, when?

Am I dead? Am I drunk? And he just looks and he just shakes his head. He's like, all right, what do you want? What do you kids want? You want an autograph? No. dead? Am I drunk? And he just looks and he just shakes his head. He's like, ugh. What do you want? What do you kids want? You want an autograph? No. Fuck off. We need a manager for Spellclash. Why the fuck do you want a manager? Because we have to

sign, we need to sign up. Look, we have forms. You kids want to sign up? We need a manager or referee or something. I don't really understand it. Blue girl. Shut up. I need a drink. Before anything. Don't take that turn, Lynette. Don't you take, don't take that it. Blue girl, blue girl, shut up. I need a drink. Yeah, I've done. Before anything. Don't take that turn, Minette.

Don't you take, don't take that, how dare you? Aw. Fancy boy, give me a drink. Okay. I'll get you a drink. Hard drink, I need a hard drink. I can't, I can't think. And he just rubs his head.

I think you've had rather too many drinks, if you ask me. I didn't ask you. Shut up. The callu just kind of drops him, and he kind of, like, slumps onto the chair. He's like, what's your fucking problem? Get out of here. And he just tries to gesture him, and he just... Callu's like, idiot.

And then, like, slaps him on the side. He's like... I don't know how useful this is gonna be uh the barkeeper's like give me three coppers i'll give him something i'll give him something uh sure here takes a copper gives you the change mark it off uh you don't have unlimited silver pieces here uh he takes the money and he puts some sort of brown liquor or whiskey or something. Gideon is like, Ah!

All right. Start from the beginning. Honestly, I don't know what the beginning is. You guys are going to have to... Right. Are we sure we... Here's your drink. Are you sure we want to trust this man with

I mean we're here now We can at least hear what he has to say Didn't you just say you need You need someone to manage You need a manager What you want Oh for the form right You need a signature for the form

Why are you kids getting Don't get into spoke class It's gonna fucking ruin your lives Just don't bother I mean we heard that you used to We don't want our lives ruined No we just want to Then don't go into spoke class That you used to... We don't want our lives ruined. No, we just want to... Then don't go into SpokeGlash. That's what I'm telling

you, kid. It's a bad idea. Why? It's a... Look, I did it for ten years. You don't know who I am? No. You know anything about SpokeGlash? No. That's probably why. We watched our first game just like 20 minutes ago. Your first, what, 20 minutes?

And now you want to sign up? You crazy? It looked spectacular. Yeah, of course it looked spectacular. They spent gold making it look spectacular. And it's all really nice and fancy and they promise, oh, you win all the gold. And then you get the gold and then you live a life and it's great and you've got women and you've got drink and drugs and everything you want and then

boom, you're in a bar being harassed by a bunch of kids. Did you lose? No, I didn't lose. I got swindled. It's a long story. Anyway. Right. Are you set?

You really want to do this? You want to go to the spell clash? Honestly, I'm quite put off. Well, to be fair, you've said the spell clash is bad, but really I think swindling is bad. Swindling is the reason you lost your money. And drugs. Drugs are bad. I mean, that's true.

Yes. All right. You got me there. What I mean is Spellclash is full of assholes. Alright? I mean, look at me. I used to... I was... I was Gideon Goldentouched. I was handsome, loved by women.

I was famous across Tivona. People wanted to meet me all the time. Now look at me. Huh? Now look at me. What do I look like to you? I look like a schmuck. I mean, you look, yes. You look the same, just tired. Yeah.

You look like, is that a fucking guardian? Hello, golden man. You fucking, you travel around with a guardian? She's had a few drinks, yep. Yep. Holy shit. A drunk guardian, yep. Oh, that's very rude. Hi. Hi, all right.

People technically still want to meet you. I mean, we were told to find you Who told you that? Miss Daphne The kid at the arena? Yeah Oh man I guess she's not being paid by

What's the dwarf called? The Clash of the Champions Torgan I guess he's not on his payroll then, I guess. Well, you told us to go to him as well, but... Those are our two options was you and him. Well, don't go to him, whatever you do. If you do want to do it, fine, but don't go to them.

Jeez, that company will rip you off. It's the worst. Well, here we are then. You were the only other person she told us about. Can you not just sign the thing and then let them go Yeah I mean I'll tell you what Alright fine yeah okay

I will sign your papers 40 gold 40 gold per paper I'll sign it Whatever you want Not per paper I'm not sure you guys pay me to do this thing. Give me a persuasion check. How'd you go to perform? Shut up.

Persuasion. Yeah. No, it's a six. It's like, well, listen, you know what they do, right? 80%? That's the thing. It's not just 80%. Let me tell you what Clash of the Champions does, all right?

Because I know those bastards, right? I used to know the guy that runs the whole thing. They say, oh, we'll give you training, we'll give you equipment, we'll set you up and we take 80 percent. Except what happens when you lose? What happens when you lose that first match? Oh, suddenly that 80 percent is more than 80 percent. Now it's 120 percent because you got to pay back all the equipment you borrowed for all the training, for all the legal stuff. You got to pay back all the equipment you borrowed for all the training for all the little stuff You got to pay back on all the administration fees now suddenly you're in the hole and you owe money to these scumbags alright Question yeah, did you not read the small print? I didn't need to read the small print

This was my fucking my old boss said this whole thing of the scumbag, but you didn't read the small print I didn't need to kid. I was already a star before these schmucks were running this game. You should always read the small print. I didn't need to, kid. I was already a star before these schmucks were running this game. You should always read the small print. So wait, wait, you... Idea. Why don't you just go in the street, shoot some spells at each other? Then you don't need to pay any money to do that.

Street spell clash! Well, let me tell you, you're a warrior type, right? You got a big hammer, you swing that around. You think that's a big, big schlemiel? You think you're a big star swinging your hammer around? You don't understand spell clash, kid. It's not about just firing magic at each other. It's about the crowd. It's about giving

people something to believe in. Why would you care about the crowd? Because it's a whole thing. It's about being more than just a warrior. It's about being a symbol. It's about being something that people can get behind. Yeah, yeah. And then having everything swindled and ending up in a bar

talking to kids. That's what he said. It's like being a leader of a army. I can see why this one would be interested in being a star. But you guys. Tactics.

You've been sucked in. It's a tactical game. Yeah. And you see me in a fight. I'm awful. But it costs a lot of money. How many forms? Three.

What about a drink of form? 60 gold, all three. We're already playing like 300 gold to do this. That's the entire entirety of all of our money. But what sort of return will we get? If these guys are going to endorse us and give us equipment... This guy said that you're going to have to pay even more. But only if they sign up with those schmucks

at Clash of the Champions. Are you going to swindle us? No, I ain't got no... Look, you give me the 60 gold, I sign your forms, you do what the fuck you want, all right? You go in, you fight,

do the spell clash, we're done. Do you coach us? Why, you want to... What? Kid, look at me. Look at me. I'm pathetic.

Why do you want me to coach you? I'm a drunk. I think you look pretty cool. Are you being genuine? Make a persuasion check. Natural 20! Unless you want me to roll that one again. There's a moment where he looks at you

and there's a little glimmer in the eyes and he kind of like looks kind of really taken back he's like don't look up to me kid that's a bad idea it's just gonna land you in even more problems um you even know anything about spell clash you know how it works you know what you're gonna come up against you thought of your fought a spellcaster before I mean we've fought many things with spells all right but have you fought somebody spellcaster before? I mean, we've fought many things with spells. All right.

But have you fought somebody else who's slinging spells back at you? I believe we have, yes. Yeah. All right. So maybe you know a few things. There was that wyvern and then the ghost. And this is actually in the lowlands. You fought a ghost?

Uh-huh. And a wyvern? And a goliath. And a goliath? Yeah, well, he did actually take the eye. And a guardian. Guardian, yeah. Yeah, that was feral. This one?

No. My dad into Dvalin Den. All right, give me your fucking papers. Here are the papers. He holds his hand up, and you can see that there is a glowing kind of glyph or rune that appears on his hand, and he presses it against each one,

and the glyph transfers and glows on the parchment. That's very fanciful. Shuffles them up. He looks at you. Sentry, I don't... Sentry, no. We should get her a glowing orb on her hand.

You could use your laser thing. No, don't! Don't use your laser thing! Oh my goodness, Can we enter her And put the laser in there Is that Is that her She's not allowed

It's not magical enough Not spellcaster Sorry He holds the papers I would bet for you Alright I need 30 gold at least I got some people

I need to pay some money back to Okay He holds his hand out. I give 30. Okay, he takes that. He hands it back. He's like, I will come by. When is your preliminary?

Tomorrow night. Yeah. I'll come by. I'll see how you do. You just watch us play? Any tips beforehand? Listen, if you can't handle the preliminary matches on your own, there's no hope for you.

Shut up. If you can't handle the preliminary matches on your own, there's no hope for you. Shut up. If you can't handle the preliminary matches on your own, there's no hope for you. You pass those, you get through your preliminaries, maybe there's some things I can tell you. Okay. All right? Get out of here. Come on. Okay.

You don't want to be stuck in a place like this. Come on. Get out of here. No, you're right. I didn't want to say anything because it's disrespectful, but the smell is just atrocious. Thank you, Mr. Golden Touch.

Yeah, it's pretty bad. This place is a dump. What are you doing? He looks at the dwarf. He's like, looks like. Don't you know, um, there's one spell I always forget. It's, uh, prestidigitation. When you ask him if he knows this, there's one spell I always forget. It's, uh, presti, presti, digi. Tation.

When you ask him if he knows the spell, he's like, yeah, I know the spell. He just looks at you hard. I wish I knew it. I wish I had a coach to tell me. Yeah, well, some things we know, but we can't do anymore. And he just turns, takes the drink. Come on, get out of here, you guys. I'll come by, see you tomorrow.

Enjoy your forms. Can I roll an insight? Yeah, you can roll an insight, yeah, for sure. 11. 11? I mean, yeah, clearly something. Something struck a nerve, or there's something there that's upset. How did you forget? I'm just going to leave him alone.

I'm just thinking to myself. I'm going to leave him alone and drag Lucius away. Okay. Yeah. Is it cantrip? Sentry? Sentry, have you finished? Have you finished your drink?

Yeah, I think I'm good. So is this. Valor looks over, and she's like, I don't feel very well. Valor, we should probably go outside. Okay. She kind of gets up, and she wobbles a little bit. Why do people drink that? It's really gross.

It's really good. Really good. She vomits. Yeah, no, she doesn't vomit. She just kind of goes like that. Let's get out of this. Have you finished a whole one now? Yeah, I think I'm good.

I think I need some air but it's fine okay yeah so you guys make your way outside Kalu looks over before you before you leave

Kalu kind of looks over at Ayla he kind of stands up to his full height and he kind of walks over his leg seems like you've got some business with your

friends to attend to so thank you for the ass kicking and the information you're more than welcome I'm welcome to kick your ass anytime you want me to Thank you for the ass kicking and the information. You're more than welcome.

I'm welcome to kick your ass anytime you want me to. Well, maybe next time I'll kick your ass back. Maybe, maybe. And he kind of offers like a big arm. Like he kind of like takes your forearm if you like go shake his hand. And he kind of brings you in and kind of like slaps you on the back. And he just goes like, when you can, one thing I'll tell you. Zephia's not the kind of goddess that wants you to sit there and pray to her.

But the next time you go into somewhere, you shouldn't. The next time you fight something that can kill you, just whisper her name. That keeps her happy. And he kind of gives you a nod. Sounds like my kind of goddess then. I figured that she might be.

And he kind of like nods and he's like, Nice to meet all of you. I'm going to go back to drinking now. Well, if you're around tomorrow and want to see people's ass getting kicked at spell clash, then apparently that's where we'll be. Sure, maybe. Maybe. I just give him a really shy wave. He looks at you oddly.

The little one's kind of weird. Yeah, I agree. What are you laughing at? Nothing. You're laughing at me? You're so handsome. Did you actually say that as well? He's kind of a bit taken aback.

He kind of looks over. He's like, thank you, I think. He kind of gives you a nod. I'm going to go drink now. Bye. Yeah, bye. Bye, Kalu. Bye.

Wave. You thought that guy had lost? Yeah, have you seen him? There was a... Yeah, I know, but you're Aayla. He made lightning come out of the sky. Okay. He doesn't wear shirts. He doesn't need to.

Oh, all right. Okay. It wasn't great. I'm a bit sore Nova you like him I don't You do I don't He's too muscly

Gross But I think it's time we put you to bed I don't want to go to sleep I hate to say it but But it's early What time is put you to bed. I think I want to go to sleep. I hate to say it, but... But it's early. What time is it? It's, like, not that late. It's, like, 4 or 5 p.m.

Oh, wait. Maybe just have the whole day, like, in town. Maybe we'll just take you back and you can have a nap, and if you're feeling more perky, you can meet up with us. Okay. I want food and I'm hungry. Let's take you to... I don't think that you should take her.

No, I don't think that Arvel should see her She's you know not like that Yeah he's gonna ground us I mean if anything Arvel's probably like that No I think he's No he's not gonna approve of this It's fine we'll go for a walk Do you wanna go for a walk fella?

Okay can we get food? I want a cake Century do you want cake? Yeah. Yeah, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Quill and Nova spell clash champions! Yay! Did you guys say that you had to have names? I think it was an optional extra. Well, the people that we watched had names. What's your name? I don't know. Deadeye.

Deadeye. I kind of like that. That's cool. You can't be called Painbow. No! Painted Prince. The Painted Prince. Like the ghost. Like the ghost. That's horribly traumatic. I mean, that's what we were referencing the entire time.

Use it as an emotional shield. Yeah. Supernova! Of the world! Yeah, Supernova of the world. Supernova brackets of the world! Yeah, Supernova of the world. Supernova brackets of the world. It's like the motto. She yells of the world.

It seems like a long name otherwise. By the way, on the forms there is a announced name. You have to have something. Lucius the Painted Man. Prince. Lucius the Painted... Has anyone got a spare form?

Don't worry I've got my little bag of sand Come on Did you just swear Lucius? You did The lowlands are affecting him I am not going to the Magician's Cup ever again Okay

Okay Lucius the Painted Prince Yes Get cake apparently Yeah Cake Yeah there's not really bakeries on East Street Okay, so what's the plan? Lucius the Painted Prince. Yes. Get cake, apparently. Yeah. Get cake! Yeah, there's not really bakeries on East Street,

not ones that Lucius probably wants to go in, so you have to head towards North Street. And I'd probably say that there's probably, like, a little cafe, like, bakery near Rosemeadow's store. There'd probably be, like, a little bakery. My treat! Yay! Thanks, Century. Yay!

Century, you're the best. Everybody deserves cake. There's a little place inside, like a little dingle of a bell. There's a little halfling lady that's cooking, baking. A little halfling couple, probably a man and woman who serve the place. You get a little table near the window. The rain is beginning to

die down. It's not as heavy. And there's little bits of blue sky peeking through the clouds as well. It's not as heavy. And there's little bits of blue sky peeking through the clouds as well. It probably costs for everybody a gold for probably hot drinks, hot chocolate and hot coffees and cakes. Finally!

Is there any boot cleaning services? No, but the little halfling man offers one of their dishcloths for you to wipe your boots down. I don't want to trail mud through your fine establishment. Oh, that's very kind of you. He hands like a little dishcloth to you.

Thank you, finally. I mean, you have to clean your boots. Oh, um... Do you not know how to clean your boots? Yes, you just kind of wipe like this, I assume. Just wipes the mud around. Yes, getting it right off. I'll be right here.

I mean, when we go outside... You gag like... I'm fine. Yeah, I mean when you as soon as you go outside it will they will get muddy again. Yes. Because the rain is stopping, the mud is still there. Thanks for cake, Sentry. That's okay. Did you get cake for yourself as well?

I'm okay for cake, but you guys can all have cake. Just look at it. You've got a hot mug of hot water or something that you can hold. Hot mug? Hot mug. It's not quite a hot, warm plate, but a hot mug is close enough. It's one gold for everybody, so it's just one gold. One, two, three, four, five. How many are there?

Six people. Six people. Not including you. Seven, including you. I need to do some maths. Is that seven? No, it's just one gold. Just one.

Yeah, it's just the one for everyone. It's not one each. It's not one each. It's just one gold overall. Oh! Rh's just the one for everyone. It's not one each. It's just one go to the roll. Oh! Rhiannon's drunk as sentry is. Yeah, I think like... Yeah.

She's a method actor. No, I love it. I'm a big fan. Thomas has a lean back. Lean back? Yeah, you're in the camera. There we go. I'm very interested here. You drank that liquid and it affected you. Yeah.

Yeah. I feel like maybe my vines may have absorbed some of the alcoholic stuff. Personally, I love that we now know this fact about you. It's never happened before. I'm guessing it's the same with healing. I think it should happen all the time. Well, why? that we now know this fact about you. It's never happened before. I'm guessing it's the same as heating potions. I think it should happen all the time. Well, why? Because it's...

Poison and disease. Hilarious and slightly adorable. So if you drink water right now, will you sober up? Will it hydrate your vines? It might do. Yeah, it would. Functions exactly the same way as it does in a human. If you drink hot cocoa right now, will you feel warm and content?

Like a hot plate? You will become a plate. It's inside me! You will be a plate. Ah! Ah! That's the highest I've ever heard Century go. The highest I've ever heard anyone go.

I'm going to have a hot cocoa! Yeah. So you take it, Century century you take this warm like little ceramic cup you bring it to your and there's this aroma because you can still smell and stuff you see this aroma of this kind of rich chocolatey thick uh thing and then you begin to sip it it's hot and you almost have to stop for a moment it's like the inside of your wooden mouth kind of you can feel it kind of sizzling away but as you begin to drink it and you don't have a tongue to burn so you can drink it while it's still very very hot um and you can just feel this hot sensation and

it kind of goes inside you can feel it spreading around across your chest across the cavity inside in the matrix as the heat disperses across your body it's amazing it even comes out of my mouth yeah probably like a little bit like when she opens her mouth, like, yeah, because the outside air would be warmer than, would be colder than the air inside now. So she's like, that is a sight. Hot cocoa soothes everything. How have I never done this before? How do you feel? Are you drunk?

I feel like a 10, right? I imagine, but we didn't even know they could get drunk before. I think that guardians would metabolize the alcohol quicker than a human bloodstream would. So she gets drunk very, very quickly, but then it goes very, very quickly. We're going to canonize that for guardians. Nice. They get drunk very quick, but they sober up. Did she get the Asian flush?

Kind of, yeah. Like, it's like a really sudden super drunk, but then it stabilizes her. You can still get sick as well. You can still get ill and nauseous and stuff. You throw up bolts. It makes her feel nauseous and uneasy.

Now that we've got that covered... What's the plan? Filling out forms. We're almost at the time where we need to go meet with the field warden again. Oh, yeah, we had to meet her at dusk. Which is around now. So we should head off and do that. How are you feeling, Bella?

She's got, like, cake, like half of a cake in her mouth. Good cake. I like it. I'm sleepy. Have some hot cocoa. Okay. It's good. Okay. Mmm, it's good. Okay. Cool.

Um... She's just...she's quietly like...she's got that like... somebody who's quite drunk but is sobering up but is now like quiet and is just like... doesn't want to feel sick. Should we take the drunk child home before going to see the field warden? Yeah, it's probably not a good idea if we see the field warden with a drunk child. I'm basically an adult. The spell clash lady was stupid.

She was stupid, but... Yeah, let's just... Do you want to go for a nap? Nope. You're sleepy. But I want to sit. You just said you were sleepy. I want to lay down.

Okay. I don't... Naps are for babies. I'm just going to look so for life. I don't need a nap. Do you want to go to sleep? That's great. Kind of.

Well, there we go. We can do that. We'll take you back to Arvel at least. I mean, disapproving or not, we can't take Vala to the field. The field master meeting is going to be so boring, Vala. Yeah. We'll take you back to Arvel. She's the lady with the silver hair.

She's cool. Yeah, she's got boring things to say, I'm sure. She hasn't got cake either. Okay. Just... You can see her, like, eyes, like, half-shutting already, like, trying to fall asleep. Let's take her back. Yeah. Just piggyback her back to the... There's a point where

she stops, like, she's like, no, I don't want her, and then eventually she's like, Ayla, carry me. You, like, pick her up, put her on your back, and she's like... Falls asleep't want to and then eventually she's like Ayla carry me you like pick her up put her on your back and she's like falls asleep um and yeah you take her back so when you get back to the inn which I believe I can't remember the one you were staying at actually uh barrel and over the barrel and over that's it um when you get back there you're greeted by the doities cat pictures and horrible furnishingsishings of the tavern. And when you make your way up to the rooms, you hear Arvel speaking with somebody inside. Oh.

And you just basically overhear a brief bit of a conversation like, all right, so I'll send the funds. Once we get back to Goldthrone, I'll make sure you get your in. I'll give you some extra and blah, blah, blah. And he's like, well, thank you, Arvel. That's mighty kind of course you know we'd like to see some more business from

Degas trading company and he's like yes yes I'll make sure that happens I'll speak with I'll speak with Glender and we'll see if we can figure some things out and he's like oh that's good that's mighty nice to hear Arvo it was very nice and you're sure that this will be enough

he's like yes this will be enough? He's like, yes, this should be plenty. All right. All right, take care then. Good to see you. He's like, all right, very well. Just get my hat. And then the door opens and you see this white bearded, old ass looking dwarf.

Yeah. He looks very, very old. He's got big kind of prospector's beard. The mustache kind of blends into it. Deep set eyes, big bulbous nose. And he's like, ooh! Oh, my apologies, everybody! Just on my way. And he tips

his hat. Good to see you, Harville. Ooh, hello. Ooh, you're a big one. Dodder's down the stairs. Hi! And Harville's like, alright, see you later. Okaygers down the stairs. Hi. And Harvel's like, all right, see you later. Okay. Hey, friends.

Hi, Harvel. Who was? That was an old friend of mine, an old business partner. Okay. He works for a company called the Cherry Star Trading Company that I used to do some business with. He's agreed to loan me some money until I get back to Goldthrone. So I no longer need to rely on your hospitality.

While Quill is talking to Arvel, I'm just kind of hurriedly ushering... Okay, yeah, give me... Give me a... You give me a stealth check. Oh, Lord. Natural 20. So you're like...

Just sweeping, taking a moment as he turns to face Quill and you just sweep her in. natural 20 so you're like just sweeping taking a moment as he turns to face Quill and you just sweep her in and she tries to like argue or something but you're like you shove her in

put her into a bedroom and then yeah she just like flops onto the bed probably burps and then passes out and I do a tuck her in

yep super tight can't move just a little pull on the forehead. Nothing. Snoring already. Yeah. So what about the rest of you?

You all well? Well, we are spell clashes now. Are you getting involved in the spell clash then? Yeah, me, Nova, and Lucius will be. All right. All right. The Accenture are going to be cheering them on. Cheerleaders.

Laughing. I mean, cheering them on. I have a question about Spellclash. Do they have guards? What? I mean, yeah. Why do they have guards? Why?

Because I'd like to watch, Why? Because I'd like to watch, but I'd like to also be able to keep an eye on you guys, and also, if anything happens, I want to be there. I don't think you can interfere. Yeah, I don't think anything's going to happen either. There's magical barriers everywhere,

and they said that they look after us if we get poked. Yeah, here's a flyer program Oh, yeah, let's just Thank you very much It's they say the safety is top priority. So we should be totally fine. Are you sure? I mean we watched a fight and no one got hurt I'm into my chest Are you sure? I mean, we watched a fight and no one got hurt. It's fine. We'll be there. I'm going to crumple it into my chest. I'm a little concerned, actually, from what Gideon Goldentouch was saying.

Right. He said that there was some level of swindling and corruption and whatnot going on past the face of it. Yeah. It doesn't surprise me. Goldthrone is a great city. It's a great place. It's a great place. There's a lot of money that goes through that place. And, well, if anything can make folks greedy and willing to do untoward things, it's gold.

I think we should definitely have you around. We'll try and get you in the cloakroom or something like that. I've heard that there's pretty big prize pools for these kind of competitions too and lots of folks are willing to do anything to get their hands on a lot of money so you shouldn't be careful. We should. But it's good. I think it's good.

Y'all have got gifts that a lot of us don't have and if you can do a little bit and earn some money on the side with it, why not? It's more a time thing. Obviously we all want to get to Goldthrone, don't we? Of course, yeah. But, I mean, now that I've... I'm going to invest some money into some good horses,

and I think we can speed up the journey. I think we can be in Goldthrone in a few days. You think so? Yeah. If we leave now? Well, leave in the morning. I don't want to be travelling too much at night, if we can help it. Okay.

Why? Well... He kind of said we'd do the spellclash preliminaries. Yeah, it's tomorrow night. That's right. And also, he said we were going to find a guardian called Breeze. I mean, look, all I'm saying is it will take three days from Kaylie's rest to get to Goldthrone.

Oh. And if you need a day or two days here, that's fine. We can spend some time here. I've got money now. I can make sure me and Vala can get our own rooms and pay for our own meals

and all that good stuff. As long as you're happy. Speaking of which, I believe I owe you all a little something. And he hands out a pouch which contains 400 gold. I mean, hands that to Nova specifically. I believe I owe you this. I don't think it's ridiculous. What's this for?

That's for healing my leg. It cost you a lot of gold, right? What? I did say I would pay you back. But we also said that you were our friend. And I appreciate that. And if it wouldn't have been for you, I would never have survived that ship. So you just take this gold. Well, I mean, the deal we had was when we get to Goldthrone, he pays back.

That's fine. Like I said, I've secured some funds. I've got plenty of gold to last us till then. This way, if anything does happen to me en route, I've made sure I've paid my debts. Thank you, Marvel. It's all right. It's what I owed you. Well, we earned 10,000 back, weren't we?

Yeah. Well, now, that is interesting. If y'all do make it into this tournament, you know, a lot of these big duelists, they have sponsors, and the Dagos Trading Company could certainly do with having a promotion like that. Well, consider this your sponsorship money, because we need 200 gold to sign up. There you go. That seems pretty perfect to me.

What's the problem? Well, I mean, we already signed a guy. Yeah, but that's our referee. No, that's our manager. Oh, I thought he was our sponsor. We still have a sponsor. Yeah. Well, in that case.

A sponsor is just basically somebody who money to for equipment motion training and promotion Do we wear coats with your name on it? You can talk about a lot of that I just let's see if you all get into this tournament first. Oh, we can wear hats like yours Not me, but this does We can have an Arville specific hat and my company doesn't sell hats But no, but I mean like put your name on it or something. I see. Well, we'll figure that out

later anyway. Okay. But sure, take all the time you need. I'm in no rush now. Well, in that case... Thank you, Ivor. All right. All right. How's Vala? She's so tired. Sleeping. We've been walking around all day. She was awake very early.

Had a lot of cake. Had a lot of... Think all the roads catching up with her. Yeah. It makes sense. She's been through a lot. And the weather's been so bad. I wouldn't check on her.

She's probably out like a lake. Well, I'm going to stay here tonight. I'll probably just be down. Besides, she's drunk or something. What was that? Nothing. It's just, you know, just the way she was, very tired. You're so tired that she was stumbling.

Deception check, please. Now she just looks up at the ceiling. 15 plus deception. 18. Yeah, that makes sense. If she's tired, probably would come off a little drunk. Right?

Absolutely. Well, I'm going to go downstairs and get a drink. if she's tired probably would come off a little drunk right absolutely well I'll be I'm gonna go downstairs get a drink I don't know if y'all have plans no alright well

we found out something fun though Sentry can get drunk yeah oh yeah really apparently so yeah she's fine now

yeah interesting guardians yeah seems to have you mentioned something about a guardian is Breeze or something you want to go see you Yeah, apparently he comes into town every now and then No stuff about guardians. It'd be very sounds good. Sounds like there's plenty of opportunities then. Oh, yeah. Yes

No rest in Kaylee's rest Just kind of counterproductive. What a joke. Thanks. Oh, thank you. Thank you What a joke. Thanks. What a joke. Thank you. Thank you. Arvel looks alarmed at Century and the weird laugh.

Oh, yeah, we found something else out. Guardians can laugh. And that's it. She can also drink cocoa. It's very nice. Okay, I'm going to go get a drink. Thank you for all these wonderful updates. All right.

Arvel, do you know how to... This will be an actual question, I'm guessing. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know how to find someone specific within the Abbey? Apparently there's a wild elf in there that... The Abbey? I mean, I've been spending a few days... I've spent the last day talking to folks.

The Abbey's a pretty dangerous place right now, Ayla. It sounds like the Church of Paladol here is kind of going through a bit of a battle for leadership. There's something called the Children of the New Dawn. It's like a new group within the Abbey that's rising up. They ain't too kind on folks like Wild Elves or many of you folks either.

They're very pro-human, pro-dwarf, Savonians only kind of deal. Like that fella at the gate. How young are they? Not all of them young. I'm guessing the name is just a, you know, a name. Yes.

Yeah, I mean, it'd be pretty tricky. I might know somebody. I can put some feelers out for you if you want. There's a wild elf apparently. Alright. I don't imagine there's too many of them in there, so maybe... No, yeah, sure. Alright. Well, let me... I've got an old friend of mine. apparently alright I don't imagine there's too many of them in there so maybe no yeah sure alright well let me I've got an old

friend of mine he's a monk he's a friar up at the abbey how do I ask much appreciated alright

one of Tom Hazel's muttered jokes to only himself okay so yeah. Do you guys, what are you going to do? Are you going to go find Nalika tonight? Yeah. At dusk.

It's dusk now. Exactly dusk. Dusk. You'll make your way back to the Queen's... Knock on my face. Oh my god. Podcast listeners, I'm so sorry. Sorry, we've got party poppers You make your way back to the Queen's Plaza

This large central area With the wealth of the town You can see that the cathedral To Siasca is very very busy At night it seems Many of the worshippers come out Many of them carrying little lanterns Like paper lanterns

Each with a single candle And they're carrying them inside the church And you can see that there's obviously some sort of services going on many of them carrying little lanterns, like paper lanterns, each with a single candle. And they're kind of carrying them inside the church. And you can see that it's obviously some sort of service is going on. You also see at the very middle of the town, this mausoleum is lit up at night. It has like fire braziers kind of scattered around the gardens. And the main central building is illuminated by magical lights kind of reaching up and casting these long shadows. This polished marble, white marble mausoleum at the top of this hill in the middle of the city.

Aside from that, you easily locate the guild offices, the field offices, as you did before. Knocking on them, a young dwarf male leads you to Malika's offices where she is, you can see that she's a little bit more less formally dressed. She kind of has like, her tunic has got like a couple of buttons open and she's kind of leaning on her desk writing. She kind of pushes her silver hair and she's just like, ah, the mysterious travelers have returned. Please come in, please.

And she gestures. Okay. There are no chairs. But the door is kind of shut behind you and she's like, how has your day in Kaylee's Rest been? Busy. There is a lot to do in the town. We sent a letter and

we met people. I wasn't actually asking for a breakdown of your day, it was more of a general question of how your day was. In that case, good. Excellent. Well, I went along to the Sands residence and I made some inquiries with the guardians and with the gate guard.

Everything seems to collaborate your story. I am a little alarmed at what I learnt from the Sands residence after meeting young Estelle. Would you care to elaborate on her condition? We don't really understand it ourselves. No. We just know that this agent of Starbane was running experiments on girls. And specifically girls who looked like the young girl in our group.

And this happened to them. We don't really understand it ourselves. So as you say that, a voice from nowhere just kind of speaks out. I did it. It was me. You see her face kind of flicker over all of you. I was the one that did it to that girl. It was my fault.

Lucius, you hear this loudest of all, as it echoes from the item attuned to you. I guess, do we all hear this? I'm guessing Maliki hears this as well. I'm going to try and cover up the cloak. You don't know, but her form shifts as if reacting to something. She's like, yes, there was. The young girl mentioned an object.

She looks at Lucius. Is that so? object. She looks at Lucius. Is that so? Well. You are, you did not lie to me specifically when you came before. I don't appreciate keeping this information from me. You're carrying something very dangerous, Mr. Elinasto. Don't we all carry something? No, not something that drains girls of their life force. I know, I've told him about this. Three girls died. Four, in fact. Yes, don't remind me. It's like, yes, four. Killed them myself. Drained them of their life.

Only way to survive, they made me, or did they? I'm not sure. I'm not sure what they did. Is it all just part of his plan, Calus? The Court of Shadows? Is this something bigger? Is this something else? I don't know. It's just kind of muttering. See, this is what we've been dealing with since taking it, thus to stop the Ages of Starbane having it themselves.

The easiest solution to that, Mr. Elinesto, is it should be destroyed. Night Frost was made to do it. He was manipulated and made to do it against his will. We still punish people that commit murder, even if somebody else to do it. He was manipulated and made to do it against his will. We still punish people that commit murder, even if somebody else is behind it. Somebody working for a mastermind, a criminal gang, would still be punished for their crimes. This thing killed four people,

and it's done something to young Miss Sands that seems irreversible. Even the priests couldn't really determine what's happened. It's like part of her soul is missing. Well, I mean, to be fair, it was not this that killed it, it was the person using it. It's like... Are you sure about that? I'm quite sure.

How much do you know about this thing, this object? Not a lot. There's a lot of stories of old enchanted relics, things that came from Not a lot. city. Now, in a sense, we don't really have laws against punishing bows or cloaks, I suppose. What I am doing is I am warning you to be careful. You can already tell that it's not quite sane.

Yes, but I'm trying to ravel my head around what it is at all, and where the sanity even comes into it. Indeed. If anything, it's better that someone sanity even comes into it. Hmm, indeed. If anything, it's better that someone like Lucius has it, instead of someone worse. Well, it could always be secured. There are facilities here or in Goldthrone where it can be kept.

But, like I said, we don't really have laws for this kind of thing, and I'm not the type of woman to just unjustly punish someone because of my gut feeling. I am worried that you carry it with you, and it has done something quite evil. You should be aware of that. In other news,

Miss Sands, the Lady Sands, was very upset with the bounty hunter, Sanna, who has now left the city. Again, I did not pursue any criminal acts against her, but the confrontation when I arrived was very unpleasant. There was a lot of blame shifted in Sana's direction for the death of

Galen by the widow. And I believe that Sana has now returned home to the Iron Borough. Having concluded my investigation, I have no formal convictions.

And you are welcome to stay here in Cali's rest, but I will be very honest in that I have instructed the Harvest Guard to keep an eye on you. More because of, and then she looks towards Lucius, what you're carrying more than your person, more than your personage more than your, um, personage.

Mm-hmm. Maybe I should hand it over. Maybe that's the right thing to do. Night Frost needs you, Lucius. Yes, but who wants to say that the world doesn't need it? If we leave it here, people are going to come after it.

Yes, but they can protect it better than one man. You're not just one man. No. I suppose I am a team, yes. But it's an establishment of people, guards. It's their job. And also, if I manage to reform Tiangong, maybe Tiangong can help. What's to say that we're carrying two potentially dangerous

things? No. I don't believe that yet. Well, I don't think we should be so sure. If nothing else, I would recommend that you inquire with some priests or somebody very knowledgeable of magic

about it. It does not seem like a very... I would not carry it. I would keep it locked away. But that is my decision. Yours is your own. As I said, there's not really... There's not really a process

for this sort of thing. So you're free to go about your business. Just understand that you will be watched. She just nods. Well, we're going to be in spell clash tomorrow, so it won't be so boring for them. She kind of

eyes it curiously. Just thinks for a second. Well, I have nothing else. If there's anything you require? Is there anyone in the city we could talk to about this? Starmourner Alanis of the Church of Siasca. There is a priest of Hesper in the city. I wouldn't necessarily rely on him, however.

He is a little odd. I mean you've seen us. He is Dean Simon. Do you not want to visit that anyway? Yeah, I do. Two birds, one stone. If anybody would know anything about

this object the god of magic will be connected in some way, I'm certain. Thank you. Is there a way for us to meet someone in the abbey, the Flamebright Abbey? The abbey? If you needed to. The abbey is open to the public, although they have been a little more distant of late.

You might find that some of them are... Some of them have some very strong views on outsiders. It's something I'm aware of and I'm trying to keep an eye on, but the Abbey is very well-liked in the city. It's been here for a very long time. The Church of Paladar has always had very close connections with the people of Savona since the days of Queen Kali and the War of the Three Sisters.

So it is kind of ingrained into a lot of people's lives around here. But you could go and speak with them if you're required to. They're not really a law unto themselves, but they keep themselves separated from a lot of other matters. Do you know if there's many wild elves within the... No, no, they would not allow it. They wouldn't have, most of their clergy are humans and dwarves here in Sivona. There may be a few half-elves, similar halflings, but they are generally not well liked within the church

themselves. They normally transfer to other places. Here in Kelly's Rest it's very much a faithful of Suvonans for Suvonans. I can't say that I've seen any of your kind. Super welcome here. Oh, is there a guardian that comes around called Breeze? She thinks for a second. I'm afraid that I don't keep entirely close tabs on the guardians. They seem to be very trustworthy, and I've kind of left them to their own devices. I'm not aware of one called Breeze. I know of the ones who are residing in the town,

but I don't recognize that name as one of them. Oh, okay. Fair enough. I'll be here for another couple of days, I sure yeah might seem then all right cool well it's free to go let's go then perfect he's just just just towards the door opens we're not arrested no thank Thank you for your investigation. She nods. Let's not cause any trouble. Very smart idea.

Yeah. Good. You make things sound suspicious. Do you know that? I know. I just get very anxious. Thank you. She half smiles and then, yeah,

she just waits for you to leave. Right, let's go okay we're too discussed uh what do you guys want to do well we could go to this abbey

at night uh so it's they have an evening service we could have a look I don't think I'm welcome within there though I don't think any of us are welcome

no it's a human only thing apparently yeah we we have a deep lack of humans. Very true. Humans or dwarves. Humans and dwarves are the main population. Arvel said he was going to look into it. Maybe I can wait to hear from

Arvel and then we can go tomorrow. We could go check in with the guardians and see if Breeze has been by. We could do. We can go to see Temple of Hesper. Temple of Hesper? Yeah, let's go there. I mean, it's a big library.

Never? I'm there. I'll start walking up to you. Okay. So you want to go to... You're going in the wrong direction. Do you want to go to the Temple of Hesper? I guess so, if everyone else is good with it.

On the way, I'm going to link in to Night Frost and see if I can have a mind conversation. No, you just think what you want him to try and hear. Night Frost. Night Frost? Yes, Master Lucius. I assume you heard. I did. I did.

Your thoughts? She is not wrong. Perhaps it would be better for me to be destroyed. Perhaps I will only bring more trouble to you. Perhaps I will kill others. Perhaps I might, what if I kill you? What if I draw strength from you again, like I did those girls?

I don't know, Master Lucius. I don't know who I am anymore. I'm so long in the dark with nothing, and then to be awoken in that way, I... How did they use your power? I don't know. Were you willing? I don't think so.

It was dark. I didn't... There was nothing there for so long, and then I felt a sense of strength, like it was being offered to me, and I drank it, I fed on it, I consumed it. Aware of what it was being offered to me. And I drank it. I fed on it. I consumed it.

Aware of what it was? I don't think so. Did I? Did I know what it was? And I fed anyway? Was I that desperate for energy? I don't know. And it just goes quiet again for a moment.

Well. Does Lucius just look really zoned out I don't know. And it just goes quiet again for a moment. Does Lucius just look really zoned out while he's talking? It looks like he's thinking of other things. As you're making your way North Street, you pass Rose Meadows, Apocalypse 3. Don't go there. And along the way, you begin to hear, you can hear a soft singing coming from an open theater.

Now that the rain has stopped. there is like a little kind of like alleyway, uh, that leads off of North Street and you can hear a very gentle, male, baritone-y kind of voice

kind of just singing general kind of like folk songs. Um, and you can hear the occasional smattering of applause. What does it sound like? Kind of like folk songs um and you can hear the occasional smattering of applause what does it sound like kind of sounds like um you can't quite hear the lyrics it's kind of bouncing off the words but it's kind of very soft like that kind of like droney kind of you know deeper male voice um and there's the occasional pluck of an instrument or of a lute or a lyre you're not quite quite sure and you can just hear like occasional

smattering of applause as you're making your way down as you approach the tower you see a squat little tower with a blue tile roof that looks almost comically like it came out of a fairy tale book it sits at the far end of a series of shops and stores and the tower is made of worn stone

and has none of the flair or tininess of the local area the blue tile roof does look impeccable however at the front is a thick sturdy wooden door with beautiful crystal symbols set into the door itself it depicts an open tone with a central iron four angelic wings behind it there is a small brass plaque that has also been attached to the door by the handle and in in common, it says, no spells, no secrets, just knowledge. Hmm. Wow.

Sounds like the perfect place for you and Nova. Hmm. I like that singing. The singing? Yes. Really? Yes, it's really good. Yeah, I hear it.

I did, yeah, but Do you want to go now? No no It was probably that furbulg They were talking about We can go after It's still there Temple Temple

This is your area Did you not want to find stuff here? Have I just dragged you here? Well, I guess I could have a... Like, Nova, you could maybe help me have a look. See if I can find anything. And also we can talk to the Dean about Night Frost. And maybe there's something about Primon there?

Maybe. Or Solvin. Yeah. Or Breeze. I don't know, maybe he's graffitied some of the walls i have stuff to find out too you always have stuff to find out always you know where to look though yeah especially with this and i hold up my library pass is that valid here yep it's valid everywhere okay good everywhere. Okay, good. Well, that'll be useful. Shall we go in? Yes. Okay.

Let's go do some reading. Push the door. Yeah, you have to push it. It's like, it opens and it's obviously stuck and you push it and you hear the scrape of books being moved out the way. Oh god. And the smell of like dusty books and old books just wafts over you. And you step into the most chaotic mess

of books just stacks of them piled high like a hoarder's house there's just piles of books almost like corridor mazes in this round tower just piled everywhere um and then there is a faint like from a rusted bell that was obviously above the door that has just rusted and fallen into disuse. And just silence and just empty rows of stacked old books.

This could be tricky. Oh, my stars. I'm never going to leave. This really needs a better organizing system. You can't just leave them in piles on the floor like this. Yeah, and you can see that there was a huge pile in front of the door that you've pushed out the way. This isn't even remotely alphabetized.

I can't even say the word. I'm so upset. It is distressing. I'm not going to lie. Nova, Nova. Is that like a... I'm just like itchily trying to like sort of stack out. Just like, oh my gosh.

The covers, the dust cut, like they're just covered in dust. Most of them don't have... They don't have titles. They're just like symbols. Not quite sure what they mean. This is a lost cause. Nova. I don't think this is a Hesper thing.

As you peek through, you make out at the very back edge of the wall hidden behind these plaques, quill, there is a shrine, a very small, kind of narrow, kind of built into the wall

with a raised lectern and a book with the symbol of Hesper behind it. Right. Maybe that's like... Oh, maybe that's it. Oh, this is a temple. It is. It's a temple, but it's got a lot of books in. I think that's basically it.

It's not a very respectful temple. Who's? Who's? The door! Close the door! Cold! Door! Cold!

Someone close the door. Uh, hello? Yes? Are you the Dean? Dean Simon? Dean Simon. Oh, hello. Yes? Are you the dean? Dean Simon? Dean Simon.

Why are you looking for Dean Simon? I just knew there was a Dean Simon here. There's one here. Is that you? You can leave now. But I'm here to get... What? What do you want? I want to see the shrine and also the library you see like one

of the stacks that was blocking the shrine half of it gets moved by like this old decrepit pair of hands that you can now see it from the doorway you've seen it you could leave now does no one else come here what why? Why? Why would people come here? Why wouldn't they? Why would they? But why wouldn't they? Good question! Yes! Why don't they?

Well that's a great question but I've got an answer for you. Answer it then. Why wouldn't they? That's not an answer to a question, that's another question. I'm answering your question with a question. Are you though? Yes! Mmmmm! And you're answering my question with your question.

A little form kind of shuffles out. He must be, like, 5'1". He's short. He's a human, but he's short as hell. A human? And he is dressed in blue robes, trimmed with little bits of white, and he's old. He must be in his, like, 70s, 80s.

Liver spots, wrinkled skin, very, like, shrunken thing. No beard, bald-headed, so just, like, baby-faced almost. And he kind of looks out and he's got big, thick spectacles and he's looking directly at Quill. He's like,

why wouldn't they, though? No, I see. No, I get it. Yeah. Wait, did you say why wouldn't they or why would they? What did you think I asked?, did you say why wouldn't they or why would they? What did you think I asked? I think you said why wouldn't they so I'm gonna answer your question by answering with why would they.

Wait, no! Oh, you are smart. Am I? What's smart? Anyone can be smart, Birdbrain. Anybody can read books and claim to know. I know about history. I know about medicine. But, so what are you then me yes no man in a room full of books yeah messy one look at it why why is it like this why why are all these people here oh they're not viewers speaking oh background sorting something out I'm already don't touch

those get your hands off my books. I'm just muttering under my breath. You haven't even got dust jackets on these things. Put my books down. They're not yours. They're not in the proper order. Why would they be? Well, this is not a library.

Knowledge doesn't have order. Knowledge is everything. Knowledge is chaos. It just makes it easier to find something when you want to look for something. Oh, no, that clearly means you don't know what you're looking for. If you knew what you were looking for, you'd find it right away. What if what you seek you haven't found yet? Oh, that is a question.

Then an order's not going to help you out. You don't know where to look. Well, you've got to start somewhere. You do? I don't think knowledge is chaos. Do you not? No. Why? The universe is chaos and knowledge brings order to it. Do you think so? I believe't think knowledge is chaos. Do you not? No. Why?

The universe is chaos and knowledge brings order to it. Do you think so? I believe so. Hmm, interesting. Yeah. What happens when somebody discovers something that nobody else believes? Do you know what happens then? War.

Well... What's war? Pretty chaotic, right? It's pretty chaotic. Yeah. It's structured. So does knowledge really bring order or is it that society enforces order through the use of knowledge? Facts bring order.

Do they? Yes. What about when somebody comes up with a new fact that contradicts an old one? Then the previous fact is no longer a fact. It's a myth. But people still believe it. But they can't believe it because it's false. But they still do, don't they?

But they shouldn't because it's not real. I might go back to that pub. Honestly. Yes, yes, go back to the pub, get drunk. That's now, that's some knowledge, that's some sense. That is some sense. Not for me, but that doesn't- Go on then, off you go, elf. Oh, good god. Nova, I'm just gonna come over and help you with that.

What? We'll find information. What do you need to know? Look, don't stick around here if you don't want to be here. Go on, get out. This is a temple. It's not a prison. Do you like order? Clearly not.

Such as muttering behind a stack. Well, does it matter what I like? I'm interested. Never had much use for it. Well, if you didn't have order, you wouldn't be dressed. Or turning up to this place every day. You're right. And he just takes his robes off.

Oh, okay. That's biology. But I mean... Look at this. Dangling around down there. He just jiggles. There it is. And then he just sits.

He pulls out a like, a stool, and he sits there with his legs spread extremely wide. Is this the man that you could potentially know about? Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Have a look at my cloak, would you? There's a moment.

Puts the robe back on. Oh, my God. Seems you do have something quite interesting. Perhaps I should get quite serious. Why are you carrying an Eterna with you? And with that, we're going to end today's episode. Woo! Amazing.

What a nut job. We know it's called an Eterna. You guys knew that, but you only knew that very few people. We were specifically told by the Eterna. Oh very Specifically told by the oh boy wrap things up there not to anyway It's a shame. There's a bunch of other stuff. I wanted to get to obviously Yeah, well and spell clash next next time Nice three more years of high rolls. Yeah Yeah, thank you all for watching. We're so sorry about the technical problems. It seems like there was a couple of little flickers,

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