Into the Hive

"Into the Hive" is the seventh episode of Regolus: Evolution.
==Official Description==
"There are whispers on the wind, howling down across the plains from the Dragonspines. They say a band of adventurers have been the first to successfully pass into the territory claimed by the Krill. The stone still gleams bleached white in the afternoon sun, as no blood has yet to spill. What will the winds whisper next?"
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
* The group around Terra, Xerephina and Angelo were just told to lay down their weapons while Ignis and Trix are still hidden. They follow Sylex deeper into the ravine and soon after into a tower that sits right in the middle of the two twin peaks known as Dragonhorn. Ignis and Trix follow stealthily but Trix gets caught and brought down to the others. Ignis was able to turn invisible before anyone could see her. Continuing their way, and telepathically informing Xerephina and Trix about the Lich, Urzok reveals that their savior found them in a time of loneliness and being unheard, made promises and gave them answers and a purpose that they didn’t have before. 
* The group comes to a halt before a large beetle Krill and Sylex tells them that Ironox is willing to let them through to their savior if they submit a piece of their bodies to the Sanguine Orrery, an orb that even other Krill must give into for their safety. They all put a piece into the orb but when Trix puts a scale in, it flashes red before Ironox comes over and bisects Trix, nobody able to do anything in time. She was identified as an enemy of the state and was not allowed to be in their territory. One part of her body is brought away but the other half just stays there on the ground. The tension and argument increase but they keep following Sylex to the tower to have a chance to get Trix‘s body back to save her. 
* While the group argues with the Krill and tries to save Trix, Ignis follows the other Krill with the second half of Trix‘ body. She is able to catch up with them, still invisible, and touch Trix and try to save her while sending a message to Ystävä „You owe me“ (01:12:09) for help. As the air around them changes, Ignis is able to put the body in a state of stasis, but in the process turns visible again, directly in front of the Krill.
=== Part 2 ===
* The group moves further to the tower, also known as The Needle, where Terra feels a familiar tingle in the air that feels like Ystävä‘s cloak. 
* As soon as Ignis touches Trix and turns visible, she turns back invisible and moves away from the Krill as far as she can before they can figure out what is going on. Ignis runs back to her group and catches up, just as they reach some kind of egg pods, but still stays a bit away from them. Soon after, the Krill with the other half of Trix‘s body arrive too.
* As soon as an individual called Gene Keeper 19 gives them the body, Xerephina asks Hylan for their assistance and with a breeze of sea salt in the air, Trix is revived, the two pieces of her body one again. Xerephina tells Urzok that this is what true faith feels like. Trix is granted safe passageway back to the ship when she wakes up, while the others stay, with Urzok vouching for them, if they still want to speak to the savior, Rhelikk. While they are talking Ignis comes closer, a hand on Terra‘s shoulder but still invisible.
* Before Sylex leaves them alone, they open the door to the tower and the group gets their weapons back. Angelo, Xerephina, Ignis, Terra and Urzok enter the Atrium as the door closes behind them. There, on a viewing platform above them, a figure appears, Rhelikk, wearing a cloak above his shoulders. As he begins to speak, he knows that one individual did not submit to the orrery and prompts them to show themselve. Ignis hides but Rhelikk still seems to not only know where she is but can also join their group chat. Terra explains that they only try to right the balance that was disturbed, that with the missing cloak from Ystävä, the Afterlife is unraveling. Rhelikk implies that Ystävä themself gave him the cloak but that he is not displeased by their arrival as he was told they would come and Terra should ask her patron about it.
* While they are talking, Ignis closes the distance to Rhelikk and attacks him, but is confronted with a projection of Rhelikk instead of the real individual, which she destroys anyways. Angelo tries to get their magic items to work again but his spell can’t take hold. As Rhelikk disappears, one of the doors in the room opens and all they can hear are sounds coming in their direction. Urzok reveals that they should get ready, as a weaver approaches.
* Initiative starts and with that, a part of the plan; the first phase of worthiness.
** The creature arrives and lets out a screech which afflicts one level of Death Song to Ignis. She later gets a second and third level before the weaver drops the spell, but Ignis gets 3 levels of exhaustion instead. 
** Rhelikk speaks again, asking them to speak their name to be more useful to themselves and as Xerephina does so, as a sign of his good faith, she gets back full control over her powers and is not under the effect of the anti-artifice shield anymore. He later asks again but nobody else speaks their name. To show good will again, Rhelikk helps to ground the weaver for a round so it can‘t fly away. 
** As they defeat the creature, everyone gets one more level of exhaustion. 
* In the calmness after the battle, Rhelikk speaks again, telling them that those who did not speak their name will remain under the anti-artifice shield but they are still welcome to enter the Chamber of the Moon. Terra contacts Rhelikk alone, so the others don‘t hear it and she demands answers. The Lich is willing to tell them everything he knows if they venture forth, as he is just a humble obedient servant just as they are too. The group enters the Chamber of the Moon, the door disappearing behind them.
==Characters and Locations==
===Player Characters===
*Angelo
*Ignis
*Terra
*Xerephina
===NPCs===
* Garavestrix
* Urzok
* Sylex
* Irinox
* Gene Keeper 19
* Rhelikk
* The Weaver
* unnamed krill
===Locations===
*Dragonspine Mountains
**The Needle
==References==