Legends of Arcadia: Genesis: Episode 21

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==Recap==
===Day 15===
The party is outside the medusa's lair, with a charred bit of tree from wren the bird. Rouk recalls elven legends of Tree of Woe, a tree that grows when bad deaths happen. They decide to make their way to . As leads them through the forest, they hear drums of snake women. They manage to power through the forest and avoid snake women. 
===Day 16===
Gnoeman is worried about the town. Hugo ushers the party to go quicker. Wren wonders how to use the unicorn horn, finds out that the horn works by the desire of the soul. 
In the late afternoon, Gurgi darts up a tree, they notice a disturbance in the underbrush and sense a strong smell of decay. Something larger than a human has been dragged through there. Rouk's dogs avoid the ground. Rouk wants to continue the travel, Gurgi doesn't want to come down unless he gets point. Wren decides to stay and deal with this, the party rejoins. Koibu tries to convince Wren that elves are more fit to deal with their undead, to no avail. They follow the tracks and end up in an unnatural clearing in the forest, with a great beast lying in the center, an amalgamation of a bird and a snake. Big red mushrooms grow out of the dead body. Wren cannot recall anything about these mushrooms.
Wren sneaks around the clearing, notices the mushrooms are growing wherever there is blood. Koibu snorts some again and gets scared from the amount of magic in the area. The mushrooms are the source of magic. Koibu walks into the clearing, the mushroom changes into a creature that stabs him.
Combat start: The party vs Redcaps
Rouk shoots the Redcap with his arrow, killing it. Wren casts . Four creatures attack Koibu, one hits. Others sling sharpened stones, two hits Wren. Koibu misses the creature and runs behind Wren, gets hit. Rouk shoots again at the biggest Redcap, it shrinks from the strike. 
Koibu readies an attack. Gnoeman casts , 6 of them are asleep. Koibu kills one of the creatures. Gnoeman's are destroyed. Wren gets hit and kills one redcap. Hugo is getting closer and charges and kills the biggest.
Gnoeman throws a dagger at the creature, and leaps on the creature, hurting himself and the creature. Wren slices through a creature. Koibu is blind. Rouk misses. Hugo misses. Wren is hit. Hugo slays one.
Wren misses. Rouk hits one large redcap. Gnoeman slays one mushroom. Wren is hit unconscious and bleeding out. Koibu plays dead. Rouk slays the last awake one. 
Combat end. 
They stabilise Wren and get out before the redcaps wake up. 
The party and Gurgi argue what to do about Wren. Gurgi gets 2 points to carry Wren to town, but leaves mirrors behind. Koibu memories where he left the mirrors. Gurgi is now at 7 points. Gnoeman asks what these points mean, Koibu refuses to clarify, tells him not to worry about it.
They smell burning of smoke and spend the night. 
===Day 17===
The party continue towards Steepwater. Once they heave the forest, they see Steepwater is in smoke. Hugo rushes towards, so does Gnoeman, and goes looking for Melinda. Hugo finds and asks for healing for Wren. Hugo askas around what happened, beasts attacked the town escaped. Gnoeman finds a small emblem of dawn among Melinda's things. It's the golden emblem that Drexl was adorned with. 
Florette heals Wren, and tells them the water is poisoned and freed Drexl, and took relics. The monsters took great care not to kill anyone. Gnoeman demands they go after them. Wren takes her healing kit and helps the wounded.
Koibu reassures Gnoeman and hands him the elven tiara, a gift to Melinda. Koibu shows him the magical amulet, Gnoeman cant identify it. Koibu dons the necklace, it glows and Koibu turns into a hag. Gnoeman thratens the hag, Koibu takes off the necklace, turns back into himself and pockets the cursed necklace.
Wren looks for Rouk, and babbles in confusion about what has happened and helping people. He leads her back to the temple of Chis. She takes out the chest they found, and tells her she knows of a curse she placed long ago and that the box isn't needed anymore. Her words are heard and the silver box turns into ruby red. She opens the box and inside are tinctures of red paste. 
The party reconvenes. Wren heals the party. is still in the same state they left her in. They set to grassland, following Drexl. South of the grassland, where they've seen a group of druids, there are 4 man-sized posts, evenly spaces. On the posts, there are body barely alive bound druids. There are sigils of Ponos engraved in their skin. Rouk cuts down one body, the body convulsed and before Wren can do anything, dies. Around the slashes is foreign flesh that is infecting the body. 
Wren casts on her healing knife, trying to slice away the infection. The druids have died, but the infection is removed. From the first druid, they hear clattering as the body transforms into a master. 
Combat start: The Party vs Gibbering Mouther
Gnoeman casts , Hugo hits the creature and starts singing but doesn't do anything. Rouk attacks the creature twice, and he's paralyzed. Koibu casts and the shadow hold creature in place. Wren falls paralysed. Creature strikes Rouk. 
Rouks dogs charge the creature and bite it. Gnoeman attacks the creature and distracts it. Koiby casts . Creture hits Mirror Image of Gnoeman. Wren, Hugo, and Rouk are conscious again. 
Gnoeman s still distracting the creature, attacks it, and drops paralyzed. Hugo and Wren miss. Rouk misses and falls paralyzed. Gnoeman is hit twice and goes unconscious, bleeding. Koibu jumps after the gnome and stabilises him.
Koibu splashes the unicorn blood on the creature. The creature is healed and cursed. Hugo hits the creature. Koibu is paralysed. Rouk and the dogs hits the creature.
Hugo slays the creature, takes the torch and burns it and the bodies.
Combat end.
Wren heals Gnoeman with the gift of Chis. They rest for the night.
===Experience===
* Hugo gains 66 exp for recap (this episode)
2150 exp each + whatever they need to level. 
* Gnoeman gains 4 HP.
* Rouk gains 7 HP
* Wren gains 4 HP
* Koibu gains 4 HP
Category:Legends of Arcadia: Genesis Episodes