Episode 54

* Party investigates the Rod of Celestial Devourers, stuck in what looks like a tree stump made of stone
* Everyone tries to yank it out of the stone but no one can even if they roll extremely well. Lucius just walks up and picks it up no problem. 
* None of us succeed on perception checks or anything - Crow crawls out of the water and gets a surprise round on us. He has one glowing green magical eye (The Eye of Vecna??) along with one regular yellow dragon eye. 
* Crow proceeds to beat the everloving tar out of us. Vahlka gets put in a Resilient Sphere as a bonus action and later knocked out, Olly is knocked unconscious in a single multiattack, Godfrey is hobbled by a hold person spell in giant ape form before being smacked down with a tail. Barkley uses Blink but is still captured before she can move out of range. Lucius is the last Hero of Legend remaining but is ultimately defeated. Boris is told to run but it is unknown if he got away successfully. 
* During some banter, Crow said something along the lines of "You think you can kill me? Tiamat couldn't kill me!" 
* Crow thanks Dogs for letting him know of our intent to rob him, letting the party know of the kobold's betrayal. This explains how Crow knew we were coming, and implies that Crow can move between tar pits anywhere in the world.
* The party wakes up in the desert in some sort of moving vehicle. It turns out they are in Isil Dawnstrider's sled/cart thing, which is pulled by a giant hyena. The sand elf pulled the party out of a deadly sandstorm and saved their lives. She takes them to her temporary abode inside the dried and protective corpse of an enormous worm. 
* The party is without any of their magic items, weapons, or armor. They don't even have their shoes anymore. The party is beaten down and severely demoralized - they are missing Vahlka's nightwarden insignia, everyone's spell focuses and components, Godfrey's medicine and Vahlka's alcohol, any and all arms and armor, all of their beloved personal items such as Vahlka's hair tie and Olivia's hat, and of course, they are missing Boris, who could possibly have died. 
* Sethokesh and Necara seem to be nearby in the desert somewhere, still somehow attuned to Vahlka and Olivia respectively. Seth says to "Go north, look for glass" while Necara screams incoherently asking why all the green is gone (presumably referring to the drakelands. The implies that both blades are in the Vastlands somewhere.
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