Legends of Arcadia: Genesis: Episode 15

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==Recap==
===Heroes’ Festival===
A carnival is passing through Steepwater. Lord of Steepwater, ? introduces the Heroes' Festival, and presents the 4 contestants:
A small gnome wizard/thief is standing in the shadows, Gnoeman. He casts the illusion of how he robbed a wealthy merchant and gave the money to the poor.
A young-ish woman, wrapped in furs, steps forward, looks at the announcer and disappears off the stage. Someone behind the festival has had an unfortunate accident, she needs to help heal.
A man with a thick, heavy tome, Koibu, presents his entirely unique spellbook and unique spells. He casts a lavender over the crowd.
An unattractive, unassuming man with an leather hat, Rouk, famed for having tamed the wolves near, bringing dogs to the town introduces himself awkwardly.
Lord presents the founding member to a knight in golden armor, - The Golden Dawn, and speaks of his great accomplishments.
Gnoeman joins the other contestants and speaks of Drexl, they are unamused. The Lord presents the games: Magic Maze, Cheese Chasing, Musical Drinks, Boulder Smashing, the Bucking Mad Bronco and Tall Tale Telling. Drexl walks past them pompously, Koibu and Gnoeman bicker between themselves. Wren rejoins. Drexl doesn't participate in the Musical Drinks contest, because he is unaffected by alcohol. They discuss which contests to join.
Rouk leaves them and tries his hand at the maze. 2 minutes in, he gets lost and lets the dog guide him. Drexl, having finished in 4 minutes, is waiting for him outside the maze, 7 minutes after starting. Koibu and Gnoemen discuss magic.
Koibu tries the maze, irritated that Drexl beat him, leaves in 6 minutes. Gnoeman tries the maze, casts , leaps over the maze in 6 minutes. Gnoeman suggests staling something from Drexl, Koibu agrees. Wren finishes in 10 rounds. Drexl wins.
Rouk checks on the Mad Bucking Bronco, the large black mare of Lord Kashes. Rouk attempts to sway the horse and soothes it. He clears the obstacle course with the horse, angers the horse, and calls Drexl to attempt the game. Drexl clears the course too, but Rouk did better and gets a golden crown.
They decide to the Boulder Smashing game, but lets Drexl go first, the boulder almost getting to the top. Rouk is unsuccessful in beating Drexl, but Gnoeman casts the illusion of the ball going further than it does. Rouk gets another gold crown. Drexl knows of the trick but doesn't reveal it.
Koibu follows Drexl to the cheese wheel, takes laces off of one of his shoes and calls Gnoeman to distract Drexl. While Gnoeman talks to Drexl, Koibu ties his shoes together, unnoticed. Wren casts and measures the hill for optimal balance. As the race starts, Drexl immediately falls, they all crash and fall along the way, 1 peasant catching it.
Drexl is furious, seeing his shoelaces. They decide to try Tall Tales. Wren goes first, Koibu offers her some glowing plants for the performance. Drexl tells the story of his escape and rescue of a princess from the Dark Lord. Wren casts the , and Koibu puts the glowing flowers and gives him a Lightstone to play the whisp, and tells the tale of whisps in the mist. Drexel's next tale of beats Wren's story of Romeo and Juliet.
Meanwhile, Rouk wanders into a bar. A large dwarven man is there, Thorn Thunderforged. Rouk, Thorn and a couple of peasants start the drinking game. Both Rouk and Thron fall asleep in the second round, Gnoeman casts on the remaining contestants and the contest begins again. Gnoeman and Rouk are out in the first round.
===Missing beasts===
The contests get eventually closed, and they are ushered towards a large tent in the center. A gnome in a purple cloak introduces himself as Zephir the Magnificent. He was supposed to gather beasts for the festival but they run away, so he asks them for help. They needed to capture a large cat with black spots and a feathered bear with a beak (owlbear). The party accepts the mission.
They arrive at the back of the carnival, seeing, broken from the pens they were kept in, 4 large cats and an owlbear, rampaging through the field, their keepers killed.
Combat start: The party vs crazed animals
Zephir races forward and casts (maybe?) on owlbear, binding it. Gnoeman slips into the shadows and checks what is going on. A panther attacks the mage, wounds him. Another panther jumps at one of Rouks dogs. Two panthers attack Wren, one bites, canceling her spell. Rouk calms one panther for a second, there is a strange rash on the panther, angering it again. His dogs attack the panther, missing. Koibu slashes one panther.
Panther doesn't manage to hit Zephir, on Rouks dead is downed, Koibu gets bitten. Gnoeman looks around some more. Rouks dog bites the charmed leopard. Koibu slashes a panther, then Wren kills it.
Rouk and his dogs tear apart one panther. Panther tears into  Rouk. Zephir the Magnificent is killed by a panther. Gnoeman jumps onto the cage and sligns the owlbear. Koibu and Wren kill the last panther. Owlbear is freed and shakes the cage to knock Gnoeman off, unsuccessfully.  Rouk misses owlbear. 
Rouk and the dogs attack the owlbear, dogs biting. Gnoeman casts . Koibu provokes owlbear and blocks, taking 1 hit and stabs it.
Wren slashes the owlbear, it claws Koibu and Gnoeman slings it. Rouk and the dogs charge to save the day and kill the beast.
Combat end.
Gnoeman runs to loot Zephir's corpse, finds 2 rings but no spellbook. They inspect the cages and animals. Rouk points out the rash on the animals. There are puncture wounds that the rash originates from, in the shape of the spiral. Wren checks the wound, but no foreign substance is in the animals. Gnoeman notices that the wound is in the shape of sigil of . Koibu checks Zephir but finds no marks on him, and takes the cloak. They discuss what to do next.
===Lord Kashes Estate===
Rouk checks for tracks and finds footprints coming from the planes. He stays to care for the dog as they go to the estate of Lord Kashes, his servant greets them. Kashes is not in his room. They find him hugging his daughter , young hours before, but now withered and pale. She is breathing. Gnoeman sneaks off. Wren wraps Jasmin in furs, she is medically stable but catatonic. There are no marks or anything strange on her other than a pendant with a pearl. Wren takes the pendant. Koibu asks servants about what transpired before, learns she was close to Drexl, but nothing else. Koibu looks through her bathroom, finds her nightgown on the floor, the tub full of water. Koibu checks the water seems fine. Outside, Lord Kashes calls for Cleric of .
Meanwhile, Gnoeman goes to Jasmins room and inspects it. Gnoeman takes one of the bracelets of polished Riverstone. The window doors to the balcony are currently not locked, so he goes outside. He notices vines near the balcony. He checks the room but finds no disturbances.
Gnoeman follows the Cleric of Martha and rejoins the commotion. The cleric concludes Jasmin is cured by the pendant, which is no longer magical. Wren notifies Lord Kashes of crazed animals, he demands they find the source of this curse. Koibu questions the servants, learn that Drexl has brought her to her room and no one else saw her after that. Gnoeman establishes that the necklace doesn't fit Jasmins style. They suspect Drexl gifted her the amulet.
===Confronting the Hero===
The party reconvenes with Rouk and brings him up to speed. Wren promises to heal the dog tomorrow, and they go to confront Drexl. They ask around for Drexl and go to The Dancing Dog tavern. In the corner, there is a man in a big heavy hood, sticks out with no ornaments. Wren sits at the table, Drexl reveals his identity unintentionally, Wren explains the situation. Drexl says he can't help her, but later admits he has gotten the pearl from a spirit of the forest, Loreley. They dated for a while but he grew tired of the woods. He and the fey spirit didn't separate on good terms, then gave the pearl to Jasmin. He tells them where the spirit is, they ask more questions but he knows nothing of servants or crazed animals.
Meanwhile, Gnoeman goes to Jasmins room and inspects it. Gnoeman takes one of the bracelets of polished Riverstone. The window doors to the balcony are currently not locked, so he goes outside. He notices vines near the balcony. He checks the room but finds no disturbances.
Gnoeman follows the Cleric of Martha and rejoins the commotion. The cleric concludes Jasmin is cured by the pendant, which is no longer magical. Wren notifies Lord Kashes of crazed animals, he demands they find the source of this curse. Koibu questions the servants, learn that Drexl has brought her to her room and no one else saw her after that. Gnoeman establishes that the necklace doesn't fit Jasmins style. They suspect Drexl gifted her the amulet.
The party reconvenes with Rouk and brings him up to speed. Wren promises to heal the dog tomorrow, and they go to confront Drexl. They ask around for Drexl and go to The Dancing Dog tavern. In the corner, there is a man in a big heavy hood, sticks out with no ornaments. Wren sits at the table, Drexl reveals his identity unintentionally, Wren explains the situation. Drexl says he can't help her, but later admits he has gotten the pearl from a spirit of the forest, . They dated for a while but he grew tired of the woods. He and the fey spirit didn't separate on good terms, then gave the pearl to Jasmin. He tells them where the spirit is, they ask more questions but he knows nothing of servants or crazed animals.
Wren stays at Rouk's to heal the dog in the morning.
===The next day===
At the crack of dawn, they hear knocks, servants of Lord Kashes demand they go to the manner, another suspect has been found. The cleric has found that a fey has cast this curse on Jasmin. He gives them a mistletoe that pulls towards the creature. The Lord demands they slay this fay. Rouk reveals it was Drexl that gave the necklace to Jasmin. Lord wants him imprisoned, but Wren calms him.
The party discusses where to go next.
==Experience==
No exp this session
Category:Legends of Arcadia: Genesis Episodes