Episode 24

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## Plot Summary

Kurluk, Thaul Alhoon, and fifty orcs have entered the city.  The citizens of Copperforge, including Queen Sleekrun, have been evacuated out of the city to head to the Steamfang Dwarves.  An eldritch monster rises from the crack in the earth and enters the mountain.  The remaining gnome forces pursue the orcs into the city.

Ora and Bubo debate what to do and successfully revive Nitsuj.  Bubo wants to save his portrait. Ora carries Nitsuj down the rope and onto the ridge.  Bubo sends Dumeril to retrieve Starheart.  Andre successfully climbs up to the outcropping. Starheart tends to her cousin who has lost his leg in the battle; he’s been stabilized.  Fizz Binkle shouts to them that the mountain could go up at any minute.  Starheart convinces the healers to leave the mountain with Klack.  As she argues with a gnome cleric, Dumeril picks her up and takes her to the others.

Ora wants to blow the mountain, but Andre is against it.  Starheart messages Fizz Binkle to see if anyone is left in the mountain.  They hear him scream as he tries to evacuate everyone.  As they debate, a large orc chieftain attacks them (monster drop).  A second orc appears (monster drop) and climbs the rope to Bubo.  A third fire-breathing orc also charges the party (monster drop).  Bubo cuts the rope beneath the hiding spot, causing the pirate orc to fall to the ground.  A stone giant named Andre (character drop) crawls up the mountain to attack the orcs.

From the forest, four ents emerge (character drop x4) and run toward the mountain, but they are pursued by an orc mounted on a elk/boar heartbeast (monster drop) with a Quai bound and strapped to the side.  Ora calls to Eldin and orders the vampires to attack the orcs.  Starheart kills the lead orc with her spiritual tankard.  Ora receives a message from Vor (character drop) letting her know that he’s ready to rain death down upon the enemies and that she owes him one.  Bubo attacks the fire orc and destroys its flammable material.  The ents and vampires also attack the orcs.

Suddenly a shadow descends over the outcropping.  A fel beast (monster drop) with a wraith rider (character drop) swoops in and attacks the party.  Vor throws his bombs at the fel beast, blowing its tail off.  Ora, after flirting with Vor, kills the fire orc, but the orc drops his torch on the ent, which goes up in flames.  Eldin finishes off the pirate orc.  The wraith descends from the felbeast and attacks Nitsuj with his flaming sword.  Vor attacks the felbeast with bombs again, destroying a wing and causing it to collapse on top of Kab, crushing him.  A cave cricket named Squirk (character drop) appears from its cave and attacks the orcs with a sonic attack.

As they battle, Alhoon opens a portal and summons Orkan the Yagnoloth (character drop x2), commanding him and his yugoloths to prevent the gnomes from bringing down the mountain.  From inside the mountain, Nutsuj hears a high pitched scream.  Andre runs into the mountain and into the Central disc.  He sees the eldritch monster wreaking indiscriminate violence on orcs and gnomes alike.  Kurluk has used his scorpion steed to climb the inside of the mountain, out of range of the monster.  Andre also sees the Orkan torturing Fizz Binkle.

Andre is aware that Orkan is a neutral fiend that only works with those powerful enough to summon him.  He also recognized the eldritch monster as an Ithl, a being from a different plain entirely.  With the utmost calm. Andre walks up to Orkan and demands he unhand Fizz Binkle.  He explains that if Orkan kills Kurluk, the war would be over and the mountain would still be saved.  When the fiend refuses, Andre says “Do you know who I am?  I am Andre Benecio D'accrod Duc de Monroth!  You will do my bidding!”  Kurluk shouts back that he and Alhoon have together made a deal with Orkan.  When Andre offers his soul in exchange for a contract with Orkan, the fiend asks Kurluk if he is willing to offer the same.  Kurluk refuses because his soul already belongs to Alhoon.  Orkan agrees to Andre’s offer and takes Andre’s soul.  Andre orders him to kill Kurluk.

Orkan drops Fizz Binkle, who lands on the Central disc, breaking both of his legs.  Andre hurries back to Ora to tell her not to blow up the mountain.  Starheart finishes off the felbeast and frees the Quai from its chains.

## Fun Moments

Deva and Andrew introduce and describe each other's characters mockingly.

Danny says that if someone drops $50, he will force two players to roleplay as each other’s character for two minutes, which of course immediately happens for Deva and Andrew.

After a second character swap gets dropped, Danny feels legitimately sorry he jokingly suggested this idea.

The cast decide on a new slogan for Nike: “Just yoink it!”

Andrews and Danny scream at each other having an argument as Starheart and a gnome cleric.

The pirate orc is canonical named Porc, the fire orc is named Forc, and the boar riding orc is Borc.

The orc captain says “I am going to leave your bodies in a ditch!” to which Andre the stone giant replies, “I’m going to make you my bitch!”

Forc tells Andre the stone giant “I will destroy you with my mighty flame!” to which Andre replies, “You only have yourself to blame“

Ora calls Bubo “Bubs.”

The save cricket plays “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” as its sonic attack.