TL;DR Episode 10: A Symptom of Man's Failure

**Short Summary:**

Noticing that Hildi has disappeared, Uriah runs to her house to find her fighting zombies alone inside, trying to protect her sick father. Uriah fights with her, but is attacked from behind by Hildi’s father, who’s turned. As more zombies cut off their escape, Ueber the wereboar opens up a wall to save them.

Outside the house, Hildi is hysterical, trying to get back inside to her father. Valentine Firebolts one of the explosive barrels, blowing the house up and making Vladeska upset. Fen sees a crack in the wall and flies down to shore it up, asking Desmond and Tatyana for help. Uriah and Tregrum realize at almost the same time that the undead have infiltrated the sewers, and the city is lost. Valentine messages Fen to get Desmond and Tatyana to the roof as soon as possible. In getting Hildi to the roof and safety, Uriah sees the gates to the bastion ward are open and unguarded. Then he notices something is wrong at the hospital.

Nahara tells Desmond and Tatyana to get to the bastion ward before the north ward falls. When they reach the gate, Freyja and Haegen step out to stop them from closing it. They reveal their plan to let the undead infiltrate the bastion ward so that Vladeska is overrun. Desmond, Nahara, and Tatyana fight them to get the gate closed.

Fen, Uriah, and Valentine get to the hospital and find Vjorn Horstman casting Lightning Bolts at the undead who have risen to attack the other injured people inside. Valentine sets the tent on fire, and the injured try to escape both fire and zombies. Then everyone runs to help Desmond, Nahara, and Tatyana at the gate. Azalin possesses Uriah and convinces Freyja and Haegen to detonate the explosive barrels in the north ward and kill Vladeska that way instead of their original plan. They go to do so, and the party shuts the gate.

Stewart reveals that the safest place for them in the city is the cathedral where they buried Nahara’s body, which is outside of the bastion ward. As the party makes their way to the cathedral, the rebels blow up the north ward. The party spends the night safe in the cathedral. In the morning, they find Freyja and Haege impaled in front of the governor’s mansion. Vladeska gives back the Carnival workers and sends them off with a message for Azalin Rex. Unge walks them to the Mists and gives Nahara a lyre that will let her return to Falkovnia. They take Hildi with them to the Carnival, and Uriah shows her around while the others unwind and relax. Valentine discovers the ring toss prizes hold clues about monsters they will encounter, including a bride doll. Uriah and Fen talk about Fen’s dark gifts and her past.

**Notables this episode:**

Against her worser nature, Valentine helps to save a child.

Azalin Rex is making a habit of taking over Uriah’s body.

Falkovnia is a Kobayashi Maru scenario for the party.

Nahara burying the body taker plant seed over her old body is an event which will definitely not come back to haunt the party in the future.

Tatyana now knows Beast Speech.

Uriah and Valentine discover the ring toss prizes predict enemies they will fight.

**Firsts:**

Hildi is their first rescue from a dread domain.

Uriah and Fen finally get a moment alone to discuss her past.

**Crit Count:**

2 successes (one of those was for the zombie to bite Uriah, but fortunately had to be rerolled thanks to Protection from Evil)

0 failures

**Memorable Lines:**

Nahara: Vladeska Drakov, you will meet your end by my hands, whether it is this body or my last.

Fen: She wanted to be the queen of nothing.

Valentine: She did. I think a lot of people don’t see average people as worth saving, or worth the work of preserving in a world that works so, so hard to take them.

**Previous TL;DR:** Episode 9 - Only Lasting Death