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Oratia

Oratia is the capital city of Panterra.

Located in the western foothills, it is ideally located for both freshwater flow from the mountains, produce from the farmlands of Roto, and fish from the sea. Its temperatures are mild, but it can get cold and snow in the winter thanks to its position near the mountains.

Oratia consists of several districts, with quality of housing, construction and amenities varying wildly. Higher quality buildings in Oratia, such as the Capitol building, tend to be made from the white stone mined from the mountains to the city's east. Marble is also popular in interiors.

Like most cities, Oratia comes with its pros and cons. The crime rate is higher than in smaller towns, but goods and services tend to be more affordable.

The grand chancellor of Oratia - the most powerful position in Panterra - is Tobias Maxwell. He resides in the Capitol building where cabinet meetings (meetings between the Chancellor and the cabinet ministers) occur and the government does any work involving a) Oratia, or b) countrywide issues. Occasionally those in lower positions such as governors or mayors of individual districts or towns will visit the Capitol building when an issue requires their input, or is simply of importance to them or their constituents.
Jun

Jun is a young female dwarf who went missing in Gladeston around the time Ridley Elderstone arrived in the town. She was found and expressed interest in becoming a druid due to her feelings of affinity with nature.

## Biography

Jun lived with her parents in Gladeston. Her father appeared controlling and a little sexist, and Jun had expressed discontent with her living situation.

After Fan Brightgrass discovered a flyer disseminated by her parents seeking help finding her, she, Ridley, and Kika followed her trail to eventually find her lost in the forest with Francis.

Jun explained that Francis, her unreliable boyfriend, had proposed to her, but she was not ready to commit after such a short dating period. Francis, frustrated, attempted to win her over with a big heroic gesture: saving her from a bear that he would have to lure into town to put her in danger in the first place. The attempt went horribly wrong and the bear chased Francis into the forest. Jun followed, wanting to save her idiot partner, and the two got lost.

Unable to find their way back to town, the pair made camp in the forest and Jun discovered an affinity for nature and the forest. When found by the party, she gave them a necklace to prove their success to her mother, but decided to remain in the forest for a while. The party suggested she approach the druids about becoming one of their circle, which she said she would later pursue.
Episode 8: Armaster, Part 1

Milla leaves to observe the blacksmith as he crafts her custom components: “*backseat blacksmithing*.”

Fan jumps at the opportunity to solve the missing persons cases and takes the party to talk to the missing Ring contender's parents, a gay elf couple. Romilda, the missing individual, was a dwarf who loved fighting. Her parents weren't keen on it because of the rampant disappearances among Ring contenders, but they supported her regardless.

The party takes the information about disappearances being rampant, questions the parents of Romilda's teammates (who are also missing) and obtains items belonging to the missing members of the *Boar Crew* team. Kika uses Bose to track the players using these items, finding disappearance spots for all three. Bose finds a note containing a description of Romilda at her disappearance location, and tracks the scent on the note to a lockbox on a roof adjacent to the Firetronics CEO's mansion, and an additional trail leading from the lockbox to the balcony of the mansion. The party now suspects the Firetronics CEO of foul play.

The party discusses how to gain access to/question the Firetronics CEO, **Bolgr Nordberg**. They come up with the idea of Ridley disguising himself as Bartholomew – whose appearance he is familiar with from his attendance at the Elderstones' annual winter party - to gain access to his mansion and give Kika the opportunity to stealth around and investigate. The party requests stilts for Ridley from Milla as he cannot make himself tall enough to pass as Bartholomew magically without them.

Kika attempts to steal, then buys, an invisibility potion from the alchemist at *Vials & Stoppers*.

Fan goes to speak to Arend, the blacksmith's son, who seems to be a fan of the tournament. Arend explains that almost every season, one or more people seem to go missing. The party notices that a large portion of the missing contestants were sponsored by the weapons manufacturing company **Firetronics**, seemingly confirming their suspicions about Firetronics. The party decides to go speak to the tournament's organizer, **Grimlock Berbiss**.

Grimlock is not available to speak but his assistant, **Baldwin**, is. The party inquires about information on the missing contenders. Baldwin agrees to provide information the next morning after he has a chance to look through his files, and the party goes back to the Spider to rest. Ridley tries out his stilts.
Baldwin

Baldwin is the assistant organiser of the Ring of Ruin directly below Grimlock Berbiss.

## Appearances

Baldwin first appeared when the party attempted to speak to Grimlock about the Ring of Ruin disappearances. Baldwin willingly offered information regarding missing combatants, their team members, and their sponsors.

Fan later ran into Baldwin while undercover at the Firetronics Sponsorship Gala. Unable to lie about her intentions, she told him the truth about their investigation, and Baldwin appeared to keep this information private.

Later, Baldwin helped the Canaries sign up for the Ring of Ruin despite being late for sign-ups.

The party spoke to Baldwin one final time during their stay in Armaster, once again seeking to speak to Grimlock. He directed them to the police station, where he suspected Grimlock was being questioned.

Baldin later appeared to introduce the Canaries before their final show match against the Brazen Bulldogs, and after to announce their victory.

## Personality

Baldwin seems friendly and non-confrontational. He takes his job seriously and is usually willing to help anyone who needs it, as long as he doesn't have to shirk any of his responsibilities to do so.
Garret

**Garret** is a hobgoblin and adventuring companion of Hunter.

He was first sighted in the hobgoblin cave near Gladeston with Hunter under the command of a bugbear. He was subdued by Kika along with Hunter and Aristocles, and then released by Fan as the party left the cave after Milla's death.

The party later encountered Garret with Hunter in the tunnel along the mountain pass between Gladeston and Armaster. He seemed particularly displeased at the presence of the adventurers, an attitude he shared with Kika during this encounter. He then accompanied Hunter to Gladeston to offer aid to the townsfolk after the other hobgoblin converted to Bahamutism.
Liberation Wiki

## Welcome to the Liberation Wiki

The adventures of Kika the tiefling ranger, Fan Brightgrass the human paladin, and Ridley Elderstone the halfling wizard!

## What's this?

Four *Portal* fans play *Dungeons & Dragons*. This is a wiki to keep track of everything they do, meet, and kill along the way!

DM: pinalinet.tumblr.com

Kika: missmelmels.tumblr.com

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Steampunk Slug: the Slimy Scientist

*Steampunk Slug* is an ongoing series of science fiction novels revolving around the adventures of the titular slug scientist. The *Slimy Scientist*, or simply *The Scientist*, travels between dimensions in his giant snail shell ship, the *Epoch,* helping those in need along the way. He is often accompanied by one or more less-educated companions.

Created by author Aislinn Queshire, the series is long-running and has changed hands many times over its run, a new author usually tackling 3-4 books before passing the series to the next author to continue the saga. Milla Kramer, Fan Brightgrass and Caddi Prosser are some known fans of the series.

## List of books by author

In chronological order:

Aislinn Queshire (creator)

* *Steampunk Slug: the Slimy Scientist*
* *Steampunk Slug: Invaders from the Sun*
* *Steampunk Slug: the Mystery of the Faceless Ones*
* *Steampunk Slug: Defender of New Panterra*
* *Steampunk Slug: Lost in Stardust*

Kisembo Moon

* *Steampunk Slug: Death of the Past*
* *Steampunk Slug: Origin of the Invaders*
* *Steampunk Slug: the Root of All Evil*
* *Steampunk Slug: Stranded on the Red Planet*

Ananda Geelen

* *The New Adventures of Steampunk Slug: the Fifteenth Cycle*
* *The New Adventures of Steampunk Slug: Hypercharge*
* *The New Adventures of Steampunk Slug: Hunters of Eternity*
* *The New Adventures of Steampunk Slug: the Hope of New Worlds*

Siemen Collins

* *The New Adventures of Steampunk Slug: the All-Devouring Hunger*
Episode 6: Gladeston, Part 4

Fan Brightgrass loots the bandits and Ravenshire guards.

Kika and Fan discuss the events of the previous day. They agree that it should be Milla's choice whether or not to continue with the party regardless of the real danger. Milla talks to **Micaiah**, the cleric who resurrected her. She explains that she spoke to the god **Freyr** during the ritual. Freyr accepted the ruby – as opposed to a diamond - in exchange for being able to call on Milla to do a task for him at some point in the future. Micaiah gifts her an I-rune necklace - a holy symbol of Freyr - and the party sees a spiral **scar** on her chest as she puts it on. She chooses to continue with the party on their quest. Kika encourages her to build a ranged weapon and to only use the dagger as a last resort, and Milla immediately begins working on one. Ridley pretends to be asleep during this exchange.

The party, now significantly poorer due to the cost of resurrecting Milla, decides to go after the bandits in the hopes of recovering some of Ridley's 5,000 gold pieces. Ridley is not especially enthusiastic about this plan and wants to forget about his money, but Kika is keen and suggests using him as bait to get access to the bandits' hideout. Ridley casts an illusion to appear roughed up and bound; Kika pretends to have had a change of heart and to want to hand Ridley to the bandits in exchange for a cut of the ransom. Fan and Bose follow, stealthed.

Kika manages to deceive two bandits and they lead her to the hideout. There is a knight outside the hideout, which is unusual. Eventually the knight's purpose is revealed as two Ravenshire guards accompany Jeremy out of the cave to deal with Kika: the bandits have made an alliance with the Ravenshire guard to capture the party. Recognising Kika, the guards immediately point her out and the act is up. Jeremy goes after Ridley with sociopathic fury after being humiliated by him during their previous encounter. Ridley gets ganged up on by the bandits but is healed repeatedly by Kika and Fan, who take out the guards and the knight. Magic Johnson joins the fight, but Fan distracts Jeremy while a severely injured Ridley gets to his feet and runs his foe through with a flame blade, dealing the killing blow. Their leader fallen, the bandits flee.

The party loots the bandit hideout and pockets a bandit map, some - but not all - of Ridley's gold, some magic items and some potions. Fan loots all their fallen enemies' swords, bows and shields to sell. They return to Faelan's hut. Ridley takes a bath. Fan polishes her new plate armor, looted from the knight. Kika sleeps. Milla works on designing her ranged weapon. Ridley assists her after his bath, and they rest for the night.
Freyr

I-rune, "ice," symbol of Freyr.

Freyr is the god of peace, fertility, rain and sunshine. Freyr is popular in southern Tihaka, with places of worship in Gladeston and several smaller surrounding communes. There is also a worship circle in Oratia for traveling worshippers.

## Personality

The only account given so far of Freyr's personality has been by Milla, after the gnome met him in the ethereal plane during her resurrection. "He seemed like a normal guy."

Milla stated that the god seemed friendly, and kind, though he did ask a favor from the tinkerer in exchange for accepting a ruby in lieu of a diamond for her resurrection.

## Relationships

### Followers

Milla was resurrected by a cleric of Freyr, and wears a holy symbol of the god around her neck since. It is unclear if she is an active worshipper.

Micaiah, the cleric who resurrected Milla, is an active follower of Freyr.
Bahamut

**Bahamut** is the dragon god of enlightened justice. His current status as an entity is unknown, his followers and teachings more closely resembling those of Buddhism in the real world than a religion in which the deity actively intervenes (eg. Freyr). This lines up with his reputation as a deity with a policy of not interfering with the lives of mortals.

Bahamut is the antithesis of his sister and rival Tiamat.

## Description

In his natural form, his followers believe he was a massive platinum dragon with blue eyes. When he wished to wander the mortal world, his followers believe he took the appearance of an old man in peasant robes.

Bahamut is believed to have been accompanied by his seven gold great wyrms, who took the appearance of gold canaries in his mortal form. Fan Brightgrass saw such a canary in her dream at the Crimson Drum.

## Followers

Bahamut's followers in Panterra are mainly dragonborn, with a few exceptions including Fan Brightgrass, and most reside in the dragon god's temple in a valley near the volcano Rakatao. Non-dragonborn followers usually attempt to become dragonborn through the mysterious Rite of Rebirth, in which a good-aligned non-draconic humanoid is "reborn" as a dragonborn, dedicating his or her life to the ways and service of Bahamut.

The temple in the mountains is the only temple of Bahamut in Panterra, as the deity values good deeds over objects. While beautiful and elegant, the temple has simple furniture and no embellishments or adornments. Followers use the temple to train in the ways of combat, study the teachings and history of Bahamut (and his enemies, the followers of Tiamat), plan attacks on evil beings or missions to do good deeds, pray, and rest.

Followers of Bahamut frequently go on **missions**, travelling around Panterra doing good deeds in the name of Bahamut. This was the purpose of Fan Brightgrass' assignment to aid Bartholomew in Ravenshire, as well as the reason for Halfdan's presence in Armaster.

Some notable followers of Bahamut include:

* Fan Brightgrass
* Calumorn Drelrik, gold dragonborn and mentor to Fan Brightgrass
* Halfdan
Gladeston

Gladeston is a town in southeastern Tihaka. It is a smaller settlement, inhabited by around 200 individuals.

Gladeston benefits from a healthy leather and meat trade, situated in an area of the Tihakan forests abundant in wildlife. It is also an important location for Panterra's druids, with their encampment Matapeka a short walk uphill west of the town.

## Politics

Gladeston is unusual among Panterran towns in that as opposed to a mayor, it has a council consisting of 5 members who oversee the town. The council will vote on any issue brought to them by the townsfolk, and their decision will then be written into law.

Due to this unusual way of governing, Gladeston's laws are fluid and ever-changing based on the needs of the town - a stark contrast to a town like Ravenshire, where old laws are still followed to the letter and enacting change is a long and difficult process.

Recently, it was decided that a member of the druidic circle would sit on the council to officially represent Matapeka as part of Gladeston. The first druid to sit on the council was Pango Pikari, who continues to occupy this seat.

## Location and climate

Gladeston is located 5 miles from the southeastern Barrier, close to many streams and small lakes. The road to Armaster and Oratia leaves the town to the northwest, and the road to Ravenshire to the southwest.

The terrain around Gladeston is tricky to traverse, with noticeable drops and inclines in the surrounding forest. There are small paths into the forest in places, but they are few and become quickly overgrown.

The Gladeston area has a noticeably high rainfall compared to the nearby dry southern plains. Wagons often struggle to navigate the road from Gladeston to Armaster during or after heavy rainfall due to mud. Humidity is generally high, and temperatures comfortable.

## Amenities

Gladeston has a general store, two inns (the Dancing Bear and the Red Lion), a blacksmith, a stable, a potion shop, several leatherworking shops, a tailor, a bakery, and a place of worship for the god Freyr on the outskirts of town.

## Religion

The dominant religion in Gladeston is worship of the god Freyr, followed by druidism. The druids practice in their encampment, Matapeka, and a shrine to Freyr is located on the outskirts of town.
Aristocles

**Aristocles** is a hobgoblin and adventuring companion of Hunter. He wears a monocle and seems strangely well-educated for a hobgoblin.

Aristocles first appeared when the party attacked a cave housing a large group of hobgoblins under a Tiamat-worshipping bugbear. He was captured by Kika along with Hunter and Garret, then released by Fan as the group left the cave.

The party later encountered Aristocles in the tunnel portion of the mountain pass between Gladeston and the Oratia-Armaster road. Aristocles joined Hunter in sharing a fire with Ridley Elderstone, Fan Brightgrass and Milla Kramer, and later left with Hunter on his way to Gladeston to serve Bahamut by doing good deeds.
Blevins Smithy

*Blevins Smithy* is a forge and blacksmith's workshop in central Armaster. It is owned and run by Baltazar Blevins, assisted by his apprentice son Arend Blevins.

*Blevins Smithy* provides services such as repairs, crafting of custom items, and refurbishing. Fan Brightgrass had her armor and warhammer repaired by Baltazar after they were damaged in combat with a black ooze. Milla Kramer commissioned Baltazar for custom components used in the creation of Destiny. The party commissioned Arend for a custom mask for Ridley Elderstone to hide his identity in the Ring of Ruin, and later masks for the Brazen Bulldogs as publicity for Arend's services.

*Blevins Smithy* is frequently used by the Elderstones, who appreciate the quality and personal touch of the work.
Firetronics

*Firetronics* is a weapons manufacturing company based in Armaster. It was founded and owned by Bolgr Nordberg until his death. Its current operating status now missing Bolgr Nordberg is unknown.

*Firetronics* has its flagship store just outside the Ring of Ruin.

## Employees

Known employees of *Firetronics*:

* Aeron Santiago, store clerk at the *Firetronics* Armaster store
* Unknown sponsorship representative

## Sponsorships

As part of the Ring of Ruin, *Firetronics* would sponsor one team every season. Some teams sponsored by *Firetronics* include:

* The Boar Crew
* The Night Stalkers
* *The Oracles*
* *The Ivory Swords* (one member victim of Athene Griffith)
* *The Gold Eagles* (two members victims of Athene Griffith)
* *The Silver Crusaders* (victims of Athene Griffith)
* The *Grizzlycats* (one member victim of Athene Griffith)
Calumorn Drelrik

Drelrik, by Pinali

Master **Calumorn Drelrik** is a well-respected disciple of Bahamut. He lives at the Temple of Bahamut and raised Fan Brightgrass after discovering her left at the temple threshold as an infant.

## Appearance and personality

Drelrik is a gold dragonborn, and as such has golden scales. He has long, soft grey feathers that make up a thin beard. As an advanced disciple of Bahamut, he has both wings and a tail, but keeps them - especially his wings - folded under his robes most of the time.

Drelrik usually wears robes typical of temple dwellers, but will don his paladin armor for combat, when planned. He wields a warhammer in battle, and taught Fan to wield the same weapon.

Drelrik has a kind smile and a calm demeanor, matching his behavior. He is highly compassionate and willing to give just about anyone a chance to prove themselves to him before passing judgment, but will fiercely defend the poor and downtrodden against injustice, regardless of personal cost.

## Biography

Master Drelrik is Fan's father figure, and he adopted her after discovering her as an infant, wrapped in rags with a note only stating her first name. He gave her the second name "Brightgrass," inspired by her golden hair, and raised her as his own and as a member of the temple.

Drelrik was always supportive and encouraging of Fan despite her physical limitations when compared to dragonborn. He taught her to wield a warhammer and shield, and when she was ready, sent her on her first mission to aid Bartholomew with the missing persons incidents around Ravenshire.
Episode 29: Playing Polo

The group takes a long rest at the Crimson Drum. They are awoken by a strange rumbling noise overhead, followed by the sound of the bookcase being moved at the top of the hidden stairway. The group discusses their next move, realizing they have been discovered. Kika insists that the hidden room is impenetrable, but Ridley argues that the door probably wouldn't withstand a *Fireball*. As the door is assaulted, they eventually agree that Kika and Ridley will teleport up onto the ground floor of the inn using the *Ring of Dimension Door* to distract whoever is outside, while Fan and Milla guard Luciana and Frederick in the hidden room, waiting for the all-clear from their teammates.

Kika and Ridley are immediately spotted by a guard and engaged in combat by a heavily armored blue tiefling wielding a glaive. Kika calls for help from Fan, who picks up their captives and barrels out of the hidden room as Milla opens the door. The group defeats the tiefling and his four guards - four of the five shot dead by a *Frightened* Kika. They discover a *Sending* bracelet on the tiefling, indicating that he was sent by the Enforcers.

Kika apologises to Ivana for bringing this trouble to her home. Ivana reveals that the tiefling told her the party were kidnappers and had brought two abducted law enforcement officers into her inn behind her back. Kika admits doing so, and leaves when she realizes she betrayed the friendly woman's trust. She apologises once more to a closed, locked door, before the group leaves, taking the bodies of the defeated guards with them to dump elsewhere.

After dumping the bodies along the road to Gladeston, the party discusses their next move. Kika expresses concern that they only have 10 days of rations, and no idea how far their destination outside the Barrier may be from Panterra. Fan agrees that they should probably acquire more food and water, especially considering how their vision of the outside of the Barrier resembled a barren desert. Ridley is nervous about stopping anywhere else, but agrees Kika has a point. They agree to stop in Gladeston so Kika can get advice from Faelan and the group can stock up on supplies.

On the road, Kika continues to investigate the violin and Frederick, eventually realizing he resembles the Lady Blanka du Blois, the patron of the orphanage at which she was abused. He refuses to answer her when asked if he knows the Lady, though, and Kika drops it.
Episode 15: Armaster, Part 8

The fire department arrives and begins to put out the fire. Radovan advises the party to disperse before the police arrive and see his involvement. He heads to the Slice of Life to check on the group in the cafe, and Athene.

The party returns to the Ticklish Spider and rests, as they are injured and out of spells. When they wake - “we're not dead!” says Kika – they decide to seek backup from other Ring teams. The Brazen Bulldogs agree to help, and to bring along any others they can convince. The Night Stalkers seem less convinced, but say they will consider it.

Kika suspects Kurt teleported to Bolgr's mansion, and scouts the building with Ridley.

Meanwhile, Fan returns to the Slice of Life for Radovan. She floats the idea of one or more of Radovan's colleagues joining them, but Milla requests that both stay due to her lack of practice with her gun.

Fan and Radovan join Kika and Ridley. They meet three teams at the mansion: the Bulldogs, the Night Stalkers, and the Tihaka Three (the victim of Ridley's pantsing avoids eye contact with the halfling). They split up into three teams to enter the mansion and investigate.

The party enters via the front door, managing to convince the guards to let them in. The butler seems confused. They make their way upstairs to Bolgr Nordberg's bedroom, and find his body, a *Goldways* dagger in his back.

Exiting onto the balcony, they find Kurt already engaged in combat with the other groups, and attack once again. With their significant backup, they are able to wear him down faster than their initial encounter. Kika pulls him down onto the balcony with a rope tied to an arrow, and as his final act, he blows up the stone beneath them, attempting to take the party down with him. They manage to get away with just injuries, but Kurt is no more.

Radovan remains at the mansion to take care of cleanup and the police investigation. Kika loots Kurt's mansion, obtaining a warhammer for Fan and spellbooks for Ridley, along with several thousand gold pieces worth of jewels and a notebook for Milla. Fan and Ridley make their way to the Slice of Life, where they relieve the guards of their watch on Athene. They take her to the police station to be taken into custody. Ridley, Milla and Fan go out for dinner at Ridley's request. Kika tracks the others to a restaurant, and they celebrate their victory along with the Bulldogs, Night Stalkers, and Tihaka Three.

One more threat remains to be dealt with: the sphere used to dispose of the victims. The party brings Radovan as a witness to the forest clearing, and waits... and waits... and waits.

After two days, the sphere finally appears.
Bartholomew Florentine Renee Sneiders

Bartholomew Florentine Renee Sneiders is a noble based in Ravenshire.

He seems to have some interest in the metal spheres, attempting to take the sphere defeated by Kika and Fan Brightgrass from Milla Kramer's home by force. He has persistently sent forces in search of the group since.

Ridley Elderstone used Bartholomew's likeness to gain access to Bolgr Nordberg and Kurt Jenssen's mansions in Armaster. Ridley seems to be familiar with Bartholomew, and has mentioned meeting him at the Elderstones' annual "winter party."
03

03
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### Connections

01, 02 (colleagues)Kika, Ridley Elderstone, Fan Brightgrass, Milla Kramer, Frederick Vogel, Luciana Vogel (allies)

### Status

Alive

03 ("Zero Three") is the artificial intelligence in charge of the Eastern Maintenance Facility outside Panterra. Though he appears friendly and rather simple-minded, he created and trapped the party in a tesseract when they arrived at the eastern facility to convince him to stop production of metal spheres.

03 seems to be good-natured and genuinely desire the best outcome for Panterra and its peoples, and as such, quickly agreed to allow the party a chance to solve the problem of the Enemy as opposed to continuing to cull the population.
Vials & Stoppers

**Vials & Stoppers** is an alchemist's shop in Armaster. It carries *Potions of Healing*, *Invisibility*, and others, among herbal remedies and tonics. Kika purchased two *Invisibility* potions and three *Healing* potions during the party's stay in Armaster, but not before attempting to steal the first *Invisibility* potion, earning her the distrust of the alchemist.

*Vials & Stoppers* is shared with the alchemist by a wizard named **Lettice** who offers item identification services.
Fountain Square

Fountain Square is a town square in Armaster. It is composed of cobblestone with a large water fountain/display feature in the center.

Most of Armaster's important buildings are located in Fountain Square, like the Focus Financial bank and the Armaster police station. Firetronics and Goldways CEOs Bolgr Nordberg and Kurt Jenssen's mansions currently sit unoccupied in Fountain Square after the deaths of both businessmen, the latter cloaked in vines and greenery after its conversion to a living memorial by Pango Pikari. Every evening, bioluminescent blue flowers bloom all over the mansion, emitting blue spores into the air until morning.
The Chaos Chimera

An artist's rendition of the Chaos Chimera. The artist's identity is unknown, for they are speculated to have been killed by it shortly after observing it.

### Species

Chimera (Narwhal, Dragon, Leopard, Dolphin, Crab, Eagle, Crocodile)

### Dislikes

Being called an abomination

"*Believe me, I drew a Narwhal/Dragon/Leopard/Dolphin/Crab/Eagle/Crocodile chimera at school once, and it ended up looking like something from Sonic the Hedgehog.*"

― Count Desertstone describes a creature not unlike the Chaos Chimera (the statement in this quote is actually not true)

**The Chaos Chimera** is a Chimera that gets its name from being, well, chaotic. Its origin is unknown at the time, but some speculate that it was made by Porky Minch or some shit trying to make an Ultimate Chimera 2. However, this sequel turned out so bad that the project had to be made into its own thing.

## Quotes

*"GRAAHHHHHH!"*

*"RAAAAAAAAARH..."*

*"KRAAA-AAAA-AAAAAAAA!"*

*"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"*
Episode 13: Armaster, Part 6

It's Saturday, and there are no Ring matches. The party decides to check in on Radovan and Melor at the police station, and walk in as Radovan is being sent home by chief Wodan. The party discusses their next move with Radovan and various ideas are considered: breaking Melor out of prison to protect him is their main topic of discussion until they realize they can stake out the station and catch whoever arrives to assassinate Melor in the act.

Armed with cakes and coffee from the Slice of Life, the party splits up to stake out the police station. Kika and Radovan occupy the roof. Fan watches the back door. Ridley keeps an eye on the front. After an uneventful day, the assassin arrives at night. The party captures her and discovers her identity, **Athene Griffith**. Athene is chatty and cocky, and Kika finds her extremely annoying.

Athene tells the players about how she was hired by Kurt Jenssen, and how she disposes of the victims: a metal sphere appears periodically in the forest that makes them disappear. Athene leads the party to the location she brings the victims to for their disposal, and Bose identifies three charred locations in the clearing as matching the scents of the missing Boar Crew. Kika has a quiet moment of grieving for the victims, and is then filled with fury. She declares her intent to go and take down Kurt immediately, and the party agrees.

They leave Athene in the basement of the Slice of Life with Radovan and two guards Radovan trusts.
Micaiah

**Micaiah** is a cleric of Freyr who resides in Gladeston, Tihaka. Micaiah resurrected Milla after her death during combat with an Air Elemental.

## Biography

Micaiah first met the party when Pango Pikari brought him to their aid after Milla's death. He agreed to attempt a resurrection ritual using Ridley's ruby as opposed to a diamond, which was successful after Kika offered several magical items and all her gold.

Micaiah later visited Milla during her recovery in Faelan's hut, checking on her well-being and gifting her a holy symbol of Freyr.
The Boar Crew

The *Boar Crew* was a Ring of Ruin team before they were abducted by Athene Griffith and became victims of a metal sphere.

## Biographies

The *Boar Crew* consisted of:

* **Romilda Burton**, presumably adopted dwarf daughter of two male elves in Armaster. Romilda had a passion for combat that caused her parents concern, but they supported her regardless until she disappeared along with her teammates. She seemed to come from a humble background, her small home being located in a lower income area. Romilda's parents gave Kika her scarf to use as a source of scent for Bose to track.
* **Montana,** a female gnome, also an Armaster local. Appeared to have a more privileged background, her home in a more affluent area. Montana's mother gave Kika her bracelet5 to use as a source of scent.
* **Mitra**, a female halfling, also an Armaster local. Appeared to share a low income background with Romilda. Mitra's parents gave Kika her gloves to use as a source of scent.

The *Boar Crew* was successful in the *Ring* and subsequently entered into a sponsorship contract with Firetronics. They then disappeared a few weeks later before a match with *the Dead Eyes*.

During Kika, Fan Brightgrass and Ridley Elderstone's investigation of their disappearance the adventurers discovered that the *Boar Crew* was intentionally taken out, their descriptions provided to the assassin by Bolgr Nordberg, CEO of Firetronics, after the team refused to intentionally lose the match to open a path for Goldways team the Brazen Bulldogs to claim the title as part of Bolgr's tournament rigging agreement with Kurt Jenssen.

According to the captured Athene Griffith, each member was abducted in separate locations and they were then transported to a remote location in the Tihakan forest, where they were attacked by a metal sphere and perished. Bose was able to match the three items given to Kika by the *Boar Crew*'s family members to three charred locations in the same clearing in the forest.

A memorial to the *Boar Crew* and the other victims of Kurt Jenssen's scheme covers Kurt's mansion in Fountain Square.
Episode 14: Armaster, Part 7

Milla excitedly tells the party she has completed her weapon, but is halted by their depressed expressions as they return to the Spider.

The party decides to have Ridley gain entry to Kurt's mansion as Bartholomew again, with Fan and Kika as members of his Ring team, as Kurt now knows them as the Canaries. Kika sends a message to Pango Pikari, a druid at the druid encampment in Gladeston, seeking his help with a memorial for the victims at the forest clearing. Milla offers to help in any way possible, and they decide to take Radovan with them – wearing Ridley's Canaries mask – to pose as Ridley, and to have Milla guard Athene with her new weapon instead.

Milla fires her weapon – a ray gun made using components scavenged from the metal sphere – for the first time in the basement of the Slice of Life, at Kika's insistence. “Recognise that?” says Kika, to Athene. “Then you know what that does to a person.”

The party leaves Milla with Athene and Radovan's colleagues, and Radovan puts on Ridley's mask. Ridley puts on the stilts for the last time. They head to Kurt's mansion, and “Bartholomew” and his team are welcomed inside. They are summoned to Kurt's private quarters on the top floor of his home, where he dispels Ridley's disguise immediately: he knows the Canaries are investigating him and the disappearances, and he knows “Bartholomew” is not who he seems. “Huh,” says Kurt at the sight of a Halfling on stilts. “I was not expecting that.” Ridley flips the release switch on the stilts.

Kurt attacks, throwing powerful fireballs at the party and setting the room ablaze. Kika picks up a *Goldways* bow. Kurt recognises Ridley, and seems confused by the fact the other noble is not using his magical abilities to further his name and acquire more riches. “I want to help people,” responds Ridley. Kurt angrily unleashes another fireball on the halfling and the nearby Radovan, and both are knocked out. Ridley's mask is knocked from Radovan's face.

Fan picks up Ridley and Radovan and flees, fearing for their lives. Kika remains in an attempt to capture Kurt, but Kurt *Dimension Door*s away. The party regroups outside, and Ridley and Radovan are revived. A crowd watches the smoke rise from Kurt's mansion over Armaster.
Uru

Uru is a current member of the Gladeston council. She has dark skin with light tattoos seemingly all over, including her face. She usually wears white robes.

Uru has a strict, serious demeanor but seems to lighten up around those she is comfortable with, such as Faelan. She sided with the party during their appeal for permission to stay in Gladeston, and gave them a reward to show appreciation for their help in the town. Uru seems to prioritize the town's needs and safety over her personal biases, as any good politician should.

Uru remains professional in most of her interactions, and little is known about her personal life aside from some form of intimate relationship with Faelan, as discovered by Kika.
Rakatao

**Rakatao** is the tallest peak in Panterra at around 14,000', and an active volcano, though it has not erupted in recorded history.

The Temple of Bahamut lies to the north of Rakatao, in the Singing Valley. Two paths to the peak of Rakatao exist, to the east and west, splintering off the Iron Highway between Kaiki and Khaldun.

Rakatao, consisting of areas at such high altitude, is often snow-capped.
The Slice of Life Cafe

The Slice of Life Café is a café in Armaster, located down a side alley near the rear of the police station. It is owned and run by Joan and frequented by Radovan.

The Slice of Life offers cakes and pastries along with coffee, tea, and other hot beverages. Cakes ordered during the party's stay in Armaster included carrot cake, cheesecake, and chocolate cake.

The Slice of Life has a basement that briefly housed the captured Athene Griffith during the party's confrontation with Kurt Jenssen.
Enforcers of the First Order

The Enforcers of the First Order are a secretive branch of Panterran law enforcement that appears to have among its goals preventing the spread and discovery of information and artifacts pertaining to the Barrier and the metal spheres.

Not much is known about the Enforcers of the First Order except that Luciana was apparently sent after Kika, Fan Brightgrass and Milla Kramer by the organization. They were apparently unaware of Ridley Elderstone's presence in the group until their encounter at the Temple of Bahamut. Luciana appears to communicate with at least one other member through some sort of device on her wrist.

## History

The history of the Enforcers of the First Order is currently unknown.

## Members

* Artistide Metaxas, Chief Enforcer
* Luciana Vogel
* Frederick Vogel
Episode 31: Zeporah's Gift

The group travels across the desert in their modified wagon, encountering strange, alien lifeforms along the way, and resting during the day.

On the second morning of travel, they are attacked by a large, serpentine, airborne construct. Kika gives Luciana her bow and arrows back during the battle, and the group is victorious when Fan, riding the creature, delivers several hard blows.

The following morning, the party spots something shiny in the distance. Luciana sends Corvus to investigate and the party waits in their tent. Frederick plays his violin for the first time in the group's presence. Luciana sees through Corvus' eyes that the shiny object is what looks like a metallic ship, abandoned in the sand. The group proceeds towards it, and reaches it after several hours.

The ship is called the Epoch, and activates when its power source, the blue orb from the Temple of Bahamut, is replaced. The ship's computer fails to recognize the party and shuts down access to its systems, but a recording left by Zeporah begins to play, addressing the group.

*“If you are hearing this, then we have failed. And for that, I am - we are - truly, deeply sorry. We have failed you all. Panterra was never supposed to be a long-term solution. We had hoped we would only need it for a short period while we developed an alternative, that was always the plan, but… as I suspected, we were foolish. We were overconfident. At least, the others were… what am I saying, I do not have time to - you will see. I imported our logs - um... records - like this, what you are seeing now. I had to delete them so as to… appear like I was not going against the wishes of the Council, but - I have left you a program - ah, hm, maybe you won’t… know what is a program… okay, let’s keep this simple. The program will run automatically. It will take some time to recover the logs, but you should see them begin to appear over the next few days. They will show you everything. I am sorry I cannot say more, I do not have much time - if you need anything, ask the computer - ask the ship. It will help you. I pray - I pray to Bahamut that you are able to do what we could not. I trust - I trust whatever decision you make will be the right one. Good luck.” -* Zeporah's recording

The system's security lock is then overridden, and it asks the group if they wish to form a new crew.
Epoch

The **Epoch** is a starship previously under the command of Zeporah Rose. It was found by the party abandoned in the desert outside Panterra, and successfully activated using the large blue orb found at the Temple of Bahamut. It is currently piloted by Milla Kramer.

## Features

The Epoch consists of three levels and an outer deck. The three levels are:

* Level 1: Bridge, including controls for piloting, navigation, and weapons;
* Level 2: Crew Deck, consisting of living quarters and a kitchen;
* Level 3: Engine, the majority of which is taken up by the engine's components and a small hangar

The outer deck is inaccessible unless the ship is "on the surface of a planet,' according to E, the ship's computer.

When asked how fast the Epoch is capable of traveling, E informed the party it was capable of traveling "faster than light." It was then easily brought to a speed of 100 miles per hour manually by Milla Kramer.

## Crew

The current crew of the Epoch consists of:

* Fan Brightgrass, Safety & Security Officer
* Kika, Navigator
* Ridley Elderstone, Weapons Officer
* Milla Kramer, Chief Engineer
* Luciana Vogel, Operations Officer
* Frederick Vogel, Maintenance Officer
Gladeston council

The Gladeston council are the five elected individuals in charge of governing the town of Gladeston.

They operate out of the Gladeston council chambers, a large wooden structure in the east of the town with seating for around 100 townspeople and a stage at which the council members are seated for questions or requests from their people.

The council currently consists of:

* Uru, a female human
* Pango Pikari, a male half-elf druid
* Maa, a male elf
* Idris Evens, a male dwarf
* Caddi Prosser, a female halfling
Episode 2: The Crimson Drum

After several hours on the road, the two horses pulling the wagon begin to tire and need to rest. The gang notices a lone inn called the **Crimson Drum** along the road, and decide to rest there for the night.

The innkeeper, an elderly woman called **Ivana**, seems surprised to have guests. She explains that business has not been good recently due to rumors the Drum is haunted. The adventurers agree to investigate as they stay the night.

During the night, they hear banging noises coming from the hallway. Leaving Milla safely in their room, Kika and Fan narrow down the source of the sounds to a locked room at the end of the hall. Breaking down the door, they discover a painting of a middle-aged tiefling man wearing a blue, red and gold uniform, with a crystal star badge. They also discover a red drum under a sheet. When Kika taps the drum, a group of ghosts becomes visible for a split second, circling the drum.

The adventurers are interrupted by a scream from the staircase, where they see a female dragonborn spirit wearing a similar uniform to the tiefling portrait seemingly under attack from a **spectral dog**. Fan commands the dog to leave, and it does so. The dragonborn spirit, too, disappears.

Kika and Fan notice Ivana is suspiciously absent. They investigate the rest of the guest rooms and find six more portraits like the one of the tiefling, one of each major race in Panterra. All have different colors of crystal star badge.

They eventually are led by one of the ghosts to a hidden door in the dining room, and descend to find a puzzle. The **seven crystal stars** from the portraits are sitting in front of a stone panel, with star-shaped slots in it. Kika brings the drum and hits it, revealing the ghosts, who reveal the star formation to unlock the door.

Inside, they find Ivana playing some kind of strange chess-like game with the tiefling ghost. She explains that the ghosts have become more active in recent months and seem to want something from the living, but the only thing that seems to help is coming to this room and interacting with them, despite the limited nature of these interactions. The rest of the ghosts are sitting at a long banquet table in the room, reliving an old memory also depicted in a painting above the table.

Before they can investigate further, a three-headed spectral dog appears and attacks the ghosts. The adventurers intervene and destroy the dog.

Investigating the room, Kika discovers a journal with the majority of the entries torn out and missing. Only one entry remains:

“*Day 1. I cannot help but think we have made a mistake. Freedom is a right of all, and we have taken that away.”*

Kika comes to the realization that these ghosts may have been the founders of Panterra and the ones who created the barrier. They decide to stay another night in an attempt to get more information.
Ivana

Ivana is the owner and innkeeper of the Crimson Drum. She is old but appears to take care of the inn herself, with supplies and occasional aid from her son, Kristoff.

Ivana attempted to hide the presence of spirits in the inn from Kika and Fan Brightgrass during their stay at the inn, desperate for guests. She was later revealed to be aware of the ghosts' presence and even interacting with them, attempting to give them whatever they needed to pass on, but never having any success.

Kika and Fan attempted to trade the flour in their hijacked wagon for a room, but Ivana was unconvinced. She later accepted the flour as a gift so that the party could lighten the load on the wagon, and spent a few hours baking with them during their second day at the inn.

When the party prepared to leave the inn, Ivana gifted Milla with a toolbelt of tinker's tools that had belonged to her late husband.

Ivana later sent a note to the party with her son Kristoff containing the address of the individual who sold her and her late husband the inn, suggesting the party may find answers about the ghosts and their connection to the Barrier.
Focus Financial

**Focus Financial** is a bank and accounting firm in Fountain Square, Armaster. It is located in a large stone building with an open, high-ceilinged central area, and offices on the upper floors, accessible by large, extravagant staircases.

Focus Financial was the banking firm of choice of Firetronics and Goldways, perhaps due to the fact Bolgr Nordberg and Kurt Jenssen were able to bribe accountant Melor Trewella into helping them conceal illegal activity.
Jeremy Whitehawk

Jeremy Whitehawk was a bandit captain operating in the Gladeston area. He was slain by Ridley Elderstone barely a week after robbing the halfling of his 5,000 gold pieces.

## Biography

Jeremy's background is mostly unknown until he encountered Ridley Elderstone as the halfling was traveling on the road from his home in Cambarton to Gladeston. Along with his underlings, he easily overpowered Ridley and stole the entirety of his gold: 5,000 pieces.

Later, Jeremy and his minions ambushed Ridley again - this time in the company of Kika, Fan Brightgrass and Milla Kramer - when he realized anyone walking around with 5,000 gold is probably wealthy and would make a good hostage. Ridley engaged Jeremy in combat, humiliating him with a particularly well-timed *Hideous Laughter*, but was quickly overpowered and injured until his allies managed to break free and aid him in battle. When Jeremy realized the scenario was not going the way he had expected, he fled on horseback.

The party later sought out the bandits' hideout when Kika insisted on attempting to recover some of Ridley's gold. As soon as Jeremy saw Ridley, he furiously attacked the halfling, seeking revenge for his humiliation. After a close battle, Ridley - after being knocked unconscious and revived - ran Jeremy through from behind with his *Flame Blade,* killing him. His body was taken to Gladeston as proof of the bandits' defeat, for a potential reward.