Ep 2 - Janni Squad

## Episode 2 - Janni Squad

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Bets are made, trysts overheard, and mentors sobered up. We see our party's personal connections to the endangered island of Newhaven.

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## NPCs in Description

NPCs in this episode:

* Valkanth Ventori - Head commander of Shadowend.
* Pearl Pervalur - A Shadowend student obsessed with Patty Hurts.
* Glorihan Phirel - A goth Shadowend student, on Mistmourn's squad. From Faenalin, the same city as Astra.
* Bovil Flashforge - The team's commander at Shadowend and an astronomer.

Introducing:

* Adrienne Mistmourn - Shadowend Commander of the Wizard Squad, which includes Glorihan, Abraaham, Nieven, and Caeda.
* Inspector Nipip - A paladin and divine health inspector from Mealnor, Zelf's hometown.
* Gorwin Clove - Shadowend Commander of the Druid Squad, specializing in nature classes.
* Urgon - Shadowend Commander of the Crafter squad, training students in alchemy and crafting.
* Taft Warsoul - Shadowend Commander of the Bro Squad, focusing on battle and dungeon diving.
* Nerissa Endove - A Shadowend student training with Commander Sylrona
* Bantaro - Shadowend Commander of the Bard Squad, an expert pianist and musician.
* Soora Sylrona - Shadowend Commander of the Rogue Squad, master of spycraft.
* Harvel Glasscannon - A Shadowend student rumored to be the reincarnation of Aredus, the Archmage of Errosia. He is a wizard but is in hiding on a Paladin squad.
* Aredus (mentioned) - Now-deceased Archmage of Errosia during the Great War.
* Reskarus Anti-Imperialism Defenders (RAID) - Patty's former squad of revolutionaries. Formed in reaction to the creation of the Triad Nations.
* Chet Gerbilla - Leader of RAID, a stout gerbil
* Hemmifer Twistroot - Friend of Patty, a RAID member.
* Bruler - An anarchemist affiliated with RAID but not a part of it. He's into Patty, but who isn't.
* Orim - A Brightsoul missionary and Janni's master.
* Gamwir - Janni saved his life at the Battle of Vedogzon, which Janni cannot remember.

## Summary

* The party wraps up, and General Windstar tells everyone how the barracks and training will work.
	+ Commander Mistmourn drops by, saying that their squad's commander Bovil Flaskforge couldn't make it. She's confused as to why the squad was chosen, as they're not astronomers.
	+ Zelf has a flashback to his time at the Newhaven Grand Hotel, after the disastrous events of the Chairman's trial and the Bake Off. He spoke with Inspector Nipip, who encouraged him to keep cooking.
* The next three days are a training montage.
* Zelf trains with Commander Clove for nature and Commander Mistmourn for spellcraft.
* Janni trains with Commander Urgon for crafting and Commander Taft Warsoul for combat.
	+ Janni makes friends with Nerissa Endove,
	+ Taft tells them about the upcoming Arrowpeak competition, in which they'll compete with the other squads in a dungeon.
* The squad discusses naming their team Janni Squad.
* Patty and Astra both train with Commander Valentine for diplomacy and Commander Sylrona for infiltration.
	+ Bantaro Valentine offers his opinion that they should be sneaking maps into the Arrowpeak competition.
	+ Astra has a flashback to her visit to Newhaven to sell her book *Train Your Brain Gremlins*. The owner of Skeptic's Haven agreed to stock it.
	+ Astra and Glorihan make a bet about the Arrowpeak competition: if Glorihan's squad wins, Zelf will make them dinner. If Astra's squad wins, Glorihan's squad will make them something with magic.
	+ Patty spies on Harvel Glasscannon and Glorihan Phirel, who are dating.
	+ Patty has a flashback to her time in RAID. She and Hemmifer Twistroot were in Newhaven's black market picking up bombs from Bruler.
* Zelf and Janni decide to find Bovil Flaskforge, whom they still haven't met.
	+ Janni has a flashback to his time with his own master, Orim. They and the Sirocco helped build Church Bodacious at Newhaven after the Great War, and Janni met Gamwir there.
	+ Zalf and Janni find Bovil passed out, and they give him some tea to sober up.
	+ Bovil doesn't know any of the squad members, and doesn't seem to know why he picked them.
	+ Zelf glimpses a journal scribbled with notes.

## Trivia

* In late September 2023, this episode was remastered for pacing/audio/less mouth sounds and updated to add the NPC descriptions.
* Abraham and Bovil Flaskforge's names are misspelled in the new NPC description.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Astra Blep
* Janni Brightchild
* Patty Hurts
* Zelf

### Actually Showed Up

* Valkanth Ventori
* Rachiel Windstar
* Adrienne Mistmourn
* The Little Stranger (unnamed)
* Gorwin Clove
* Urgon
* Grog and Gretta (unnamed; the dwarves in Janni's class)
* Taft Warsoul
* Nerissa Endove
* Manny
* Bantaro Valentine
* Pearl Pervalur
* Soora Sylrona
* Glorihan Phirel
* Harvel Glasscannon
* Bovil Flaskforge

### Appeared in Flashbacks

* Inspector Nipip
* Skeptic's Haven owner
* Hemmifer Twistroot
* Bruler
* Orim
* Gamwir

### Mentioned

* Chairman Naga
* Caeda Shol
* Archmage Aredus
* King Aimway VIII
* Chet Gerbilla
* Gavelyne
* Bovil's wife and kids

## Locations

### Visited

* Fort Adven
	+ Barracks
	+ Various training grounds and classrooms
	+ Bovil's observatory

### Visited in Flashbacks

* Newhaven
	+ Newhaven Grand Hotel
	+ Skeptic's Haven
	+ Black market
	+ Church Bodacious

### Mentioned

* Yrisol
* Birwine
	+ Faenalin
	+ Mealnor
	+ Arrowpeak
		- Arrowpeak Dungeon
		- Adventurers Guild
		- Broken Arrow
* Reskarus
	+ Bigrim
	+ Mandarahl
	+ Nan Tahrum
* Errosia
* Vedogzon
* Haven