The Third Form

The Flame Legion bolsters its forces with fresh troops.

Continuing their chase of the Flame Legion, Destiny's Shadow regroups and heads deeper into the forest. Toe Knee and Wilbus look within to discover new power. A trio of very hungry birds interrupt the infiltration plans.

## Cast:

### Player Characters:

* Ae'Rion (Mellodie)
* Eirlys North (Natalie)
* Keen Eye (Cindy)
* Koth Shadowfang (Michael)
* Sylvestra of High Alvar (Alana)
* Toe Knee (John Paul)
* Wilbus (John Paul)

## Plot:

The party remains divided, Sylvi, Koth, and Greythorn awaken from camping in the forest, knowing that the Flame Legion has gained ground during the night.  Meanwhile, Wilbus has narrowly escaped the clutches of the Flame Legion scouts and is by a big hole.  Eirlys and the Charr Warband are on their way to meet up with the main body of the party, marching through the night with one of the Charr carrying Eirlys.

As the party takes stock, Sylvie calls Wilbus with her Scry Phone, and they converse, debating strategies to recover Wilbus before he is attacked by something from just out of frame.

We cut back to Slyvi and the party.  Koth and Sylvie discuss breifly, decide that Wilbus will probably be fine, and then notice Ae'Rion returning from out in the forest.

The Charr and Eirlys arrive, the party discusses the logistics of conjuring or transmuting enough flying mounts for the group.  Greythorn reluctantly agrees to be turned into a bird, but difficulties with duration are brought up. The conversation gets heated when the nature of Agrippina's prophesized curse is downplayed by Sylvie and Ae'Rion challenges her on it. Ae'Rion tried to get Sylvie to realize that she is in denial about the nature of Agrippina's curse, but Sylvie maintained her stance that this isn't the worst situation she and Agrippina have been in.

Meanwhile, Wilbus is cornered against the dark pit in the forest by a rotting Leshy and its several servants.  It seems to want to sacrifice him, but Wilbus taps deeply into his Bloodline and enhances his Lycanthropy to a formerly unexplored degree.  Despite nearly losing himself to the transformation, he maintains control of himself and stares the Leshy down.  After recognizing Wilbus' dominance, the Leshy sacrifices itself in his place.

Back at the main group, Eirlys conjures eight Giant Owls and Maren uses her magic to transform Greythorn into a giant bird as well.  The party sets out for their first hour of travel, deciding to contact Wilbus after the spells expire.

Toe Knee communicates with the darkness within himself, it claims that he once lost a name and that it is taking the name for itself.  The voice fades, but as he comes down from the transformation he realizes that he has the ability to transform into any of this three forms at will.  He names the newest form 'Bitey'.

Using his Bloodline abilities, Wilbus realizes that the party is already on the move and speaks through Dotsoevsky to touch base with the party.  He uses his bloodline teleport to warp to Dotsoevsky and another argument breaks out over the party's plans.

While the argument continues, Wilbus reaches out with his Bloodline to try to mute Sylvi's, but rejecting his presence Sylvi flares her own aura and the pissing match ripples out powerfully, nearly causing Keen Eye to pass out.  But with a little more coaching, Wilbus manages to teach Sylvi and Keen Eye how to supress their Bloodline Auras.

During this exchange Rocs swoop down from the sky, thinking that the party would be easy prey.  Radwin is nearly killed, but Sylvi banishes the Roc that had picked him up before it can fly too high, and he survives the drop to the ground.  As the other Rocs begin to flee, Wilbus and Dotsoevsky grab on and ride it away and Koth takes a few powerful pot shots before they leave his extreme range.

Eirlys tries to convince the party and the Warband to leave the last Roc, still banished, alone and Keen Eye agrees. The former Paladin holding her action to attack only if the Roc was aggressive. The Warband ignores the plea and dispatches the banished Roc when it reappears and Wilbus, failing to tame the largest Roc, rides it away into the sky hoping to improve his relationship with it.

As the episode closes it is revealed that unbeknownst to Destiny's Shadow, the Flame Legion has meet up with a horde of reinforcements. Their war camp now spreads out as far as the eye can see and a huge clamor of roars raises up as they rally to continue their march.

## Notable Quotes:

> Hey! Are you hungry?
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> Wilbus, **The Third Form**