Intro

While celebrating King Demetrius' coronation, undead beings attacked revelers in the streets of Theros' capital, Setessa. Heroes rose up to slay the undead and begin a mission to save Theros.

## Major Plot Points

* Setessa, the capital city of Theros, celebrated King Demetrius' coronation with a city-wide festival.
* Aryan Grande performed her gnome pride hits for her adoring fans.
* Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III spoke out against Aryan's gnome supremacist lyrics.
* Muchomucho M Amor joined the gnome groupies cheering Aryan on.
* Uncomfortable with the problematic undertones of Aryan's songs, Codnus Bearbody struck up a conversation with M.T. Kofins and celebrated in their shared faith in Phaenax.
* Puke Wilson tried to pick the pockets of Codnus and ended up roped into an uncomfortable conversation and embrace with the minotaur cleric. Codnus gave Puke a gold coin.
* The tortle Clows Kufas spent the night sleeping in the street inside his shell. When he woke up, he had signs advertising the festival taped to his shell. He slowly made his way out of the ruckus.
* Barbara Duke enjoyed a nice brunch while her consort, Rory "The Mane Attraction" Sharptooth picked the pockets of the tavern's customers.
* Juxxtina was shocked at the debauchery she saw and handed out water and prayers to the revelers.
* Sybil Ringwell sat awkwardly and watched the parade go by.
* The festival was interrupted by the sound of screams. Shadowy people in golden masks slayed innocent civilians. A high elf rogue named Dikarus Bottombane descended from a tree and struck a soldier with his short sword. The heroes joined together and began fighting off the attackers.
* The party quickly discovered the soldiers were immune to poison and resistant to necrotic damage. When they fell in battle, some of them rose again. One of the soldiers knocked out Barb with a swing of its poisoned scimitar. The orc cleric Holy Lady Labya entered the fray and revived the tiefling bard.
* After an intense fight, two of the soldiers were unconscious thanks to a couple of sleep spells. Barb interrogated one of the suspects. He revealed they were sent by Queen Nekros to slay the newly crowned king. He warned she would birth a new world. When his mask fell off, the party discovered these beings were intelligent zombies.
* The party was then escorted by royal guards to the chambers of the Trinity, the ruling council of Theros. King Demetrius praised the group for their heroism and tasked them with defeating Queen Nekros and her undead army. He gladly accepted a trinket made by Sprocket.
* Oracle Morrigan Ambrose warned the party she dreamed that the sun set on Theros and the land was covered in shadow. She and the king praised Codnus and Labya for their poetry and music.
* Archon Daenyra Drakos offered the party a monetary reward for their services after Puke strongly insisted.
* Prince Varik interrupted the meeting to check on his nephew - the king. Rory stopped him from entering and gave him some much needed makeup. The prince suggested the minotaurs were behind the attack and was very rude to Codnus who became upset at the accusation that all minotaurs were evil.
* Daenyra firmly told Varik to leave as he was no longer king regent since Demetrius ascended to the Royal Seat of The Trinity.
* Sybil followed him out and failed to charm the prince. She did learn that Prince Varik served as king regent for 10 years after his sister died and Demetrius was just 8-years-old.
* The king asked the party to escort him to the ancient sun temple of his ancestors. He proclaimed the Heliodson family bloodline could be traced to the sun god himself.
* Despite having a lukewarm reception at best from the party, Dikarus decided to stick around and offered to be Codnus' friend. He took a ride on the minotaur's head.
* Later that night, Puke went to the local Heliod temple where he saw a man in distress. Erobos and Heliod were giving him conflicting visions: one where his daughter survived an attack while her fellow soldiers died and the other was of her sacrificing herself to save her comrades. The gods told the man to choose a vision to make true. Puke convinced the man to save his daughter so he did. He then transformed into an oracle of Erobus. This gained Puke 1 piety point for Erobos.
* Sprocket and Labya visited his shop only to find it destroyed. They then went to the Ephara Temple where Sprocket had a vision of a silver hand crushing Setessa. Labya sang Ephara's praises through poetry.
* At a theater, Rory made her way backstage and stole a diamond from a console. This diamond helped control a medusa construct. Without it, the medusa went out of control and killed the actors playing heroes on stage. Codnus, Barb, Aryan, M.T, Juxxtina, Sybil, and Rory fought against the construct. They defeated it but the theater burned down.