Fane of the Night Serpent, Pt 2

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## Synopsis

After being captured by the Yuan-Ti, the Dragon Friends are pulled out of the prison pit to be judged as sacrifices or slaves by Spymaster Yarou. After some confusion and the intervention of Fenthaza, it is decided they should be slaves, and they are sent to the slave pits where they are instructed to dispose of a dead body by rowing a boat out to a small island and leaving it there.

The Friends row the boat out to the island to find it inhabited by a chained Hydra. After attacking it a few times and coming off worse, they decide to leave the body behind and flee. Baston remains tempted by the possibility that the Hydra could be guarding something valuable, when Freezo has the idea of sailing the boat out of the Hydra's reach and then killing it with Witch Bolts from out of range. Freezo is able to deal significant damage to the Hydra while it breaks a number of its chains but cannot escape the last one. Also, a commotion starts to build on the shore from which they left, eventually resulting in Fenthaza and the slave master rowing out to them to find out what is happening. Fenthaza, impressed by the Friends' fighting, tells the guards to bring the Friends directly to her quarters and then teleports away. Rather than going with the guards, the Friends instead decide to have Freezo throw an Eldritch Spear at the Hydra's final chain, setting the Hydra free and causing it to immediately dive at the Yuan-Ti's boat. The boat capsizes and the Hydra eats the Yuan-Ti who were riding it. Meanwhile, the Friends have become suspicious of the presence of an artificially built brick wall by one side of the lake, and manage to break it down after several attempts before fleeing through it.

## People

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Freezo
* Bobby Pancakes
* Baston

### Non-Player Characters (NPCs)

* Spymaster Yarou
* Fenthaza the Nightmare Speaker
* The Translator

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Canon — It is established as canon that Alex Lee is extremely horny for Kylo Ren, a fictional character from the recent (as of the recording of this episode) film *Star Wars: The Last Jedi*, and I mean, who can blame her really
* Dragon Huddle — convened, despite it being explicitly forbidden by their captors, to discuss whether being ritually sacrificed to death is preferable to being enslaved
* Dragon Huddle, sort of — the related concept of a "Hydra Huddle" is proposed to explain how a hydra's multiple heads decide which food to eat first

## Quotes

* "We ride the tides of fate. Like cool surfers!" — Bobby Pancakes
* "You're not going to be able to open your heart to new opportunity if you keep thinking of her as your shed!" — Philge, on Baston still being hung up on Ireena Kolyana from Season 2
* "I don't have any spell slots left because I turned myself into a gas and tried to turn a snake-man mad." "We've all made bad life choices." — Hing and Dave
* "And that's the second time in two days, you remark to yourself, quietly and benignly, that you have twisted a man's head off." "Mmm. Gettin' good at this!" — Dave and Alex
* "I AM THATCHER!" — Freezo, for reasons that sort of made sense out of character but definitely didn't in character
* "Impressive. Also, please stop shooting my Hydra." — Fenthaza
* "Take them to my quarters. I will deal with them there." "She's gonna *sex* us?!" — Fenthaza and Philge
* "Everyone who goes to private school should be eaten alive by a hydra. That's the moral of this story." — Hing

## Table Talk

* Dave claims that this episode is broadcast live from behind ya, 'cause we're gonna get ya, and we've got a knife.
* The intro features a thoughtful shout-out to this wiki and the fans who edit and maintain it. Thanks, Dave!