Stadium Love

The party arrives in Akros just in time to take part in the Iroan Games. They prevent Tara Alamon from becoming Lord Commander of the city and gain the Akrosian soldiers in the war against Queen Nekros.

## Major Plot Points

* Our heroes made it Akros the night before the Iroan Games. The entire city was celebrating with large festivals.
* Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III went to check out the local shops. All of them were closed due to the celebrations. He did see a triton man named Itto Kakos trying to break into a magic shop. The triton said he was the owner and lost his keys. He desperately wanted the natural enhancements inside.
* Sprocket helped him break into the shop and went inside where he grabbed the enhancements as well as a couple health potions, an enthrall spell scroll, a gust of wind spell scroll, and an earthbind spell scroll.
* Using the enthrall scroll, Sprocket charmed Itto so he would tell the truth. The triton revealed he was experiencing land sickness and was afraid that would make him lose in the games tomorrow. Sprocket convinced him to play without cheating.
* The rest of the party went to the Triumph Temple training grounds. Dikarus Bottombane and Muchomucho M Amor went to oil up Jerkules Dynamos. Dikarus noticed his ex-boyfriend, a tiefling named Alexios Nikiti. This prompted Dikarus to sign up for the games in the archery and acrobatics competitions.
* Barbara Duke enjoyed a deep tissue massage and bottle of champagne in the VIP balcony. A wealthy older woman asked Barb if she were placing bets with the bookie, Ace Burntscale, a half red dragon crime lord in the city. The woman said she heard rumors he was part of the Spellfire Club.
* Aryan Grande met some bards doing vocal warm ups to prep for tomorrow's performance competition. The bard signed up for the acrobatics and performance competitions.
* Juxxtina's crush Jaime was working the signup table. She signed up to take part in the gladiator and archery contests.
* Sybil Ringwell and Sprocket signed up for the pegasus race.
* Later that evening, the party met King Demetrius Heliodson. The king was trying to keep a low profile so he could party and celebrate like a regular person. He drank quite heavily with the party. He paid Muchomucho 200 gold for a tarot card reading that said he needed to be more generous. He spoke to Sybil about starting a well safety campaign for Sybil's law that promotes "Lids for Kids." The king shared a glass of wine with Juxxtina. He tried and failed to get the name of Barb's fashion designer. The young royal sang with Aryan. He and Dikarus played beer pong together.
* The party participated in the Iroan Games the following morning. Barb and Muchomucho watched from the VIP balcony.
	+ Moira Rosé defeated Aryan in the performance competition
	+ A satyr named Fotias won the grenade toss contest
	+ Sybil and Sprocket were supposed to face off in the semi-finals in the pegasus race. However, Sybil was caught cheating with magic and was disqualified. Sprocket went on to defeat a triton named Vromikos Kavalaris.
	+ Sprocket wouldn't let Juxxtina take the natural enhancements before her gladiator fight. Olipur Greymane, the leonin security guard from Adrian's caravan, defeated her in the one-on-one match.
	+ Dikarus defeated an Amazon archer named Fartemis Velos in the archery competition.
	+ Aryan defeated Dikarus in the semi-finals for the acrobatics gold medal. The gnome went on an defeated Dikarus' ex Alexios.
	+ Jerkules was declared the winner of the Long and Strong contest after Itto died when a weight fell on his neck.
	+ All the gold medal winner received 1 Iroas piety point
* A defeated Juxxtina was shamed in front of Jaime and went into a spiral of drunkenness and depression. Sprocket was distraught over the loss of his new friend.
* The Iroas oracle lit the Iroas effigy in the closing ceremony where the winners received their gold medals. Sybil and Juxxtina smelled burning hair coming from the effigy. The party went to investigate it and saw a suspicious person leaving from its area. They stopped him and discovered he tied up the city's Lord Commander to the effigy and he died when it was lit. Sybil's detect thoughts spell revealed he did this for the Lord Commander's wife, Tara Alamon. Barb's sleep spell knocked him out and Sprocket cast entangle to tie him up. Barb's enhanced interrogation techniques revealed the knight did this so Tara could become Lord Commander and that she was working with the Silver Queen.
* The group crashed a meeting Tara was holding with the city's elite and her primary rival for the Lord Commander position at the Foxy Hole club. Tara was a strong fighter but was cut down by Dikarus' psychic blade. Barb found a Spellfire Club pin on her that showed her having the title Pearl Rook.
* Cyrus promised Akros' support in the war against Queen Nekros. Sprocket later recruited the other winners of the Iroan Games to their cause with Aryan's help.
* To make amends with Juxxtina, Sprocket gifted her his faerie dragon.
* Barb met with Ace Burntscale and discovered he held the lowly position of the Amber Pawn in the Spellfire Club. He confessed to exaggerating his position and access to the Spellfire Club's leader. The tiefling swiped the 5,000 gold he made through the Iroan Games.
* During the interrogation, the colossus of Akros disappeared with a loud bang and a giant puff of smoke. Ace told Barb, "When the Silver Queen wants your attention or audience, she'll have it."