Aerois - Episode 58: The Dark Herald

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## The Dark Herald

### Chapter

Aerois
58
Eight: Glass Half Full

## Cast

### Players

Chris Trott as Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto

 Katie Morrison as Aila

 Kim Richards as Nova V'ger

Rhiannon Frost as Sentry

 Tom Hazell as Qillek Ad Khollar

## VODs

### YouTube

High Rollers: Aerois #58 | The Dark Herald

### Podcast

Spotify: Part 1, Part 2
Apple: Part 1, Part 2

## Episode Guide

### Next Episode

The Unlikely Alliance
Call of the Storm

**The Dark Herald** is the 58th episode of the Aerois Campaign. It was broadcast live on both the Yogscast Twitch channel and highrollersdnd Twitch channel on 26th January 2020 from 5PM to 8PM GMT.

*Time to fight the Hadar-corrupted Herald and her loyal defenders...will our heroes survive?*

## **Summary**

### **Announcements**

Go over any sponsorships, announced merch or other important information as discussed in the introduction.

### **Recap**

"*Our party travelled to the ruins of Kamina city, once a part of the exalted domain called Solwynn. The ruined city now lays at the northern tip of the continent of Gisella, and seemingly contained answers and guidance for the guardian paladin Sentry. Making their way into the city, accompanied by Kaltane Rama Vorthir of the Sanzesian Commonwealth, who bargained to help the party in exchange for troops and labour to repair their airship, to investigate it, the group encountered ancient, rusted feral guardians who have gathered here in great numbers. As they stalk through the ruined city streets, Sentry sees the visage of a golden angelic guardian and chases after her. The party follows, bringing the attention of the roving feral guardians towards them. Sentry finds herself in the glass scar, a section of the city transmuted into glass by an ancient weapon of Kalus Starbane's. An open set of doors leads down into an ancient chamber. Fleeing into the chamber and sealing it behind them, the party discovers a strange Echo, bearing a similar resemblance to the angelic guardian that sentry saw in her vision. The guardian(Markism) is imprisoned within a strange crystal, and waiting beside it, an imposing knight of Kalus Starbane's empire. The knight reveals himself to be Maximillion Taldros, a strange humanoid that the party do not recognize. He also reveals his companion, Dana Gloamfire, a duergar sorceress. The pair explain they were sent to investigate a missing research team and have found that a powerful guardian now controls the city, fully corrupted by Hadar. Sentry frees the trapped Echo, and together her and Lucius witness its memories, revealing that the corrupted guardian is called Herald, and she was sent here to await the Prime's successor; and to stave off her own death, she fed on the life of other guardians to extend it. Placing the last vestiges of her sanity and inherent goodness inside the Echo, she sealed it away and has become a terrible power within the ruins. The party make an uneasy alliance with the two forces of Kalus Starbane, and head towards the temple of Siaska, where they intend to lure out Herald and battle her to try and free her of her malign influence and reunite her with her Echo. A battle begins, and a powerful bodyguard of the Herald's appears: a former royal guardian of Solwynn, called Rook, who clashes with Sentry. And that is where we begin today: fully in combat!*"

### **Part 1**

*Teaming up with an unlikely ally the party are in the middle of the most dangerous fight yet!*

Detailed description of the events of the first half of the episode.

### **Part 2**

*The team are getting desperate as they try to fix all that's wrong in the City of Glass!*

Detailed description of the events of the second half of the episode.

## **YouTube Timestamps**

00:00 - Episode Start
00:00 - Intro
00:00 - Part 1
00:00 - Break time/Donations
00:00 - Part 2
00:00 - Outro/Donations

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## **Featured Characters**

#### **The Stormchasers (Player Characters)**

* Aila
* Nova V'ger
* Lucius Virion-Elluin Elenasto
* Qillek Ad Khollar
* Sentry

#### **New NPCs**

* Character 1
* Character 2

#### **Returning NPCs**

* Maximillion Taldros
* Dana Gloamfire
* Herald
* Kaltane Rama Vorthir
* Character 2

#### **Mentioned NPCs**

* Character 1
* Character 2

## **Featured Locations**

* Gisella
	+ City of Glass
* Location 2