The Grove Part 2

## Episode 36 - The FeyWild West

South of Trinton, Seline and Talia Argent-Grey are being led into a village of druids called the Grove. Here nature has been interwoven throughout the structures. Inside one of the buildings, some of the carved murals on the walls are of the forests, the Warden, the Wolf, and possibly the Great Oak. They are brought to a hallway before seven elders of the Grove: a tiefling, a goliath, a firbolg, dwarf, a half-orc, a human, and a very old elf (who looks 90 by human standards). Four of them look to the dwarf, Omcel, the firbolg, Sylvaka and the elf. The elf, Chief Elder Franya welcomes them to the Warden’s Grove. Talia tells them she's looking for information on how to become a full lycan and the elders speak amongst themselves in a language that sounds like night speak but isn't. Pixmer asserts because the Argent-Grey's are a fey and curse born, they should be denied entrance and aid. Scote, Franya's granddaughter scolds Pixmer for his coarse language. Before things escalate the Franya stresses peace and offers the information they have and the hospitality of the Grove. At this Pixmer leaves. While taking Seline and Talia to The lore garden Scote apologizes for Pixmer’s uncouth tongue. In a cave-like area down the staircase. In this room is a garden with hundreds of vine covered inscribed tablets and a small waterfall fed pool. Standing on one of three stone pedestals Talia is asked to think about what information she wants. A ball of light forms and leads them to a tablet. Scote does a rubbing of the tablet’s inscription because it's in druidic. She then translate it using a spell. Tablet tells the story of a great warrior Calliand who fought with a druid who turned against the tenets of nature twisting it into something perverted and necrotic. Their battles raged on for decades one nearly killing the other on occasion until the final battle. Calliand struck the druid down and with the last of the druid’s life, he cursed Calliand and her line. At the full moon, Calliand would be forced to become one of his perversions of nature. This curse will be passed on to any children she bears or any enemy she kills. Talia has heard this story before as it was passed down through her family. In the version she heard, Calliand was already a wolf fighting a wizard. The Wolf granted Calliand the ability to finish the wizard and rewarded Calliand with the hybrid shift. Seline with her spirit board ask Roe Grey if he knew lycanthropy was a curse and if he knows how a shifter could become a full lycan and he says no. Before Roe returns to rest his claw spells out sorry kid. Scote says no druid here would curse Talia into a full lycan but leave to speak with her grandmother about a possible solution. Seline consults her cards. Two of Wands, Seline interpreted as perhaps there's a way to become a full lycan but it's not the way you think. Nosin another firbolg comes back to help them. They learn Calliand was found and killed but not before spreading the curse. Some of the early lycans became solitary learn to control their curse others chose not to. One lycan, Greer, decided not to treat his lycanthropy as a curse and formed the first pack. Greer's pack several generations later escaped to the feywild to avoid another calamity similar to the Sundering. Nosin wants to get ready for the feast and leave them to a vertical surface outside the canyon to set up the mansion. Talia begins to wonder if coming to the Grove was a mistake. Jareth left a note saying Adrienne and he are at Master Talden's. Scote is about to knock as Seline and Talia come out of the mansion. She asks that they don't set up the Mansion on any wall that has writing before leading them to dinner. Some of the community are performing and dancing during the dinner adding shifting forms as part of the dance. Franya formally welcomes Talia and Seline to the Grove and invites them to stay as long as they want. After this announcement she comes to them. She knows Talia was disappointed in the information she receive but Scote suggested another solution. Franya offers to train Talia as a druid. When Talia says that she's a child of a curse, Franya says that she's a child of a tyrant. Talia says that she'll think about training. Franya goes to bed. Talia is reluctant to take on the training but Seline reminds her what her card said. Talia tell Scote she'll do the training. Scote let her know her training will start in the morning.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Chief Elder Franya
* Pixmer
* Scote
* Nosin