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## Episodes

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## **WINNER WINNER EXPOSITION THEN DINNER**

* **HOW WE MET YOUR FATHER**
	+ CLAYMONT overhears someone at a nearby table mention his father’s name: AZERAH
		- They share that they were arguing regarding CLAYMONT being the great BOUNTY HUNTER AZERAH
		- Some of them feel he is the spitting image of the infamous ranger
		- CLAYMONT denies any relation to AZERAH but is curious about him
		- They share stories of him fighting giants, capturing the son of a demigod, and retrieving the EYE OF ODIN
			* The stories seem fantastical and many seem hard to believe
		- None recall seeing him in person for a few decades now
	+ CLAYMONT then inquires about where the tavern they are in, PUCNIX DIVE, is located
		- They describe the establishment as being “in between”
		- The doors are said to lead off to different realms within the FEY and all over FAERUN
		- SKITTER learns from the other members of the HELP that the doors leading out of the PUCNIX DIVE change
			* They claim that they adapt to the intentions of the person using them

* **FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES**
	+ As CLAYMONT interacts with the other patrons, SKITTER gets into more mischief
		- SKITTER impersonates GORIN’s voice and instigates a fight with an orcish looking ruffian at a nearby table
		- The ORC immediately turns to threaten GORIN who is more than ready to rise to the challenge
		- This bar fight is over quickly with the ORC knocked out, face down, under his table
		- The challenger’s friend seemed amused by this outcome and congratulated GORIN with a fist-bump
	+ SKITTER returns to the table with a drink, teases him with it, and then gives it to him
* **LET’S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD**
	+ CLAYMONT informs the team that he’s off to the DINING ROOM to join LORD LONGLIGHT
	+ SKITTER then reveals himself, taking off his disguise and following CLAYMONT, intent on waiting just outside until he needs help
	+ Before he reaches the curtain to the DINING ROOM, CLAYMONT is stopped by ICILIY
		- She insists that he bring the others out into the GARDEN, through the door the MINOTAUR arrived through
	+ The gang steps through together into a mesmerizing WINTER GARDEN with vivid colors and strange flora
		- GORIN feels removed from himself a bit here, uncomfortable in this FEY environment
		- BEHLEN seems, strangely, less disturbed than GORIN, perhaps due to the close presence of MR STONES and his new PLANT FRIEND
	+ Even distracted by their dream like surroundings, they cannot ignore ICILIY’S transformation

* **MADAM MIDNIGHT’S MAGNIFICENTLY MONOTONOUS MONOLOGUE**
	+ ICILIY transmutates before their eyes in a swirl of snow and violet petals revealing her true form
	+ She stands before them as MADAM MIDNIGHT, a FEY LORD herself
	+ She explains that she had been exploring TERMALAINE after hearing of the offer EDIN was making to LORDS OF THE FEY
	+ While in her other form, she was captured and was being taken back to the FEYWILD
	+ MADAM MIDNIGHT is indebted to them for this and has found a way to get them to the TOWNHALL
		- She has seen to it that they ALL have won favor with a LORD at DINING TABLE
		- A number of tests had been hidden for potential 2nds throughout the tavern
		- GORIN, for example, earned the attention of LEMONY ELDERBUZZ for his show of strength against the MINOTAUR
	+ This event is called THE COURTS CASTING
		- Those that have arrived tonight look to pledge part of their courts reputation
		- All have riches to pledge, but they will also offer a KNIGHT, a 1st, to show their stature
		- EDIN OF THE GLOWWER not only offers the town
			* He offers a powerful summoning artifact
			* And a chance to share an audience with THE WINTER QUEEN
		- This meeting will be at the TOWNHALL which contains the BELLTOWER
		- The victorious house in this challenge will have access to a door past the mists to that desired part of town
		- As 2nds, they will be considered part of the house
		- For this reason, they will also gain knowledge and access to this door, which they are free to share with their allies
	+ The MADAM explains that to win the confidence of the LORDS and allow them to be officially chosen as 2nds there is a catch
		- The group cannot know MADAM MIDNIGHT in the DINING ROOM
		- She offers a short term potion, a draught that will make them forget about her for 1 hour
		- This will give her the time she needs to set things in motion
	+ The PCs deliberate this move, but eventually all members of the team drink up, some more reluctantly than others

## Claymont's Log

* My dad had a reputation among the fey.
* bounty hunter ranger frequented this place.
* went after son of demigod. Went to a well to uncover the Eye of Odin. used another eye in the place. warriors or king or gods
* I don't know what the Eye of Odin is, some Norse mythology I've never heard of. It sounds like something I remeber from my childhood. They haven't seen him in 20 30 years.

The tavern lies in between with doors to many worlds.

Your mother should have shaved your ass and told you to walk backwards

once its shaved, you back it up smooth. back it up smooth

skitter's like an animal turd you just haven't had a chance to wipe off your shoes - Behlen

We step into the garden, outside in the Fey. Part of me feels strangely at home.

We drink the drinks...