Rainfall

and

Justin as the DM

"**Rainfall**" is the sixth episode of Rise of the Arcane, the third season of Tales From Del'nasra

Sleeping off the very eventful day, the group wake up on a brand new morning with two hours to go until they must return to Sir Arthur Wordweave with a decision about their contract and possible future.

## Episode Synopsis

#### **Previously on Tales from Del'nasra**

*"Vonkar and Leek stayed behind in the group’s private room at the Crystal Palace Inn to rest and keep an eye on the luminspire, and had a very uneventful day while the rest of the party did some shopping around the city, picking up random potions from Peshan’s Potions as well as some healing potions.*

*They next made their way towards the Quill and Tome where Antyr purchased a hefty amount of supplies for transcribing spells, and the day culminated in watching Torger participate in a fight to the death at the seedy tavern in the city, the Shadowstrike Saloon.The group entered the under tavern where the fights occurred, and money was spent to watch Torger fight. Aunty, was accosted by the remaining members of an adventuring party seeking retribution against Antyr for giving them drugs before the trial and causing one of their own to be committed into the city’s asylum. A halfling threatened to fight Antyr in the pit as the fights are to the death, but Torger took that opportunity to fight instead. Annoyed at Torger’s insistence, this halfling named Brace said he’d beat Torger in the pit and then come for Antyr. Both landed a few heavy blows during the fight, which culminated in Torger snapping Brace’s neck and everyone watched as the fight ended the whole undertavern went dark, and Torger saw a shadowy figure take the halfling’s soul and upon doing so, everything returned to normal.*

*Torger was paid, the party that Antyr supposedly wronged had gone on their way with the body of Brace and the group returned to the Crystal Palace Inn to reunite with Leek and Vonkar for a well deserved rest.Just as dawn was about to break, at the tail-end of the rest, The Creep shuffled over to Antyr who was deep in a trance, and telepathically spoke in their mind, calling themselves Alabaster Cosgrove and mentioning that they had gotten off on the wrong foot. This caused Antyr to snap out of their trance and shout for Grin, and upon doing so wake everyone from their Long Rest in their separate rooms, bright and early with two hours to spare before you’re meeting with Sir Arthur in regards to the contract.But before we get to that…"*

#### The Episode

During their sleep, Hopper was visited by a fey spirit in the form of a gray fox named Nuvull that presented them with some news regarding Hopper's family and the current goings on in the Feywild. They mentioned that things were dire and to only come to the Feywild if absolutely necessary. Before Nuvull could relay more information to Hopper, they were woken up by Antyr shouting for Grin in the common area of the party's private room after having been snapped out of their trance by The Creep speaking in their mind.

The party gathered to look into the commotion, while Doe continued to sleep in their room. Eventually, Torger was able to wake Doe up and the group began contemplating what they would call themselves for Arthur Wordweave's contract, eventually settling on the name "Fonkey Casuals". Antyr also revealed the metal disc they received from Sir Arthur was actually a type of flying vehicle called a Luminaera and was used in an ancient, fey civil war called the War of Eight Colours. Upon everyone signing the contract they made their way to Arthur Wordweave's tower and handed him the signed contract and officially entering into a partnership with him as their patron. The party then split off into two groups to run some final errands in the city before regrouping at the Cathadiuum Mines to meet and speak with Oussa Farenta.

The first group consisting of Hopper, Torger, Vonkar, Leek, The Creep and Grin made their way towards Grimsteel Armory where Hopper purchased some tools and a sheet of steel for a personal project while Torger commissioned a type of arm attached weapon. This group then received some free breakfast kebabs from Kevin's Kebabs and made their way towards the mines.

The second group meanwhile made their way towards the Eidolon's Labyrinth which serves as the primary library in the city. Doe sought information regarding their past, but didn't find anything of interest in regards to that, but after seeking aid from a tiefling librarian named Rosaria, they learned about a religious revolt and uprising happening on the continent of Anundiel and was helmed by a group of violent, religious fanatics called the Children of Penitence, and that because of this a member of the Faust and the Furious went into hiding, and that another member of the group, someone called Peshan was frequenting the city lately and spending a lot of time at the mines with their magical order, the Ley Guardians.

Antyr was seeking information on the ley-lines and the Grand Restoration that they've been hearing about as well as the flora of the region. They discovered that two major ley convergence points were nearby, one being in the Drakeward Desert in an area called the Arid Oasis while another was in the city of Halasar here on the continent. In addition, they discovered more theories regarding the Grand Restoration and that after a series of prophesied events, all of which have come true in the last four decades which would culminate in this 'Grand Restoration' which would involve the ley-lines awakening and bringing something from the sky to reshape everything. However, this text contained numerous conspiracy theories on what the Grand Restoration actually is.

Happy with what they found, Antyr and Doe left the library and headed towards the mines to meet up with the others, grabbing some personal yet expensive artisan pizzas on the way.

#### After the Break

Both groups arrived at the Cathadiuum Mines, and saw that the mines were closed off under orders of the Ley Guardians and surrounded by a stone wall. Built atop of the mine was a simple home whose front door was ajar and based on the information provided, this was the home of Oussa Farenta. The party approached the home, with Hopper knocking on the door and calling out to Oussa but was only greeted with silence in response. Deciding to scout the place out, Grin went invisible and flew inside only to discover the entire home was trashed and blood was everywhere, and that Oussa had been brutally cut in half and was slumped up against a nearby wall, dead.

Grin flew outside and told the others about this discovery and that they all needed to leave and find some guards. Before they left, Antyr summoned their familiar Endylus and cast *Veiled Steward*. The steward entered the home, while Antyr looked through the eyes of Endylus. The Veiled Steward picked up Oussa's spellbook and a recently opened letter that fell out of the spellbook before returning to the rest of the group. Antyr took the spellbook while Hopper took the letter and began reading it over. The letter seemed to mention that Oussa was working for the Umbral Court and that the letter was written by Duskreaper Aelinor and that it included descriptions of Vonkar, The Creep and Grin, it also confirmed that Duskreaper Aelinor was the one who killed Lord Oberon.

Deciding they needed to tell the authorities and get away from the crime scene, Grin flagged down two of the mage guards nearby and upon approaching noticed their eyes were glazed over and seemed high. Grin placed a hand on the guards to check their emotional states and learned that they were emotionless and almost as if they were vacant. Regardless, the guards approached the home and looked inside and seemed not too invested in the murder scene before them. Hopper approached and cast Identify on one of the guards and discovered that they were under the effects of some sort of *Feeblemind* spell, but was still allowing them to speak, contrary to the spell's mechanics.

Realizing these guards were useless in the current situation, the party made way for the barracks in town which was built atop the Undercity entrance, and was a building the party tried getting into the day prior for the scavenger hunt. Upon arriving, the group discovered all of the guards patrolling the building were stationary and doing simple, odd tasks such as rubbing a tree, staring up into the clouds and one guard was even counting leaves on the ground and each of these guards had the same expressions and demeanour as the other two. Needing more information, or help they entered the barracks while Hopper and Vonkar took post outside to keep watch. Upon entering, they discovered the captain of these mage guards sat behind a desk, also vacant and kept opening letters with a letter opener, even continuing to cut away at already opened letters.

This Captain also seemed relaxed and carefree, and after asking a question about the goings-on, he seemed to twitch and start bleeding from his eyes, nose and ears and didn't answer the question. Antyr asked the captain for his belongings which caused him to set his wand, his key ring and a coin purse with 600 gold pieces onto his desk which Antyr scooped up. During these questions, Torger explored the rest of the barracks and discovered more guards in the same state. Torger returned and asked who this Captain served, which caused the Captain to twitch again before stabbing himself in the throat with the letter opener and slitting his own throat from ear to ear.

Doe took the captain's robes and the group inside the barracks went into the prison with the newly acquired key ring and discovered numerous cells that were all empty. Meanwhile, Vonkar with the sending stone lent to him by Hopper spoke with Antyr who held onto the other stone and mentioned that ordinary people in the street were falling under the same effects as the guards.

Antyr drank the Potion of Clairvoyance given to them by Torger and created a sensor within the Cathadiuum Mines and began watching people in mint-green robes revealed to be the Ley Guardians harvesting the crystal with magic, and then boxing these cathadiuum crystals into crates destined for the various capital cities around the world. These crates were then sent through portals and teleported to their destinations. During this viewing, Antyr saw one of these people get shot by a series of black-iron crossbow bolts, while a handful of Umbral Knights stormed the mines and began attacking.

Racing outside, they informed Hopper and Vonkar of the attack in the mines and saw more people coming under the same effect as the guards. They commandeered a nearby flying stagecoach used by the mage guards and flew off towards the mines. As they flew there they saw more of these stagecoaches dive-bombing and crashing into various parts of the city, as if the drivers had no care. Nearing the mines, the party saw a small army of Umbral Knights storming the eastern reaches of the city with large, mechanical constructs in the shape of stag beetles. These beetles were firing beams of green energy into the city which disintegrated buildings on impact, and then the beetles would offload another group of Umbral Knights.

Torger steering the stagecoach, narrowly avoided one of the beams fired from these beetles and began to turn around and fly back in the direction of Sir Arthur's tower. As they did, a familiar burbling noise to some in the party echoed from the clouds above, and soaring into view was the jabberwock that certain members had encountered and astride the jabberwock was an imposing figure in similar armour as the Umbral Knights but with a large, billowing red cloak. This figure was circling the city, and was enchanting the rain which glimmered in the air before it fell, and Hopper held a hand out and identified that the rain was responsible for this feeblemind-like effect, but somehow the Fonkey Casuals were all unaffected by the rain.

They eventually made their way back to Sir Arthur's Tower, and Grin flew up to the only window near the top and saw Arthur and Terry panicking and packing to leave. Grin overheard that more forces were coming from the west, just outside of the tower. In the panic it also seemed that Arthur's posh accent was gone. Revealing himself, Grin seemed to startle Arthur who fired a crossbow bolt at him, but it missed. Sensing the commotion, Torger with his *Winged Boots* flew up to the window and saw the scene and realized Grin was safe. Grin explained that they were leaving and that they had a ride for the pair of them.

Arthur and Terry raced downstairs, and Antyr summoned the Luminaera in a bright flash of light, and manifested into a massive flying vehicle resembling an iridescent green dragonfly. This seemed to catch the attention of the jabberwock and its rider. Everyone raced on board, and the luminaera took off and began flying to the north, with Antyr piloting it as the jabberwock began to gain on them.

## Featured Characters

### Player Characters

* Antyr Xiloscient
	+ Endylus
* Doe
* Hopper Thimblefoot
* Leek
* The Creep
	+ Grin
* Torger Otrson
* Vonkar Eldsaga

### Returning

* Sir Arthur Wordweave
* Terry

### New

* Devin, the brother of Kevin and part owner of Kevin's Kebabs
* Duskreaper Aelinor (first appearance)
* Harrison Handerholme, human proprietor of Grimsteel Armory
* Nuvull, a fey spirit that resembles a fox
* Oussa Farenta (corpse)
* Rosaria, tiefling woman who works at the Eidolon's Labyrinth
* Unnamed gnome who is the ex-husband of Rosaria and also works at the Eidolon's Labyrinth
* Unnamed human captain of the Quartz Armada
* Vorpalon, Predator of the Seelie Court (first appearance)

### Mentioned

* The Archmaw
* The Bagman
* Beiro Peshan
* Kena Peshan
* King Oberon
* Vel'karis Vel'tarajin