Fame

The party arrives in Meletis where they research the undead army and help rescue the muses from Barda Stryzand.

## Major Plot Points

* The party made it to Meletis after sundown.
* Juxxtina and Aryan Grande went to the Observatory where telescopes and crystals help mortals catch glimpses of the gods in their homeland of Nyx. Both failed to see Karametra or Mogis.
* Puke Wilson and Muchomucho M Amor went to the Dekatia magic shop. Puke bought a potion that could coat his weapons in slug horn poison for 1 hour. Muchomucho bought a ring of protection that increased his AC by 1.
* Dikarus Bottombane, Sprocket "Ballsy" Gnoman III, Sybil Ringwell, and Codnus Bearbody went to the Symposia tavern to gather intel and drink. They met the owner, Cokratese who makes people parlay before they can partay. He asked each of his new patrons how to determine if a person is good or bad. Dikarus claimed it depends on the moment and morality was relative to the situation. Sprocket and Codnus believed that there was good in all people. Sybil offered that good and evil exist in all people.
* Sybil bought all of the patrons a watered down and half full glass of ale. She prompted a big discussion by asking if it the glasses were half empty or half full.
* Cokratese became enamored with both Codnus and Sprocket. The gnome decided to stay behind while Codnus and Cokrates went upstairs for the night.
* The following morning, Aryan and Sybil stayed at the tavern to drink and talk with the philosophers there. The crowd seemed to disbelieve the reports of the undead army running around. Most thought the undead weren't truly a threat. One believed magic was simply science not yet understood.
* Dikarus, Sprocket, Juxxtina, Puke, and Codnus went to the Citadel to research the undead threat. They met archmaester Alana Timbers who assisted them in their studies.
	+ Alana couldn't find any tomes that referenced Queen Nekros. She did have the death certificates of the Heliod bloodline that showed only Prince Varik and King Demetrius to be the sole surviving members of their family.
	+ The golden masks seemed reminiscent of the one worn by Phaenax when he tricked his way out of the Underworld.
	+ Codnus found many epic poems about battles against the undead. They suggested fire, radiant energy, and holy water were powerful against them. As a minotaur, he recognized that there were myths blaming instances of undead on minotaurs.
	+ Juxxtina read tomes about Erobos and Athreos. Erobos appears to be a petty, insecure, and power hungry god. He despises anyone who escapes death. Athreos is the ferryman who brings souls to the Underworld. There are very rare occurrences where he gives someone a ride in or out of the Underworld but it always comes at a steep cost.
* Muchomucho visited the The Luters bard college to hit on college guys. The quad was full of talentless and uninspired musicians, playwrights, and singers. He visited headmistress Moira Rosé and found her crying in a closet. She blamed this curse on her rival Barda Stryzand who was denied the headmistress position and left the college right around the time the campus lost its talent. She promised Muchomucho 200 gold for Barda's vocal cords.
* The party reunited and went into the swamps outside of Meletis. On the swampy quad of Barda University, the group was attacked by grung campus security. Aryan became hypnotized by one of their croak songs. Sybil fell victim to their sneak attack. However, the frogfolk couldn't survive against the party's attacks.
* Once inside the college, Muchomucho almost got the party in trouble by saying they were there for Barda's vocal cords. Puke covered by saying his friend meant they were here to hear the headmistress sing. The front desk worker told them that only those who pass the Challenge of the Bard may visit Barda.
* The party's first challenge was to win a game of beer thong against a group of satyrs. The group did particularly well thanks to Sybil's mage hand providing them assistance.
* The group then needed to participate in a drag ball and be judged by Professor McCockanal. Sybil covered herself in eyes and won the Nightmare Fuel category. Juxxtina attempted to perform in the same category but fell off the stage. Muchomucho won the Chipotlaid category by wearing clear plastic cups on his nipples and a large stuffed burrito. Codnus won the Sorority Girl challenge in a plaid skirt and a buttoned crop top. Dikarus painted his body in Fs and teased his hair for the Finals Week category, which he barely passed. Puke earned 10s across the board by wearing the royal attire he stole from the palace in the Internship Extravaganza category. Aryan performed Be a Good Girl in the Single Mother category and earned herself a standing ovation.
* In the drama department, the group found a bunch of students who refused to put on a show for director Quentin Totino. The lead died in an accident where a wand meant to create magic missile illusions actually shot the actor in the face. The ghost of Cassius now haunts the theater. The party completed the play with Cassius and deduced his understudy killed him. The rest of the theater students took out ceremonial daggers and stabbed the understudy to death.
* Madame Rabbit officially opened the library and the party read their friends to filth.
	+ Dikarus told Muchomucho that he was so gaping he was shocked Sybil's mother hadn't tried throw her down his asshole yet.
	+ Sybil reminded Dikarus that he still didn't have any friends.
	+ Muchomucho told Sprocket he needed to invent something useful like name tag since he can't ever remember his own name.
	+ Puke told Sprocket his store was tacky.
	+ Aryan said Juxxtina was as lazy as a drow in battle.
	+ Juxxtina mimicked Codnus by saying, "I'm a big whore!"
	+ Codnus made a crack about Dikarus flying too close to the sun.
* In a hallway with a floor designed like piano keys, Codnus found a list of animals carved into the walls. Puke deduced that their fur represented the white and black keys. The party then successfully made it across.
* In a large music hall, a Bigsby Bingman cover band played to a moshing crowd. Using the surfboards they found, the party attempted to crowd surf across. Only Puke and Aryan were athletic enough to make it all the way across. The rest fell into the mosh pits.
* The party then entered Barda Stryzand's office where she was guarded by the head of campus security. She offered to enroll each of the party members in her school but they declined. When questioned, Barda revealed she trapped the five muses so she'd have the best bard college in the world.
* The group took out the head of security quickly. He couldn't survive Sybil's fire magic. Barda proved more difficult as she unleashed her shatter spells on them. Puke was finally able to land the killing blow and removed her vocal cords with his dagger.
* A magic vase on her mantle then exploded, freeing the five muses (Jizzo the Muse of Musical Instruments, Gayonce the Muse of Dance, Rune Paul the Muse of Fashion, Stevie Dyx the Muse of Singing, and Farty B the Muse of Poetry). Talent and inspiration returned to the realm. Moira Rosé gave the party 200 gold for their service and they all celebrated by partying to live music at the Luter's Hooters.